Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-11-04

Having recently publisbed the Letter Al Mr.
SoULE, addressed % an Editor II puhlis isurpsI
at Madrid, which Is embodied and commented a.o,
in the subjoined article, spirit q fairness seems =
require that We should also place this article before
our readers, that they may be possessed q beth
sides Of the controversy.
FROM TINE DIAnIo KsrAxoI 90 SURF ~.
On the 8oth Of last month the Dpe Rps.oi pahIl.hsi
article in which, In advertng the news publlshsd
oy sn 81 m rsssas s .s
States at the Court Of Madrid Feaeailons we're
emitted upon this event That same DAY. sGhoagh Al IN
advanced hour Of the night, received The fsllesas
letter:
MabaIB. ssrH Arevsr. 1854
TO the Editor Of the Diaro Espanol
SIR; The tone and the eharaser Of he article pahshei
in number Of day relative 10 me allow ne snasacss
which have inspired il 70 be clearly sssa Cor me nol Is
have the honor Of sending you a word Ia reply.
absent myself from Madrid sir bscaaas plsasss nae 10
depart from IT, and because called upon 20 give an
account to any either Of my u he
which determne thom shall never sbsent myself frsm
any place from fear Of being nsulisd placed in asgr "
those to whom my presence IL grol neither
fear imperncnt persons the tools yraas Above an
sir have no fear Of the people. The people respect ali
fanny the wretches who fater deceive them fhcy rh
but they do not assasnate With respect 10 the perndous
which appear in your article they do even
leave you the merit Of the varnish with which Won
have covered them and to those who dictated them %
am, sir, your servant, PIERRE souLr
It halfpast twelve o'clock at night whsn tbs lst
ter reached the hands Of the person 10 whom Il was d.
rccted aud at that hour 1t impossible 10 answer IL
Tor which reason the editor Of the Dario Epanoi
himself under the necessity Of postponng his reply to
the following morning He had to address himself to the
representative of foreign nation accredited as such at
our Court and from these considerations IL necessary
to proceed with great TACT it not impossible that
the controversy which it would lead might have for re-
suit to further compicate delicate relations with the
United States already sufficiently embarrassing and the
more especially because public opinion has attributed to
the person Of that representative, with unaaimiy
strange in our country influence in Maternal affairs
more or less great and which might perhaps have the
effect Of converting his position into obstacle to the
pending negotiations and incapactate him. as were by
this very fact from continuing them with advantage IT,
as there is to believe from the favorable DISPOSE
ton Of our Government those negotiations had been COM
menced and were following their natural course, and IT.
as is also to be supposed the of the United
States was equally DESTROYS Of carrying them to sue
cessful issue.
In view Of these considerations it became necessary
nay urgent to fix the origin and the limits Of the ques-
ton respecting which it appeared that Mr. Soue had
formed an entirely erroneous judgment. The editor Of
the Daro Espano conceived that he did not isappre-
bend the duties which his position imposed on him in
addressing to Mr. Soule the following answer:
MADRID, AUGUsr 81, 1854
To Mr.. PIERRE SoULE, Mnister of the United States
SIR: Last night at halfpas twelve o'clock received the
letter which you have been pleased to address me-
Dario Epano at halfpast o. The lateness Of the hour
did not permit me to reply to it last night lose time
doing so this morsng
Putting aside, sir the explanation which you gave in your
letter Of the motives of your deparurean explanation re-
specng which 1t is not for me to any thing since
question for your personal appreciaonI have in my
turn to explain in what manner and by whom the article
which has called forth your letter suggested TO me-
,amensabs !. may be- i is fact cir that through
investigate, since your arrival in Spain relations with
the Of the United sta have become diff
fcu and troublesome, and it is equally positive that during
your stay in country fresh complications contribute
cd to aggravae the already embarrassing position
which those relations had previously stood This state
things together with the fate which Island
Cuba the part of nation of which were allies and to
the support Of which contributed at the epoch its
daton, suffice in themselves alone explain the feeling of
prejudice and Of dsIst which perhaps you have to
complaint feeling which lately has reached degree OF ex
aspeauon and OF intensity which has given rise this
troversy.
The character with which you are invested and feelings of
personal respect to comprehend, permit de-
tail those accusations sufficient to state that they 60
the length Of attrbutng foreign legation the fact of hav
ing fomented and aided the disturbances which Madrid
rial support This belief repeated from mouth TO mouth
must with without reason have given force those
sentiments the expression of which ought naturally to find
place in the columns OF journal which is not accustomed
conceal what is publicly circulated with the appearance of
TRUTH especially in of anxiety trial. in which
feeling takes the place of discussion.
This brief explanation win suffice convince you that the
harsh which letter contains and which ap
pear purposey destined to pass harmlesy heads in
feeling which has been the exclusive nsper of articles
upon the peoplehe true Spanish peope-on whom on the
other hand by strange contradiction with yourself you be-
stow the just eulogiun, to which they arc entitled.
Nevertheless, sir nasmuch despite of these consde
raons have thought fit to give letter certain
Of personality it right you latitude Of
reply with great restrictions from the official character
with which you invested and which imposes up
to which will strictly conne ourselves IT. there
FORE your words havc in reality the intention which desire
Of provocaon your part would give them would be
conceivable how you, whom those considerations
san would have failed give to your recamations the d.
rccton best fitted to satisfy susceptibility snce
cation had been design there would have been
phrases which might appear of ambiguous application such
those which found in the two last paragraphs
letter. seeing that you would find always disposed
spond to your inyation in it should be personally d
rected to me.
remain, sir, at your orders,
MANUEL RANGES Y VILLANuEyA,
Editor of the Diario Espanol.
Just as the preceding letter had been written and was
about be dispatched to its destination the two gen.
temen who had been the bearers of the letter of Mr.
Soule the night before presented themselves in Office
with the object Of ascertaning whether the communica
in the columns Of the Dario Espanol. From what we
could collect from the explanations that took place on
this point the intention Of the representative of the United
States in addressing to rs the aforementioned letter
not what is generally understood by its context in
country, but simply intended as communicated
article, in reply to that which had published Even
received in this light there appeared grave objections to
making it public founded in degree the customs
established among us, and which dictate that before the
publication of articles affecting great and sacred interests
explanations of the facts should be given tho truth
tablshed, and finally all the prudence which the respon
sblites Of the press imposes necessary duty on
especially when such grave matters ag