The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-01-24

Of Marseilles did. in graceful manner, cheer
the United States and cheer myself. You knew
whom you received on board your ship; and
beg to be assured that have the sentiment Of
what is due to you and convenient to me. i
appears we have different views about what may
be thought compromising to your position. So
| free you from the embarrassment, and eDtreat
you to land me wherever you please But, al
long as | have the honor to be on board your
ship, you have to command, and your commands
shall be obeyed." And ] left the deck, and
caused all my companions to do the same. The
people upon the boats continued to cheer yet
for while, then went away peaceably us it came,
without the consolation of a single acknowledged
sign from the Mississippi.
| These are the incidents of our staying in the
Bay of Marseilles
And yet, sir, you were pleased to judge conve-
nient to send me word to day (and that, also, not
directly. but by letter written to Capt. Long,
that your position and the flag Of the United
States had been compromised by these incidents"
This is heavy charge, sir, deeply wounding
my honor and my sentiments of deepest respect
to your glorious land.
| II cannot be passed in silence. feel bound
in honor to bring the matter before the people
of the United States and your government, and
entreat their verdict about it.
But having the firm conviction that wherever
meet Free spontaneous, lawful, and honora-
BILE expression of whatever peoples sympathy, !
am bound in honor and conscience to respect il
with esteem, and not to refuse it, but thankfully
to accept-on the other side, you being here,
the organ of your government which ! am re-
verng with high generation, it is my duty to de-
liver the Mississippi of the presence of myself
who by his position seems, in your opinion, to
be man who compromises the glorious flag OF
the United States.
Therefore, though in the most solemn manner
protesting against the imputation you charge me
with, have the honor TO tranquilze you, sir,
but, with everlasting gratitude to your country
and your government, | will leave the Mississippi
at the first place will stop, which it, suppose,
at Gibraltar.
Nj. l.. N. Bonaparte has driven me away from
France. You, sir, by your Il dare confidently
state, unjusD imputation, are forcing me to cor
slider myself driven away from the Mississippi,
because the people of Marseles had shown
some kindness to me-
will go by some private conveyance to the
United States, will make my excuses for not
having further proftted of the hospitality Of
your governments vessel by the publication of
this letter have the honor to send you, and
will confidently await the judgment of the pub
lie opinion of the United States
| am sorry that your above said letter came
not sume hours earlier you giving therein or
ders that, from the Mississippi, no communca.
tons should be sent to any public paper of
Marseies. feel surprised, but will make re-
spected your orders. am sorry to say that
feeling it 10 DO my duty of honor to thank, by
some few words, the kind sympathy was hon.
ored with in Marseiles, some hours before the
arrival and communication Of your quite un-
looked for and unexpected intimation, | sent
ashore a letter to the said effect. " hen you
read it in some public paper, hope you will,
by its contents, not judge compromised the
flag of the United States
| beg leave to assure you, sir, of my high re-.
gard and my particular consideration; having the
honor to sign myself to be, sir, your humble and
Obsequious servant, l.. KossUTH.
On the following day, October /, the Missis
sippi sailed for Gibraltar An interesting incl
dent connected with her departure from Mar
settles is thus narrated by an officer on board,
in private letter to friend:
"We hurried through coaling, and left Mar
settles on Wednesday evening, the lst of Octo-
Der, having again to encounter the many-headed
as we passed through the narrow entrance of
| tlic pOIt Vi pIdT6eltiGb uG IuOle HcuuS were
crowded with men, who were loud in their ex-
pressions of sympathy for Kossuth and his
cause The warm and right hearted sailors de-
tcrmined, of their own will, to return some man.
Hesitation of fellow. feeling As we entered the
narrow mouth suddenly our fore-rigging was
swarming with human beings, much to the as
constituent of our premier and captain. After
they were in the rigging there WAS moments
pause, during which the chaplain ordered them
down Immediately. One of the boys said
"Three cheers, my hearties, before we 60" Ac-
cordingly, three as hearty cheers were given as
could issue from the lungs of one hundred and
fifty men. Immediately it was responded to
from the shore Then the men came down, and
added one more from behind the bulwarks y
The Hungarians were much pleased with the
demonstration, all thinking though, at the time,
that it was done by order of the captain"
An attempt was made, shortly after this, by
the first lieutenant to affix a stigma upon Kos.
suth, by showing that he thanked the men for
three cheers, which was regarded by that
officer an act of INSTRUMENTATION. But the
effort failed utterly; the charge was proved to
be false, and served only to cover its author with
ridicule
Under the same date the writer continues:
81 fear that perverted accounts of all this
clique said last night that they were not so un.
prepared for all these reports at home as might
be supposed. Three weeks SINCE said he, evil
IDENTIFY abiding to Spezza, reports went home.
My soul fairly sickens at such evidence of dr..
plicty on the part Of those entrusted with sc
noble charge"
1t is proper to remark that this statement re-
specting reports having been sent home three
weeks previous, was elected by the writer
whom we have been quoting, of the bad effects
upon Capt. Longs reputation in the United
States, which would be produced by his treat
ment of Kossuth and the other Hungarians.
In the same letter this correspondent remarks
"The accusation of having compromised the
flag still remains against Kossuth. Till that il
withdrawn, Kossuth will not go home in ths
ship. If the captain states in writing that tina
charge is groundless, Kossuth will forget tn,
other indignities from him and continue with
us"
And thus matters continued until number 0
the officers on board addressed letters. expires
sive of their own sentiments, to Gov Kossuth
, Amongst these letters were the following
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