The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-29

him, and on account Of the health of his wife
and chidren, | must consider him as being still
on board the American steam frigate Mssis-
sippi; and apprize him, consequently, M. lie
Consul, through you. of the decision adopted by
the minister Of the interior, relative to the
demand which he requested me to present
Accept, pray you, M. lie Consul the assurance
OF my high consideration.
The Project of the Bouches du Rhone.
SULEAU.
In consequence of this refusal, M. Kossuth
published the following address to the demo-
Gratis of Marseilles:"
Cilzens-The government of the French re,
public having refused me permission to traverse
France, the people Of Marseilles, yielding to the
impulse of one of those generous instincts OF
the French heart, which are the inexhaustible
source of the nobeness of your action, has hon
ored me by a manifestation of its republican
sentiments--a manifestation honorable for its
motives, manly for its resolution, peaceable in
IFS ardor, and as majestic in its calmness as ma
ture, the grand image of God, before the tenn.
pest. | have heard my name blended with the
hymn of the Marseillaise," and with the shouts
of Wire la RepubLigue IA cry which is the only
legal one in France the only one whose egiti-
macy has been won by the blood of the martyrs
Of liberty 1t is so natural to love freedom! II
is SO light to suffer for il! 1t is almost less than
a mere duty. but there is, indeed, supreme
glory in the thought of being identified with the
principle Of liberty in the mind of the French
people. have no desire for glory--but this
glory accept, in order to merit il accept it
as pledge of common interests, (soidariie,) and
accept it as testimony Of the fraternity of the
French nation wi all nations | accept it as
oiu nf anlv halo ua1 ~.
you, Frenchmen republicans is the honor of
that salyation To us, poor Hungarians, the
duty of meriting it We shall merit it! My ma.
ton will understand the appeal of your frater-
nifty. II will be proud Of, and bravely respond
to it, rs those ought to do who are honored in
being called "brothers" by the French people
These are the only thanks worthy of the people
of Marseilles--worthy of that manifestation
with which they have honored 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 re-
fusal of the government of the French republic
to grant me passage through its territory /
know that the French people are not responsible
for, and are not identified with its acts / know
that neither M. l.. N. Bonaparte, nor NJ. Faucher,
are the French nation. knew, and know,
that the executive power is delegated to him ;
but that the honor Of the French nation is not
in their keeping. | shall no longer bear in mind
their refusal, and desire that humanity shall
not remember it, if by any chance those who
have been already in exile, and who, to all ap.
pearance, have forgotten it, should again be So
Last evening, one of your brethren, (of our
brethren,) an operative of Marseilles- oh. know
his name, and shall not forget it, came, in spite
Of the cold, and swimming through the water
on board the American frigate, to press my hand.
pressed his hand with pity, with emotion, and
gently reproached him for his tcmerity. "Que
poutez pous ?" he answered, 81 desired to touch
your hand, could not find beat, took to the
water, and here am. Are there any obstacles
to him who wils?" | bowed to these noble
words The love Of liberty, the sentiment of
duty and fraternity, were mine before coming to
Marseilles; but it is at Marseies have found
the motto, "There are no obstacles to him who
wills" That motto shall be mine. Vive la re-
publique Health and fraternity!
LOUIS KOSSUTH.
Marseies Roads, on board the frigate Missis-
sippi, of the United States, Sept. %, 1851.