Select Speeches of Kossuth

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Select Speeches of Kossuth, by KossuthThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Select Speeches of KossuthAuthor: KossuthRelease Date: January 12, 2004 [EBook #10691]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SELECT SPEECHES OF KOSSUTH ***Produced by Keren Vergon, Rich Magahiz and PG Distributed ProofreadersSELECT SPEECHES OF KOSSUTH.Condensed and abridged, with Kossuth's express sanction,by Francis W. Newman.PREFACE TO KOSSUTH'S SPEECHES.Nothing appears in history similar to the enthusiasm roused by Kossuth in nations foreign to him, except perhaps thekindling for the First Crusade by the voice of Peter the Hermit. Then bishops, princes, and people alike understood thedanger which overshadowed Europe from the Mohammedan powers; and by soundly directed, though fanatical instinct,all Christendom rushed eastward, till the chivalry of the Seljuk Turks was crippled on the fields of Palestine. Now also themultitudes of Europe, uncorrupted by ambition, envy, or filthy lucre, forebode the deadly struggle impending over us allfrom the conspiracy of crowned heads. Seeing the apathy of their own rulers, and knowing, perhaps by dim report, thedeeds of Kossuth, they look to him as the Great Prophet and Leader, ...