The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-05
KOKaufh Amin.


riority of their atmosphere, its extraordinary
clearness, and the wonderful effects it produces
upon the minds and bodies of those who nhale
it after long residence in eastern States. The
breathing, thinking, seeing, and digestive or
gans are, we are assured, marvelously i'm
proved in the free, bright air on the other side
Of the Alleghanies. The further you travel
the purer il is. Ohio--according to its citi-
zens-beats Delaware, eastern New York, or
Connecticut hollow and ere you reach the re-
mote boundary of Wisconsin you discover
that you are in region where phthisis is all
but unknown.
kossUTH is experiencing the change in its
full force. Wearied and worn with almost
ceaseless talk, his body mends only slightly
with his journey, but his mind is more active
condition by the alteration in its tone. Whether
the change be the result of an Ohio almos phere,
or of contact with The blunt, unceremonious,
hearty manners of the sons Of toll in that pros
porous State, we know not; but certain il is
that kossUrH has undergone transformation
as real as it is significant. He is still Governor
Of Hungary, but Governor after the fashion Of
such officers in the West, not. as heretofore. in
imitation Of old-world powers and polentates.
He now looks at things with western eye
scans the unseemly pomp which marked the
earlier stages Of his progress, and vows TO
abandon it at once and forever
A journey over the Alleghsnies in snow
storm was an event well calculated TO inspire
so sbrewd an observer with juster notions OF re-
publican simplicity than were attainable while
surrounded by the trsppings of mimic-royalty
in New York. That may be regarded as the
beginning Of useful experience in the future
President of republic. II may have taught
him that, however profound 10 the distractions
of government, he may learn something in re-
gard 10 its practice from men born and reared
under the invigorating influences of frontier
life.
Yet another lesson presented itself at about
the same period, and that was the influence
which everlasting feasts and festivals must in
evItsbly exercise upon the erchequer Of the
Hungarian republic. kossUrH found out that
a continuance Of such displays would weaken,
considerably, the strongest purse. A round Of
eighl-dolsr dinners, with proportonate show
Of after-dinner gifts, were endursbls enough;
but dinners without the gifts, though going on
till doomsday would sway but little the des,inies
Of Hungary. And so KossUrH, having dis
covered that dinners and donations could not
run together, decided, like a wise man, on
sticking 10 the donations, and leaving the din
ners to take care VI themselves He reflected
that, with million Of dollars. though without
single dinner. he could not 20 far sstrsy;
while years Of dining ont might leave him dol
larless and hopeless This seems to have
been KossUTH's frs, lesson in the art Of dis
eliminating between dimes and dinners, and
the facility with which he has avaled himself
Of it leads us TO regard him as half Yankee
already.
KossUTH is not only wiser but a sadder
man. The last few weeks Of his life have
added immensely TO his knowledge Of man
kind, albeit large before. He has learned that
the wisest man may be duped, ,nd-whai is
worse-duped by officous meddlers, under the
guise Of devoted friendship. 20 be waylaId
by highwaymon, or robbed at a gambling table
c. cheated in trade" is provoking at any
time; but 70 be sntrapped by friends-duped
ny friends-betooled by friends, is infinitely
more humliating and intclerable. This hu-
initiating fate kossUrH has been compelled to
endure. An occasional complaint escaped him,
but the fixing Of champagne corks and tt~
huzzss Of excited multitudes choked the sound
pefure il had well come from bIslips. Amidst the
rugged mountains Of western Pennsylvania he
breaihed and spoke more freely, and then, and
not I'LL then, the deep sorrow Of soul dis
gusted with the emptiness and worthlessness
Of The means on which, from the moment of
landing at Staten Island, he had relied with
implicit faith, found audible utterance. Western
winds have ere this CARED 10 the Empire City
lidngs Of ihe Li.er, heartfelt reproaches N"'","'
the exile heaps upon those who have de-
laded bin. He tells them, in substance,