Gentlemen,—­I know what weight is due to Massachusetts in the councils of the nation; the history, the character, the intelligence, the consistent energy, and the considerate perseverance of your country, give me the security that when the people of Massachusetts raises its voice and pronounces its will—­it will carry its aim.

I have seen this people’s will in the manifestation of him whom the people’s well-deserved confidence has raised to the helm of its Executive Government; I have seen it in the sanction of its Senators; I have seen it in the mighty outburst of popular sentiments, and in the generous testimonials of its sympathy, as I moved over this hallowed soil.  I hope soon to see it in the Legislative Hall of your Representatives, and in the Cradle of American Liberty.

I hope to see it as I see it now here, throbbing with warm, sincere, generous, and powerful pulsation, in the very heart of your Commonwealth.  I know that where the heart is sound the whole body is sound—­the blood is sound throughout all the veins.  Never believe those to be right who, bearing but a piece of metal in their chests, could persuade you, that to be cold is to be wise.  Warmth is the vivifying influence of the universe, and the warm heart is the source of noble deeds.  To consider calmly what you have to do is well.  You have done so.  But let me hope that the heart of Massachusetts will continue to throb warmly for the cause of liberty, till that which you judge to be right is done, with that persistent energy, which, inherited from the puritan pilgrims of the Mayflower, is a principle with the people of Massachusetts.  Remember the afflicted,—­farewell.

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XLII.—­PANEGYRIC OF MASSACHUSETTS.

[Speech at Faneuil Hall.]

Kossuth entered Boston on the 27th April, escorted by twenty-nine companies of infantry and four of artillery, in the midst of flags and other festive display.  He was welcomed by Gov.  Boutwell at the State House.  In the afternoon he reviewed the troops on the common, in the midst of an immense multitude.  The members of the legislature and of the council came in procession from the State House, and joined him in the field.  In the evening he was entertained at the Revere House, as the guest of the Legislative Committee.

On April 28th he was escorted by the Independent Cadets to the State House, where Governor Boutwell received him with a brief but emphatic speech, avowing that Kossuth had “imparted important instruction” to the people of the United States.  The governor then conducted Kossuth to the Senate, where he was warmly welcomed by the President, General Wilson; and thence again to the House of Representatives, where the Speaker, Mr. Banks, addressed him in words of high honour, in the name of the representatives.  To each of these addresses Kossuth replied; but the substance of his speeches has scarcely sufficient novelty to present here.