The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-22

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| By reference to the inside pages the reader viii
find report Of the reception and speech OF General
Quitman at Red Hook, the place OF his nativity, on
Monday last; Account Of the exciting contest be-
l tween Flora Temple and TacoDy, over the Union
Course last Tuesday; Additional Particulars relative
/ TO the Frs htfnl Catastrophe at Niagara Proceed
| ings Of the Board Of Education; Coroners In
| quests, &c.
| The STICK OF the Rockes-rne Last Card OF
Kuss0ID.
The brilliant orator Of Hungary had the
| habit, whilst addressing immense audiences in
this country, to brandsh before them huge
sword, with the solemn and emphatic oath that
when it should again be drawn in the cause of
| his country it should be sheathed only in vic
| tory or blood. From the deep obscurity into
which he had fallen he now re-appears upon the
stage Of action, not indeed with sword in hand.
but furnishing q goose quill and cursug, if
not swearing. is still his occupation But ne
makes a sorry figure. His recently published
correspondence has beeA read with pain by
many Of his former friends and admirers-by
many who clung to the hope that he was not
mere man of talk. They go far, very far, to
| confirm the common sense estimate placed upon
| him by the New YORK HERALD, and to let him
| down from the false height which he occupied
| in the opinion of some
| Kcssuth is an eloquent declaimer. The
| crowds who have been dazzled by his words,
even when he spoke in . language not his own.
! will all testify to that He is scholar for his
| frequent addresses have been characterized by
learning as well as by eloquence. He has the
imagination of the poet. Ifvctory scared upon
the wings of fancy. ifwords could be success
fully marshalled in array against men, Hun
| gary had long since triumphed.
| But the takers of our revolutionary times.
| the orators of those days were men who backed
up great words with great deeds They could
fight as we'll as speak and what is more, they
understood how to carry on war against terri
BILE odds with that transcendent skill which,
in spite of every advantage against them
insured success. 1t is in the comprehensive
utlitarianism the practical talent for planning
and arranging all the branches of q complex
| scheme, in which different agencies are to be
| employed, in such a manner as to attain an OBJ
jtct difficult of accomplishments is in this, so
essential to the character of great leader that
| Kossuth appears to be sgnally wanting. He is
| ambitious he is probably Industrious, not lack
| ing in certain kind Of energy; but he is ftful
| q creature of sudden impulses, visionary, a
dreamer. 1t is no true service to the cause of
human liberty to rank him where he does not
| belong He has exhibited want of practical
| judgment, of clear common sense, of q know
| ledge of the real world and of human nature
| which would doom to disappoin ment hereafter
| as 1t has done IN times past. great hopes
| placed upon him.
In December 1851, Kossuth landed upon our
shores. having been brought here with his nu-
merous suite in national ship and at the ex-
pense of our government. He was received
with such An outburst of welcome as never
greeted foreigners arrival ia this country
before. Here be was magnifcently entertained
as the guest of the city, 80 was he by many
other cities and he enjoyed sort of triumphal
march through the country. Invitations from
all quarters-warm. cordial, hattering-poured
in upon him. keen, shrewd, calculating
|
acclamations which greeted him the evil
dence Of friendly feeling strong enough
and deep enough to render him invaluable aid
and assistance if appealed to at proper time
and in proper manner and such man would
have known how to avail himself of it. The
people of the United States are republicans
they sympathize errently with all republican
rnov ements elsewhere. We have no doubt that
when Kossuth was here, if he could have shown
any definite plan. Offering q fair and rational
prospect for obtaining the liberation of his
country, he could have procured millions OF
dollars to be hazarded in the Hungarian cause.
Thousands of young men would have willingly
gone home with him to help fight the battles of
his country if he could have shown them any
| way to get there and decent chance to con-
| quer. But Kossuth did no sucl thing. He de-
| manded at once 4" material aid - but SO far as
he Swallowed forth the grounds OF which he
based his hopes Of being able to use it success
fully in establishing the independence of his
country he failed to convince the great major
ity of the people that those hopes rested upon
any substantial basis. This was the reason he
did not get more money. People whe wished
Hungary free. who, If she were manfully en-
gagged in the struggle in her own behalf would
have willingly given money to aid her thou ght
their funds quite a. safe and quite as well in
their own keeping until the occasion for their
employ ment should arise. Yet gold flowed
pretty freely into the Golfers OF Kossuth while
he was in this country, and he ought to have
perceived that the national feeling of the Uni
ted States waited only for suitable opening
to help in bearing him aud his people to victory
| and freedom.
But what do We now behold him doing all
that lies in his power to sever the great bond
| If sympa1 by which bound us to him. He sits