The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-09
House was not in session yesterday.
Kossuth.

| Kossuth.
The speech of the great Hungarian chief
tain, prepared for delivery on his arrival at
New York, and presented in full in our CO.
umns, removes all doubt as to the main object
of his visit to this country, or the expectations
he has formed in regard to the feelings and in
tentions of our citizens. The circumstances
under which this Grafton comes before the pub
lie add to its significance as an exposition of
kossUTH's real desires and hopes. Had it been
the extemporaneous response to the fiattering
plaudits which attended his reception, some
allowance would have been necessary before
attempting to estimate the exact bearing of its
words; but its delivery in Castle Garden hav-
ing been rendered impossible, it was deliber-
atey read by secretary to reporters, and is
therefore entitled to be considered the manifesto
of KossUTH to the people of the United States
confessedly incomplete in some respects, but
nevertheless explicit and authoritative so far as
it extends. Its candor entities it to our respect,
while the importance of many of the declara-
tons which it embodies demands for it prompt
and emphatic consideration.
| hOSSUIh eNIueHIly uSSll6S lHdI oil men
should understand the motives which bring
him here. He is grateful for the interest felt
by the citizens and Government of this Repub-
lie in his captivity; for their successful efforts
to accomplish his release, and for the honors
with which their munificence crowned the
result of their exertons. OF all these
things KossUTH is deeply sensible, and the
! grateful promptings OF his heart would lead
him to render apt and ample Acknowledgements.
| But he is particularly DESTROYS that his present
visit shall not be construed into simple pill
grmage to tender thanks, or even into jour
ney to profit by the study of the institutions
and the principles which have raised this coun-
try to its height of greatness and prosperity.
He comes, he tells us, on business errand,
and with as little circumlocution as possible, he
proceeds to place before us the real character
of the " business" in question. He has inter-
preted our anxiety to effect his Liberation into
a manifestation of resolution to throw our
''weight into the balance where the fate of the
European continent is to be weighed" and
with this conviction he has come resolved
to use "every honest exerton" to gain our
Operative sympathy" and our financial, ma
teral, and political aid" for his country's free
dom and Independence He is impatient of de-
lay; every hours delay of aid "may prove ia
tally disastrous to oppressed humanity" and
therefore he urges his petition, as his country's
"freey, chosen constitutional chief,n that we
will pledge ourselves "to support the cause of
freedom against the sacriegious league fdespot-
ISM" promising when that pledge is given 10
expound his "humble requests in practical
way" His heart already throbs with delight
at the idea OF seeing our "gallant army enlisted
on the side of freedom and against despotism;"
and having secured such succor he will be
prepared once more to take his place upon
the battlefield TO fight the last decisive
battle. He is too experienced in the
ways of the world TO expect that the United
States can promise to provide the needed help
when called upon, without giving offence to
divers European powers; but this, he argues,
affords no valid reason for refusing his request.
! Our minister at Vienna twill have offered his
passports, !" and Mr.. HULsEMANS will of course
leave Washington; but neither circumstance
will in KossUTH's Judgment form any reason
able pretext for withholding "active and ope-
rative sympathy" from his oppressed country.
A pleasant voyage to Mr.. HULsEMAEN!
America "will not care bit" for his depar-
ture--at least KossUTH thinks SO; and as for
our minister to AUSTRIA, how we can 'scom-
bne the letting him stay there" with our
'fopinion of the cause of HUNGARY" Kos
sUTH "realy don't know" Such is the bur
den of his preliminary manifesto to the people
Of this country.
Divested of all the flowers of rhetoric, and
all the graces that are entwined about the ora
tory of KossUTH, his speech amounts to an
appeal TO the United States TO take decided
stand on the side of HuNGARV against AUSTRIA
and Russia, and to be prepared TO render all
the active assistance that may be necessary to
carry out our alliance We are to do this with
a full knowledge that a bloody, protracted,
and costly struggle is at hand, and with clear
consciousness that the mere expression Of our
determination TO this effect will embroil us in
immediate difficulties with powers with which
we have no individual ground of quarrel
| We cannot blame KossUrH for chershing
] this strong desire to obtain help for the country