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in louder tone, with insolent gestures, he said
Eyes, sir, the laws of the country, but not the
whims Of Mr. the Project; If only commercial
consul, you perfectly acquainted with laws Of
diplomacy, &c. you should never permit, as the
representative Of an independent nation an insult"
He repeated, over and over, that had driven him
from the Mississppi he would appeal to the peoples
his letter to be for the people; prison; grave charge
&c, sc, answered, my limited powers as con-
sui do not extend far; when at sea you will have no.
thing TO do with me; even on board OF this steamer,
at ths moment, have no authority; know the
project governor OF this great department; shall
respect him SUCH well the laws OF the land;
and in this affair his orders came from Paris He
talked Of prison, as if he really thought he was in
one, and that should have resented the order. |
found it useless to reason with him. He imagined
his miserable excuse would release him from the
stain of ngratitude and gross insult to the people
of the United States. Tired of the continuation Of
this unpleasant scene, i wished him a pleasant
voyage, bowed, and retred-l in cold and re-
spectful manner, and he like an Oriental satrap.
The crowd in the boats and in the jefee cheered
with loud shouts the steamer beautifully dashed
through the new port, which were returned by the
strangers men and women--on the poop deck
| came ashore in the pilot boat. On landing,
found a body OF troops were returning from the
new port where the steamer had been anchored,
no doubt stationed there in case of need Being
the nations guest, pledged myself, as its repre-
sentative, if permitted to come shore he should
respect the laws of the land, and not endeavor to
excite trouble, nor quit Marseilles by land told
him and his companions OF the pledge had given
He said nothing would be done on his part, and
that all he desired was to pass through France on
his way to England.
At this time he not aware Of the influence
he had the socialists Of this country. Dis
covering it, he violated every breach OF hospitality
to France, showing his ipgratude, and was IN
sulting the United States Ii Mr.. Marsh, the
United States minister, had been at Constantine
pie during the summer, as he expressed on board
of the sts amer, Mr.. Kossuth would probably have
taken different route, not even the empty promise
OF going in the steamer to the United States.
AS an appeal is to be made to the people Of the
United States, beg leave to state to the Depart
ment that if an insult had been offered to the flag
would have promptly resented it, and would
never have permitted the broad banner OF my
country-coute que c0uts-to be furnished. l have
had some discussion with this Government and in
every instance, as have always been in the right
the dnlends honorable has been made fully as
sould have desired.
! have, throughout this affair, acted to the best
of my abilities, with a firm determination to re-
spect the laws of this country, at the same time to
support my own rights; and | hatter myself my
conduct will meet the appreciation of the Govern
ment and of the people.
l have the honor to be, with great respect,
sir, your obedicnt servant,
JOHN L. HODGE,
United States Consul.
Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of State.
The above are believed to be the letters of most
interest from the Department Of State.
Next follow dispatches and letters from the
Navy Department, embracing Instructions with
regard to bringing Kossuth and other Hungarians
to this country Among the letters is the following
from
HIM. B Kinney to Commodore Morgan
TURIS, September as, 1851.
My DEAR Sir After despatching my note Of
yesterday had confidential interview with the
Minister of Foreign fairs and the Minister of War
at the Foreign Office, and verbally communicated
your considerate and decisive orders concerning
the Mississippi and her passengers. They
pressed the liveiest satisfaction. and begged me
to assure you that your forecast and decision are
fully appreciated 1t is true, beyond all peradven-
ture, as you have animated, that if your sym
patty had at all equalied the enthusiasm Of the
Hungarian leader, the peace of this country would
have been put in jeopardy and our flag dishonored.
His presence in Genoa would undoubtedly pro-
duce n manifestation of popular feeling, which, in
the present state of certain political relations,
might lead to the most disastrous consequences.
The exiles will not, trust, be constrained to go
10 the United States against their will, since IT
would be scarcely gracious to compel men to
cept our hospitality The Government has surely
made sufficiently conspicuous manifestation of
its good feelings in the remar abe offer OF of
its nnest vessels of war TO satisfy even American
sympathy for the oppressed
These champions Of freedom are ossuredy emit
tied TO the liberty of choice between American aud
British favor, whatever may be said OF their cour-
tesy In tho case Their treatment of your conside-
rate counsels is very surprising but Kossuth init
mates that he sis still a prisoner ;; above all, the
suggestion OF an "appeal from the Government TO
the people," if the indulgence asked for should
be granted, astonishes me beyond the power of eX-
preston. IL quito reverses all our preconceived
notions of the man whom great empire has sought
TO honor by making him it's guest.
pray you keep me advised Of whatever may
transpirc in relation to the Notifying subject.
have the honor TO be. very truly, your friend
WILLIAM Is. KINNEY.
Commodore MORGAN.
Mr. SMITH moved that a select committee of
five be appointed, to whom shall be referred the
documents just transmitted. And he asked that
the letter recently written to him by Captain Long
be included in the motion to print To this oh
lection was made. He remarked that his inten-
ZION in offering the resolution which called forth
these papers, was simply TO do justice to Captain
Long and To the navy.
The documents were then ordered to be printed
and Mr.. SMITH did not, at this time, press his mo
ton for the appointment of a select committee.
The SPEAKER laid before the House sundry
other communications; among them the letter OF
Louis kossuth addressed 10 the President of the
United States, expressive OF his thanks for atten-
tons received, &c, (simlar to that recently pub
hshed in the Senate proceedings)
motion was made that the letter be printed,
when
Mr.. EVANS arose and said that he intended to
speak an hour upon this subject He, however, re.
signed the floor for motion to adjourn; which pre-
vailed
And the House adjourned until Tuesday next.