Father of all humanity,
and Heaven is therefore one. I know that there is one sun in the sky,
which gives light to all the world. As there is unity in God, and
unity in the light, so is there unity in the principles of freedom."

Upon his arrival in Boston, April 27, 1852, I met with him on the
steps of the State House, greeting him with the following speech:

"Governor Kossuth: As the voice of the Legislature and people of
Massachusetts, I welcome you to this capitol to-day.

"Your presence brings before us our own past, bitter in its experience,
but glorious in its history. We once had apostles of liberty on
whose heads a price was set, who were hunted by tyranny from their
homes, and threatened with expulsion from civilized life. That day of
oppression and anxiety with us is ended. It introduced a contest for
human rights, whose results on this continent you have seen, in the
extent, character and power of the American republic.

"The people of Massachusetts, inspired by their early history and
animated by the impulses of their hearts, greet you as one who has
nobly served and suffered in the cause of individual freedom and the
rights of states. Nor will their admiration be limited by any
consideration arising from the fate of your country, or the failure of
the patriotic hopes with which it was inspired.

"Liberty can never die. The generations of men appear and pass away,
but the principles and aspirations of their nature are immortal.

"Despotism is of time. It contains within itself the elements and the
necessity of decay and death.

"Fifty years of your eventful life are past; but take courage, sir, in
the belief that, in the providence of God, the moment is near when the
light of freedom shall penetrate the darkness of European despotism.
Then shall your own Hungary welcome you to her fields and mountains, to
her homes and heart; and we will welcome Hungary to the family of
republican, constitutional, sovereign states.

"In the name of the people, I tender to you the hospitalities of a
commonwealth founded by Exiles and Pilgrims."

To this welcome to the capitol of Massachusetts, Kossuth replied as
follows:

"I feel deeply sensible of the immense benefit which a happy and
prosperous people has conferred upon an unfortunate people. Moments
like the present can only be felt, not spoken. I feel a deep emotion,
sir. I am not ashamed of it. Allow me to say that, in taking that
hand, the han