AMERICA.

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AMERICA.

Kossuth. — M. Kossuth, on being presented to ihe President, addressed him as follows : — ' "Enlightened by the spirit of your country's institutions wheu we succeeded to consolidate our natural and historical State's right of self-govern-ment by placing it upon the 'broad foundation of democratic liberty ; inspired by your history when we had to fight for independence against annihilation by" centralized absolutism ; consoled by your people's sympathy wheu a victim of Russiau interference with the laws of nature and of nature's God ; protected in exile by the Government of the United Slates supporting the Sultan of Turkey in his noble resolution to undergo the very danger of war rather than leave unprotected the lights of humanity against Russo-Austrian despotism ; restored by the United States to life because restored to freedom, and by freedom to activity in behalf of those duties whidi, by my nation's unanimous confidence and sovereign will, devolved upon me ; raised in the eyes of many oppressed nations to the standing of a harbinger of hope, because the star-spangled banner was 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 distant parts of the earth, and even in the person of a poor exile ; cheered by your people's sympathy so as freemen cheer no man whatever, but a principle — I now bow before you, Sir, in the proud position of your great nation's guest generously welcomed by resolution of the Congress of the United States, with equal generosity approved and executed by your Excellency. I beg leave to express my fervent thanks, in ray name and in the name of my associates, who, after having shared ray misfortunes, have now the reward to share the honour and benefit which the great republic of the United States was pleased to bestow on Hungary by bestowing it upon its freely chosen chief when be became a persecuted victim of despotic violence. I beg leave to express my fervent thanks, in my country's name, which also, amid the soriows of its desolation, feels cheered by your country's generosity, and looks with resolution to the impending future, because it is confident that the time draws near when the eternal code of the laws of nations will become a rea- { lity. President, I stand before your Excellency a living protestation against the violence of for- j eign interference oppressing the sovereign rights of nations to regulate their own domestic concerns. I stand before you a living protestation against centralization oppressing the State right of self-government. May Ibe allowed to take it for an augury of better times that, in landing on the happy shores of this glorious Republic, I landed in a frpe and powerful country, whose honored chief magistrate proclaims to the world that this country cannot remain iudifferent when the strong arm of a foreign Power is invoked to stifle public sentiment, and repress the spirit of freedom in any country ? 1 thank God that He deemed me not uuworthy to act and to suffer for my fatherland. I thank God that the fate of my country became as intimately connected with the fate of liberty and independence of nations of Europe as formerjy it was intimately connected with the security of Christendom. I thank God that my country's unmerited woe and my personal sufferings became an opportunity to seek a manifestation of the spirit and principles of your Republic. May God Almighty bless you with a long life, that you may enjoy the happiness to see your country great, glorious, and free, the corner stone of international justice and the column of freedom on the earth, as it is already an asylum to -the oppressed. Sir, I p/edge to your country the everlasting gratitude of Hungary. "- The President replied ..briefly to M. Kossuth's -address in substance as follows :—: — . *' I am happy, Governor Kossuth, to welcome you to this land of freedom, and it gives me pleasure to congratulate you upon your "release from a long confinement in Turkey, and your late arrival here. As an individual, I sympathised deeply with you in your brave' struggle for the independence and freedom of yournativeJand. The American people can neveF be indifferent to such a contest, but our policy, as a nation, in this respect has been uniform from the commencement of our Government ; and my own views, as ihe chief executive magistrate of -this nation, are fully and freely expressed in my recent Message to Congress, to which you have -been pleased to allude. They are the same, whether speaking to Congress here or to the nations of Europe. Should your country be restored to independence l and freedom, I should then wish .you, as the greatest blessing you could enjoy, a restoration to your native land ; but should that never happen, I can only repeat my welcome to you and your ' companions here, and pray that God's blessing nsay rest upon you wherever your lot may be cast." ' -

The Senate. — After a lengthy debatcin the Senate, numerous petitions, praying for the recal

of the Unitpd States Minisfer from France, in consequence of the receut proceedings of Louis Napoleon, were laid on the table, by a majority of 21 to 14.