Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-01-27
KOssuth'S Speech
AT THE CONGRESSIONAL SUPPER.

AT THE CONGRESSIONAL SUPPER.
The Congressional Supper In honor OF
Gov. KessrTH, took place., few days since
a. Washington. Hon. W.R. KING, Presi-
dent Of the Senate, presided--on his righ,
was Hon. LINN BOYD, Speaker of The House,
and DANIEL WEBSTER, and on his left sa,
the Hungarian chief. Noar the platform
,sa., Serrs,ary coRwiN, and se,hsrnembers
81 he es9l
Tho fourth toast was given by the Hon.
W. R. KING, and was as follows.
Hungary Represented in the person of
our honored guest. Having proved himself
free, by the vuur and virtue Of her sons, III I,
laws of nations and the dictates Of justice
alike demand that she shall have fair play
in her struggled for Independence.
The ,oas; was received with tremendous
cheers, when .-r.r..l ... ..tlas
NJ KossurH rnsc and spoke as follows:
KOSSUTH'S SPEECH.
SIR: As once Cyneas. The Epiro.e, stood
among the Senators Of Rome who, with nm
earnest word OF sclf.conscious majesty, con.
,roliej ihe condition orlhe world, and arres.
ted mighty kings in their ambitious march,
thus full of admiration and OF reverence. !
stand amongst you. Legislators Of the new
Capiiol, that glorious hall Of your peoples
collective majesty. The Capitol of old ye,
stands, bu, the sp;-;;:: has departed from il,
and come over 10 yours, ptrihed by the air
Of liberty. The old stands mournIul
monument of the fragity Of human things
yours as u sanctuary Of eternal rights
The old beamed with the red lusre Of con-
quest, now darkenedby oppression's gloomy
night; yours beams with freedoms bright
ray. The old absorbed the world by, It's
own centralized glory; yours protects your
own nation against absorption, even by IL
self. Tho old was awful, with rres,ricted
power; yours is glorious with having re-
slricled il. A, ihe view Of the old nations
,rembled ; a. the view Of yours humanity
hopes. To the old misfortune was only
Introduced with fe,lered hands 10 kneel a,
triumphant conquerors' heels; 10 yours the
triumph Of introduction is granted TO unfor-
,unate exiles invited 10 The honor Of seat.
And where kings and Caesars never will be
hailed for their power, might, and wealth,
there The prosecuted chief Of down.uodden
nation is welcomed as your grea. Republics
guest, precisely because he is perseculed
helpless, aRd poor. m the" old, thJ terrible
re uictisl was the rule. In yours, protec.
lion TO the oppressed, maledic,on to ambi-
,ious oppressors, and consolation to q van.
quished just cause. And while out OF the
old conquered world was ruled, you in
yours provide for the common federa,ive
interests of a territory larger than The con.
quered world OF old. There sat men boast
ing their will 10 be the sovereign Of the
world; here sit men whose glory is TO ac'
knowledge The laws of nature and Of nalure's
God and, 10 do what their sovereign, The
people, wills.
Sir, there is history in these parallels; his
tory past ages, and history Of future cen
iurics. may be often recorded in few words
The small particulars TO which The passion
Of living men clings with lerven, zeal, as i
the fragile fingers Of men could arrest tht
rotation Of desliny's wheel-.hrse paricu
lars die away; i. is the issue which makes
history, aS1 that issue is always Logical
There is u necessity Of consequences where
ever the necessity of position exists Pfin
cipIes are the alpha; ,hoy mus, finish. viii
omega, and they will.
Thus history may be told in few words
Before yet the heroic struggle Of Greece
frs, engaged your counlry's sympathy 10
The fate Of freedom in Europe, then so FL
dislan, and now so near, ChaIeaubriunc
happened to be in Athrns, and h. heart
from u mindret raised upon The Propylel an,
ruins Turkish prizes. in Arabic Language
announcing The lapse Of hours TO .he Chris
,ians of Minerals town. What immens
history in the small fac. Of Turkish lmun
crying ou,, "Pray pray, the hour is runini
fast, and The Judgement draws near"
Sir, there is equally history OF futur
ages ri,ten in the honor bestowed by yol
10 ms humble self. The frs. governor O
indepe ndem Hungary, driven from his ma
live land by Russian violence; an exile ol
Turkish soil, protected by Mahome,a
Sultan against the blood thirst of Christian
,yranls; cast back prisoner 10 far Asia b
: diplomacy. rescued from his Asialic priso,
by America crossing The Atlantic charge
. with the hspes of Europe's oppressed M
lions; pleading, poor exile, before III
people Of this great Republic his down.irod
den counlry's wrongs and its intimate cor
nexion with The fate OF the European cont
} nent, and, with The bo!dness Of just caus
caiming The principles Of the Christian re
igion 10 be ruised 10 law Of nations an
I 10 see not only the boldness Of the poor eX
=. lie forgiven, but 10 see him consoled by III
sympathy Of millions, encouraged by ind
, yidualS, associations, meetings, cities, an
SiIales supported by operative aid, and gree
ed by Congress and by Government as III
; nations guest; honored out Of generosil
with that honor which only one man belor
, him received, and that man received lheI
) out Of gratitude; with honors such as n
polen,a,e ever can receive; and this bar
, quct here, and the toast which have ,
: thank for--oh indeed, sir, there is his,o
ry Of future ages in all these facts, they wi
, 60 down to pos,erily in The logical cons,
], quences Of principles which are tho found,
tion Of these facts.
Sir, though huve the noble pride of m
principles, and though have the inspiratio
n