France, Germany, and Italy are no more to fight for the deception of monarchical principles, not for the triumph of dynasties, but for republics.  Hungary took this direction already in 1849, by dethroning the Hapsburgs.  France, Germany, and Italy will not follow in the track of centralization.  Hungary never followed it.  And the governments may ally themselves for the oppression of the world’s liberty;—­they have already allied themselves—­but nations will no more rise in arms against one another.  They will rise, not to dominate, but to be independent and free.  Instead of the antagonism of nationalities, it is now the idea of the solidarity and fraternity of nations, which is become the character of our times.  And this is to be the source of our success in future; this explains the fear of the tyrants which manifests itself in such blind rage.  This is the direction which I pursue; this is the secret of the sympathy of the people, unparalleled yet in history, which I met in both hemispheres, and of the coalition of despots, aristocrats, and ambitious intriguers, to persecute me.

I hope, gentlemen, with these considerations before your eyes, you will not share in the opinions of those who despair of the cause of freedom in Europe, because the revolution of 1848 has failed.

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LI.—­THE TRIPLE BOND.

[Address before the German Citizens of New York.]

At the Broadway Tabernacle, on Wednesday evening, Kossuth delivered a farewell address, before the German citizens of New York.  It was spoken in the German language, and was received with the hearty plaudits of an immense assemblage.  A small portion only of it can here find place.

Dear friends,—­Allow me to address you with this sweet name of brotherly love, hallowed by deep feeling, by the power of principles, and by the combination of circumstances,—­but likewise weighty in regard to the determination linked to it in my grateful heart, in life as in death, to serve the cause faithfully which you honour by such generously noble sympathy.

To me this moment is one of solemn importance.  I stand at the close of my wanderings in America.  My words are those of farewell.

In these six months I have been enriched by many an experience.  I had much to unlearn, but I have likewise learnt much.

Whatever be the result of my exertions, so much is sure, that they have linked more closely the hearts of the Germans and Hungarians, and have matured the instinct of solidarity into self-conscious conviction.  This result alone is worth a warm utterance of thanks; it will heavily weigh in the future of the world.

And this result, dear friends, is it not achieved?  The hearts of the German and the Hungarian are linked more closely; they throb like the hearts of twins which have rested under the same mother’s breast; they throb like the hearts of brothers, who, hand in hand, attain the baptism of blood; they throb like the hearts of two comrades, on the eve of the battle, decided to hold together like the blade and the handle.