New-York tribune., 1870-11-05

speech against that pcrous principle IL was even 90.
that he was ambitious of dying In his pace q. nj
OF the Senate. after he should have oonntrvmen
th,s ,s.t d,v ,o b,s couptry and TO his dear eo"n
,,a ,,i,h ,he sencrous frenzy the Quixousm VI "y
ana oo,.u,v do not believe that 'ho o"p, -.
old man desired any such melo W !. -, 80 ,,.u
| snlendid disappointment. his me- p"t ''". - ,,,
p'.a~ ., ds ss he did die. quietly In MS oeo' hA0
Christian gentleman , n, tho 9Th Of january
O., s ~ v.sutb sneak with unusual power II not eheer
a. = ,odv his audience was not ympathetic' NOT
.s nor place did then adhere" 1t was not Hungarys
but Jaokson's funerai'
"wh., w. Hecots o them, they to Hecubs,
That they should weep for herf"
Party spirit ruled the hour and In the speeches which
followed his noble effort very slight reference was made
10 the distinguished guest or bis Even Douglas
from whom we had hoped better things was ranky and
rabidy partisan. was sorry to see the poor Magyar
brought suddenly from grand nights OF patriot
ism sentiment to the atmosphere OF Tammany
Hall. .t. .
II politicians were cold or hostile and city mag
mates wary or contempuous the people received the
Hungarian hero warmly and heard him gladly, almost
as an inspired apostle OF freedom Wherever he went
the enthusiasm amounted to Juror, and yet win
doubtless too much noise and parade, there was some
thing hearty and generous and grand about IT, after alt
II did not wholly go of in champagne foam behgereh
toast and bravado speeches II failed to bring about
ntervention-the sober second thought the pracucai
sense OF the Teope was finally against hat but sunk
into the hearts Of all true bertyoyng men and women,
and them strong and stern against all oppressors
pitful toward all the oppressed; 1t revived the ola
spirit Of to tyrants and the sentiment OF UNITY
and nationality.
After so many years. fear il Is impossible for me accu-
rately toanalyze the character and effect OF kossuts
eloquence 1t was something foreign to u.s. and yet not
aen We recognized in it certain Oriental richness,
solemn passion, religious fervor, that reminded us OF
the old Hebrew prophets, with daring splendor OF
imagination, and broad and sweet humanity, that re-
minded of old English dramatists and poets
Through the Bible and Shakespeare understood him
by the SUBTLE mournful magnetism of his voice. by his
appeals TO the highest and deepest sympahes OF our
nature he held That elOquence seemed an influence
rather than power-n permeated rather than sub)u-
gated the minds of the multitude 1t was logical but
not all logic, argument. IL was not of Imagination
all compact nor Of passion all fame it was now grave
and quaint grand and heroic now sad with the un
speakable sadness of defeat and exile and brave ma
tons despair-now strong with the sublime hopefuness
Of Humanity itself
Kossuth had none OF the ordinary tricks OF 0ratory
He used little gestculaOn and that OF the most modest
Sort and descended to mimicry. He was only
dramatic through his eye and his voice. He seldom
dealt in irony sarcasm and in sounding deela
nation Prophet and poet his most remarkable
prophecies were events have since proved founded
on profound knowledge and reflection, on reason and
sound practical while his poetry was the essence
of reality and the eternal veres Next to the sweet
persuasion of Kossuths pathos would place the charm
OF his tact think that orator that ever lived could
have surpassed him In that and happy gift that last
exquisite grace OF genius At moment his prophetic
fervor and Isaahke submity might have led one to
suppose his lips had been touched with coal from COOS
own altar at the next, by some delicate hattery con-
veyed perhaps in tribute to the glorious dead OF the
Republic or in quotation from some living national
ticn nrht IN hat
other words in the wide world could express his thought
by mastery hits and subtle compliments, he would
lead you fancy those lips had somehow come IN
contact with renowned and magical stone of Barney
Castle.
After ALL Kossuths power not in his fervid
appeals generous sympathes aud heroic sentiments
hut often in his most quiet and subdued tone OF thought
and EXPIRE ssOna sort Of
manner which quite irresistible, Inhs most pow
erful arragnments and passionate denuncations there
was nothing sensational stormy. arrogant Ina man
ner simple as nature ITSELF at times strangely uncon
scous uttered his grandes sentences and without
the slightest exultation listened to the great
bursts Of applause which followed him. SO he magne-
tized and MagyarZed all, and, as sald we hopeu
against hope great things for him and his country
We believed that God safely guiding the desnies OF
Hungary even through darkness and tempest and over
the waste Of desoationhat Hagar Of nations, she had
found even in the desert Of exile well of sympathy
deep humanity whose waters should give new life to
the failing hope nurIred at her Wild sad hear-tha in
her darkest hour when she Gifted up her voice and
wept the had to her. that the child Of
her proud unconquerabe spirit her nationality should
not perish.
Well il was all over soon. and II seems like dream
now that great Kossuth excitement that flood of wild
WISDOM" as SOue called it, which seemed so barren OF
any practical result AS the of the hero of Pesth de-
cned that of the hero of Strasb0urg People be-
gan to speak lightly Of the magnificent dreams, of the
oft BETRAYED faith and desperate hOpeulness OF poor
Kossuth," and to do homage to the hard wideawake
egotsm and consummate cleverness OF Louis Napoleon
The "Lberator" passed into obscuity-the Consprator
mounted TO a throne. But though is sad to know
that he spoke before spoke for freedom
and nationality who the master of the soul ofevery
language is compelled his daily bread by impart
ing the dry forms OF language to common mnds-that
he who dared Imprisonment and death, who looked
the horrors of pestence, OF bateelds and midnight
burals after bate-who held the destines Of his
try in his hands, and bore her his heart
changed and broken that he actually "acks the nerve
to face Lyceum audience yet we can all see that II
were better to be the humble lodger, over the wine
shop in Turin" than the Imperial captive at whems
hGhe
| Kossuth paid a second visit to Washington in the
Spring He then spoke with the utmost admiration of
| the West and with gratitude OF his reception
there seemed saddened by what he had Of the
South At that time invited TO join h1s party
visit TO Mount Vernon This in the day Of Col John
Washington under whose regime the home Of the Father
of his Country its most dreary and dapidated
pect so early in the things looked unusually for
lorn and untidy with fowls pigs, and hafnaked little
negroes running about at their own sweet WILL" and I
remember feeling heartily ashamed Of the great pill
grimshrine" Of the Republic recall one touching in
cdent of that day. When all reached the ugly, red
brick structure, like small cemetery gateway, called
"the tomb" Kossuth advanced with head uncovered,
and gazed through the grating at the marble sarcophaus
which holds the dust Of Washington, and gives mmOr