Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-03-06
LOUIS kOSSUTH.
His Visit to the United States-A Feryid
and Flamboyant Oath.

and Flamboyant Oath.
So ko>suth is not dead after all,
though, As in -, the event premature
ly announced can not be long post
poned. His tour through this countr,
is one of the great events of the cen
tury. 1t is thirty-three years since the
illustrious exile landed in New York
and stirred up such a patriotic furor and
frenzy. | remember running away
from school and walking nine miles and
back to hear the flaming orator speak
from the balconv of the Massasoii
House al Springfield. He was the hero
of the hour. He quite left Daniel Web
ster in the shade in the matter of elo-
quencc. 1t was the Year of revolutions
in France. in Germany. in Ireland, in
Austria. in Italy. in South America.
The Yankee heart was warm. and 'tht
Magyar patriot collected forget how
many III II on dollars. issued his per-
sonal notes for it. and carried it back 20
the lands bryond the seas. 1t was 20
ing to be spent to make his oppre.-a,l
countrvmcn free oh, yes every cent Of
it, remember the oath to that effect
which he registered in old Tripler hall
to an audience of Germans the night
before he sailed away. and quote the
end of it as an illustration Of his pie
tur"sque, fer, i'll. and tambovant stl lc
Now. by the God who led my peo
pie from the pra;r cs of distant Asia to
the banks of the Danube-thc Danube.
whose waves have brought to lis re-
ligon. science and civilization from
Germany and in whose waters the
tears of Germany and Hungary have
III ngled; by the tod who led us when.
OF the SOL moi>tcned with our blood
we defended the bulwark of Christian
our arms in the struggle for freedom
t II our Oppres>orS. this goddess house
which we ghcd so heavily for centuries
on the liberties of Germany. was hum
bel and sunk to be- an undcrling of the
Muscovite Gar; by the ties of the com
mon oppression which tortureS our
nations: by the ties Of love of liberty
and hatred of tyranny that boils in our
veins alike; by the memory of the da
when the Germans of Vienna rose to
bar the way which led to Hungary
against the h;relingI of de po,ism; b,
the blool from Hungarian heart,
which flowed on the plains of
Schwcchat for the deliverance of Wen
ma; by the Almighty Eye which
watche, over the dc 'tinirs of mankind
by all these | have pledged and
do pledge myself again that the pro-
pie of Hungary WI keep is
covenant honestly. faithfully. trnly,
in fc and death! Exert your influence.
and active aid in behalf of the move
mcnt for freedom in Europe. can as
sure YOU that there are hundreds Of
thousands there who take this for their
motto which the German singers slng
the other day. and which repeat from
the depths of my heart:
The shield and spear shall never rust
Till foes shall crumblc into dust.
MAY God keep me this is my oath
and my oath is my farewell. "
He >wore vigorously. spiritrd!v,
beautifully, the eloquent Magyar. Ii ;
speech was Il shin m sword Il tongu,.
of fire. | never krew what WAS do:a
with the money. But it is SAID tina h :
sisters in Prague kept boarding-hou e
no more. The eminent exile h ms III
has ever since lived in London. Geneva
and Turin. Whatever became of tn :
fund, the American people were no! the
loser The eloqucnce and heart-thr T.
ing ring were worth the money the,
cost. Ii is worth Sl0.00O,oO any d i,
for the youth of Il country to &c. thor
ou.hlv stirred up in behalf OF justice
AMI human freedom. " 4. Gro 'm
,n v. !. HorM.