The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-02-20
The SOule Duels again-Letter from Father
ond SION

it is evident that scandalously false reports
OF the whole affair have been industriously
circulated through the press of Europe, and
copied INTO the papers of this country. By
whom this was done, or for what special
purpose, neither of the injured parties seem
TO know, as. will be seen from their commu-
nications. The elder Soule writes:
MADRID, Dec. 80, 1853.
TO the Editor of the Independence:
SIR: Your paper Of the 24th inst. publish
es, under the title of Private Correspond
cnce, Paris &c, statement concerning
The differences between my son and the Duke
of Alba, and between the Marquis de Turgot
and myself, some particulars of which are
entirely groundless, and which beg leave of
you TO allow me to correct.
1t is entirel y untrue that " the explanatory
letter to my son by the Duke of Alba,'' has
been, as affirmed by your correspondent,
g sent, with or without comments, to the
English newspapers;' nor is it true that
from any publication of It's contents, the
difficulty arose which brought about the hos
tile meeting of the 14th of November.
1t is not true that my son has been dis
armed by the Spanish gentleman"
i is not true that my letter TO the Marquis
de Turgot was " a most violent eplstle." 1t
was. on the contrary, calm and serious, al
though pressing and pcremptory.
1t is not true that M. de Turgot :" has al
lowed me three days to practice" But it is
true that he hit, eighteen out of twenty, a
dollar at forty steps distant that after he
got his hand we'll in, he did not even give me
time to fix my affairs; but he urged me to
hasten to the fight, and deprived me of twen-
ty-iour hours of the time that had required.
and which was agreed upon by his witnesses
and mine.
And finally, It's not true that, g contrary
to the general custom, left the field with
out giving any mark of sympathy to the
wounded" My first movement, when see
ing my adversary fall, was to send him word
by one of my seconds, the brave and incor-
ruptible Intendent. Don Benito Aleno de
Gaminde, that :" hoped the wound would
not prove serious 1t was my cloak which,
with that of the heroic General Don Fran
cisco Valdes, my other second, were used as
ii litter. 1t was my linen which was used to
dress his wound, and my doctor who gave
The first help.
As for a reconciliation, do not recognize
the right in any one to constitute himself Il
"a wv iiiN ~ OGCh l,
nor of the reasons which should have influ-
enced my determination to refuse it, had it
been offered TO me.
The insult TO Madame Soule at M. de Tur-
goi's house, was directed against me and not
against her, and came from stations which,
however high they may seem, are not those
towards which feel at all inclined to make
the slightest concession.
have the honor to be, sc.
PIERRE SOULE.
Similar "private correspondence having
appeared in paper called the Messenger de
Bayoune, young Soule felt compelled to send
a reply. After referring to the preliminaries
of the duel his letter contains the following
category of denials, Us to the method and
incidents Of the combat:
You say that the Duke of Alba proposed
to fight with the sabre. 1t was never men
toned.
You say that caused myself to be waited
for on the ground, after having demanded and
obtained delay of forty-eight hours. ! did
not demand, and consequently did not OBJ
tain any delay: arrived on the ground at
the same time with the Duke of Alba, and
at tie place Of meeting, five minutes before
the hour agreed upon.
You say that | was followed by six carria-
ges full of Yankees, who reside at Madrid.
| was followed only by one servant, and by
the carriage containing my father, my ply
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