In the entertainment of Louis Kossuth
large sums of money will be--and it is proper that they should
be--expended. The people demand it. The dignity of this nation must
be maintained. Popular approval will meet the proper expenditures
for any such entertainment.
"Now then, gentlemen,"--and he raised an argumentative
forefinger,--"there must be committees of entertainment; there must
be those able to interpret, those competent to arrange large plans,
and to do so courteously, with dignity." He bowed toward the
somewhat dejected figure of the only woman present, who scarce
ventured to raise her eyes to his, startled as she was by the
sudden turn of events,
"Now, Sir, we all understand this is wholly unofficial and
informal; we understand that there is no special fund which could
be devoted to any such purpose as I have suggested--unless it were
precisely this fund for the Kossuth entertainment! Gentlemen, it
is not the part of a host to set a limit upon the visit of a guest.
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