Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-21
ODD INCIDENTS. IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
VISIT OF THE HUNGARIAN EXILE

The country from one end te the otb- CT was aroused in 1851. when the great Hunga rian exile. Louis Kossuth, visited our shores, and his reception in the Unit ed States as the great advocate of Hun garian independence was, in some of it's most interesting aspects, like that &C., corded to the illustrious Lafayette.
 In the case of Kossuth. however. in stead of homage for services rendered in the dark hour of our nations peril, the welcome extended him was the trib- ute, spontaneous as well as universal, of a great and admiring republic, to one of the bravest and most eloquent of the pa- triots, enthusiastically appealing. in his exile, to the generous sympathies of man kind in behalf of his fatherland-a peo- pie strong and valorous, but crushed be- neat tn the heavy chains of Austrian des- potism.
 The life and services of Kossuth to his country are familiar to all readers of his tory, and when he was invited to visit this country by the United States con gress, he wrote letter of thanks to Pres idente Fillmore ssse.
 The fine. American steam frieate. Mis- sissippi was placed at, his disposal to carry him te this copnsry. Aftert nak- ing brief visit to England. the Missis- sippi arrived at New. York on December }, 1851. Wben he landed the following | day he found the city gayly decorated in his honor. He was rAceiyed by the mayor and city officials and an ad- dress of welcome was presented to him. sAs he emerged from Castle Garden, | he took a seat in a carriage that was awaiting him, and ssas long procession escorted him to his hotel For some time Kossuth was compelled to give himself l fO afxrfp I,n1-- congrs tulatory addresses. These came from every section of the country.
 After. a big military reception in New | York, Philadelphia was the next city wis. ited, where reception was held in In- dependence hall. From Philadelphia ht went to- Baltimore where he was es- ! corted to his hotel by a. vast eoncourse 1 of people. and 2, Long, line. of military ,Ir | this city the reception. was held in the hap .ef the Maryland Institute
 ;Kossuth reached i Washington on. tn. soth of December, where a. committee O senators had been appointed to officisll! NAlcorne him to tbe nations capitol. Tn secretary .of state. Daniel Webster. va. among .tt%s first te~vsH the. pa,triet=exi1e WheR asked 3. flew daysalater what -ht | thought soe Kossuth> he replied: He sha the manners of king-his is a roya nature"
 j. On the sths.ef Jannarv. Kossuth dinet with the president of the United. State and other high officials at the exeeutiv mansion. On the following day the con sressa of the U,tteds States invited hir to the capitol, an honor which had neve before been bestowed upon any individ ual excepting lafayette e,.s a asS
 In the evening a banquet was give him by the members of both houses o ! R King. vice president, of the Unite, States KossutI. wEs placed at his rikh
 hand and Daniel Webster, secretary C
 state. at his left. rs
 To the far west. the, south and .asai
 to- the, east Kossuths extended his tur
 pleading the cause of his down-trodde
 country and receiving 'honors and distinc
 tions such as, 8 kinsI might eovet, fror one end of the broad land to thee other. Cities gave. Kossuths the freedom sc , their municipalities ;elegislatures and go,
 ernors invited him te the capitals of the
 states and the people everywhere rusl } cd to welcbme. him. But in one thin Kossuth9 was bitterly disappointed, nam l ly, in mot securing, the active interferen,
 of the United States in behalf of ht
 countFy's. rights. ss,s fsts s..
 After remaining in the .Unltsd Stat. about six months during which ' made naarlX three hundred ;, speechs ' aboM one hundred of -whiGh were elaa
 crate sorations., Kossutfs departed f,
 Englsnds A patriotic fund which VI 7 raised in America for the cause he at , vocated was ,intrusted to him. asse
 But. all was in vain. y5 After watc
 ing fer many wears the polticaL skies > Eurone. and bringing +o bear all. the r , sources of his fertile mind upon Il questions and events affecting the de < tiny of hiss coun trys sKossutt at last "a s the once bright en1d horizoRaof his .h
 ness. of tfe tconfirmed and accepted Au
 4rian. tribe.
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