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.
It is my belief that Kossuth will remain on these shores for at least _ten years_, and that he will need entertainment for each of those ten years at least!" A gentle applause met this speech.

The speaker himself smiled as he went on.
"For a competent committee head, charged with the duty of making that entertainment gracious and dignified and worthy alike of the Old World and the New, I should think that an annual expenditure of, say, eight thousand or ten thousand dollars, would not be inadequate! If this lady, whose kind heart and brilliant mind, as our honored friend has said, both have been shown before us to-day,--if she would agree,--if she would _accept_,--some such provision as this from this fund, I am entirely clear in my own mind as to both the wisdom and the absolute propriety of extending this offer to her!" He sat down.