Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-11-03
TPROPRI


ion about so simple matter was never
more loudly and generally disavowcd by
the organs Of public opinion. And not
merely the refusal, but the manner Of ii,
cxi,cs universal disapproba,ion. The Pre-
feet of the Bouchcs du-Rhono will not con
descend to communicate directly with the
Ex-Governor of Hungary, whom he seems
rantine, and entitled 10 receive letters only
at the end of pair of tougs. He cannot
recognize Kossuth's existence on shore, be-
cause, his passport not having been rised
by Nj. de Lavaette at Constantinople,
which is about one hundred miles from the
place where kossuth embarked on board
the Mississippi, his being on shore is clean
against all rules. and only in consideration
Of the sickness Of his wife and children
The French are kindly peoplc;t was not
an act worthy ofa French minister to send
that sick wife with her three little children
back again to the uncomfortable sea. is
it not an instructive contrnsti A great
nation at the other side Of the world sends
a ship across the Atlantic 70 receive This
glorious exile, and 10 do him honor and
fetch him from banislmcnt TO the cheering
welcome Of free and civilized communities,
TO the solacc ofsympathics, antthetrbu,cs
of admiration.
And a mere passage over the soil Of
France is refused to this man, refused with
insult, with cruelty; aud he ond his wife
and children are thrust back. like infected
things, into the sea. Why. this is the very
ecstocy Of panic, the frenzy Of terror,
which takes France for a barrel Of gun
powder. and kossnlh for a lighted match
Hungarian audiences were excited by his
cloqncnce, but here, even supposipg that
he had been allowed to haranguc the pco-
pie, instead Of occupying seat in the rail
way train; the charm of his oratory must
have been lost in foreign tongue. More
dangerous was his pen. and this is the pre-
cisc peril which has been called into opc
ration by the Government. The address
TO the democracy Of Marscillcs will cross
France, and penetrate Into every village.
with the Paris papers orall colors. Even
the lcgtimist Union copies the address,
Girardin says of it, "The rovcrbcration Of
this address, so nobly simple, will he i'm
mense. ] ask the munster who directs
comprcssion--I ask M. l.. Faucher him.
self-what will he have gained by pre-
venting kossuth from crossing France. to
travel from Marseillcs To Londonl kossuih
would have passcd--his manifesto will re-
main" ! wished to have sent you the ar
ticlc of the Peuplc Of Marscillcs, protesting
against the repulse of Kossutll. for which
that paper is prosecuted on the charge of
exciting to hatred and contempt Of the
Government.
But the confscation of all the numbers
of TIE Pcrple confded to the post has I'M
fortunately prevented decomposition from
reaching me. In the meantime, a valuable
testimony Of the warm sympathy of the
population of Marseilcs with the Hunga.
rian cause is furnished by the reply of the
same paper TO this blow Of the authorities
1t says: ave have translated faithfully, in
the sincerity ofour conscience, the popular
Indignation which we have seen burst forth.
An exile for the cause ofthc liberty ofpeo-
| pie, victim of Austrian absolutism, n
great heart, great name of the history Of
peoples, has touched the soil of France
He demanded not even hospitality, but on
ly the right of passing through the coun.
try with his family, to save women and
children some days more Of suffering upon
the sea; and a Minister Of France answered
No! Whatever may be done or said, al
our works are dwarfcd before the grca,
stain thrown on our French honor. The
democracy of Marscillcs has protested by
its acclamatlons, its crowns and its bou.
quets; it was the duty ofthe democratic or.
gan TO record the protest Of the people,
We accept the necessities of our duty with.
out empty Dragging. as without fear, and
five are to go before Jury. we will ask
ii with confidence 10 sanction, by YER
dict of acquittal, the national sentiment
which has guided our pen" The verdict Of
that jury will be eagerly expected.
a French correspondent ofthc London
News writes
M. Pulsky mentioned mean insta nee Of
the paltry and prosecuting conduct Of the
French Government toward Kossuth,
which would be scarcely credible If it had
not undoubted authority 10 depend upon.
a Hungarian officer named Tranyi is one
of the few refugees allowed to remain in
Paris since the recent prescription. He
obtains subsistence by being a tutor in a
private family. On hearing that Kossuth
was on the eve visiting England, he fcl,
anxious to come to England to see him,
and he applied for passport for that pur-
pose. The French authorities offered him
a passport but gave him distinctly to I'M
| dersiand that if he visited Kossuth in Eng
land he would not be allowed TO return to
| France.
This paltry and arbitrary conduct on the
part of the French Government is quite oi
piece with the refusal to let kossuih pass
through France.
A letter in the New York Ezpress de-
scribcs the reception Of Kossuth on board
the U. S. steamship Mississippi, and adds +:
81 have never met gentleman who at
first acquaintance impressed me more IA
vorably. His manners are exceedingly
easy and engaging; he is dignIfcd without
haugh,iness and familiar without outstrip-
ing the bounds ofprudcnce. lie express
es himself correctly, and all his remarks
are pertinent and interesting, The digni-
ty which lie has maintained in his captivi-
ly reminds me forclbly ofthc case Of Ma
polcon but the homage which kossuih
receives from his followers is the roluntary
expression ofrcspcct and admiration for the
| man.
His captains take their turns in daily at
tending his person, and at night, s'ecp be-
fore the doors Of his room They inva-
riable rise when he enters, and uncover
themselves when he speaks to them. We
have in all fifty eight exiles on board, and
though thslrapartments are somewlatc con-
fined, they have the good sense TO appre-
ciatc our position and that they cannot all
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