William Penn Life, 1987 (22. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-03-01 / 3. szám
Page 12, William Penn Life, March 1987 Kossuth— the whole system of Corpus Juris Hungarici. As a result of his published reports on the proceedings of the Hungarian Diet of 1832-36, he was apprehended by the Austrian government and sentenced to four years imprisonment in 1837. He spent three years in prison where he studied English from the Bible, Shakespeare and Johnson’s Dictionary. On popular insistence he was released in 1840 and became editor of the first Hungarian daily, the Pesti Hírlap. The Budapest Revolt of March 15,1848, of which he was one of the leaders, led to the declaration of Hungarian independence. In the newly formed Hungarian government, he became minister of finance; and when Emperor Ferdinand V repudiated the new government, he was elected governor of Hungary. He headed the short-lived Hungarian Republic until it was evident that the national army could not stand against the overwhelming Russian forces sent by the Czar to save the Austrian Empire. In August 1849 Kossuth fled to Turkey, where he was interned at Kutayia as a political prisoner. At this point America took interest in Kossuth. Strong Kossuth sentiment throughout the states culminated in a resolution passed by both houses of Congress to the effect that Kossuth be invited to the United States as the "guest of the nation.” At the news of the unexpected American interest in the fate of the Hungarian revolutionary leader and his followers, Kossuth’s popularity in Europe grew to new heights. The unprecedented public enthusiasm in England, the news of demonstrations in Italy, France, Portugal, Belgium and Sweden convinced him of the unbelievable: he was the leader of European republicanism. Kossuth came to America to convince the nation of the necessity for the United States and England to stand united on a policy of political freedom in Europe. He made one mistake. He did not foresee that America first had to solve the slavery problem before it could venture abroad. 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MAIL TO: COLORING BOOK, William Penn Association 709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15233. From Page 1 issue which defeated Kossuth’s real purpose in America. The Abolitionists became his bitter enemy and remained hostile to the very end. They called his aloofness from the slavery question craven and time serving conduct. But Ohio and the Middle West received Kossuth well. Kossuth understood the romantic thought in American nationalism, and at his magic oratory America became once more vividly conscious of its national unity and international destiny before the outbreak of the "irrepressible conflict.” To countless thousands of Americans, Kossuth was not a man with new ideas, but rather the man who convinced America of the possibility of a democratic order of life on the continent of Europe. Kossuth spoke not as a stranger, but as a brother from the other side of the Atlantic pointing with prophetic vision toward the glorHome Office News Sales offices relocate PITTSBURGH — The National Sales Office and the two Pittsburgh sales agencies recently moved to new locations. The office of National Sales Director Daniel R. Wahl, F1C, CLU, moved March 2 from the Home Office building to the "Carriage House” located directly behind the Home Office buiding. Both the Pittsburgh-East and Pittsburgh-West agencies moved out of the Carriage House. The new address and phone number for the two agencies is: 904 McClure Street Homestead, Pa. 15120 (412) 464-4330 The address and phone number for Mr. Wahl’s office will remain 709 Brighton Road Pittsburgh, Pa. 15233 (412)231-2979. New clerk joins staff PITTSBURGH — The Home Office recently welcomed Debra Sue Hepler as the newest addition to its staff. Debra began work Feb. 23 as a clerk/typist in the New Business Department. A resident of Ruffsdale, Pa., near Pittsburgh, Debra earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Education from Seton Hills College in 1977. She counts her horse and the outdoors among her interests. Correction________ In our February 1987 issue, the name of Branch 296, Springdale, Pa., auditor Sue Szalai was misspelled. ious destiny of a nation. "By being faithful to your past,” he once said, "you can have the glory of becoming the first nation on earth, you will conquer the world to your principles.” The spirit of Kossuth was many immigrants’ first guide to American democracy. Under the banner of his principles they rallied to throw in their influence on the side of liberal movements in Hungary, with telling results. It was Harry A. Garfield, son of the President, who summarized the sentiments of America about Kossuth: "He stood for what Washington stood for; for what the whole American people stood for, and he struck a responsive chord in the American people.” Clevelanders and many Americans accepted the scholarly judgment of Charles F. Thwing, late president of Western Reserve University, who said, "Among the great ones of the earth we place him.” AML/EAS LOUIS KOSSUTH
