The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-22

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KossUTH AND Hrs REVOLUTIONARY Fund
There is not word we ever wrote about Kossuth
that has not come out right. Every day our pre-
dictons and views receiving their veriicaton in
reference to the poetcal, impracticabe dreamer of
Hungary. While nearly the whole press Of this
city end of the United States demented by his
specious eloquence based felton, instead of facts
while politicians, and statesmen, and legislators.
and demagogues of both parties-but particularly
those of the whig abolition clique represented by
the Tribuneand Times-ran crazy after ''the mighty
Magyar while grave and reverend divines shower
ed addresses upon him, invoked the God of Battles
for his success and prophesed his certain triumph
holding him up second Luther-a great instru-
Inent raised up by the hand of God to smite Popery
in it's great stronghold at Rome and to deliver not
only Italy and Hungary, but all the down trodden
nations of Europe; while ladies seemed ready to de
YOUR the Hungarian wonder with kisses; and while
large mass Of the unthinking crowd fell do and
I worshpped him demi. god, we stood almost
alone, when we took the weight of the man, and
counselled caution about his dangerous principles
and tangled ideas Of American Intervention, to
prevent Intervention in European affairs. From
his silly conduct at the Irving Househis attack
Captain Long and the officers of the Missssippi-and
from other unmisakabe indications of weakness,
we at once the calibre Of Kossuth, and pro-
nounccd him rhetorican, utterly deficient
in the elements Of comprehensive craftsmanship,
and totally unfit to be the leader of great revolu
! tionary movement.
These views were confirmed by the purchase of
the two dollar muskets and the Cincinnati saddles.
The majority of his followers had their eyes opened
by degrees and to the press of the large cities,
the snivelling Tribune and the dwelling Times
left &c alone in their glory if may except
the Boston Commonwealth, which stuck to him to
the last, with fanatcal zeal quite in keeping with
its abolition notions and other absurd principles.
In a recent number, that journal, in taking cogni-
zance Of statement in the London papers that
Kossuth is living at his in the English metro
polls, upon the Hungarian fund, collected in this
country for revolutionary purposes, gives the fol-
lowing expose, which fully bears out the opinions
expressed, from first to last, of the capacity of
\ Kossuth -
We take this opportunity of stating from positive
knowledge that of the 80 600 100 dollars which
Kossuth collected in this country hardly dollar crossed
the Atlantic with him He expended in this country,
in purchasing snd making munitions Of by the
nuacture of which he gave employment to large
Der OF his destitute countrymen He had for months
| nearly hundred of them employed in making car.
tridges alone He expended it. also in carrying most
extensive and costly correspondence with his agent in
Europe transmitting Of course bis letters by private
messengers who went Mt the risk of their lives had
10 be paid proporonaby and Who Of had to be
amply furnished with money for emergencies Every
letter which Kossuth sent to Hungary cost him an
average $780, The money that he raised here was of
easily absorbed by these expenditures with
1t, know, spent consdera de belonging
20 his wife which her relstves Hungary sent TO her
for her use but which she gave to her husband for
bis cause Kossuth left A-1erca penniless AMI in debt,
in 1s49 he left Hungary after two years admins
ton OF the treasury Of that rich kingdom.
What q commentary upon the silly career of
Kossutb in this country, by friend and advocate of
his mad mission According to his own words,
when leaving New York for England he was
"squeezed like orange" But this waste of
$780, 600 does not include the enormous expenses OF
himself and suite travelling through the country,
and luxuriating in the best Of good living. Not
withstanding his being thus reduced to penury, and
not left red cent, he held out to the people of the
United States, to the last moment, the idea that
like another Captain Bobadil, he was going to re
volutionize with this fund his beloved Hungary
make mince meat Of the Bear of Russa-devour q.
q meal the Emperor Of Austria-and then turn
roun upon Louis Napoleon, and hurl the despo
into the Seine.
This proves that Kossuth has o mixture Of the
demagogue, as well as Stiffness, in his composition
cohuucl IA iAonuon, III every qudtter,
and sending out his emissares and avowing or
disayowing his connsston with them, according TO
circumstances, is further evidence of his dema
goguism. II is pretended that Vetter travelled, as
spy Of Kossutb, in the character Of painter, all
Italy, to ascertain the feelings Of the people,
and that he reports there is hope Of blow being
struck in that country; while in the letter, in
the New York Tribune, we are informed that Louis
Napoleon, whom Kossuth here denounced as a
tyrant and predicted, if not menaced, his sudden
destruction in mysterious way, is now his fast
friend and ally; and that, in conjunction with
Mazzni Kossuth sent to the French President one
Kish, who writes splendid reports to the Magyar,
from which it appears that the liberation Of Hun
gary by Louis Napoleon and bouis Kossuth will
very soon be a fixed fact Of piece with
this is the letter which appeared q few days
ago in the Tribune, from Kossuth himself, calling
on the Hungarians and Germans Of this country
to unite ia one league and covenant, for the hoe
ration Of their respective countries, by aiding
the fHibusiero designs Of the revolutionary junta In
London, which embraced all Europe, II not all crea-
ton and insisting upon pledge from the Pren-
Dental candidate Tor whom they shall vote, to carry
out Kossuth principles in his administrationto set
this country and the nations ofths Old World by the