The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-30
THE PRooRHss OF HossUYR
IN MASS ACHUSETTs
The Kind Of Reception he met with in Boston.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE AFFAIR,
&C., &C., 60.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BOSTON
RECEPTION.

RECEPTION.
BosToN, April "a, 1852.
h0ssntA ~ BoSfon-IHe Military Rer.eD-1n
true nature Of has Reception Not a Reception
by The Chy-1hc Journals against him Gad for
him
The toni ensemble of the military review this eve-
ming, on the Common, ma gni6ccnt. There must
have been thirty thousand persons present, Of al
ages and sexes. The inequality Of the ground af-
fordcd opportunity to all to and be seen, and
quite as many persons went to see the crowd as to
see Kossuth The chambctmaids and servant girls
in general, were very numerous. Curiosity was tho
ruling motive with ninety five out Of every hundred,
and about the same proportion expressed their dis
appointment They expected to giant-a man
as big as his talk, or man, Mt all events, who,
though not large, had something in his appearance
indicative of greatness, In this disappointment the
warmest advocates of Kossuth shared, and some of
them saidthey were sorry they had him. He
was mounted on sorrel horse, and did not look to
much advantage when riding beside the more
portly figures of the Governor and his aides As
the military were drawn up in the hollow, at the
foot oftho Common and large open space pre-
served by the police and the Hussars, Kossuth was
seen by everybody Us he rode around. His appear
ance was tame and timid for a commander in
chief.
From the hill the cannon bazcd forth their vel
come to the Hungarian, and double echo from
every gun had very fine effect. There was a good
deal of quarrcllng between the military and the pe0-
pie many of whom were breaking through the en-
closed space, and several were roughly handled
Having got u sight of kossuth, u great number of
persons satisfied, and went away one by one,
before the review was over, some Of them observing
they departed, 'And so that is kossuth that SO
much fuss has been made about
The difference between a cold curiosity and
warm enthusiasm was remarkable throughout tho
whole proceedings of the day. The reception was
respectful, but it was decidedly frigid The Irish.
though spectators, took part in it, and they are
famous for inftlsng the enthusiasm of their ardent
nature into any gathering whose objects are con-
genial with their sentiments. The Irish Of Boston
number some 5000. There another remarka-
Bile feature in this demonstration, which dcprives 10
OF the character of reception by the city at all 1t
was the absence of the Mayor He did not 70 to
the boundary line between Roxbury and Boston to
meet kossuth and escort him into the city, he did
not attend the procession, or present him with any
address, the Common Council were absent; 80 that,
in point Of fact, kossuth has not been received by
Boston, or its authorities, at ALL and it is under
stood lac is III high dspleasure about it, He did not
look as cheerful AS usual, and must have been
chilled by the GOODNESS of his reception One cause
Why the Mayor and City Council kept aoof is, that
they invited Kossuth in person. ut the Irving House
before he left New York for the South. and his
reply was, "why did you not come before - He
has since accepted the invitation of the Legislature
andtalen no notice of the invitation of the city 1t
was entirely affair Of the State Legislature.
witnessed merely by the city.
Boston and its papers are completely divided about
kossu'h The Tones. Haald. Post, lilies, and
Commonwealth, 90 for him The Courier, .fdrcr-
Hs0. Journal, Traveller, Transcript, and Bee are on
the other side and the Mai may be regarded neu
tral. As general rule the frecsocrs and democrats
are more in his favor than the wings. The rule
held good in Worcester. The wings are agans, Kos
sutl as body. But the wings constitute large ma
jority both in the city and State, and it requires the
coalition OF two parties the democrats and
to constitute decent opposition to them. Yet
kossuh assumes in his speeches that all Massachu-
.etts goes with him in his doctrines of intervention
and nonnervcntion, and lays the fartering unc-
ton to his SOUL that the people prefer him to Web
ter or Clay as an interpreter of Washingtons
farewell address, and the settled policy Of the
Y nitcd States with regard TO foreign affairs There
i another mistake Kossuth has made. He has said
IN some OF hls recent speeches that Massachusetts
aGs The opinion of the county, aud that what de-
erces prevails throughout the Union. This shows his
want ofacquainancc with the politics ofthe country.
The very reverse is true and even if all Massachu-
sets were for him, to take his impression of the real
olinion OF the country from that, and report il as
such to the people Of Europe. would be only to de-
,eiye both himself and them. But so far from the
whole State being for him. there is large majority
against him, and threc-fourths of the minority are
anything but enthusiastic. The State committee
md the city authorities at issue; and as far as
could learn, the Mayor and aldermen have not even
listed kossuth to pay him their respects By way
:, showing their opposition to the State COMMITTEES,
hey granted number Of licenses, last night in the
cry face OF the bill that was passed by the Legisla
ure. The principal supporters of Kossuth are the
rec soilcrs and the Maine Liquor law men, and
renee the CONSERVATION with which the latter saw
he announcement that he not in favor Of their
principles. That popular hotel, the fremont House.
was not decorated to-day with flags in honor Of Kos
'uth; and this, too, may be regarded indica-
pressed about the motto the flag Of tho State
Observation-Disclosures and Kossuth-the occident
md the orient" This bringing down of Washing
on 70 the same LEVEL with kossuth, is regarded as
othing short of blasphemy, and an insult to the
ncmory of the father Of his country.
INCIDENTS.
The Boston Corir gives the following account ofan
musing incident which occurred at the Revere House
II the occasion of the introduction ofthe Magyar to
he people "A revolutionary hero, named Samuel
mith aged VI, who came from South Middleboro'
0 see kossuth, was introduced. After some for
nality, he proceeded to detail to kossuth history
I his own exploits in the American war; and par
icuarly to describe the surrender of Lord Cornwall
:. The tale was quite tedious to most of the spec
ators. although kossuth seemed much Interested
>ossuth observed to the old man that he must feel
roud OF the part which he took to secure glory 10
rs country The veteran, being quite deaf, re-
lied, Yes, few men have seenas much as have"
: Your glorious country" said Kossuth, will
yard you" Every well" said the old man, eff
ou don't want to hear me, | don't care to tell
GU" Some pcrsen then endeavored to explain to
lr. Smith that Kossuth understood him perfectly;
0 which he replied II guess have seen as much
4 the world as he has" This cooquy excited some
nirth. but kossuth insisted on hearing the old man
ut, and lie went on to describe all the great acts
lelimnary to the surrender of the British general,
18th minuteness and enthusiasm as If il were the
My idea that possessed his mind.
PIcEPocKETs IN KossTTH's WAKE.-A lot Of
iekI ockets have followed Kossuth all through the
'ast, plying their trade most industriously. The
'eston Times gives the following account of their
transactions on Tuesday Robert O. Perkins was