The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-11-18
Mr.. Soule.

MIR, SOule.
Amid the news of wars, murders, and
ishipwrecks. and elections, comes the tidings
that our Minister to Madrid is prohibited
from crossing France. Here is "a version of
the manner in which he was stopped.
Mr. SouIe having spent two days i'll Lon
don, set out last Tuesday for Madrid Uia
France. On his arrival at Calais, he was
.aSked 10 show his passports, and having
done SO, was requested to step into an inner
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 al
lowed i'll the meanwhile to 70 anywhere out
.of Calais, being in fact placed under sur
U6iHunce.
" There must be Il mistake, sir" said our
minister; = do you know who amy
There is not the slightest mistake, sir
was the reply; "you are Mr.. Soulc, the am
baSSadOr OF the United States OF America ut
the court Of Spain, and have orders not 10
let you pass
Where are your orders, sir ?" asked Mr..
Soule.
That is no business of yours. sir; these
.orderS are for me, and am acting upon
them,' said The COmnissary.
This happened AT Calais. Something more
was said, but OF no public concern.
Mr.. Soule left by tha next steamer for
London.
As soon as our minister to France. Mr..
Mason, became acquainted with the fact, he
waited on n. Drouyn de lHuys, the French
Minister OF Foreign Affairs, TO demand the
reasons Of this strange conduct The follow
ing purportS to be an account OF the inter
view:
IL, ~. i
rage having reached hm--wcnt to the foreign
Office and wished to see Nj. Drouyn d"rHuys,
The French minister Of foreign atfairs i,r,ns-
ddGtclg. Io 'pd8 gtsoaiiing t'ro juU GouTS.
Admitted at last, he remarked, first of all.
upou his tardy reception. Some apologies
were made, but in a tone and manner that
convinced Mr.. Mason that he bad been let,
waiting pUrpOSCly. He dropped that matter.
however, and passed to the object OF his off.
cial call, and asked the reason why Mr..
SoIle had not been permitted TO pass through
France Cn route to Spain.
"Well," said NJ. Drouyn de lHuvs, in
very impertinent tone, there are reasons
Tor that Being pressed for these reasons.
Mr.. Mason was told there were three Of
them:
Flrst-'rhe treatment of NJ Dillon, French
consul in California.
S'condlr-The letter of Mr.. Sanders 70
The French people, and
ThrdIy--Cuba.
The French foreign secretary said that the
Imperial government cannot BE- expected to
treat IN the usual friendly way the citizens
OF State that has behaved in such hostile
manner towards it.
The transaction has excited a great deal of
speculation, and Of course Americans feel
indignation ut the insult put upon our ma
ton, but II becomes us 10 deliberate in form.
ing our Judgment relative 10 Bor!ands.
DanielScs, and Soules. Nobody we think.
believes Dr.. franklin would have been s,op-
ped on the confines of any kingdCm. or
Thomas Jefferson got bloody nose in II gen
eral row like Borland. We 90 in for ,h.
dignity and honor of the nation if the in
suit was designed and gratuitous. But il
must be remembered that Mr. Soule is on
adventurar a restless, impudent, galvanic
sort OF creature, always in hot water, a
KIND ot mad dog among the crockerv, deter
mined 10 do just so much smashing, and
make Just so much noise in the world. lie
has done nothing since he has been in Europe
but make himself and the nation that nursed
him and adopted him, ridiculous. .-IToledo
Blade
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