The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-01-25

Soule. People who cannot behave themselves
oe"er from home than these dueling diplomats
have done, ought TO have been left at home
dubuque Herald
1t is not surprising that journals which have
MANIFESTED disposition since the Inauguration
OF President Pierce, to find fault with, and cen.
sure his administration, should be so ready to
condemn MIR. Soule, the Presidents appontee,
for h's noble and manly conduct at Madrid
we are no advocate for dueling Indeed We
abhor The barbarous Practice but we admire
that noble chvairy and self sacrificing devotion
TO honor and duty, which protects the defense
less female, aud wife, from gross insult and COW
ardly defamation and boldly and proudly as
sumes the quarrel of the son, in foreign land
and among craven. bullying, insolent, and su-
perciii"us colerie OF puppy tyrants and foppish
Court officials.
But let us view this subject in its true light.
What produced the quarrel which ended in a
dutl' We viii state, as we gather the facts
from an intelligent American correspondent
resident at Paris.
II appears that previous 10 the official recsp-
lion a, the Spanish Court, of Mr. Soule, Ma
dang de Mon,ijo, the Mother inl law of the
Duke of Alba, who is the Brother-n law of the
Emperor Napoleon, and the French ambassa.
dor, had expressed their distaste for the Minister
of the United States, and tn Madame had even
gone so tar, If rumor be true, as to attempt to
prejudice Queen Isabella against him. How.
ever this may be, a grand ball was given by the
French ambassador, the Marquis de Turgot, in
honor of the new born infant Of the Duke of
Alba, at which all the members of the Diplomat
&c corps were invited, among them the Amer
lean legation. Mr. Soule attended with his
wife and son. On all hands they were acknowl-
edged to have been dressed in good taste and
were entirely free from any thing which should
have excited rldicule or even criticism. When
ushered into the room they produced quite a
sensation. Desiring no doubt to overcome this
favorable impression and attract public attention
from an object to which she had no particular
admiration, Madame de Mantijo criticised in
very sharp terms the dress of Madame Soule,
to which the French ambassador assented ap-
prevail. The Duke of Alba melted by these
sptetul remarks, and making himself the echo
of the worst of them, said to some of his friends,
"Look at Margaret of Burgundy as Mrs. Soule
was passing Young Soule overhearing this re.
mark and conoeiving it, as he well might, TO be
a most gross and outrageous insult, from which
the rare virtues of his mother, if not the hospi-
tality Of the house to which she had been invi-
ted, should have eftectually shielded her, ap
piled the epithets Of 6taskgaard and rascal 10
the Duke, From this proceeded challenge
from the Duke, to young Soule, and out of it,
arose quarrel and duel between the American
Minister and the French ambassador
The American Minister the guest of the
French ambassador and was entitled to his res
pect and protection while under bis roof, in
place Of insult and contempt. Regarding it in
this light, his position as man and his dignity
as high functonary of the American govern
ment, Independent of his feelings as husband
and father, required that he should notice it and
he did so, by addressing in bis capacity as pri-
vate citizen OF the United States, the Marquis
de Turgot, note, demanding satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION of the injury which had been done
him. This was refused and a meeting ensued,
in which the ungenerous and ungallant Marquis
was beaten and carried off of the field. Here is
briefly reciled this whole matter 1t was a
controversy entirely independent ofhis functions
as Minister and one in which the government
to whom he is accredited has very judciously
abstained from any participation. Could Mr.
Soule with honor to himself have acted any
other. part Would he not have exhibited a
craven, oowardly and pol,roon spirit, had he
allowed such an indignity 10 his wife and SUCH
a reflection upon his honor as an America an
Minister, to have passed unnoticed and unrebux
ed Is Minister, because of his station, tn
loose his sef-respect, to be sliorn of his manhood
to sacrifice his honor and dignity, TO put away
his right and duty TO shield from reproach and
insult the deen useless female that cd has placed
under his protection, and to become craven
pnppet for the finger of scorn to point its un
moving finger att If this be the case, ever,
honorable man should pray TO be delivered from
desire 10 serve his country at home or abroad
When the public sentiment of this country be
comes debased, that the husband is rot per
mitted to protect and defend the insulted dignity
of his wife, that the son is prohibited from chas
Using the cowardly assassin ola Mothers honor
that an American lacy is beyond the pale OF
American protection and an American Ministc
IS forbidden to protect and defend his own homo
and hers, then indeed have we lost all admira
lion and love for this, our boosted country, the
proudest monument on earth OF the wisdom, JUS
tice and virtue of man.
Yet there are not wanting journals in Thu
country, SO degenerate, malignant, base and un.
American, as to deny to the father and son, th'
right and duty of dentendlng the honor and dig
nifty Of the wife and mother. Shame on suci
ungreatful hreling partisans They would b,
miserable depositaries of either the nations
honor, or the reputation Of our mothers, sister
and daughters.
| MIR. Soule has shown himself man in Thu
affair and has taught these foreign official cox
| combs lessen, which will be seryicable to then
ortd, in place OF oensured and we have no doub
he is by the government, and will be By the PEG
pie when they understand all the particulars o
| the case The journals which censure him 70
his conduct and the administration for his APP
pointment, must seek some better excuse for III,
display of their partisan malignty, if they ex.
pect to produce visible impression, upon al
intelligent public mind.
From the Cleveland Plandealer, 18TH
La;er from Erie-The taco Bridges Barne.
Dopn--Ths Mob Rampant.
Private dispatches received by the Hous,
Line, at halfpast two this afternoon, state tina
both railroad bridges-those at French stree
and State sreet--are now burning mob
after tearing them down, set them on fire. Th,
mob is estimated at a thousand persons. They
were all frantic with passion.
| Another dispatch, addressed TO railroad mel
in this city, says" Don't come until there il
protection here Positively not safe TIL,
| mob is much worse than ever.
A late despatch says that the bridge was com
pletely torn down. MIR. Vincent, High Sheriff