The southern press., 1852-07-01
KOssuth,s ApueaI.

Iof those so near and dear to him, are full of Q
pathetic mournfulness, that must touch the sens
abilities of all who feel the throb of sympathy
THE Sadness subdued, but ever casting III
shadow over all that emanates from the gifteC
'exile, struggles into expression more in tina
speech, than any other that KossUTH has de
slivered. In it you see more Of the man, il
the gentler and softer aspects ofhis nature. Tn,
son and brother speaks, rather than the orato
land the politician and the heart of humanity
must pulsate audlbly at this cry of strong blu
stricken soul, struggling not alone under tn,
burden ofpublic, but also under the heavy pres
cure ofprivate cares.
There is no exaggeration of sentiment or Of
depression in the pathetic preface TO his lecture
lin which he recites the condition and the pros
poets of his family. The very simplicity will
(which he narrates the facts of the domestic
Tragedy in which be and his have been involved
through his devotion to duty, prove the intensl
Ety of the feeling which needs no aid of rhetoric
ito enforce itself,
Striking the electric chain
Wherelcih zoe are darkly bound.
Those who have so often hung entranced or
This fervid eloquence, and whitening denuncia
Gtion of European despots, may marvel that sc
much sternness and so much softness could be
found blent in one vivid SOUL For the softnesE
land tenderness of a woman signs through those
sutterances in which he speaks of his mother-a
5word in itself spell to all noble manly ma.
lures But as CARLYLE has well said, only
those who can hate strongly can also love
In either case the strong nature
!plunges into the depths, while the weak one tim
idly wades among the shadows And he gives
DANTE as type of this: pitilessly pursuing bis
foes into the depths Of hell and purgatory, while
with flute voice of il finite vail" telling the
sad story of his friends daughter Francesca.
land there may be parallel drawn in many
particulars between the Florentine and the Hum
garian exiles. Both were doomed to eat the
bitter bread of charity-both were driven from
their own hearths and homes by civil brawls-
both sternly refused to abandon or betray their
principles, or bend the knee TO power. Both
wandered YEARLY from place to place with
eyes reverted to the home they had left. Both
knew how much more bitterness can be added
to the cup of sorrow, when the domestic affec-
'tions which should cheer and console in advers-
'ity, are themselves converted into additional
sources of new and painful anxiety Yet hap
Ipier far in his fate than the Florentine-even if
not equal in genius to shat voice of ten silent
Icenturies'-is the Hungarian. He has found
what DANTE sought in vain in his own day and
generation-sympathy and help; and above all
lhe has hope To DANTE there was finally but
one stern hope left-to de-ard the most dire
doom he could devise for the sinners tortured
n HE hell. was
So the parallel fails in this respect, and the
future Of KossUTH, and even his present, may
make high nature amends for much of sor.
ROW, struggle and suffering.
But let us listen-not while the statesman
bat the son and brother, the protector of de
fenceess and prosecuted womanhood, pleads lis
cause before the American people: y
LADIES AND GENTLEMEs: Durias six moptha
u appeared many times before tbe tribunal 81
public opinion In America. The evening ~
pear before you in Che capacity Of working
man. Ny aged fpctter, tried by mere snffsrinRs
thap any living being on eant; and nv three
1 rs, one Of them awidow wIlh two iaiherless
rT1ians together a homele& family Of four-
teen unfortunate souls, have bcsn driven b. the
Austrian tyrant from their hoIis, that Golr otha
of murdered right, that land or II erpres sedI
bat also Of undespondingI brave 4, x)skShc NJ
of approaching revengsA4lY he u Fh~aAo. ss7
'ehce, aided BY dOms tisssxS 'ucceededto
accomplish what A 49, P350B. could not
achisge, and witiy ding hsdH went into
exile, nlyahother - nv sisieup were i'm.
- soned by Apstri bat It havin& been nv
constant maxim nod jow 10 ~bsisvsr mem
|ber of.py family any psnee in pubic sfiair.,
Except That introsted kr antahle aup<rin-
bending Of my youngesg sis( ~ hpQn5tsh Of
he wounded heroes. A. also vs. 49, ~ AN
cares ofproviding Cor the furniture n skese
hospitals, no even the fonlest inihgues could
contrive any pretext for the continuation Of their
imprisonment And thus, when diplomacy suc-
eeeded 70 fetter my patriotic activity by the in
Formation 10 far Asia, after some months Of IN.
/ just imprisonment, my mother and sisters and
| their family have been released; snd though
'nUounded by thousand spies, tortured by con.
Ie0up Interference with their private life. and
isrAssed by insulting police measures, the yRad
at leassthe consolstion 70 breathe the nave air
10 saslhsir trp<s falling upon naiiye sol, and to
srejoN II the lpjestic spiIf ~ OF 6eopls, which
no ad1psiiisef 6uld bend1 q 3fyfsnny could
! - si'sszlss 'as asusni'y OF DE sdlsn
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