Demoine courier., 1854-11-30
The SOule Affair.
A correspondent Of the New York
Tribune says:

A correspondent Of the New York
Tribune says:
The exclusion of MIR. Soule from
France excites considerable attention.
You know tina, he left Spain about two
months back-that he visited Southern
France and Paris. and was present at
The American Ambassadorial Congress a,
Ostende. Thence he came to England,
where be visited his old friends, among
whom, Of course, MIR. Sanders was moi
forgotten. But the late Consul Of the
Uii:ed States is now especially disagree
aole to the French Emperor on account
OF bis recent letter TO The French; and
when. a few days bacS, Mr.. SouIe was
returning to France on his way 10 Mad.
rid. he was refused admittance at Calais
Mr.. Mason CHANGED the san day to
visi: Drouyn de L'huys. the French
Foreign Minister, una of the occur
ence, when the French Minister com
planned bitterly Of Sanders. as a mos.
dangerous firebrand. Mason agreed in
this respect. and regretted Ina, i, was
impossible ,o stop his writings; bu.
Drouyn de L'huys continued 10 complain
of American Foreign policy, and its en-
croachmsnis, especially in regard to
G~reytown. Dominica, the Sandwich Is
lands and Cuba. and wound up by in
forming Mr.. Mason tina, he had issued
orders not TO admit Mr.. Soule into
Eranoo A1r Aacnr apIcl e.. A.. 900
sons; they were declined; but the French
mon inveighed generally against Mr..
Soule as a friend of MIR. Sanders, and
of all the European Republicans. The
end was that Mr.. Mason protested strong
ly against The measure, and sent his
Secretary 10 London to &c, further par.
t~iculars from Soule and Mr. Buchanan.
Mr.. Soule insists upon an apology, and
Mr.. Mason declares that he will leave
Paris in three days unless such an apol,
ogy is offered.
All the American residents at Paris
and London. without party distinction.
are indignant on account of she insul,
offered TO The United States, which seems
10 have been premedi,ated, and IN some
connection with the rumor that large
vessels Of the late Baltic squadron. are %
sail to American waters in order to show
that England and France, though engaged
in war, are still powerful enough for pre-
venting the United States from taking al.
vantage Of the difficulties Of Europe for
o coup de main ON Cuba. Napoleon.
well aware Of the character Of Frank
Pierce, believes, he can bully him easily.
The matter deserves your serious con-
sidera,ion. and implies The forfeiture of
American Prestige. so Calamity estab.
lished by Captain Ingrsham. The Lib
erals of the European Continent are all
anxious to see whether the United States
will bear insults. or whether Napoleon
will apologize. Its said that his cousins,
the American Bonapartes, have impress.
ed him with the idea that under the
presen, Administration. anything can be
done agains, the United States with i'm.
punity.
The affair of Mr.. Soule makes grea,
noise. The independence Beige and
the London Times have had leading ar,
ticles on the occurrence, and both of
Them seem to be highly irri,a,ed by the
Embassadorial conference. where, as the
Times s,ates. European affairs We're I'M
der discussion. car, of course, no.
know what was transacted there. but |
am credibly informed that the vie vs. OF
Mr.. Buchanan aud of Mr.. Mason per-
fec,ly conceded with those Of MIR. Soule
as regards SPAN and Cuba. The acqui
sition Of Samara Bay seems to be very
disagreeable to Napoleon, who had bis
own projects about Dominica.
A. P. C.