New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-17
9. The disregard of NJ. DilIon's Consular i'm


munities at San Francisco;
3. The Republican and anti Imperial demon
strstion Of the French exiles in this City in pres
ence Of the French fleet then in this port.
1t thus appears that of the three grounds OF
Mr.. Soules expulsion from France only one had
any relation to himself could possibly have been
averted by him. The Madrid quarrel and auels
were unfortunate; we wish Mr.. Soule and his son
had avoided them; yet it must be remembered
that their original cause, 80 far as any cause 10
known to the public, was very wanton' rude and
fooii.h fling st Mrs. Seule, by the younger French
man involved, styling her Margaret Of Bsr-
"gundy," one of the most prohigate and scandal
Gus women known to French annals-and this
with no other basis than some alleged resem-
blance of costume We readily admit that it
would have been wiser ard nobler in her son not
to have noticed this silly insult; and in her hus-
band TO have hushed up rather than aggravated
this unhappy feud but We do not think France,
her Emperor, or her ambassador, have any right
to claim redress for that business.
As to the treatment Of Consul Dillon at San
Francisco, it was stupid, brutal, absurd-any-
thing bad you please to name it-but there was
no purpose in 1t; nothing more culpable than ig-
porance and incspscity the part Of its authors.
If our Government has not already apologizsd
and made ample reparation, it is clearly in the
wropg, and ought to redress the wrong promptly
and thoroughly We would justify the Emperor
in making most peremptory demand for redress
in the premises; but 1t is neither wise nor well
to revenge an unintentional injury as Napoleon
has done.
The alleged insult to the French flag and ma
ton in this City is no insult at all-at least, none
for which our Government can justly be held re-
sponsible. This is free country, in which any
French Bonapaztist has right to yell 'Vire
ar Empersur' till he is hoarse, and just as free
to shout Vire la R,puJiiq~" if that suits him
better. Certain French refugees now residing
here saw fit to 90 in body to the vicinity Of cer-
tain French ships Of war then in port and there
indulge in calculations which would have been
deemed reasonable in Paris. This may have
evinced bad taste on their psrt-you may call it
dsstardy, if you will-but there you must stop.
They were on American ground, and they broke
no American laws. They hsd perfect right to
sing the Marsellaise or cry Down with the per-
"jured despotr anywhere within our territory,
and those who did not choose to hear them were
at liberty to keep or go away. So there is really
nothing in this alleged grievance.
The point which gives all its Importance to the
CoHstitutionneFs article is this; The aoppage Of
our ambassador on his ,cay to Spain ,cas premed-
aGted iseirilay to the United States-a retaliation
for acts which Mr.. Soule in the main did not
originate and could not prevent. He is repealed
from French territory because of alleged National
misdeeds, and not merely or mainly because of
his own. Hence we hold it incumbent on our
Government to regard the Calais demonstration
as directed against Mr. soue not "plan JON
" athan" but as an ambassador of the United
States, aad to treat it accordingly