Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-26
state Of Public Feeling in HpnGary~Thc
Pennlo Rife for IIherfY.

People Rife for Liberty.
THE Pesth correspondent of the London
Times writes, May /, as follows U
l We had yesterday another grand national
demonstration In this city. A solemn SER
vice for the repose of the soul of the late re-
vered Count LEechenyi was celebrated in a
Catholic Cathedral and the venerable Car
dinal Archbishop Of Gran, who is Primate of
Hungary, came TO Pesth expressly to officiate
at Il. The church was decked with black
hangings, and a vast catafalque was erected,
which was guarded by about three hundred
students carrying torches. The sacred edifice
was crammed TO suffocation, and in the gath
ering were the greatest, the noblest, the most
patriotic of the land But the crowd inside
was nothing to that which was collected
without, The latter, according to tine most
trustworthy calculation, consisted Of at least
$4,000 or 10000 souls, and it filled not only
the vast space in front of the church, but the
square Of the v Yaros-haz (town-hall) as we'll
During all the time the service lasted, which
was full two hours, this huge multitude stood
bareheaded and maintained a solemn silence.
All the shops of the city and all the public
establishments were closed all day long, and
almost everybody was dressed in the national
mourning costume. Altogether, the demon
stration was magnificent and imposing.
After the service q deputation of the
Academy headed by Count Desseffy, the
President, waited ON the Cardinal Arch
bishop, Monsignor Szitewsky, to thank him
for having ofhciated. The venerable prelate,
in neatly -tmned speech, replied that, as a
Hungarian, he felt bound to Join his country
men in paying honor to the memory of the
patriot whom the nation was mourning. A
vast crowd, beaded by the students, also went
to the Archiepiscopal Palace to thank the
Primate, and, q deputation having been ad-
mitted to his presence, he delivered a speech,
in which he said that patriotism and faith
were necessarily united, and that by their
union neither could ever perish. The depu-
tation repeated the substance of the harangue
TO the crowd, and it was hailed with thun-
dering cheers. The students and the people
then sung the "Scozdt," "Be ever faithful to
the country, o, Magyars" and then dis
In the evening multitude again assembled
and went to the Hotel of the Angel Kiralync
(Hotel of the Queen of England, to pay theil
| respects TO the two young Groff'ok Szechenyi
Bella and Eugene, sons of the deceased patriot
| The young noblemen were made to come Oh
to the balcony, and they were received will
rapturous applause. The elder expressed
their thanks, and declared that they would
always consider it duty TO initiate thei
father in devotion to the country. 81
In their visits to the Archbishop and th,
Counts Szechenyi, the crowd raised constan
cries of "EIen a hazaP' "EJeH Rossuth ?
"EJen SzechenyiF ("Hurrah for the coun
try, for Kossuth and for Szechenyi.') Th,
cries for Kossuth prove that, though years
have passed away since he was driven int
exile, he still retains as firmly as ever hi
hold on the peoples hearts. The demonstra
ton in his honor on this occasion was tn,
more significant from the fact that certail
persons have been making an attempt to ere
ate q prejudice against him by representing
that he did not act well toward Szechenyi il
l848-9. The brave Magyars justly hold tina
the trihing circumstance of having differed
from Szechenyi is not sufficient to depriv,
Kossuth of their gratitude and love. no