The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

KOSSUTH'S ADDRESS TO THE
DEMOCRATS OF MIeRSEILLES.
Citiz?ns,—The Government of the French Re-
public having refused me permission to traverse
France, the people of Marseilles, yielding to the im-
pulse of one of those generous instincts of the French.
heart which are the inexhaustible source of the noble-
ness of your nation, has honoured me by a manifestei-
tion of its Republican sentiments—a manifestation
honourable for its motives, manly for its resolution,
peaceable in its ardour, and as majestic in its calmness,
as nature, the grand image of God, before the tem-
pest. I have heard my name blended with the hymn
of the " Marseillaise,' and with the shouts of " Vive
la R6publique !"—a cry which is the only legal one
in France; the only one whose legitimacy has been
won by the blood of the martyrs of liberty !
It is so natural to love freedom ! It is so light
to suffer for it! It is almost less than a mere
duty ; but there is, indeed, a supreme glory
in the thought of being identified with the principle
of liberty in the mind of the French people. I have
no desire for glory—but this glory I accept, in order
to merit it. I accept it as a pledge of common in-
terests (solidarite), and I accept it as a testimony of
the fraternity of the French nation with all nations.
I accept it as the sign of salvation for my beloved
country. To you, Frenchmen ! Republicans ! is the
honour of that salvation ! To us, poor Hungarians,
the duty of meriting it ! We shall merit it ! My
nation will understand the appeal of your fraternity.
It will be proud of, and bravely respond to it, as those
ought to do who are honoured in being called "bro-
thers " by the French people. These are the only
thanks worthy of the people of Marseilles ; worthy
of that manifestation with which they have honoured
me—yet not me, but my nation and in my nation,
the past less than the future !
Permit me not to speak any more of the refusal of
the Government of the French Republic to grant me
a passage through its territory. I know that the
French people are not responsible for, and are not
identified with its acts. I know that neither M. L.
N. Bonaparte, nor M. Faucher, are the French nation.
I knew, and I know, that the Executive Power is de-
legated to them, but that the honour of the French
nation is not in their keeping. I shall no longer bear
in mind their refusal, and I desire that humanity
shall not remember it, if by any chance those who
have been already in exile, and who, to all appear-
ance, have forgotten it, should again be so. Last
evening one of your brethren (of our brethren), an
operative of Marseilles—oh ! I know his name, and
I shall not forget it—came, in spite of? the
cold, and swimming through the water, on board the
American frigate, to press my hand. I pressed his
hand with pity, with emotion, and gently reproached
him for his temerity. " Que voulez vous ?" he an-
swered, "I desired to touch your hand, I could not
find a boat, I took to the water, and here I am. Are
there any obstacles to him who wills ?" I bowed to
these noble words. The love of liberty, the senti-
ment of duty and fraternity, were mine before coming
to Marseilles, but it is at Marseilles that I have
found the motto, " There are no obstacles to him who
wills." That motto shall be mine. Vive la .Repub-
lique ! Health and fraternity !

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Louis KOSSUTH,
Marseilles Roads, on board the frigate Mississippi,
of the United States, Sept. 29, 1851.

IRELAND.
RETURN OF LORD CLARENDON.

D Ul3 LIN, —SA T UEDAY EVENING.—It is authorita-
tively announced that the Earl of Clarendon returns
to Dublin early next week from his prolonged visit in
London. Tuesday is the day named for his arrival at
the Castle.

GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.

It is stated that Lord Lismore, an excellent resi-
dent proprietor, has been nominated Lieutenant of the
county of Tipperary, vice the late Earl of Donough-
more ; and it ii further notified that Lord Carew,
Lieutenant of the county of Wexford, has obtained
the Riband of the Order of St. Patrick, which the
death of Lord Clare had placed at her Majesty's dis-
posal.