Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-22

hld gd learned dnd to DO homage tG the The opy
man in the world to-day without coun,
try he IL, also, the only man IN the world
above a country. His blue eye Is un,
dimmed, and he read without artihcial au
the title-page OF our Milwaukee doethe
Book; but there is certain Hungarian
poet be likes better than Goethe, he said,
and that is not strange.
For some weeks after my arrival IN Iufln
he stayed with his servant up at Superga,
splendid Alpine peak, upon when Il ,he
royal burial chapel and a good motel.
Being told there was nothing there i0r
comfort, | stayed in the noisy town untn,
finally, going up TO see. found every com
fort, most magnificent scenery. and
kossuth. l don't want to De eN-
hiblted like a bear in a cage ne
said one day, evidently referring TO
certain Misrepresentation OF MN 10y
newshunters. But Theodore Parker
liked bears" | said. "Thev were painted
on his eofee-cups, on his slippers, and ne
called bis wife Bearrie.' kossuth dld not
growl during this rather audacious speech
for | must confess TO liking for lrsa MA;
jOr myself-but listened and said: Stu
prefer not to be that kind of a beast" !
replied not. but soon the stars appeared
over "Super ga and the grand old ursa
Major, undimmed and undaunted, marched
round the polar light in shining, eyerlast-
Ing music.
rpERIsHABLE KossUTH.
1t 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 Distinguishing quality OF each,
which characterized it rs set apart Tor tie
work given 1t 20 do, is ever most inter
esting and profitable study. | would
travel further and sacrifice more tor an
hours conversation with one endowed 70
read and reveal the higher mysteries ~
life and death than for all scenery and all
art. The scenery OF a noble human soul
Is above the Alps. Emerson's homely Pu-
ritsnism, which insured your life for time
and eternity, in rugged contrast 20 the IN
describable. impalpable, yet imperishable
irldesceuce of hossuthi And the lattor no
less noble than the former in his nature;
scoruing deceit, incapable Of injurlng any
human being. he viii leave the world bet
ter for bis having lived in it and his debtor
for a legacy Of humanltarianism yet TO be
exhausted. His great American admiTer,
Webster. lived no such noble life rs he has
lived. Webster sold his own soul for tho
presidency he failed 20 win. When 1heO-
dOre Parker carried Webster's bust down
from his own study as no longer
fit for a place among the gods he
adOred, the answering conscience of
the preacher pronounced the verdict
Of the future upon the great man
who had made himself little. Kossuth
has never temporized with his own ideal.
tie left his country poor man, aud he IS
poor to-day.in the goods Of the earth. and
he remains an exile rather than recognize
the throne Of Austria. that would now
gladly welcome and honor him as a dis
tinguished subject. In the day Of his bit
terest trial. when but for the Turk ms life
must have paid the penalty Of bis patriot
ISM, then America h0nOred herself by
sending % ship 30 convey him to her
shores: but America, guided by that
tomporizing, Websterlan policy. refused
10 ard him in behalf of Hungary,
and there is on the records Of the
United States q report critical OF him,
bv critic incapable of any true estimlte
Of the man. The Presidents wife. wishing
t0 be gracious" remarked 20 him upon
the unfavorable weather. and he replied:
L am too much absorbed in thinking of
my country 90 have noticed the weather.
Not diplomatic. not polite cries the
critic But the developed perception Of
later and nobler wOmanhood gives verdict
that she who knew no more than T. talk
10 Kossuth about the weather, and IN an
hour like that. ought not 10 have been
permitted 10 speak 20 HIM M all. Let her
reserve her graclousness for Jupiter or
Webster.