Litchfield enquirer., 1852-01-08


On Wednesday M. Kossuth was in
troduced to the President by Mr.. Webster
There were present the Secretary of the
Navy and the Postmaster General. be.
sides General Shields. Mr.. Seward, and
others.
after brief pause, NJ. Kossuth adj
dressed the President in the following
terms
Enlightened by the spirit of your
couRtsy's institutions, when we succeed
ed to consolidate our natural and histeri.
cal States right of. self-government, by
placinsit upon the broad foundation Of
Democratic liberty.
Inspired by your history when we
had to fight for independence against
annhilaIon by central'zed abzoluti-m
cpaso'ed b yosr people, sympathy
y4,o a yicttm Of RuSsmn Iaterfey .nce
with the laws of nature and Of nature,
& cd.
- Protected in exile bv the Govern
ment of the U. S, Supporting the Sui
tan of Turkey in his noble r-~olnuon to
undergo he very DANCE of war lathe'
than leave unprotected the lights Of hu
manly against Russo Austrian despot-
ism.
Restored by the T. S. to life. because
restored TO freedom. and by freedom to
activity in behalf of those duties which
by my nations unanimous confidence
and sovereign will, devolved upon me:
Raised in the eyes of many oppres-
sed nations to the standing of harbnger
of hope. because the starspangled ban
nsr seen casting protection around me,
announcing to the world that there is a.
nation. alike powerful as free. ready to
protect the laws of nations. even in dis
tant parts of the earth. and in the per-
son of a poor exile:
'Cheered by our peoples sympathy. so
as freemen cheer--not q man whatever.
but principle /:
= Il beg leave to express my ferveDt thanks
in my name, and 10 the name of my asso
ciates. vino after having shared my u,isfor.
tunes, have now the reward 10 share the
honor and the benefit which the great
Republic of the United States was pleas
ed to besiow upon Hungary by bestowing
it upon its freely chosen chief, when he
became prosecuted victim of despotic viO-
lencO.
Il beg leave to express my fervent thanks
in my c0untry's name also, which. amidst
the sorrows of its desolatiOn, feels cheered
by your counIry's generosity and looks with
resolution to the impending future. because
il is conf lent that the time draws near
when the eternal code Of the law Of nations
will become u reality.
President | stand befrrs your Excel
lency living prot-station against the viO-
lence of fore ign interference Expressing the
sovereign right Of nations to regulate their
own domestic concerns.
May be allowed to take il for mn au-
curry of better times that. in landing on the
6appy shores Of this glorious Republic.
landed in q free and powerful country,
whose honored Chief Magistrate proclaims
IN the world that this country cannot re-
remaiuaiudiffsren when the strong arm of
= 1o,eisA power IL invoked 10 Siife pub.
lie sen,imeat, and Tepress the spirit Of
freedom 10 any country
~ ,hnuk God that he deemed me not IN.
worthy 10 &C. and to suffer Tor my fa'hsr-
land.
..v became 90 intimately connected With
shs fate OF liberty and Independence OF ga
sioua 10 Europe, 81 formerly " was '"n.
ma,.ly connected With the security OF
/ ChFlslsndom. .. H.,
With . long ne, that yoa may '"ns "nI,y
..s., sIn,ionS, aAd free, The eoFneI 'Aieue
asIa,svaallonal iahtiee. and the eolamn OF
S."lssa An the earth, ~ II u alfeay %
asaylsm 10 lhe oppressed.
49, - sli,,Aa ef Nunangg."