, 1855-02-17


ANOTHER SPEECH FROM KossuTH.-The
twenty-fourth anniversary Of the Polish
Revolution Of 1880 was celebrated in Lon
don on the 29th ult., by meeting held
under the auspices of the Polish Associa-
ton. At this meeting Sir Joshua Walms-
ley was to preside, and among the speak
ers engaged to address the audience was
Louis Kossuth. The n. Y. Tribune re-
ceived copy Of Kossuth's speech in ad-
vance of its delivery, the steamer having
sailed from Liverpool on the morning fol-
lowing the evening on which the meeting
was held. The substance of Kossuth's
speech, as in the address he delivered some
months since, was, that the only hope for
success by the allies in the present war,
lies in cutting adrft from Austria, and re-
instating the Kingdom of Poland and
Hungary. We quote a brief extract,
showing the hopeful feeling of the eloquent
Hungarian:
1.-THE time draws nigh when the oppress-
ed nations will call their aggressors to a
last account; and the millions of freemen,
in the fullness of their right, and their self
conscious strength, pass judgment on AFRO
giant conquerors, privileged murderers and
perjured kings In that supreme trial the
oppressed nations will stand one for all,
and all for one. Faults, errors and misfor-
tunes Of the past were not in vain. 1t was
terrible ordeal-school, but school it was.
All of US have learned something; and the
best Of what we have learned is, that the
principle Of national fraternity is more
than o philanthropic emotion; it is the
only effective guarantee Of that freedom
which we have to conquer, and which we
will conquer. Let England and America,
proud in their present security-let all
those whom it concerns-mind my warning
while it is yet time to mind it, Those who
will not have contributed to the triumph
of freedom while they had tie power to
contribute to it, shall have forfeited the
claim to share in that mutual guarantee.
"If all the signs do not deceive us, ye,
men of Poland, may be the first called to
batter breach. Many will stand by you,
and others will fight the common battle
elsewhere. But, though many they be,
nearest is nearest, and close by is best
1t is not in vain that Nature and Natures
God made Hungary neighbor to Poland,
and Poland neighbor to Hungary. Our
enemies are the same and our cause is iden-
tilted. The much feel the little may
know, and all can-my heart, my brain,
my arm, shall be with Poland. Remember
this. Yet, though l may have learned
something, the pledge of my fraternal as
sistance is small matter-and even that
little may be lost too soon. We are NOR
tai men, and grow old and careworn.
However, that is not worth while speaking
Of. I may be nothing, but Hungary is
much. And it is the Genius Of Hungary
which assures you through my lips; Hun
gary will stand by reviVing Poland. Re
member my words"
Kossuth warned Poland to beware of the
tricks Of diplomacy, and awarded high
need Of praise to British valor in the bat
tie Of the 5th Of November, saying that
"history must go back for centuries to find
cut another battle like that of Inkermann" j"
"A prodigy of valor scarcely inferior to
the miracle Of Agincourt" He considered
that the great lesson Of accomplished facts
10: That England's policy, in reference TO
the present war, has been wrong in its d.
rection, and inefficient, unsuccessful, and
disastrous in details This proposition was
argued at great length, the speaker finally
concluding that if England throws over
board Austria she is safe. He said
"Shift the theatre of the war; insist,
peremptorily, on Austria's evacuating the
principalities and siding with or against
you advise the Sultan to grant independ-
ence to the Roumains, and arm them en-
list the Polish emigration, not in Turkey,
but here mind where the weak point Of
Russia is, and strike there. And wherever
Q government is playing false to you, call
on the nations 1t oppresses but remember
that while in matters of internal progress
you may say: By-and-by we shall come
to that;-in war everything depends on
moments. Opportunity lost is campaign
lost-may be even more. Poland is your
only remedy, even to-day; but how much
surer and easier would it have been six
months ago.
az speak not from egotism speak as
England's friend. Neither you nor even
Napoleon can afford sufficient forces for
that war there. He cannot say, like as
you can, Let us send our last soldier; the
police viii do at home He cannot he
has many things to guard-Paris, France,
Algiers, and watch to the north and south.
You have not too many men; he has too
many exigencies. / repeat my words Of