Yes, sir, the hearts of two millions of freemen at the centre of our country’s population leap fast at the shrieks of freedom in every clime, believing in no cold, unbrother-like law of distance; and, sir, we yield to no State in the sincerity with which the following resolution was adopted: 

Resolved,—­That we declare the Russian past intervention in the affairs of Hungary a violation of the law of nations, which, if repeated, would not be regarded indifferently by the people of the State of Ohio.

In conclusion, sir, I present to you a copy of the resolutions of the General Assembly, and again welcome you to the valley of the West, trusting that the warmth of your reception in Ohio is but an earnest of that glorious sympathy which will spring in your path should you go still farther westward in your holy mission.

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XXVI.—­PANEGYRIC OF OHIO.

[Speech at his Reception at Columbus, Feb. 5th.]

Kossuth was conducted by Governor Wood to the place fitted up for his reception, and was there addressed by the Hon. Samuel Galloway in an ample and glowing speech, which opened by assuring him that the enthusiasm which he now witnessed was no new creation; inasmuch as, more than two years before, the General Assembly of the State had resolved that Congress be requested to interpose for Kossuth’s deliverance from captivity.

Kossuth replied:—­

Sir, I thank you for the information of what I owe to Ohio.  I stood upon the ruins of vanquished greatness in Asia, where tidings from young America are so seldom heard that indeed I was not acquainted with the fact.  Still, I loved Ohio before I knew what I had yet to hear.  Now I will love her with the affection and tenderness of a child, knowing what part she took in my restoration to liberty and life.

Sir, permit me to decline those praises which you have been pleased to bestow on me personally.  I know of no merit—­I know only the word duty, and you are acquainted with the beautiful lines of the Irish poet—­

 “Far dearer the grave or the prison,
    Illumed by a patriot’s name,
  Than the glories of all who have risen,
    On liberty’s ruins, to fame.”

I was glad to hear that you are familiar with the history of our struggles, and of our achievements, and of our aims.  This dispenses me from speaking much,—­and that is a great benefit to me, because indeed I have spoken very much.

Sir, entering the young state of Ohio—­though my mind is constantly filled with homeward thoughts and homeward sorrows, still my sorrows relax while I look around me in astonishment, and rub my eyes to ascertain that it is not the magic of a dream, which makes your bold, mighty, and flourishing commonwealth rich with all the marks of civilization and of life, here, where almost yesterday was nothing but a vast wilderness, silent and dumb like the elements of the