Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-06-22

-o"sP'0uo1S III Tue ranks OF glory and re-
nOwn.
Extract cfa letter, received a. the Office of !
tie National advocate. dated
BORDEAUX, April 10, 1916.
My dear sir-i incicse you BLACKBOARD
piece which appeared against us a few
days ago, in the Anglo-French paper. pub
lished IN this town. II the press was free
here, as with US, one conld reply to such
calumnies but no answer will be admit
ted ted: r this gazette, the only one printed in
Twas not in Bo-( eaux at the time the
letter published in the Boston Patriot, of
which, this Mr.. Soulie complains, was
written; but find that all our country.
men, to man, who were then here, de.
clare 1t to be strictly true, and pronounce
the assertions ofthis Mr.. Soulie in his an
swer thereto totally false. They 90 farther,
and say, that the correspondent of the
Boston Patriot has not exaggerated or ei-
ven the least colouring to his statement.
but has related the facts exactly as they
occurred.
All the abuse we have suffered here from
the anglo faction, has arisen from one
source-the Duke of Angouleme. Shortly
after his arrival in this CITY, in March.
1914, all the foreign consuls were present.
ed to him. Our consul was then absent.
On his return, few days after, he applied
to the then Project, MIR. Lame, now presi
dent OF the Chamber of Deputies. to be in
troduced to the Duke. The project made
the consul's wish known to the duke, who
declined receiving Mr.. Lee. 1t was said
the demand of MIR. Lee was declined in
dukes council. Be this as it NAV, when
our consul returned the next day, at the
hour appointed by the project, to be intro
duced, that officer told him, in very un-
becoming tone, that, con reflection. he
thought it very impolitic to introduce to
his highaess the representative of 90
vernment who had dared to declare war a.
gainst the brave English" This insuItinq
answer was Immediately circulated among
the Toyalists, and made us unpopular. II
was then concluded by all the party, that
the Bourbons were inimical tp us. Then
began the cry, so often repeated since, of
pirent les .Angtais,a bas les .4mericains ces
som des gneur a pendre A few days after
this firm and manly answer as it was then
called, of the project to Mr. Lee, ball was
gwen BY the merchants to the duke. The
great hall of the BourSe was decorated for
the purpose. AT the four corners of
the hall, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Amer.
lea, were represented by emblematical
transparencies. The colours of each matt.
on, holding possessions on the four quar-
ters OF the globe, were seen floating over
them,the U. States'colou among the rest
but on the evening of the ball our colours
were not seen. On inquiring into the cause
OF this, 1T appered they were ordered out,
and the English colours were hoisted in
their place, directly over the U. States
This was not all. At the Exchange. the
stand OF every nation is engraved in large
letters; mere is Holland-farther on, Enc
land--then the United States. Over each
OF these inscriptions were placed decorate
ons analogous to each nation, and over
that OF the United States, were placed
English embLems. -! These pointed in
suits, as have before stated, gave such a |
determined tone against us, that, to this
day, while we are respected and treated |
with Kindness IN every other part of France |
we are daily insulted in this city. by that |
handful OF enraged royaists who domineer
here. 1t is disgrace to city which owes |
so much to our commerce, that these |
wretches are permitted to be so open.
mouthed against us.
The English houses have become nume- |
rous here, and new establishments are dali |
lly forming. They are pointed in their ca
lumnies against our consul, and ip,lustri- |
on, y augment the animosities of the old !,
noble priests and fanatics against US. Our
consul is deservsdly popular with us and |
his hdellty is an ornament to any society |
or any country. To compensate Mr.. Lee
for the vexations he has experienced in de-
tending us with dignity and talents, a. |
gainst the aspersiOns of our enemies. we |
have presented him with an address. and |
last week we gave him an elegant dinner. |
ms has caused, 1t is presumed the renew |
al OF the attacks against him and us. Ii is |
sand by the high flying royalists that the
the new minister from France to the United |
States, has orders to demand of our pov.
eminent, his dismissal from office. Gene.
raj Lnverdo, who commands here. with the
title OF governor, and who is unpocuIar
with considerate Frenchmen, as MIR. Lee.
is with the angIo-royal party, has said. that
II Mr.. Lee is not disgraced he will res;on
Ihey are at swords pOints.-Mr. Lee,
on his part, 1t IS said, has asked leave of
absence OF our government, who ought not
10 grant it to him. They should insist on
ms remaining here, and on the French 90
vernment's rendering complete satisfacti- !
on for the unmeriled injuries and insults /
he has experienced here, in common with
his couutrymen.
These are my ideas on the subject, which
interests all ofus here; you may make
what use OF them you please. IrMr. Lee
retlrres by force, or from choice, it will be
triumph for our enemies, and encourage