New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-05
A HUNGARIAN PHILOSOPHER.
NJ PULszKYs MEMORIES AND PRESENT
VIEWS OF AMERICA.

NJ. PULsZKY'S MEMORIES AND PRESENT
VIEWS OF AMERICA.
PARIS. July 20
The HupQarTsns who have come to Paris belong
to club at Pesth which is formed of literary and
artistic men and women. and dilettan6. Every
summer they make o trip somewhere abroad. Last
year they went to Roumania and Serya. Al
Bucharest they were received with open arms Dy
the Queen of that country. who Is a thinker
poetess,' and highly accomplished lady IN inc
social acceptation of the word. This year they had
fancy TO come to Paris, and were most Hospitality
received. Places were reserved for them ut the IN
auguraton Of the grand statue of the Republic IN
the open space at the Chateau dEau, and at the
gratis representation at the Opera and at the nre-
and water show Mt the Trocadero. There was
gala representation in their honor at the Theatre
Franesis aud the Figaro entertained them at
charming concert.
They gave dinner at the Grand Hotel to MEM
bers of the French snd foreign press, and to General
Tur and NJ. de Lesseps. The illustrious Frenchman,
who is now generally called in the newspapers. lie
Grand Francais," paid visit to the
Hunganans at the Hotel du Helder. They
were at breakfast when he called. Inc
tables round which they sat in the courtyard
and under the shade of monster umbrella NJ DC
Lesseps belongs to the old school OF Frenchmen
who mes galants. He kissed all the ladies',
some Of whom were very good-iooking one OF
thsm-a Countess-was monstrously fat and more
than e led the arms Of the splendid old Gascon who
attempted to embrace her. There was good deal
Of originality in the beauty and the ugliness too
of the ladies. 1t gave agreeable SAVIOR to plain-
ness.
PuIszxY's PERSONAL TRAITS
had not much conversation with any OF them
M p,,l.1 bn haari L vr
YORK TRIBUNE, asked me to step up to his private
sittins-room and chat there about America. He
treated me to a monologue in fair enough English.
spoken with strong emphasis and impetuosity.
Although he is close seventy. he is not yet gray,
and he volunteered to say that he does not dye DE
impressed me as a man of extraordinary power, but
his mind, | should say, is unruly de mas great
observation, great memory. great clearness III MS
IDEAS and good deal of imagination, and has tine
excellent tendency Of the semi-barbarian rapidly TO
translate ideas into actions. He is an interesting
man. but too like bird of prey to inspire interest
The nose is exactly the shape of crows beak;
there Is wild fire in the eye. and the Jaw Is very
firmly set. He has a fine head Of the same type as
that Of Gambetta 1t Is very much developed at the
brow. very wide, not remarkable for its height,
and recedes little.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCES AND IMPRESSIONS.
States in 1853 with Kossuth and that his wife
tried TO make him stay there. He was offered
the chair of Modern History at Cambridge.
Mass. and was honored with the friendship OF
Lonefeliow. Ripley. Agassz. and other hteTdf OF
New England But the person who held the most
cherished place Ia his memory was Horace Greeley,
who asked him to Join HE TRmUNEs stan. Dear
Greeleylo said the Hungarian patriot. - No
body who was not well acquainted with him can
understand TO what extent the wisdom OF the ser
prnt. the harm essness Of the dove, aud the zeal
of the APOSTLE none OF which be allowed to 90
TO wastel can be combined in a man. He was
the "cutest' American l ever saw. and the
| kindest. most pure-minded. most trans
parent OF grown-up children. believe he had rev.
Citations direct from the Kingdom OF Heaven, that
good spirits were in attendance on him. His was
most extraordinary character The enthusiasm 1t
contained was prodigious and there was, If l may
SO express myself piston oyer every aperture py
| which the steam came out. None Of his wild-hre
went to waste.
81 remember in 1853 what a fearful power
slavery was In the United States. Greeley's heart
| I am persuaded, never once failed him IN
the campaign he opened aud carried on against
| all the forces OF hell, that really seemed
| 10 be leagued together against him. witnessed
the birth of Mrs Beecner Stoves reputation. Her
vomans heart was needed to throw blood into the
BRAIN Of the Anti-Slavery party Or as they say In
/ America, platform. The war against slavery was
| Hou,erc [ never grander characters than
those men aud women who stepped into the arena
| often am asked why Mrs. Stowe did not Keep up
10 the level she reached in Uncle Toms Cabin
saw that being made of flesh aud blood she could
not. Having felt all that she wrote she exhausted
nervous force that extent that II was Impossible
for her to fully recoup."
And why did you not" ] asked, "stay in the
| United StatesT
Because / am essentially an Old World man
The ,eehing activity the perpetual ebulliton, the
visibility OF growth in everything, were too muct
for me. l was brought up in a lazy country and IL
an atmosphere of art and my early impressions hao
been too VIVID for me to bear transpantation well
| There was too much ght aud not enough OF I'm
| mise In society at Boston, and too mucfl
| fever and not high thoaght enough
| except lust Ia small crcle-at New-iork
| The climate did not. either, agree with me- fAi
| the land currents arc straight from the Poe OF
straight from the equator, and nobody who has not
| walked over Boston Common in March knows wha'
AN amount OF asperity may be crowded into an cas-
wind.p ,
pulszky cold me that in most Of the Euro
mean capitals that he had visited. question had
beeu put to him in the hope that he would give al
Affirmative answer. 1t was: Don't you think thai
the republican evolution of the United States VIII
terminate in one or perhaps several monarchies'
"And what was your answerT asked.
MONARCHY! oh. IMPOSSIBLE! There Will never d
a monarch except rs visitor IN any part OF the
United States. It Is hard to understand to wha
extent Republicansm has permeated National anc
individual life over thoro. They are repu biican'
m ali the nerves. TISSUES bones and every thing else
Everything goes by popular election Every pubic
man is liable to be questioned aud ross-questione'
by newspaper Interviewers, aud what we IN Europe
would hold impertnent is there counted rshs an'
natural. One man is just as good as aho'hei' au'
=. =. ..o.t., % tha oreAit of the Americans. they