The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-22

shanics also waited on him, and honestly gave evil
ience Of their sincerity by presenting him with
contributions to the Hungarian fund. Pious old
ladies and rompish young ones pressed round for
the honor Of shaking hands with the illustrious
Magyar. AL this fattery was too much for his
weak mind to Withstand. 1t made him fancy he
had nothing to do but, with wizards touch, trans
form all this vaporing into material aid, by which
to annihilate the Austrian and Cossack. In the
very lowest range which his sanguine imagina-
tion took, he saw, as the results of his mis-
sion, some four or five millions of dollars, half a
dozen armed steamers, and the pledge OF the
American government to paradoxical principle Of
!" intervention to prevent Intervention" Some OF
the clergy blasphemously invested him with divine
attributes-one ecclesiastical rebrand, in the ardor
Of his Christian teachings, got up display in the
very sanctuary, and after breathing pestience OF
birthstone and gunpowder, ended by presenting him
with an old battered revolutionary bullet-an omen
doubtless of his own martial career being at end;
AID romantic authoress, carried away by her own
fanatcal ZEAL declared him as equal to the Messiah.
By such van silly, and false atterers was Kossuth
surrounded during his first weeks in this city; aud
his conduct sufficiently proved how unable he was
to resist their hollow adulations.
Had it been otherwise-nad Kossuth acted with
that plain, practical. common sense, and concep
tions of propriety which ought to have actuated
him-his first public act in this country would have
been to proceed direct to Washington, and there
present to Congress and government his acknow-
Judgments for their noble and dignifed conduct
towards him, in emancipating him from his prison
and comforting on him the extraordinary honor Of
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to an asylum in this free land Instead, however,
of doing this, he allowed himself to listen to the
false suggestions Of clique Of fanatics, disunion-
sts and abolitionists, who wove their nets around
him, and used him for their own ends. Specu.
lators in steamboats, and rusty old muskets and use
less saddles prevailed him by false representations
of the millions of dollars he would receive through
out the country, to enter into contracts with them
for supplying him with these and other munitions
of war. A revolutionary committee, composed of
such men, and known rs the Bloody Aston House
Committee, was organized to collect subscriptions
in aid of the cause. Hungarian bonds were got up,
signed by Louis Kossuth, and payable, with in
terest, on the establishment of the Hungarian re-
pubic-synonymous with week after the day of
judgment and from first to last, Kessuth was
heaxed, humbugged deceived, and defrauded, by
these and similar means.
But the deficiency Of Kossuth in practical inteli-
gence and craftsmanship became most apparent and
undoubted, to the commonest understanding, when
the intelligence reached this country of Louis Ma
roleon's coup d'etat Of the I'd of December 1t was
evident to all rational minds that, by the success
of that maneuvre in French politics, the chances
of any immediate revolution in Europe were utterly
destroyed-and yet Kossuth, either through shall
lowness of intellect, which would be discreditable
to the schoolboy, through hypocrisy and want of
candor, which would be equally discredtable to the
man, affected to believe that it was event Of the
greatest advantage to the republican cause in
Europe, and was in fact, providential interference
in its behalf. But this was too gross a piece Of
charlatanry to be palmed off on the public; and,
while they regretted the indefinite postponement Of
the accomplishment of republican aspirations in
Europe, they, at the time were forced to con-
denim the obtuseness and ignorance Of its protested
champion, else to despise his paltry subterfuges
and attempts to impose on their understandings.
Another striking evidence Of the folly and insanity
of his operations and the chief cause of his ridcu-
lous failure were the threats and nsinuatons he In
dulged in of his intention to appeal from the govern
ment to the people, in case his demands were not
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tive. This determination he at various times init
mated in public before he was invited to Washing
ton and it had the very natural effect of estranging
from him the sentiments Of the peoples representa-
tves and when, after leaving this city, and receiv
ing fresh ovations in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
and having met with distinguished honors from
the government, he had the audacity, even there,
to impugn and deride, and attempt to nullify, the
sacred admonitions Of Washington and the fathers
of the constitution, his became utterly hopeless
and there was no longer the faintest shadow of
doubt but that his mission to the United States was
destined to be most irredeemably failure. Kos.
suth at this time, began himself to recognise the
unfavorabe appearance Of things; but this only
served to make him still more petuant, and forgetful
alike Of his own position and of the respect due to
the feelings ofthe American people So far was he
carried away by these feelings, that he was rash
enough to engage in controversy affecting the
most popular statesman of the Countrywide vene-
rated Kentuckian, Henry Clay, who has since gone
down to an honored grave, mourned by nations
tears.
1t is unnecessary to follow Kossuth in his cratic
movements through the Western and Southern
States. They all partook Of the game flunky cha
racter as distinguished them here. He travelled
about, assuming all the airs and pretensions of roy
atty, with his aidesde camp and secretaries, and
agents, and retnue, making the corporations of the
different cities pay in most imperial style for his
lavish expenditure. The bills presented by the ho-
tel keepers were perfect curiositics, and showed
what capacity for wines, brandies, segars, medi-
cine and eau de Cologne was possessed by these
Hungarian exiles. So extravagant were they in
their living that some Of these bills are yet unpaid
by the committees, who refused to sanction such
squandering of the public money On his return
from the South he passed again through this city,
unnoticed and unhonored, and visitedNew England,
where the same scenes were repeated as in his ear
lier career in New York A few weeks since he
returned here for the last time, without pomp or
parade, and was allowed to retire into private and
obscure lodgings, where he had leisure to reckon
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