Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-11-27

ILL pOiOl NO1lDOI@lCir uSA1C0 W A1is ASOulS
the American ambassador at Madrid the
privilege ofpassing thro' France, or rather
he expelled Mr.. Soule after landingAt Ca
lais. By some, this is spoken of as a
national insult to our country to be aven-
ged by war upon France. But it will
be a question whether any nation has not
a right to determine who shall come with
in its borders We do not apprehend any
serious trouble. Secretary Marcy does not
easily get excited. So we anticipate that
in spite Of the hotheads the difficulty will
be adjusted. Louis Napoleon's objections
are that Mr.. Sdule is an agitot dangerous
to the peace of France, and that he was
iGormerY French subject. The first OBJ
lection may be admitted as conclusive
The second, urcountry will not tolerate
for we properly insist that when foreign
er becomes naturalized, he is in all res
poets entitled to the same rights as an A
merican born citizen. This is the doctrine
Of our Republic from Washington to Pierce.
The following are the particulars Of Soule's
expulsion from France and the course of
Mr.. Mason, our envoy:
MIR. Soule, having spent two days in Lon
don started Oct. oath for Madrid via:
France. On his arrival at Calais. he was
asked to show his passports, and, having
done SO, was requested to step into an in
ner room of the Bureau de Police Here
he was told that he must leave the country
by the next steamer and that he would
not be allowed in the meanwhile to 90 a.
nywhere out Of Calias, being in fact placed
under surveillance.
''There must be mistake, sir, said Mr..
Soule; "do you know who [ am@
''There is not the slightest mistake, sir"
was the reply; 'you are Mr. Soule, the
Ambassador Of the United States of Amer
lea to. the Court of Spain, and | have or
ders not to let you pass"
'Where are your orders, sir?" asked MIR.
Soule.
"This is no business of yours; these Or
ders are for me; and / am acting upon
them,' said the Commissary.
Mr.. Soule left by the next steamer, and
reached London late in the evening of the
25th. The news being made known in
in American circles, the greatest excite
ment prevailed, and measures OF all sorts
were suggested amidst great Indignation
The American Legation had the matter
at once before them, and it is said Mr..
Buchanan expressed himself ready to con-
cur in every step to require due'apologies
for an insult against our national henor.-
The result Of the consultation was decis-
ion to send Mr.. Sickles, Secretary of Lega-
ton, to Paris to obtain a real knowledge
of what that proceedings really meant. It
was thought the act might have been a
mere personal affair, capable of such con-
struction as not to assume the menacing as
pect Of an insult from one power to anoth-
er. The mission of Mr.. Sickles was accor-
dinghy, to be one of inquiry. He was not
to push matters to an extreme if the insul-
ting party should offer explanations that
might be accepted, at least for the moment
as an apology to the United States.
But before Mr.. Sickles could set out a
messenger arrived from Mr. Mason, our
Minister to France, to Mr.. Buchanan. The
purport of the dispatches by this messen-
ger is given by the London correspondent
of the New York times as follows.
Mr.. Mason-the news of the Calais out
rage having reached hin-went to the
Foreign Office and wished tosee M. Drown
de L'Huys Immediately. He wdS leftWoi-
ting taoo fill Aoars. Admitted at last,
he remarked, first of all, upon his tardy
reception. Some apologies were made,
but in tone and manner that convinced
Mr. Mason that he had been left waiting
purposely. He dropped that matter, how
ever, and passed to the object of his official
call, and asked the reason why Mr.. Soule
had not been permitted to pass through
France en- route to Spain.
SWELL" said NJ. Drouyn de LHuys, in
avery impertinent tone, ''there are reasons
for that" Being pressed for these reasons
Mr.. Mason was told that there was three of
them.
First, The treatment of NJ. Dillon,
French counsel in California.
Secondly, The letter Of Mr.. Saunders to
the French people. And
Thirdly, Cuba.
The French Foreign Secretary said that
the Imperial Government cannot be expec-
ted to treat in the usual friendly way the
citizens of State that has behaved in such
a hostile manner towards it.
Gg Miss Elizabeth Green, of Oldtown,
Me-, recently instituted a suit against Mr..
DeWolf for $4,000 damages, for breach
of promise of marriage. Mr.. DeWolf ar
gued his own case upon the trial, but bis
arguments were completely upset by the
production of some pieces of very senti-
mental poetry, which he had addressed to
Miss Green; and the jury, shocked at such
unparalleled deprayity, proceeded without
delay to heal the lacerated heart of the
plaintiff, by returning verdict of DANA
ges in the sum Of S1,625.
WWe are glad to hear that Mr. S.
M. Booth of the Free Democrat, who has
been quite i'll, is pronounced convalescent
by his physician. His trial for participa-,
ton in the Glover rescue was TO have com
|meDced on Monday. the 18th inst. bHt