The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-04
kOssuth aud his Pittsburgh Friends.

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telegraphlc summary Of one Of kossUrH's
earliest speeches at Pittsburgh, reported him to
have condemned in very marked language the
pecuniary extravaganza of the demonstration MS
previously made in his honor. He told his
eastern admirers that their adulation and atten-
tons would have been more acceptable had
they been less costly in their form and he re-
marked that the immense sums which had
been expended in vain-glorous show would
have sufficed to sustain the whole body of Hun
garian exiles for twelvemonth. The justice
and severity of the rebuke appear to have exer
cised some influence over the arrangements at
Pittsburgh, where $4,000 were subscribed to
the KossUTH fund, instead Of being expended, ,
as at New York aud Philadelphia, in the inter-
change of high flown compliments. Itappears,
however, that even at Pittsburgh things are not
working altogether tremendously and well.
The $4,000 have passed through sundry itch
ing palms, and the EUenu,g Chronicle thus
Significantly hints at the result
"There is a very general desire expressed for the
Immediate publication of the amount expended by
those having charge of Kossuth while he was
amongst Us. Speaking of these expenditures. the
american of yesterday says:
"'Thcre is a curiosity abroad for information in
regard to some Of them There is said TO have
been DETECTION Of portion OF that contributed by
the ladies for printing cards
1.-THE american, alluding to the amount raised
for Kossuth, puts it down at ten thousand dollars,
and the committees who manage his finances,
however, make heavy drawbacks on this for
penscs, as every kind Of license is taken in bills
against this fund. We learn that two hundred
dollars paid for five sleighs to meet him at
Blairsville, and the committee reported to have
paid sixty dollars for their dinner at that place
and Kossuth and his suite charged, hero and
elsewhere, with these extravagances Of patriotic
committees.
eve feel little interest ourselves in the 'dsjfec-
ton for printing; did some work for the honor
OF Kossuth and for the furtherancc of his cause.
for which we did not expect remuneration. But il
tho patriots, those who assumed the championship
of the Hungarian question, charged for their labor,
We, who have been denounced by them, ought to
have finger in the funds, too. Will some gen.
tleman explain that detection for printing cardsi
1t 10 nice point, and solicitous to have it
explained satisfactorily"
Let the balance sheet be shown by all means,
delphia, and the other points where the Kos
surH fever has ragged with the greatest VIC
ence.
The KossUTH tour has already furnished ma
terials for weighty chapters on popular credu-
lily, the worthlessness of after-dinner promises,
and the dubious sincerity Of politicians devoted
to the manufacture of personal capital. The
Pittsburgh difficulty will probably add an
equally instructive exposure of still meaner
practices on the part of patriotic sympathzers
with the KossUTH crusade. There may be
doubts about the precise meaning of cheers, and
the exact value of warlke oratory; but figures
admit Of less equivocal Interpretation. 1t is to
be hoped, therefore, that our Pittsburgh con
temporaries will let us have the figures quickly
and "uncooked."