Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-30
louis K0SSUTH.
The Aged Hungarian Patriot
Passes Away Peacefully,
A REMARKABLE CAREER.
After the Failure to Secure L'Derty
for His Native Country He Visited
Amerlca,an Was Everywhere
Received with Remarkable
Enthusiasm.

Iouis Kossuth, the Hungarian patrIot,
die at Turin. aged ninety-two years. ne
had been gradually falling for several weeks
mast and his friends had made last ehor'
TO have his citizenship restored by the Hun
oarian Unterhaus, but the bill was recently
posiponed until after the Easter holidays.
Kossuth had refused to accept amnesty Tor
his participation in the revolution oil lo4o'
Tn the death OF Kossuth Hungary lose as
devoted son. the most effective and famous
leader she has ever had. 1t is indirectly due
TO his efforts that che is now possessed IN ner
own name of solid rights and privileges un-
der the duel system OF empire known as
Austria Hungary.
For many years past he had lived In COM
plete retirement, his name only having teen
occasionally meDlionen in some newspaper
paragraph. Upon the close OF his active
career he resided in London, but finally took
up his perm anent abode In Turin, where his
masterfuI knowledge Of foreign languages
enabled him, up to the age Of four score.
TO exc out a livelihood As youth in his
native land his fervid imagination found an
intense charm in picturing for Hungary a
fairer fate than that he b held her CONF eIled
to submit 10 under the wretcEed o!d Aus
trian tyranny, and, upon reaching his ma
iority. he began actively to work in order
that one day The picture might become a
reality. An earnest student, AMI an inde-
fatigable, eloquent denouncer OF the then
prevailing system, he enrolled himself in the
international corps of revolutionary leaders
who initiated the Cutt reak OF the various
revolutions Of 1S48 that set the continent
ablsze with excitement and war. Tho peop'e
OF France, Italy, Germany and Austria rose
TO arms in the last-named country the CHIEF
trouble was due to the uprising OF t g Hun
earians. led by Kossuth and of the Lombard
Venetiaus, instigated by Mazz:nt In the
heroic struggle OF his countrymen for inde
pendence Kossuth kept at the front and
spared no effort that could In any way con
tribute to their success, and his gallnntry and
enthusiasm constituted tie main reliance
The fight from the Cffsettwas desperate one
Hungary having but scant resources anc
means. and finding itself overwhelmed ty
threatening and eagerly active armies o
both Russia AMI Austria, despite the utmos
ardor and efforts of the raw levies the lit
tie country, it came to speedy end Int
failure. however, was military one Tor Hun
gary. which came out OF the conf ct moral.
triumphant before the world. KossutA es
capsd the clutches of The Austrian soldier
and police and at once undertook to cham
Mon the cause of Hungarian independenc
in foreign countries, especially in the Unlte'
States. The United States placel the man
oi-war Mississippi at his service to bring hin
to this country, but after visiting Gibraltar
Lisbon and Southampton he embarked OF
the steamship Humboldt at the latter plac
and arrived in New York December 5, l85!
After his withdrawal from public lie, am
Hungary had gained Ii eral Institutions
Kossuth was allowed the liberty ty to
Vienna government to return to his nat'V
land but, faith 10 his ideal of absolute IN
dependence, he firmly declined to accept tn
offer. and never returned under the imperia
fac