The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-18
THE LAST SURVIVOR.
kOSSuTH THE SOLE REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF EURoPE's HEROIC DAYS.

Tho Deash of tho Duke of Gaeta Leaves
tho Hungarian Patriot tho Solitary
Survivor of What Is Known rs tao
Chivniric Period OF tho Century.
Louis Kossuth has entered his ninotv-
hrSt year in fair health for Il man of that
age DuI with heart full of sorrow, rs he
says. Declining an invitation to revisit
MS native land, he declares that he has
nVed too long; that the cause for which he
tollcd and suffered is lost. Americans NAV
regret his feeling, but they can rejoice that
he IS mistaken. hungary is today quite
as Tree, her position quite rs honorable rs
he ever hoped for, and the fact that she
gained her position by taking advantage
of Austria's troubles, instead of by war in
her own behalf, matters little
The exile, however, is seldom or never n
fair Judge of the country he has left. lie
cannot but feel that his country pines for
him rs he pines for her. The changes of a
lifetime (and such tremendous changes MS
those since 1870 are not so real to him-to
him the country is us he left it. And Kos
suth has not set foot in Hungary for forty
three years. lie is the last survivor of the
chivalrous age III Europe. Men are as
brave us ever, patriots rs true and deter
mined, but all Europe outside of Russia
no longer offers the field for their daring.
Cavour, Mazzini, Cialdini, Garibaldi and
Their Italian compatriots are gone; Mier-
oslawski and Manin and all the revolution
lists OF 1913 have no longer u field. Sich
uprisnSs rs they took part in are now i'm
possible. If possible they would be use
less. Out of Russia the battle for consiitu-
tlonll liberty has been fought and substan-
TALLY Won The details only remain to be
settled i'll free parliament.
In
little more than IL name. To those who
wero young and ardent in 1912 the mem
ory of his tour still rouscs thrill. Here
and there in some old gcntleman's close.
the "Kossuth hat" Is still preserved as -
ncmcnto. In II few cabinets the Kossllt.
badge or button may be still found When
he landed in England it seemed rs if tho
whole nation, from queen TO cartman, rose
in his honor. When he stepped on shore
at New York, Dec. 8, 1851, one might hav.
said the people went wild. His portrait
was in every place of popular resort, in
every magazine and illustrated piper. and
towns and cities by dozens contended for
the honor of entertaining him. Nothing
like it had been seen since Lafayette left us
1t is not surprising that he was deceived.
lie made the same mistake Citizen Ed
mund Genet made in 1893. He conferred
with President Fillmore and went away
sorrowful, soon to become cmbittercd
against America. lie made an even wo,s.
mistake in England. He was received.
says Justin Mccarthy, with such enthu-
siasm rs no foreigner save Garibaldi ever
excited. Nobility and commoners alike
gazed with admiration on his noble coun-
tenance and cheered his stately presence
He looked like II picture All his NTH
tudes and gestures seemed fit for repro
duction by IL painter. He had completely
mastered our tongue, and not the com
mon English of the street or even of the
drawing room. Kossuth spoke the Eng
lish Of Shakespeare. lie spoke with the
Hucncy OF Gladstone; with measured dig
nifty not unworthy Of Bright. Every ap
peal was vivid and dramatic. Every allu-
sion told"
The Austrian ambassador mt London al
most went distracted. lie believed him
self an object of detestation when he ap-
peared in the streets, while the populace
would have drawn the carriage of kossuth.
All eastern Europe was in ferment over
it. But Lord Pamerston understood lis
countrymcn. He laughingly informed the
russians and Austrians That the English
people never thought OF going to war for
Hungary. They only wanted little cx-
citement. They were just then sadly in
need of new hero, he said and Kossuth
seemed positively cut out to supply the
want. Bitter TRUTH There came "a time