The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
Louis KOssuth.

So Kossuth is not dead after all,
though, as he~is 50, the event prema-
turely announced can not be long
postponed, writes w. A. Croffut to
The NeaU York World. His tour through
this country is one of the great events
of the century. 1t is thirty-three years
last week since the illustrious exile
landed in New York and stirred up
such a patriotic Juror and frenzy. |
remem Der running away from school
and walking nine miles and back to
hear the flaming orator speak from
the balcony of the Massasoit house at
Springfield. He was the hero OF the
hour. He quite left Daniel Webster
in the shade in the manner of eloquence.
1t was the year of revolutions in
France, in Germany, in Ireland, in
Australia, in Italy. in South America.
The Yankey heart was warm, and
"the Magyar patriot COLLECTED l for
get how many millions o!Oollars, is
sued his personal notes for it, and
carried it back to the land beyond the
seas. 1t was going to be spent to
make his oppressed countrymen free
- oh, yes, every cent of it! l remem-
Der the oath which he registered to
that effect in cid Tripler hall to an
audience of Germans the night before
he sailed away, and quote the end of
as an illustration of his picturesque,
fervid, and famboyant style:
"Now, by the God who led my peo-
pie from the prairies of distant Asia to
the banks of the Danube-the Danube
whose waves have brought to us re-
ligion, science, and civilization from
Germany and in whose waters the
tears of Germany and Hungary have
mingled; by the God who led us when
on the soil moistened with our blood
we defended the bulwark OF christian
1tv; by the God who gave strength to
our arms in the struggle for freedom
till our oppressor, this goddess house
which weighed so heavily for centuries
on the liberties of Germany, was hum
bled and sunk to, be an underling Of
the Muscovite czar; by the ties OF the
common oppression which fortunes
our nations; by the ties OF love OF lib
erty and hatred of tyranny that Doll IN
our veins alike; by the memory OF the
day when the Germans of Vienna rose
to bar the way which led to Hungary
against the hirelings of despotism; by
the blood from Hungarian hearts
which flowed on the plains OF Schwe-
chat for the deliverance of Vienna; by
the Almighty Eye which watches over
the destinies of mankind-by all these
have pledged and do pledge myself
again that the people of Hungary will
keep this covenant honestly, faithfully,
truly, in life and death! Exert your
influence and active aid in behalf Of
the movement for freedom in Europe.
1 can assure you that there are hum
dreds of thousands there who take this
for their motto which the German sing
ers sang the other day, and which l
repeat from 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 oath,
and my oath is my farewell. "
He swore vigorously, spiritedly,
beautifully, the eloquent Magyar.
His speech was a shining sword-a
tongue of fire. 1 never knew what
was done with the money. But it is
said that his sisters in Prague kept
clearinghouse no more. The emf
nent exile himself has ever since lived
in London, Geneva, and Turin. What
ever became of this fund the Ameri-
can people were not the looser. The
eloquence and heart-thrilling ring
were worth the money they cost. 1t
Is worth S10,000,000, any day for the
youth of acountry to get thoroughly |
stirred up in behalf of justice and hui
nan freedom.