Jánossy Dénes: A Kossuth-emigráció Angliában és Amerikában 1851-1852, I. kötet (Budapest, 1940)

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52. United States Frigate Mississippi, 1851 szeptember 30. Kossuth levele John S. Hodge, marseille-i amerikai konzulhoz, melyben panaszkodik a francia hatóságok elzárkózásai miatt. Egyúttal magyarázatát adja a marseille-i kikötőben történt tüntetés alkalmával tanúsított magatartásának. Nyomtatvány. The New York Times napilap, 1852 január 24. The Government of the United States having accorded me its generous protection, knew very well to have accorded it to a man who has the honor to meet some sympathy everywhere where the words „freedom and human rights" have an echo in the breasts of men. The people of the United States themselves expressed this sympathy highly enough; and the Government of the United States did not take this expression for a motive not to grant me its protection; but rather for a motive to grant it. So the Government of the United States will be pleased, I confidently trust, to hear that even in every place of Europe where we stopped, this sympathy is freely, openly, warmly shared by the people. That is one view which I take about the political direction of the sentiments of your Government. The other is, that I confidently trust that your Government was willing to give me liberty, and not prison, Sir; else I would have not accepted your Government's offered protection to me. Please to remember all that has happened since my arrival here. I requested permission to pass through France. No answer was given me before the third day. I was ashore meanwhile; and you know that I not even left the Hotel, in order that I might not provoke any manifestation of that sympathy which I consider not only lawful not to push back, but even bound in honor to feel honored with, and thankful to accept. You know the people of Marseilles were rather anxiously scrupulous not to