Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-28
Kossuth.

Kossuth.
At Pittsburg the receptions, visits, speeches,
feastings, committees, and donations are pro-
crossing pretty cleverly. We note that the min
listers of the Gospel there, as elsewhere, have
paid him their homage. On this we have word
to say.
The tone of Governor Kossuth is of very
high character. He has not presented himself to
us as a glorious man Of the world, struggling for
the achievement of a noble purpose merely, but
as moralist and reIgionist transcendently pure
and profoundly devout; and he has not failed to
publish and allude to his prayer in behalf of human
freedom. Shall we judge him by his own stand
ard If we do SO, and find him wanting the
consequences of such test must be regarded as
of his own seeking. We will cite single case
bearing upon the question.
When Governor Kossuth was approaching the
shores of England, and the sympathy of the peo-
pie was alive, and the multitudes were eager to
welcome the wandering exile, certain charges,
once preferred against him in his own country,
were revived in several English journals. Among
them was one accusing him of having violated a
trust reposed in him in making him the custodian
of the property of fatherless family. "A dis
tinguished friend of Kossuth, in England, entered
upon his defence, and, in order to vindicate him
from this particular charge, made statement of
the circumstances upon which the report was
based. He said that Governor Kossuth was in
Hungary lawyer, yet not more welded to the
bar than to "the turf" that upon one occasion
fortune seemed to have turned against him, and
that he sustained series of losses so heavy that
the safety Of the property committed to him in
trust was thought to be endangered; that in con-
sequence of the reports and rumors to which this
gave rise, Governor Kossuth demanded an inves-
tgation; that this investigation was instituted,
and that the funds of the orphans were found to
have remained intact.
This is the statement We are disposed to be-
lieve it in all its parts but whether it be true in
all its parts or not we cannot doubt the evidence
given, adverse to him, by distinguished friend
whose object was simply to defend his good
name; and especially as Governor K, imme-
diately after the publication Of this defence, ar
rived in England, enjoyed the protection it gave
him, and gainsayed no part Of it.
We conclude then that Gov Kossuth was not
guilty of embezzling the property of widow and
her orphans, and that he faithfully discharged
his duty toward them; but we regard it as equally
certain that in his own country he was as much
welded to the turf" as to the theatre of his pro-
fession. Now, this is not necessarily damning to
a high-minded man. We know men who are
/" welded to the turf" who would not rob, steal
cheat, lie, or do any other act inconsistent with
the fame Of an honorable man. They have their
peculiar views on the subject they are guided in
all their career by the principles Of heightened
honor. and all men conide in them. But OBJ
serve they do not profess refined morality nor
profound religious convictions. They do not in
fuse religious exhortation into their public dis
courses, nor publish the prayers with which they
may at times be inspired They would feel dis
honored by the very suggestion Of acting thus.
They are willing to be judged by the standard Of
right and wrong they avow before the world.
Now, we do not purpose any persecution of Gov
Kossuth for being in any degree g welded to the
turf" That is his own affair. But we do oppose
the species of polygnmy displayed by his being
welded to the Christian church also Either his
position before the American people is false and
dishonorable, or his friend and advocate did him
such injustice as he should have been very
prompt to set right.