The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-18
l.. KOSSUTH.
WAsHrseroS CRY, January 70, 1852.

VT. President of the Senate, your most humble
and obeditnt servant,
l.. KoSSUTH.
WAsHINGToN City, January -, 1852.
PREsiDEsT: The most generous invitation con.
tainod IN an act OF The Congress OF the United
States, approved and officially transmitted 10 me
by your excelency, having afforded the dis
tinguished honor oil being acceptably presented by
the iustrous Secretary VI State to the Chief Ma.
gistrate OF the Republic
Having been, upon subsequent resolutions of Con-
gress, received with almost Unprecedented honors
10y the Senate and by the House of Representatives
Having been entertained with unsurpassed kind-
ucss by the Senators and Representatives Of the
United States, obliged with courtesies far excel.
ling my aspirations, by the heads of the various De
partments OF the Executive Government and ia
voref by marks oil kind attention and sympathy
by the honorable members of Congress in numbers
which almost equalled the aggregate OF the two IL
lusirioas legislative bodies OF this great Republic
tue time has come when the exigenccs Of my coun
try at iirs require to depart from the city Of
Washington. and fulfil the agreeable duty Of ac-
knowledglng personally that protective sympathy
which many towns ciues, and States Of this glori-
Gus Confederation continue TO manifest in favor OF
the just cause oi my country down-rodden indie
pendenoe and the freedom Of the European CONT
nent, 60 Intimately connected with 1t.
This my departure becoming more urgent, as
according to the present condition OF Europe every
moments accident may call on me TO answer those
duties which, IN obcoicnt compliance with my
TONS sovereign will | assumed, when unani-
nousy elected Governor Of the State Of Hungary
took oath to God and the people to maintain that
national independence which my nation had as
serted 50 hcruicay, and had declared so leglu-
mlte!y, II Is matter Of deep regret 10 be
able individually to express my everlasting graft
tude.
Bot, Tia ugh my mind be Inournfully impressed
With inconsulabe grief at the melancholy intel.i-
gence connected with the last moments OF my
staying here that the heart OF my beloved and
eraDie mother has broken under the renewed cruel
persecution Inflicted upon my family by the house
vi Austria, stiii cannot take my departure from
The capital without leaving a formal but sincere
acknowledgment Of all those memorable iavors
30 generously bestowed upon me. Conscious
am that these isvors We're neither deserved by nor
intended 10 me personally, who, huut.,5 -xl.c
never could consent - see myself aggrandized
"hIIe ny country lies in rum and in cbains-i
have, ibon, all the more thankfully received a.
manifestations OF respect for everlasting principles
OF national law, and Of the lively sympathy which
THIS great and generous country entcrtaius for NV
beloved and never fyr moment 10 be forgotten
ia;betiand, now temporary victim Of the Viola
ton "l those principles.
The oppressed nations Of the European continent,
80 highly Interestcd IN those pnnciples, will look
With consolation al these memorable favors wac
honOrCd with as ~ practical proof that the Chief
Magistrate Of this great Republic indeed
true interpreter OF Its peoples sentiments and met
Sith the cordial concurrence Of the enlightened
Legislature Of his glorious country, when he OH
C4aliy declared that 'the United State. cannot re
main indifferent Ia Ia which the strong arm
OF ioregn power is invoked to stihe public senu
ment ana 10 Cypress the spirit Of freedom in any
country"
This magnan!mous declaration followed by such
generous manifestations, will be recorded in hizto
y As a protostation on tehalf Of the everlasting
principles OF the Law OF nations against their in.
fraction by violence. And the millions Of my pco.
pie Viii revive with hope and confidence when thcy
shail come 20 know what fayors we're bestowed upon
tneir cx.!ed chief by the great Republic Of tic
Nestln acknowledgement OF tho justice Of Hunga-
rye cause.
10 !.
ieo'iNeu tnein, and they have sunk into the very
heatt 81 my heart. Ia her name, and as her repre-
sentative, feel the duty Of expressing my thanks
Tor them' and desire your eScclloncy, as well ni
the executive OInccrs, the Senate and the House Of
Representative, collectively and individually 20
eterna! gratitude
Sad aud solemn is The hour Of parting from
presence go consoliug and ~ august; but carry
win nc ne IN my further wandcungs the hope
mat NE United States will continue kindly to re-
fnemDer always my unhappy but most well-descrv-
ing iathcrlaud.
Neither the pangs Of exile nor the ero,isrn Of
my patriotic feelings, the interests vi all those
nations whose common rights a nd wrongs plead
Dclore NE mighty tribunal II publicity, will ever
induce fne 10 desire that the United States should
i0I our sake, put ia jeopardy the welfare AMI
Property Of tins glorious home Of liberty: bot ~
ihe Pre-ent condition Of Europe, and the coming
events in that continent, which cast, already Their
shadows before them, cannot fail 70 attract the at
teniion, and invite the consideration Of such :,
power on earth ss the United States arc cannot
iofoear TIC hope that the very consciousness Of that
security which the United States enjoy, while the
greatest part II Europe quakcs, will but more ini
prcss upon their truc republican generosity the
reEtimcuts u supreme urgency to pronounce in
respect 10 the law OF nations and international do
tics aud rights also in rcspect 20 the undisurbcd
safety 81 commercial intercourse in favor Of such
principle, which, founded upon the law Of nature
and ~ naturca God, arc equally consistent with
the fundamental principles 81 tbis great Republic,
md afrufF ffftrFa
earth.
HUmlnify would bail fueh pronunciation
from such place with inep g'essibc icy; ard NJ IL
was TOE violation u those principles by armed for
gn intcrlrrencc 10 Hungary hicb opened toe door
8 eysteiu II overwhelming desyOtisrn on the
European continent; The very fact hat Hungary.
lofooa ~ ihe most trcaeherous oppression ever
seen 40 the history ~ m7nknd, has, in debating
gre ihs' pcuGCucc, but exercised that right aud FOL
b"ed That principle upon which stands ~ glori-
gu'ly we very 20 eristencs Il the United
StaLcsi aud TIE iact hat this lcEitimstc independ.
cnce was oycrthroUu by toe mott cruel vi,iatioo
OF international lave, makes inc confidently hone
mat ''the deep interest which the people Of tho
United states feel Ira the spread Of liberal r.yir.f
pies and the establishment Of free governments
the warm sympathy with which il witneascs every
Struggle against oppression, well as its profound
sentiment OF justice and its congenial generosity
Will become source OF such consolation to ny ma
tive land, the supreme constitutional authorities
q this glorious Republic will, in their wisdom
deem consistent with the paramount duties 60
"atas hur own c0untry's welfare and pros
pcuty.
- with ihosc sentiments Of hope and thanks
mar peg leave Go rcitcratc the assurance Of my
everlasting frp,etauh gratitude; and bumby en-
tf'a' yoUf cSc,liency 90 be- pleased 70 communi-
cate TINS my respectful farewell u the Senate and
The House Of Representative
M President your cHcellncy's most humble
md obCdicnt servant,
J.. KOSSUTU
Mr. BADGER said that as these pspcrs had been
read, and had been listened 70 with such profound
attention, he would move that they be laid r,,
we tAbIe, unless The Senator from Michigan (N1r
CAss) or the Senator from New York (Mr : Ev,ARp)
Gealrcd 20 have them referred.
mr. CASs suggested that they be printed