Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
Hungary's Hero.
Louis K0ssuth, One of the Purest pa
triOts the World Has Record or

abroad. thok
ssuth is dying, brings 80 mind one q,
the mcse remarkable characters, one of the
most finished orators the world has eve,
knowu. Had success Gro Rned his efforts
he would have figured In history from
Washington, Lafayette and the host ~
heroes with whom love of country over
shad )wed and overwhelmed every 9TH,
feeling; but though his name NAV iot
hold place in history among the sue-
cessful patriots, who have been the means
of country's salvation, but meme the less
will his name be forever remembered and
cherished as one or the noblest patriots
the world has to he proud Of
Living, as he has, exiled and in seelu.
sion, for long years, his cherished hone
for his country shattered years ago. his
memory but name, there fingers, still
about that name enough patriotism, in
trepid bravery, and devotion, to lift him
far above the level of mans common life.
to those heights where only heroes tread.
When, forty years ago, the wandering
Hungarian chief was welcomed TO these
shores, his fame had preceded him, and
the ovation he had received in England.
but augmented the general desire to greet
the hero, whose misfortunes had but in
creased his heroism.
His story was well known; how he.
patriotic young advocate and editor, was
snatched from his lsbors and hurried to
the dungeon, the victim of des potism, "the
martyr of the liberty of the pressn With
no Limitation of sentence, aud DO reas-
enable hope of deliverance. he took that
time to prepare himself for the part he
was destined to take in the future With
no teacher save dictionary, grammar.
and Shakespeare, in the dim light of a
prison, he set himself 10 the task of
learning the English language, with what
success let his eloquent speeches testify.
In his long hours of solitary thought he
learned those great principles of equal
rig hte, which America proclaimed during
the revolution.
When he left his prison, and by his
genius and daring heroism, became, sue.
oessively, deputy, finance minister, and
finally governor Of Hungary, at time
when nearly every day was marked by
some memorable event among the many
patriots developed by the time and cir
cumstances, Kossuth lowered peerless and
alone.
Even after Hungary had succumbed to
a fate, brought about by tyranny and
treachery, he still had hopes for his un-
happy country, and irst in England and
then IN America, made those soul stir.
ring appeals, which even yet, with the
occasion past, the cause almost forgotten,
cannot be read WI hou5 a innll OF
sym palhy for the heroic patriotism of the
man who ever forgot self in hisoountry
1t is necessary to look over the litera-
ture of those days to fully realize the
wild enthusiasm which greeted Kossuth
in America; the guns that Murdered a
a welcome over the water, the fl igs that
battered everywhere, the huzzas that rent
the air; poets sang his praises, and the
most eloquent orators We're none too elo-
quent to welcome the greatest orator of
all, whose earnest pathetic appeals for the
cause of liberty thrilled hearts as Ghey
were never thrilled before, with the elo-
quenoe of Demosthenes, aud the sublime
tervor of lsaiat," and that, too, in a Ian
guage not his own; what wonder that
his speeches to his countrymen, should
have reused them 10 deeds of courage
and unequalled herOism, and nerved them
30 do or die.
1t seems like voice from the past to
hear, now, of Kussuth, an old man, though
We can but fancy him, as we think of
his burning zeal, ever In his prime. How
have the ears passed with MIN? with his
chit rished hopes broken, his fondest
dreams, but dreams. II is hard to say,
that this great soul could settle down in
hopeless misanthrophy, it is impossible
to believe; he had an auohor for the soul
Goth sure and steadfast-his religious
hopes; there no doubt ssseiled nim no
fsars harras sed
In one of his most fervjd speeches he
exclaimed, with what now seems the voice
of pro phesy, ss if foreshadowing his flu
turo! 80, could / cast one single glance
into the book of tuturityY No, God for
give me this lmpiO1s wish. It's He who
hid the future from man, and what He
does, is we'll done. 1t were not good for
man to know his destiny, the energy of
his sense of duty would falter or subside,
il we we're assured of the failure or sue
cess of our aims. is because we do not
know the future that VT retain our energy
of duty. So will / go on my work, with
the full energy CT my humble abilities,
without despair, but hope | have some
what of eastern fatalism in my DISPOSE
ton, but it is the fstaiism of a Christian,
VINO trusts with unwavering faith in the
boundless goodness of Divine Provi-
dence." Again he says II have always
acknowledged and will ever acknowledge
my unspeakable confidence in a God as
the richest source of cons olation, and the
most solemn of ali my hopes for the fu-
ture; Gil our misfortunes are only the
means TO come to that end which God,
IN bis Divine Providence, has marSed for
us"
So let Us hope that in the long years
his consultations have Outweighed his
griefs and even after discontinue and
defeat, like vessel dismRntled by many
storm, he may safely make the haven OF
his hopes, secure that his fame is ever
lasting; among orators aud patriots ne
stands unequaled, and, while men cherish
the names of Leonldss, K0sclOska and
Washington, Kossuth Will never be for
COTTON.
We can fancy, though ears have inter
vened, this brave soldier meeting his last
enemy with the heroic courage expressed
in his own farewell words OF years ago;
II will wipe the tear of sorrow from my
eye, and 20 10 the Lords last supper,
and then to battle and to death; there is
ma helm for us hut in the tr,ls5 70 GOD