The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-11-20
KossUTH-wHo Is THE ATTACHED"

The Times has letter from an officer o.
the Mississippi from which we take the fol
lowing extract:
" Never has an American vessel been greet
ed in the Mediterranean with more enthusi
asm The Attache was Disguised and mort.
fed Poor sensitive fellow /. for one. was
proud that was attached to a ship dispatched
upon such glorious mission. and receiving
the cheers and blessings of thousands wher-
ever we went | believe, candidly. that the
only two men in Marseiles who were in fear
of US were the Prefet and the american Con.
sm-the Pyetet for fear of offending his noble
high-mindcd Government and the American
Consul for fear of offending the Prefet"
Does not this put us on the track of the At
tache? Is he not the American Consul at
Marselles The name of that Consul is John
l.. Hodge, and if he is not the man. Mr.. A.
Oakley Hall, of this city, through whom the
Attaches letter was published should come
forward and prove it by making known the
real name of the miserable slanderer.
New York Tribune.
Who is A. Oakley Hall He is the principal
endorser of the Attdche now proved to be n
vile slandercr. 1t is he who sent the letter OF
that respectable gentleman to the editor of the
New York Daily Times with the following en-
dOrsemcnt of the writer:
:" | beg leave to enclose you the following
service travelling abroad a gentlemen of cool
judgment, mature reflection, and Keen obserra
ton
Mr.. A. Oakley Hall of course, appears al
the cndorser of the calumncs of this anony
nous scribber. Who is A. Oakley Hall. anC
what has he to say in his defence!
The Neu York Tribune hints ut the Ameri
can Consul at Marscilles as another of the
that the only two men afraid of that steamer
and Kossuth were the French Prcfct an,
American Consul 1t will be recolected tina
two weeks ago we called attention to the fact
that the ex-honorabe who furnished lbels on
kossuth for the columns of the Nerdrk Dni,
AdreHiSer, protested to give in quotation
marks an extract Of a letter addressed b,
KOssuth to the American Consul Oar infer
encc was that were the extract authentic
then the Consul himself must have furnished
it. The presumptiye evidence against him j,
strong enough to require the notice of tn,
Government If he really has been engaged
in the despicablc business of concocting calum-
MES upon man who has been invited as the
nations guest his prompt dismissal is neccs.
sary to vndicate the honor of the Govern
ment And whoever that Attache may be. he
should be dragged to light and turned out Of
the service which he disgraces.
Another of Kossuths defamcrs is B. H. Re-
voil, of the New York Herald a fellow who
supplies it with apocryphal views from abroad
and manufactures false statistics of the Amer
lean Press for European consumption The
HerdH, that volcano Of patriotic and revolu-
tonary sympathies, gave currency to his base
ISLANDERS, but now that the officers Of the Mis-
sssippi have indicated their noble guest. il
sneaking out of the responsibility it assumed,
fearful of being caught in II minority
The audacity Of these lbellers, and their
complete exposure and refutation should prove
a warning To intelligent and respectable peo-
pie, not To stnltify themselves by giving easy
credence to scandalous reports against estab-
lished reputation The readiness with which
some people believe, and the industry with
which they circulate assaults On personal char
actcr. awaken suspicion that they love the
SANDER they have ''e, the courage to originate