The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-17
A MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY.
An American woman's Pathetic Account
of l.nuis X ossuth

, Gated, but full Of statues, broad piszzas
+ parks, and scenery from the snow-crownet
Alps but essentially anu interestingly th'
/ home oi tie eNiled iiugarian patriot, Loul'
hossuth now lightweight years oil age, anc
, most remarkably vital and valuable IN all
that wonderful intellectual energy Whlcf
set the world anamc forty or NIFTY years ago
In the mans life and history il splendid
epic Poem which he has lived, and IN MS
crniersation Is poetic, unconscious energy
. direct from olympus. Satrical In the nice
ty of an infection on occasion; palmetto
from the ingraincd fibre OF his experience
anpreciatiyc i'm rare dominance Of spirit;
self-asserting to invaders, but childlike rs
Homer or the face Of nature at sunset. The
acquaintance Of kings. be wac their
superior. and to-day the throne OF Aus
tia. which exiled and would nave Killed
him for giving 10 Hungary the mea-
sure of freedom it now posscsses, trem-
hles rs in the fierce ra;aos OF his ur-
conquered patriotism he cries: Hungary
! Tor IIungarians and never knee 10 the
House OF Hapsburg." All, bending the
knee 10 kOssuth. to-day in the ripened Wis
dom of his experience. tie Void could learn
lessons for the Hcifafe of humanity, not to
| " Obtained elsewhere. 1t seems 10 me mat
eloquence. bursting forth, as 1t ever does
! from uncomfortable subterranean fires OF
/ y.
| Of effort. does command the highest HOMAGE.
| And wonder Of what Hungary Is thinking
| today. that in her unQuesiOned love for her
! highest cfiuence of humanitN-the one soul
she has produced great enough to kindle the
world with his name-that her Parliament,
which he created, giving to millions on people
their liberties, only TO have his own taken
/ from him. that she still permits him to be
an exile from her shores. earning his own
D sn.yftt - II
also eXiled from home and country WIN her
brother.
Kossuth, with that strong independence
ever characteristics Of hiia to-day, with his
pen. maintains his home III Turin. while a
king rcigns over Hungary in the luxury he
has never earned, and to which he is, by no
moral or intellectual right, entitled-slnce
all The hungarian eXlles who have returned
10 the country have been bOuntitully re
warded, notably the Count Andrassy, VINO,
/ | think was burnt in efgy with hOssuth
and Colonel FigyelmesN- another exile
who has never returned, but cast his for
tunes i'm the | nited states army, married a
cultivated PENNSYLVANIA lady Of fine family,
and with her is now in Europe, spending
most Of his time with his old friend at Turin.
1 Since all the returned eXiles have been re-
/ warded generously. il is strange NEON
! sistency that the leaner Of the whole reN0iu-
ton. ,hc very soul of the present independ-
ence Of his nation. should have been offered
nothing more substantial than homage by
| his native land. Whether he would receive
| il or not, Hungary cannot afford to do her
self the Injustice Of Withholding.
kOssuth has a golden medal from New
York agricultural society, given as testi-
mOnial Of the great services he had rendered
agriculture in Hungary, where, previous to
his day, the farmer was scarcely more than
a slave. lie improved, too, the railway
system Of the country. and would nave, al
that time even, improved the monetary sys-
TEN, bod he not been oyerthrOwn by Aus
tria, In the elegant box Of wrought steel
containing earth from his home garden.
brought TO him by his friends. is fine senti-
ment. but ne deserves. at the hands Of those
who en,Oy the fruit Of his sacrifice. mea-
sure Of appreciation higher than that, not
from individuals, but from the Government
Of Hungary.
That indescribable manner Of kOssuth, 50
rare at any time. and especially in extreme
age, Daniel Webster spoke OF admiringly;
aud il is of the same spirit as his eloquence,
which made that Of Webster himself appear
heavy and commonplace. Had the physi-
cal strength necessary ! would, IN tine IN
spirati0n Of his society, write a lecture upon
the life of kOssuth. and beginning with the
British Isles would teach them first It's yet
unfulfilled gospel: then in America there
should be no peace until every hamlet had
learned the lesson hc has lived and t0lled
and suffered to teach. stealing from him the
Pr0methean fire. it should never die upon
;he altar until the world had learned To do
homage to the immortal gods, and thereby
save itself The only man in the world
to-day without county be is also he
only man i'm the world above country. His
blue eve is uudmmod, and he read without
artificial aid the title-page of our MllWau-
kre Goethe Book: but there j. a certain
hungarian poet he likes better than Goethe,
he said. and that is not strange.
For some weeks after my arrival in Turin
ne STAYED with his servant up at Supcrga,
a splendid Alpine peek. upon which is the
royal burial chapel and good hotel. Be
ing told there was nothing there for comfort,
STAYED i'm the noisy town until, finally, 20
ing up % see, ! found every comfort, most
magnificent scenery and-kOssuth 81
don't want TO he exhibited like bear IN
cage" he said one day. evidently referring
10 certain Misrepresentation Of him by
news1unters. But Theodore Parker liked
bears" said. "They were painted on his
coffee cups. ON his slippers, and ne called
bis wife Bearrie." KOssuth did not grOWl
during this rather audacious spcech-for
mast confess 10 liking for rsa MAJOR my
self-but listened and said: still prefer
not 90 Doe that kind Of a beast" ! replied
not. but soon the stars appeared over
"~uperga," and the grand old Orsa Major,
undimmed and undauntcd. maj ched round
the polar light in shining, everlasting
music.
Ii has been my privilege in life, and most
highly priced, TO know, not only IN my own
home, but also in their homes. many Of the
ablest minds Of our time; and the specially
IL ffr.rftfAlfrt.r If each which
characterized it rs set apart for the work
given it % 90. is ever a most interesting and
profitable study. ! would travel further
and sacrifice more for an hours cOnNersa-
ton with one endowed 10 read and reveal
the higher mysteries Of life and death than
for all scenery and ali art. lhe scenery OF
"a noble human soul is above the Alps.
kmcrsOn's EOmcly Puritanism, which IN
surcd your life for time and eternity, IN
rugged contrast TO the indescribahle. I'M
palpable vet impcrishable iridesceuce of
! kossuth And iae latter no less noble
than the former i'm his nature; scornlng
deceit. incapable Of injurn- any human
| being, he Will leave the world better for
| his having lived in IL. and his
debtor for a legacy Of humanitaranism,
vet 20 be exhausted. His great American
admirer. Webster. lived mo- such noble liie
a. he mas lived: Webster sold ms own soul
] Tor the lIh~lNtucN liz ldlltu ~ VIII W h'A
! Theodore Parker carried Webster's bust
down from his own study, as no longer nj
for a place among the gods he adOred. the
unsWerVing conscience Of the preacher
pronounced the verdict OF the future upon
| ihe great man vino had made himself little.
| kOssuth has never tempOrzcd with his own
ideal. He left his country poor man, and
| be is poor to-day i'm the goods of the earth;
and ne remains an exile rather than recos-
mize the throne Of Austria, that would now
gladly welcome and honor him as "a distin-
| euiehed subject. In the day Of his bitterest
trial. when but for the Turk his life must
have paid the penalty Of his patriotism.
then America hOnorcd herself by sending
a ship 10 convey him TO her shores; but
America, guided by that tempOrzing, Web
sterian policy, refused 10 aid him in behalf
OF Hungary, and there is on the records OF
the United states a report critical OF him,
by critic incapable Of any true estimate
OF the man. The Presidents wife, wishing
10 be gracious" remarked 90 him upon the
| unfay)rablc weather, and he replied; u
! am too much absorbed in thinking Of my
country TO have noticed the weather. mot
diplomatic, not polite" cries the critic. But
The developed perception of later and nobler
wOmanh0Od gives verdict that she who