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

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wishes, nor the high respect entertained for you by myself and by other of my brother officers on board of the Mississippi. I have the honor [stb.]. 63. United States Steamer Mississippi, nyilt tengeren, 1851 október 4. Charles W. Aby, a Mississippi hajótisztje értesíti Kossuthot, hogy számos tiszttársával együtt nem azonosítja magát Hodge konzulnak Kossuth ellen emelt vádjaival. Nyomtatvány. The New York Times, 1852 január 24. I have heard with real pain of your intention of leaving our ship, and of the causes which have impelled you to that step. But before your departure from amongst us, I have thought that it might not be altogether displeasing to you to know that there are many of my brother officers, besides myself, who are far from being of the opinion that you have done the least thing to compromise our country; and who, therefore, by no means subscribe to the charge that has been so unhappily laid at your door. The resolution of our country in your favor was hailed with just pride, but is became a matter of especial gratification when it was known that the vessel to which we are attached, was designated for the honor of conveying you from bondage to freedom. Your presence upon our decks was therefore received with joy, and so far as yourself and your company are concerned, has been a source of uninterrupted pleasure up to the present time. It is but natural, then, that your leaving us, even under the most favorable circumstances should cause pain; but when it takes place under circumstances so little gratifying to us all, I feel absolutely at a loss to express the sentiment it produces; and I do not deceive you as to the character of the American people, when I declare it my firm conviction that they will be deeply mortified at learning that any course of conduct on the part of their fellow-citizens, and