Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-29
LOUIS KOSSUTH.
His Visit to the United States-A Fer
and Fiamboyant Oath.

His Visit to the United States-A Fer
and Fiamboyant Oath.
So Kossuth is not dead after :
though, as in '82, the event prematu
" announced can not be long pc
poned. His tour through this coun
is one of the great events of the c.
fury. 1t is thirty-three years since
illustrious exile landed in New "
and stirred up such a patriotic Juror a
frenzy. | remember running aw
from school and walking nine miles a
back to hear the flaming orator spe
from the balcony of the Massas
House at Springfield. He was the hi
of the hour. He quite left Daniel w,
ster in the shade in the matter of e
guence. 1t was the year of revolutio
in France, in Germany, in Ireland,
Austria, in Italy, in South Ameri,
The Yankee heart was warm, and ST
Magyar patriot" collected forget he
many million dollars, issued his p
sonal notes for it. and carried it back
the lands beyond the seas. 1t was 8
ing to be spent to make his Cypress
countrymen free-oh, yes. every cent
it, l remember the oath to that eff
which he registered in old Tripler h
to an audience of Germans the mig
before he sailed away, and l quote t
end of it as an illustration of his %
turesque, fervid. and f1amboyant sty
''Now, by the God who led my pc
pie from the prairies of distant Asia
the banks of the Danube-the Danul
whose waves have brought to us i
ligion, science and civilization fire.
Germany and in whose waters {
tears of Germany and Hungary ha
mingled; by the God who led us whe
on the soil moistened with our bloc
we defended the bulwark of Christie
ity; by the God who gave strength
our arms in the struggle for freedo
till our oppressors, this goddess hou
which weighed so heavily for centuri
on the liberties of Germany, was hui
bled and sunk to be an underling of t
Muscovite Gar; by the ties of the col
mon oppression which tortures O
nations; by the ties of love of liber
and hatred of tyranny that boils in o
veins alike; by the memory of the d
when the Germans of Vienna rose
bar the way which led to Hunga
against the hirelings of despotism;
the blood from Hungarian heal
which flowed on the plains
Schwechat for the deliverance of Vie
ma; by the Almighty Eye viii
watches over the destinies of mankil
by all these 1 have pledged al
do pledge myself again that the pc
pie of Hungary will keep tt
honestly, faithfully, trul
in life and death! Exert your infiuen
and active aid in behalf of the NOV
ment for freedom in Europe. can 6
sure you that there are hundreds
thousands there who take this for ths
motto which the German singers sal
the other day, and which repeat frc
the depths of my heart: +
" The shield and spear shall never rust
Till foes shall crumble into dust.
MAY God keep me-this is my oat
and my oath is my farewell
He swore vigorously, spirited
beautifully, the eloquent Magyar. z
speech was shining sword-a tong
of fire. never knew what was do,
with the money. Bat it is said that I
sisters in Prague kept boarding-hou
no more. The eminent exile himsl
has ever since lived in London, Gene
and Turin. Whatever became of tn
fund, the American people were not t
loser The eloquence and heart thri'
ing ring were worth the money TIL
cost. 1t is worth $40, 900. 900 any d.
tor the youth of country to get tho
oughly stirred up in behalf Of JUST
and human freedom.-W. 4. Croft
in N. Y. World.