The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-21

| We have heard nothing lately of the sub
scription set on foot by the New York zeaIots
for the redemption Of down-trodden Europe.
Ii was started amidst grand flourish of trum.
pets, and fed during its first stage of growth
with unlimited quantities Of sherry and cham
payne a day or two carried it up To twenty
thousand, then to twenty five thousand, and
before kossUTH left the city, thirty thousand
formed the proclaimed amount. \ central COM
mittee was appointed TO watch and manage the
monetary Hercules, before whom the CAR
must bend in deep humility; branch organiza-
tons were to be formed forthwith, to receive
the countless currents which were calculated
upon from the interior and il was confidently
predicted that all the "old fogies" in the
Union would be silenced at once aud forever
by the spontaneous streams of dollars and en-
thusiasm which were to flow from every quar-
ter Of the continent.
But the time came when it was necessary
that KossUrH should leave New York, and
then how sudden and complete the change
The flow Of specie appears to have ceased ra-
ther more strangely than it began; although
not more strangely than shrewd souls, learned
in the ways Of Gotham. had ventured to pre-
dict. The great orator no longer graced the
halls " the Irving, ready at all times to return
eloquent thanks for promises or gifts; men could
no more drink wine with him, and outbid
each other in their generous efforts TO call down
gratitude and cheers; the chance Of making
speeches, and Of calling forth speeches and com
pliments, had vanished and the loud -tongued
friends Of Hungary found that any further good
must be done in stealth, instead of being handed
buHe OF the Times. And then, as we have said
the supplies were all but stopped The story
is not complimentary to human nature or to the
commercial metropolis Of the country; and yet
Ills true-undeniably and literally true. The
Tribune and the Times will Join in dcnouncing
the "piiful littleness"-the "intense mean
ness''-of the hand that lifts the curtain from
such a scene; yet neither, we suspect, will be
prepared to gansay the fact as we have stated
it. They may hide it in a heap Of words, but
it is there nevertheless
From Philadelphia or Baltimore, too. there
are Out Scdhly uolHgs ,uH lHt same Huo-
jcct. Philadelphia seemed disposed to vie
with New York in some respects; Judges and
cergymen stepped forward TO secure for the
Quaker city the second corner in the dstn-
guished strangers heart and some Of our
Philadelphia contemporaries have dilated upon
the disiDterested generosity Of humble contri-
butors. Still we discern no long list Of dollars
given or loaned to build up Hungarian re-
public.
The subject VS., by general consent, tabooed
at Washington and Annapolis, and inasmuch
as neither city promised material aid, /" noi-
Their can justly be arraigncd by any future his
torian for breach Of faith
Once more breathing the air Of Pcnnsylva-
MIA, KossUTH was led into renewal OF the
WILD the-wisp chase after The great desld era-
lum and when last heard from was reciprocal
ing congratulations on the subject with Cover
nor JOHNSTON at Harrisburg. Amongst Kos
sUTH's earliest words at that seat Of Legislation
were these
"Sir, from tho window Of your ROOM which your
hospitality opened 70 me, saw suspended mus
kct and a powder. horn and this motto Material
| Md And ! believe that the Speaker Of tho House