The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-06

by Turkey to be put to death. But Eng
land and America intervened in his be-
half and his safety was thus secured.
And presently the United States govern
ment sent it's steam frigate Mississippi
to bring him to America as the nations
guest.
HIS SPLENDID ORATORY.
He made one of the most splendid of
his efforts, when, in the face of vigor-
Gus opposition, he had brought forward
his bill before the parliament of '48 for
levy of 100000 men and the raising of an
immense sum of money necessary for the
war. 1t was the great crisis of the ses-
sion-irdeed, Hungary's whole history.
All felt it SO; all were reluctant to take
the last step which should commit them
to open war. After long and most elo
quent argument and speech for his bill,
he at length said: "To.day we are the
ministers of this nation; tomorrow there
may be others. That is a matter of no
consequence. The ministry can change,
but thou, oh, my country, must forever
endure anc with this or another minis
try the nation must preserve the father
land. Therefore, to avoid all misunder
standings, I say outright and solemnly
that if ask this house for 100000 sold
iers and the necessary sums thereto, and
they do not" e.
Before he could finish his sentence the
house, worked up to an intense pitch of
excitement by the speech, rose as one
man md shouted; eve give it! We give
it," It is said that all Kossuth could do
in reply was to bow low to the audience,
the tears flowing down his cheeks, with
the words: II bow myself before the
greatness of this nation; it there be as
much energy in the execution as there
has been patriotism in the offer, hell
itself could never conquer Hungary"
The effect of the speech was such that
the president of the assembly left his
seat to embrace the orator, and the house
instantly adjourned, as unable to attend
TO any other business after it.
BE REACHES AMERICA.
Since the prince president, Louis Ma
poleon, who was even then planning the
infamous coup d'etat, feared to let the
champion of liberty pass through France,
the journey was continued by water to
Gibraltar. Thence he went on to Eng
land in an English steamer and made a
tour through that country, being received
with tremendous popular enthusiasm
everywhere. And finally, on December s.,
he reached New York on the steamer
Humboldt and was welcomed with i'm
posing demonstrations never before
eqnaled in America. A description of
the great exile as he appeared at that
time is of interest. It was penned by one
who greeted him at his landing:
A volume might be written of Kos
suth's tour through the United States
and of the attention he received. State
We'd with state, city with city man with
man, to do him honor A single banquet
comes clearly back to memory, however,
and demands one word of record. It was
given to Kossuth by the editors of New
York, at the Astor house, a few evenings
after his arrival. William Cullen Bryant
presided and among the speakers and
guests we're George Bancroft, Horace
Greeley, Heny Ward Beecher, Henry J.
Raymond, Charles A. Dana. Parke Good
win, Nose H. Grinnell. Charles Loring
Brace, Simeon Draper. Freeman Hunt
and many other eminent men. At Wash
ington, too. public banquet was given
him, at which Senator King, the presi-
dent OF the senate, presided with Kossuth
and the speaker of the house at his right
hand, Daniel Webster at his left.
HIS RETURN TO EUROPE.
Kossuth returnsd to Europe in 1852
and spent many years in travelling about,
lecturing and working in various ways
for the Hungarian cause. In 1859 he
hoped to get France to fight Austria and
thus give Hungary chance to rise again,
but in this he was disappointed. As late
as 1866, when Austria and Prussia were
at war, he strove to persuade the HIM
garians to repudiate the compromise
with Austria which Deak bad effected
but in vain. Then he settled down at
Turin, Italy, to spend the remainder OF
his life in exile. He never would return
to Hungary, though often invited to do
SO and even elected several times to
seat in the Hungarian parliament. About
1880, when pressed by poverty, he began
to publish part of his Memoirs and
he continued for some years in writing
the story of his life. Thus it was that
an old man who had once been the die
tator of a wealthy people and the dread
Of the empires gained his daily bread.
Although he has lived many years isoA
lated from the world, he is continually