New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-12
XOSSUTH IN EMILE.
A MAN WITHOUT \ COUNTRY.
PATHETIC ACCOUNT OF HIS OLD AGE BY AN
AMERICAN WOMAN.

AMERICAN WOMAN.
BY Mrs. Marion V. Dudley in The Evening Wisconsin
Back to Mlrseilles along the famous ilsio , ~,
Milan, and finally, Turin, modern NQIild M an
noisy beyond description where is Ao,el' aIG s
from the snow-clOwncd Alps-but essentially anV III
tcrestngly the home OF tnc eAIeu ' Of agc and
Louis hOssuth eighty -eisht Aei'3 ~ wonder
most remarkably vital aud vauih I'D az l G fortv
fi intellectual energy when set t' ,,f and history IS
o. fifty years iSO III w nan "a 70 Ived and in his
a splendid epic poem which he IA, hscu Ho tram
conversation i poetic, uHCo1J(.g ,v Of an infection on
occa.ion pathetic from the ingained nbIc oi MS -
M o. invaders. but chilikc a Homer or
the face Of nature at sunset me aCIta .nono ~,
Hnstrja which exilcd and would have killed MN iUl
giving to Hungary the measure 81 Lytu't f IL nm
pIooT,,ersi p,trotism he cries " Hungary for the
INN arians and never knee to the House OF lap,-
t ~. ripcncd wisdom of his experience, the world
co1d learn lessons for the welfare OF humanity no.
10 NE ITtine forth. as i ever does from I'M
ouenchable subcranean fires OF poc>S, ue III t
bnmare And wonder Of what Hungary Is thinking
TO-DAY that her unquestoneG love 1or her lnE.SV
cr.at enough 10 klnde the world with his name that
Ter Parliament. which he created, giving 10 h.l2nS
of nenule thor liberties, only 10 nave Ms own TAKEN
from him that she still permits nun 10 no an eAle nG G
her shores earning his own snppoil anu u@ranS 10!
Ss sisfar who was also eXicd from home ana country
VIII nTr Dio Viii that strong independence ever
hhac,eSstic Of him today with his pen, maintains
ti' No IN Tnrin while a hing reigns hungary
in the luxury he has never carmel ana 70 %h c ne ii
tie hungarian cXilcs who have returned 70 uho
ono have hcen bounfuly rewarded, notably the
CONN., Andrassy who. ! think, was burnt IN eihgy
with Kossuth and Colonel FGyelmosy, another eAiie
who has never returned but cast ms ioTlunes ,e
dinp most Of his time With hi, old friend Turin.
Since all the returned eAileS have been rewarded
generously, 1t IS strange inconsistency u"' .tC
leader of the whole revolution the very soul o. inc
indepsnNcuCc
offered nothing more substantial than homage ny ni'
Hungary cannot afford 10 do herself the injustice Oh
KoSsmth has golden medal from New York
agricultural society. given a testimonial OF inc
great services he had rendered agriculture in llunsar{
where, previous his day, the farmer was scaireN
more than slave. He improved, too, the railway
system Of the country, and would have az ina. Io
even, improved the monetary system had he noI D'fi
Ovcrhrown by Austria In the elegant box OF WIomGh
steel containing earth from his home garden brought
10 him by hi friends. Is fine sentiment but ne IcS'N
al the hands OF those who enjoy the hult OF ms
not from individuals, but from the government oi
That indescribable manner of Kossuth, so rare at
eny time and especially in extreme age. Daniel
Webster spoke of admirinely; and it is Of me same
himself appear heavy and commonplace. Had ! the
physical strength necessary would, in The nspiiiA
KoSsuth. and beginning with the British Isles woIld
teach them first H. yet uniulhei t9'pTd, 'gn t IL.
had learned the lesson he haN lived and toilrd ana
suffered teach. stealing from him the PQncthcan
fire it should never die upon the altar until the world
had learned to do homage to the immortal gods and
thereby save itself The only man in the world 10
IL the world above country. us tiue eve l. w
page OF our Milwaukee Goethe Book; hut there j.
certain Huns.arian poet he likes better than
For weeks after my arrival in Turin ne STAYED
with his servant mp at superga; a splendid AIpihs
peak, upon which Is the royal burial fhapcI ana a
good hotel. Being told there wa, nothing thea for
comfort comic 10 1c nnp te v c co 1G% T mo ma
cent scenery and-Kossuth. Il don't want 10 d. eN-
hiea like bear IN Gag he "a d one do; eId ,
newshunterS. d" 1Iut Theodore Parker liked bear,
s Slippers, and he S Cac cdF his Wife Beanie Ko1
did not growl during this rather audacious speech
1C listened and said Still I prefer no, to be
that kind OF a beast" replied not but soon the
Ursa Major. undmmed and undauntei, marched round
the polar light in Shi9ing evcrla ting music ,,,,
their homes many Of he asles lninds Of orr mc
and tie specially disnru,hne qualify Of can which
characterized a. set apart for The work gyen il 70
would travel further and sacrifice NOR fr an hours
conversation with one endowed - read and reveal the
higher mysteries Of life ana Death than FOR al 'crne}
and all art The scenery q noble human soul IS
as9ys Your M time and 42 cr u raqe T e
tIast to the nde>crbabc. impalpabc. yet mpcrshahe
ridesccnce OF KJssuth! And the latter no les noble
than the former in his nature scorinG de,ci inca
pabe Of inlurns any human benz; he VIII ,2ye
debtor for a legacy Of humanitaFaan!5m. yet 10 be
exhausted His great American admirer Wcb>ter;
his own soul for the Presidency be failed 70 win.
When TheodoFe Parker carried Wcbster'' hust down
the gods he adored the unsVerving conscn Of the
The great man who he'd made himself little. Ko,suth
has never tempOrizcd with lis own ideal. He LEFT
ecod fo" Of he p4F and 1 he re- an & % S
than recognize the throne of Austria, that would now
5ect. IN the day Of HI, bittcrest trial. when bat tor
p Tf T then 0 America h9nprd hcrse By sending
ship 10 convey hin 10 hcr shores hut Amcr7ci;