The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-28
The London Leader of November 4,

~ The LONDON LeautE Vi NoNeupei =,
has an article upon the Soule affair, which,
though written before the termination OF the
affair. is not without interest. We make the
following extract:
His Majesty of France appears to be experienclng
,he had influence of sudden and supreme success;
he IN committing blunders The English, VINO were
getting into a notion of his iniallhity; nave, oi
late. been rather shocked by his anu dts.haaou u
cree by his loose letter TO the WIDOW o' %
and by bis restless. petty prosecutions VI JUG on
hannv nresa-the press OF all countries-ior ne al
Iowa none but the courteous to cross MS Houtier-
The inpresson he was thus producing was moi rem
derine the alton very eager LOT MS pfoposeo 'is
20 Windsor. and IL only for that reason. his weak
noses were greatly to be regretted But not salts
ma with cutrssina English public opinion. he has
incIuded the whole Anglo-Saxon race In his con-
temp,uous Indifference, and, by refusing NJ. Soule
permission to pass through France he deliberately
dared to sffront the United states.
Even the English will think that this was great
tollv; and II Ia gratifying 10 hear that Lord Claren-
don, had the courage and common sense at once 70
intima whit could only be received as prach
cal condemnation of the proceeding. Lord Ciaren
don. we understand, unawed by the fearful recfs
sity of couciliaipg cur great ally, expressed bis
'ntal want Of sympathy with the conduct OF the
+ rench government, aud said that whatever the
matter might lead to as between the government
OF Louis Napoleon and the government o! the
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part iu the controversy. But tho folly OF this re
fusal was paraileled by tuether olyin attempting
to suppress all mention oi the matter in France
The newspapers got their quiet caution, and were
Silent on the subject. What was the resultt All
Paris was alive with gossip on the matter; NJ, Souie
had concocted revolution with Ledru Roliln, ana
was travelling from l. ondon 10 Paris as the acredlt-
ed agent of the refugees The United states had
authorized NJ. Soule to accept this commission
There wss going to be war with the United
States.
At this moment we do not know how the matter
is to result.
Whatever the answer to that demand, it was at
least becoming the dignity of the imperial govern
ment that the response should be prompt But, up
to this moment, we believe-that is, for whole
week-no answer whatever has been returned
This certainly suggests that the conduct OF Mr.
Soule has not exposed him TO very grave accusa
TOES Tor may infer that il the JustlhcatIons OF
the refusal were ample. the delay would have been
slight ia referring Mr. Mason to the indscretlons or
the crimes-and both whispered-of his col
league No doubt Louis NApoleons position be-
came a grave one by the unexpectedly bold demea
or of Mr.. Mason. Mr.. Mason is reputed to have
said in effect: I'VE Americans do not understand
the pecrliariies of Europe; you have offered
us an sffront; apologize tor IL; open France TO
my friend, representative of my nation, orr
leave Paris-my government shall cease to have
relations with you" Louis Napoleon is perfectly
aware that there is still something OF the republi
element in France, and foresaw, we may as
sumo, that would scarcely be judicious TO invite
the hostility OF the republican States In fact, we
have every reason I'd believe that Mr. Soule, a pc
culiarIy cautious man, has committed no indiscre-
ton Whatever; that the Emperor allowed himself
to be msled by stupid hbels; and that he was
tempted into the bunder by a purely personal
iDclination-in which, for obvious reasons, the
family of the Emperor sympathizes-to believe
anything wrong of Mr.. Soue.
The New York Herald maintains that, not
withstanding the recall of the interdict by
Louis Napoleon against Mr.. Soule, our rela
tons with France and Spain are still criil-
cal 1t AYERS that the Soule emboglio is not
the product of series of accidents, but the
result of a deliberate scheme, the ultimate
object of which is European Continental
revolution, beginning with Paris; and that
kossuth has been the prime mover of the
conspiracy. Louis Napoleon, according to
the Heralds notion, was entrapped by Soule
and the other conspirators into the imprudent
arrest of Mr.. Soule on the borders of France
$40 this point" says the Herald, "the grand
Joint stock enterprise of Soule, Sanders Sic
kles, kossuth and company, worked beauti
fully and regularly. 1t was the crisis in the
game upon which all depended. An obsti-
nate firmness on the part Of Louis Napoleon
was expected. The game was won. There
would be rupture between France and the
United States. Buchanan was eager for it
Mason was enthusiastic. Both had been
dipped. We should acquire Cuba in a holi
day descent upon the island-a mere pleas
ure excursion. The red Republicans of Paris
would fly to the barricades--the Continent
would be fired with the xplosion-France
Germany, Italy, Hungary, would be liberia
ted, and the exies in London would succeed
to empires, Kingdoms and municipalities. -
The Herald continues:
The game when the game was lost The
iDter0ict agansJ Souls retracted-tbe impending
rupture between France and the United States was
ar ested at the very moment when it promised every
thing Lord clarendon and the British Cabinet fore
the consequences which Louis Napoleon had
overlooked. HIS interdict directed against re-
evolutionary agltetor but he caug in the fos
coubipa ion OF his enemies The formidable mo-
raj power of the United States in the event of Eu-
Topean revolutionary convulson had not entered his
mind. nor the dangers eff such CONFUSION from a
war with this country. He had measured the
intimate relations of the commercial and business
classes of France with the United States he had not
thought of the fact that rupture with US would
ALLEVIATE those classes from the Empire, and turn
them over to the Republic for the sas Of peace -
de forgot that the Empire is peace" He forgot
the expulsion OF Louis Philippe. and that it was the
Interests OF the commercial and manufacturing
classes OF France that dethroned him Louis Nam.
leon had lost sight of these things in the pursut Of
refugee and q hlhbustsro. The pronnptness how
ever, of the French Emperor in repair ug mia HIM
der when detected, proves that he was speedily and
thoroughly enlightened upon the subect and the
reparaton to Souie is doubtless Que more to the ga
gacity of the British Cabinet and the terrible work
at S-bastopcl, than to tue ntIepdity of Messrs Ma
con and Buchanan. They were firmly maintaining
TIE honor of their Government but they were the
dupes OF Kossuth, Sanders aud Soule.'
The usually Well informed correspondent
OF the Philadelphia Ledger says that our re-
lations with Spain, though embroiled arenot
alarming; that no difficulties are apprehend-
ed with France or England, and that although
this government will not shrink from any re-
sponsibility in defending the national honor,
it has not the least idea of plunging the coun-
try into war for the qualification of its own
ambition. As to Cuba, it is gravitating to-
wards us all the time, so that it is hardly ne-
cessary to risk the peace of the country by
too great impotence for its acquisition. At
the same time, the correspondent adds, care
will be taken not to allow the island to pass
into other hands SDain agitated nv rayo