The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-02
Kossuth and his Cincinnati Friends.

The Magyar leader has an unfortunate habit
of quarrelling with his friends before closing his
| transactions with them. He has shown himself
to be Maynard and petted in temper, hasty
and occasionally dictatoral in his intercourse,
and rarely inclined to be grateful, except in his
| speeches. The following, from the Cincinnati
Commercial of Friday last, aptly sets forth
| several of these characteristics:
can interview which took place on Wednesday
| evening, at the Burnet House. between Kossuth
| and the Hungarian committee, which had charge
of the arrangements of the meeting at the depot,
| was subject Of general conversation round tho
city yesterday; and if the history related by those
present be really true portion of that abundant
| sympathy manifested towards the Governor of
Hungary ought to be applied in immediate ex-
tenuation Of the sutierings of the local committee
gentlemen whose generous exertions, instead Of
crowning them with the laurels of auxiliary he
roes, have brought upon them the sad deserts of
unfruitful servants-and whose condition now in
stead Of provoking the sIenetic ests of party mer-
riment should excite the unfegned expression of
public commiseration Well, they had an au.
dience in the private apartment Of the Governor,
one Of the main objects Of the interview being to
mission to the meeting-some s 200. The first
words, it is said, spoken by Kossuth You
sec, gentlemen, your grand demonstration for the
Hungarian cause a failure! failure!i fail
ure!!i Il short pause and long faces folio,red
this remark, ,oiich uttered lrih peculiar empaa-
| sis.
"a spokesman of the committee here attempted
to offer explanation in apology, abiding to the
shortness of the notice given to the public and the
disappointment felt at postponing the day of meet
ing as originally notfed-his own indisposition
suggesting the alteration, &c.
KossurH.-O, too much commttee-too ineffi-
Gent Il chilling sensation tpas here obserrabls.
"SPoKEsMAN.-We really ourselves feel greatly
mortified at the thinness of the asscmbage, but
Z" KossUTH.-Think Of it, gentlemen | had
your assurance | should receive S l0, 900 to-day
and now find not twelve hundred people at your
great meeting.
"The committee then severally assured Kossuth
their exertions had not been spared in endeavoring
to collect a crowd
"KossurH-Ih umby thank you, gentlemen; but
if had been suffered 10 carry out my arrange
ments could have obtained as much material aid
in forty eight hours through your kindness
have received in fifteen day.
"The manner of kossuth was all this time er-
cited-the committee sat in silent and composed
endurance, seeming to think that anger has its
privilege and the general anxiety to discover
what coming next.
"Kossuth, in style of remonstrance, then pro.
ceeded TO say that he had been deceived-that upon
the strength Of the assurance given to him be made
contracts for the supply Of several thousand dollars
worth Of cavalry harness-but his arrangement,
had been broken through by this i'll managed at.
fair. Your large committees inefficient When
in Europe said he, Il heard of revolutionary
committee Of one hundred and forty persons in vi
emma, and at once foresaw they would do nothing
gentlemen, you illustrate the propricty Of that
cusion.' Brief intervals of clouded abstraction fol-
lowed each Of these pithy dcnunciations; but the
momentary suspension OF oral castigation was cup
piled by the whitening look and excited gesture Of
kossuth--
"Aye, every joint should seem to curse and ban;
And even now his burdencd heart would break
Should he not curse them
Gle a.o gave a broad hint to the committee
that they had taken out 900 worth of Hungarian
bonds which had not been accounted for. The com
mittee handed over the sum collected at the meet
ing. and shortly after retired with their honors
thick upon them -