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

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76. Marseille, 1851 október 14. Hodge jelentése Webster amerikai külügyi államtitkárhoz, melyben Kossuthnak marseüle-i magatartásáról számol be.

1 Nyomtatvány. Executive Document No. 78. 32nd. Congress 1st. Session, House of Representatives. Washington, 1852, 77. Gibraltári öböl, 1851 október 14. Kossuth közli Kingsland newyorki polgármesterrel azokat az okokat, amelyek miatt amerikai útját Gibraltárban meg kelt szakítania. Nyomtatvány. The Times, London, 1851 november 24.

2 The United States ordered the steam frigate Mississippi to conduct me out of my prison to freedom, and by freedom to life, because to activity. I hailed this generous resolution as the greatest honour which a man can meet. I hailed it as a ray of hope and consolation to my downtrodden, to my bleeding, but still not broken, native land. I hailed it as a highly encouraging manifestation of your glorious people's sympathy to that principle which was, and will ever be, the aim of all the endeavours of all my life. And when, with the noble minded consentment of the Sultan, I stepped on board the Mississippi frigate, and once more free, because under your glorious flag, heard the warm, generous, welcoming cheer of the officers and crew — those frank, loyal, gallant men, the true representatives of American freedom, American greatness, American generosity — I could not forbear to have the impression that the spirit of America's young giant has shouted over the waves to old Europe's oppressed nations. Don't despair — here is a brother's powerful hand to your aid! These being my sentiments, you can judge by them, 1 Lásd az 57. sz. 8. sz. levelezéskivonatát. 2 Megjelent ezenkívül a newyorki fogadóbizottság hivatalos kiadványában. V. ö. Report of the special committee. New York, 1852, 8—12. old.