The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-02-26
RICHMOND, VA,
Thurrsay Morning, Fcbrnary 26, 1852
KOSSUrH.

Kossu,h, and every thing connected with him,
and really we do not feel disposed to find fault
with them. We have given them as little there
upon as we possibly could, for, TO confess the
truth, we had, ourselves, become little sick Of
the subject, long before we received hint from
our subscribing friends. What we did give,
the circumstances Of the times rendered quite
unavoidable. We shall in future, say as little
about him as we have for the last two weeks,
unless some new phase Of folly should impe-
rativey call for a fresh supply of notices. We
confess that we begin to hope that there is no
probability of any such conjuncture; for be-
levers we are, in the resources of the re-
nowned Magyar, we cannot but think that he
has exhausted his entire store of humbugs.-
We design this article, therefore, as parting
shot, though we do not mean to quote Latin
upon him, as lively friend of ours did upon
couple Of abolitionists with whom he had
Contest upon North River steamer few years
ago. The squabble attracted great attention,
and excited much amusement. Our friend
turned the laugh decidedly against his oppo-
nents, and being about to terminate the discus.
sion, wished to ciinch the matter by quota
ton. One occurred to him, not very appro-
pirate, but possessing the advantage of lofty
and harmonious sound. He determined TO nse
it, but first took the precaution to look around
upon the crowd. He thought they did not
look very classical, and so determined to VEN
ture, he roared out at the top Of his voice " de-
lenda est CARTHAGE" fetch your negroes
from Africa" The crowd applauded, the adj
versaries WINGED as if grape-shot had beeni fired
among them, and our friend retired with oil the
honors of a signal victory. We do not know
that this tale is very much to the purpose, and
we only tell tito show the extreme efficiency Of
learned passage, thrown into discourse, to-
wards the conclusion of an argument, and to
regret that we have nothing of the kind to fire
at kossuh in parting. He seems to US to have
been the most stupendous humbug of which
there is any mention, and the new fancy paper
of New York 1.-THE Lantern) did not badly ex-
press the general character of his spec ches
and operations in this country, when il COM
meneed leader headed " The kossuth Plat
FORM by saying "The odiosity of absoI utis-
teal solidarity, &C."
From what we have seen of Kossuth in this
country, we should judge that it is very easy to
determine what sort of talent his is, and what
sort ofstation he would have filled had he been
q Frenchman, and lived in the days of the
great revolution. When that tornado was on
the point Of breaking out, he would have oc-
cupied the position Of some of those who have
n , IN,
fury. With more personal courage, he might
have stood side by side with Mirabeau pos
sessing no more than he plainly does, he would
have fallen to the level of those inferior agi-
totors who were swept into humiliation by
the fury Of the blast when the storm rag ed
highest. He would have been great in kind
ling a revolution; he could not have con-
trolledit AS an agitator, he has had no superior
since the days of Tiberius Gracious. AS an
efficient man, in the midst of the storm, there
was no Hungarian Corporal who would not
have been his superior.
OF one thing we think there can be no doubt.
He is either playing part for his own pur.
poses, or he is most sadly deficient in judg.
ment. While still in Hungary, with 1880
of the best troops in the world at his dispo sal
he resigned his office and fed from the advance
of the Russian forces. Now that he is in Anne.
RIGA, he buys forty thousand muskets at two
dollars piece, to begin the regeneration o.
the same country al present occupied by several
hundred thousand men, which he had shrunk
from defending with $4,000 regular soldiers
all armed to the teeth, and supplied with 3O(
pieces Of artillery! The cool judgment of this
people-that 4" sober second thought" ofwhict
so much is said bp the politicians-cannot but
detect the absurdity of his present position
and assign him place among the most Wis.
ionary, or the most hypocritical of mankind
That sober second thought" cannot be much
to his advantage in another respect. The Be.
lizarius, of the opera, showing his wounds,
and begging an obOIus of every passer by,
may move our compassion, but he likewise ex-
cites some feeling very near akin to contempt.
nj. kossuth has played Belzarius with a ven.
geance. He has been showing wounds, oil
the way from Consantinople to St. Louis, but
those wounds are not his. He cannot say like
the great general of Justinian,
give fought and I've bled, and I've conquered for
Rome, SIR"
while he hands round the hat with the whine
of "date obolum Belizario." The wounds
were not his wounds, the blood was not his
blood, the conquests were not his conquesls-
He tells us that the next time he means TO
take the command himself. We wish he had
thought of that sooner. But he forgot it at
the moment when it would have been practi.
cable. He may intend to do it hereafter. In
the meantime, his admirers are no doubt much
edihed by the Giro umstance of his never having
exposed his precious person to those odous in
struments OF tyranny, shot and shells. If thew
are under any fears with regard to the future.
we think we can venture to assure them that he
never will.
In one word, Kossuih seems to us to be
demagogue-a Sort Of O'ConnelI-and nothing