Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-17

kusst TIT Is bNI>G, iit<r are the
wntd. viii 10 lhr .o,lcr might tide cattle
with it, ,lr,Fit lips win p'r,d through
the chambers Of the set. sni the millions
of Americans rad it IN the morning on
the pri lted laSr. II VA, tie iut lgrn' p
MAS passing Httu@- thc ~ u'tsi in to the
green tield- aud god II DAYS on the other
side. II /. - p"-slhlr ior those OF the
Younger gemt ralirnt TO realize with what
IN tlurtr aud -jHr Ii, z '"c. the spoken
words oi TIA. great hungarian stirred the
hearts Of men uu 10Th side of the Allan
tic forty Years ago. The revolutions of
1873 werr remarkable evidences of the
civilized men IN what pertains to their
governments and their so, tal IN tulioss.
The overturn of the French monarch of
Louis PHILIPPE. In fcbruar, of that.vcn
full year, was the popular gna'. the fire
bell in III. night to the couricr- aud the
supporters of the kings of Europe from
the Baltic to the Mediterranean. Louis
kossuth WAS one of those gifted, brilliant.
highl, charged souls. full of the in-pira-
ton which moves men in a manner that
utterly disproyes the theory Of the ma
terialist, and those who maintain that man
IL hut an int, llrctual animal whose inter
ests exclusively centre in self aud end 1T
the grave. A born orator, improved by
rare classic culture. he was able to stir
those who heard him N few have been
able to do since Demosthencs aud the most
eloquent Of the Komau- s. ok. We will
not repeat here the story of the European
movements of ISIS aud lSk Hungary
w. finalv crushed by the overwhelming
power of Russia coming to the all of
Austria. An exile, he hid -urttn lerr'i to
the Turkish government, which to its hon
or would not deliver him to the hostile
monarchs who sought his lih"rty anu per-
hsps his life. The Sultan allowed him To
pass to England where he had numerous
and powerful friends among English
statesmen and people, and where he mad''
. remarkable tour of public speaking IN
the English tongue. lie came to tmerita
to see great and a free natl VI thlt htd n.
kings aud courtiers, and was not held in
dure, by strong fortresses and powerful
standing armies, the machinery of del IT
ism. lie had found a defender of Hun
gary IN Daniel Webster, who a. Secretary
Of State. dared 10 write To an Austrian
Minister in such language -. dip'onatie
agent Of lIapshurg hal never been adj
dressed before. Those who had reached
an adult age when the Hung uisn orator
spoke to vast audiences in the United
States, remember how the people were
stirred by his words. his brilliant aud pow
erful statement Of Hungary's wrongs.
Younger then than he is now. the wri-
ter of this journeyed from an interior town
in Maine to hear the great orator speak in
Fanueil Hall. The first speech We heard
was when he arrived in the city. the guest
OF Boston and of Massachus, It's. whose
Legislature honored him with special cour-
tesies and generous enthusiasm. The vast
hull was packed with men standing so
closely that the movement Of one swayed
the vast audience as single mass. He
delivered written address Of forty-five
minutes duration. appropriate to the occa-
sion, which stirred the listening thousands
with mysterious power. Waves Of the
sentiment Of Liberty swept over the ex-
cited body Of American citizens like au.
fpmn winds over fields Of golden grain.