Fraternity-Testvériség, 1990 (68. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1990-01-01 / 1. szám
Page 2 TESTVÉRISÉG FRATERNITY —TESTVÉRISÉG ISSN-0744-592X Official Organ of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America Published Quarterly Office of Publication. 2001 Massachusetts Ave . N.W , Washington. DC 20036 Telephone. (202) 328-2630 Second Class Postage paid at Washington. DC Postmaster: Send Address Changes to: Fratermty-Testveriseg 2001 Massachusetts Ave . N W Washington. DC 20036-1011 Editorial Committee: Editor-in-Chief, Managing Director: Rev. Imre Bertalan Associate Editors: George Dózsa, Vice President-Secretary & William B. Puskas, Treasurer DONATIONS TO STUDENT AID $200.00 Ms. Pricsilla Hunyady, in memory of Rev. & Mrs. László Hunyady; HRFA-Br. 52, So. Norwalk, CT $100.00 HRFA-Br. 2, Cleveland, OH; Mrs. Clara V. Csikesz; Mr. & Mrs. Endre Csornán; Rev. & Mrs. Gabor Csordás; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kovács; Rev. Louis Medgyesi; Mr. John Morey $50.00 HRFA-Br. 62, E.Chicago, IN; Mr. & Mrs. László Eszenyi; Mr. & Mrs. Ed Szabó; Mr. & Mrs. John Toth; Mrs. Yolan Varga $30.00 HRFA-Br. 93, Wharton, NJ $25.00 HRFA-Br. 35, Detroit, Michigan; HRFA: in memory of Mrs. Frederick Nuccy, in memory of Stephen Nagy; Dr. & Mrs. Louis Kovács; Mr. Charles Toth $20.00 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kovács, in memory of Iren Vallario's mother $5.50 Mrs. Betty Morrison $5.00 Mrs. Helen Dodge On the cover: Louis (Lajos) Kossuth, Original Photograph by Kech-Kemithy, 1851, Washington, D.C. LOUIS (LAJOS) KOSSUTH In 1851-52, Louis Kossuth was the best known name in the United States. Horace Greely expressed th£ feelings of all Americans about the great Hungarian freedom fighter and statesman when he said, "Among the orators, patriots, statesmen, exiles, he has, living or dead, no superior." Louis Kossuth (1804-1894) was imbued with the spirit of American democracy while a student of the Hungarian Academy of Sárospatak. It was there that he dedicated himself to the principles of George Washington. In his political activity leading to the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Kossuth expressed his desire to follow the American model in creating a free and democratic Hungary. In the fall of 1848, he became the undisputed leader of the Hungarian Revolution and the following April was elected Governor of Hungary. After the Russians crushed the Hungarian revolt in the summer of 1849, Kossuth was forced into exile in Turkey. With the assistance of the United States government, he came to the United States, where he remained from December 4, 1851, until July 14, 1852. Kossuth was received by the President of the United States, spoke to both Houses of Congress, and delivered more than 300 speeches to thousands of people in every state of the Union. It was estimated that more than half of the entire population of the United States at that time heard him speak. Hundreds of streets were named after him throughout the country. Towns and counties along the expanding Western frontier were given the name of Kossuth. After this triumphal tour of the United States, Kossuth returned to Europe to continue his struggle for a free democratic Hungary. He was never able to return to his native land, because he refused to accept Austrian domination, even after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. In 1894 he died in political exile in Italy. He is still revered as the "Father of the Hungarian nation" and the symbol of Hungarian independence and democracy. STATEMENT BY KOSSUTH: "I would pledge life, honor and everything dear to man's heart that either America must take her becoming part in the political regeneration of Europe, or she herself must yield to the pernicious influence of European politics. There never was yet a more fatal mistake, than it would be to believe that by not caring about the political condition of Europe, America may remain unaffected by the condition of Europe . . . Yes, either America will regenerate the condition of the old world, or it will be degenerated by the conditon of the old world." Concord, Massachusetts, May 11, 1852
