The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-15
KOSSUTA I'M MARYLAND.
Speech Of the Magyar IN Annapolis.
&c. Sc. &c.

AT half past twelve O ,loek, on Tuesday las, Gov
Kossu,n ard suite were conducted to the State
House ny e ov. Lowe At tie door Of the Senate
ctan Ger hey were nee. ~ tie committee appoint
ed by tte Sena 70 10 receive them, when Mr..
DoANE, tre ctaiI nan, addressed Gov. X. as fol-
lows--
Gov KossUTn-6iac;rg you cordial welcome to
the .apitai Of Maryland, the Senate has appointed
us % invite yea 20 their chamber. This welcome
and this invitation We extend 10 you, the dstin-
guished leader 0! gallant and no Die people. Your
own sufe-ings 10 the cause OF human liberty, and
the misfortunes Of that noble people received our
wsrmest sympathy and orr rroioundest regrets:
We welcome you nan. our disinterested
and selfdeIying pa.-iotsm-your persevering
eforts for the maintenance Of constitutional free
dom, and your suffering ID Tie cause of human
to our respect and admiration We welcome you
&c the representative of gallant and NOBLE people.
The history Of that people llumnes the records Of
Europe for centuries past, heir 1ssen h struggle
hope; with eager aIiic patton we have followed
them from field to field Of their bloody contest; and
when success forsook their standard and the light
which they had raised en- tie banks OF the Danube
vas quenched in their own blood, we mourned the
sad result. As nan, and as the representative Of
aIeop.e, we invite you'o Our chamber
EossuTH's SPEECH.
Mr. PREslpEST-The stormy current Of my life
has offered several moments to me when the i'm.
portance Of tie occasion, connected with assoca
lions Of historical Interest: in pressed deep emo
ton upon my mind. But perhaps never yet, in my
life, has the memory G: the past made such gloomy
impression upon &c here bow with reverential
awe before history il bcwirg before you, Senators
Of Maryland, in THE glorious hall, the sanctuary Of
immortal deeds, halIowei by the memory Of i'm
mortal names. heto-e thank the living, let me
look to those dead. whose immortal spirits dwell
within these walls docking a: the portraits that
lrvy He lyfy ysr,Ya ~oho la bfo IN
tie glory. freedom, and happiness Of your great
united republic. destined rs confidently hope, to
become the corner stone Q. the future Of humanity.
zee, there they are. the glorious architects of the
gian. in such short tine. There is Thomas
Stone; there yoa- Demosthenes, Samuel Chase;
there Charles Carroll d Carroll.on who designedly
added that erithe. 70 the significance OF his name,
ira; nobody should DC mistaken ABOUT who was the
"Garrol who dared the noble deed, and was re-
wa-ied by being the last cfns llustrous companions
epjeyed me paradise .. freedom on earth, and
here, William Paca. all Of them signers of the
declaration Of American indie penden;e, that no.
best, that Eappies- rage in mankinds history.
to the portrait Of Governor Paca), having to 60
vern this sovereign state in that happy day
wren within these very walls was ratiSed the act,
which, by the recognition Of your very enemy,
raise your country 70 the of an in dependent
nation or earth. Ye spirits Of the departed cast
a ray Of consolation, by the numbering voice of
your nation, over that doTn-trodden land, whose
elect chief a wandering exile fo- having dared TO
the trembling hopes q an opp7es sed continent
before the generous heart Of your peop!e--now not
only an indep pendent nation, but also mighty,
glorious power earth. Alas what difference
in the success Of two like deeds Have not done
what ye did! Yes, have. Was the cause for
which did it, not alike sacred and Just yours.
Ii was. OR have we not fought 10 sustain it with
equal resolution as your brethren did, Bold
though it be 70 G. AIN glory 81 n as America has,
! am bold to claim il. and eay--yes, we did. And
yet what difference in the result And where
this difference! Only out Of that single circum-
stance, that while you in your struggle met with
assistance, ours met not even fair because
when we fought, there was nobody on earth to
maintain the laws Of natures God America was
silent, and England did not stir and while you
were assisted by French king, We were forsaken
by the French republic, itself now trodden down,
because it has forsaken US. Well, we are not bro
ken yet. There is hope for US, because there is
God in heaven and an America on earth. Cap
plause) May be that cur nameless woe were ne
cessary that the glorious destiny of America be full
filed that after was ar asylum for the oppressed,
it became, by regeneratipg Europe the pillar of
manhoods liberty oh 1t is not mere capricious
change Of fate, that the exiled Governor o. that
land whose name. four years ago, was scarcely
known your glorious shores. and which now (oh,
let have the blessings Of this faith) is near to
the generous heart Of America. IL is not a mere
chance that lIungayys exied chief thanks the
Senators of MaTyl Hand for the high honor Of pusEc
mental Congress met, where your great republics
glorious constitution was framed where tie treaty
Of acknowledged independence was ratified, and
where you, Senators, guard, with steady hand, the
sovereign States rights Of your own state, united
to thirty ee not to make you less free, but to make
you more mighty-to make you power on Garth.
! believe there is the hand of God in history. Ioa
assigned place in this hall Of freedom to tae me-
mory Ct Chatham, for having been just TO America
by opposing the stamp Act, which awohe your ma
ton 10 resistance. Now, the people Of England
think as once Pitt. the elder, thought and honors
with deer reverence the memory Of your Washing
ton. fut suppose the England Of Lord Chathams
time liz a thought as Chatham did and his burning
words had moved the English afistocracy to be
lust towards the colonies; those four men there
(ponting to tie portraits) had not signed your
country's independence; Washington were perhaps
a name unknown. uuhonored and unsnng," and
this proud constellation Of your glorious Stars had
Ierhaps not yet risen On ndnkiEds SKY, instead Of
being now about TO become the sun Ct freedom.
tAprlapge) It Il thus Providence acts. Let nc
hoTe Sir. that Hungary unmerited fate was neces-
saTy in order that your stars should become such
sun. sir, stand perhaps upon tho very SPOT where
your Washington st0 I'd, a .ond CucHEhtus, con-
summating the greatest at OF his lie. ne walls
which now listen TO my humble words, listened
once 10 the words Of bis republican virtue, mmor-
tai by their very modesty Let me upon this sa
cred spot express my confident belief that il he
stood here now, he would tell you that his prophecy
is fulfilled, that you are mighty enough to DEFY any
power on earth IT. Just cause, and he would tell
you that there never wa, anu never wi. be, a
cause more ius' tAaL tie Cause 81 Hungary. being,
a. il If, the cause q oppressed humanity, Sir, ]
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