Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-27
Soule and Spain.

Aswill be seen BY the following. which
we clip from the correspondence Of the
Tribune. our minister and the Spsnish
government are coming 10 close quarters.
The closer the better. Our demands are
Just and should be enforced, even though
il should it take cold steel 10 seach hat
antiqanied, miserable, be.ighIed sPeci-
men of poor government, better manners
towards us. We have full confidence in
SouIe as a diplom llist, aud hope and be-
lieye that The Administration will sustain
him in the course he has taken.
On the arrival of the special messen.
ger, Mr.. Wiuslow, with instructions,
Soule prepared and sent 10 the Spanish
minister of Foreign Affairs, Calderon de
la Barca, q very calm, clear and firm de-
mand, containing two propositiods hrs
indemnity; secondly, guarantee Tor the
future, by the appointment of a diplomat
ic agent al Havana, with q request for
prompt response. but not specifying the
time which was allowed 10 make the re-
sponse. At the end Of iwenty-four
hours, Soule, reccevIng no reply, from
Calderon, another note was sent, IN
substance the same as the first, and ad'
dung that if at the end Of twenty-four hours
response was not received, would take
it for granted that the Spanish Govern
ment approved the action of the Cuban
authorities, and he would act accordingly.
This was delivered by the Secretary, Mr..
Pe r, 10 NJ. Calderol, in person. When
NJ. Calderon had finished reading the note
Perry coolly dEe out his watch and said:
"Y Excelency will please observe
that it is now II O'Clock ; at IL O'Clock
to morrow, precisely, | shall be here for a
reply"
"Holy Virgin! young man, what do
YOU mean ?" exclaimed the minister :"ho-
ly week and a Sunday intervening; ii
is impossible - III was holy week in
Madrid-a season devoted to meditation
and cards
Perry left. Before the termination o
the twenty four hours, Soule received a
response from Calderon, stating that was
ont of tie power of the Government to ac
in the mat er, inasmuch as they Lad re
ceived no official intelligence from Cuba tt
guide them in their negotiations, and ad-
ding that the manner of Soule clearly indi
Gated that the Government of the Unilet
States was more anxious for difference
than for settlement.
TO this Soule responded, again reitera
ting his first demands, and adding, ra'he
, impertinenlly, i. must be admitted, lha
t he was satisfied that full information hat
been received from Cuba, and that in re
ference 10 the designs of the United States
,hey only sought prompt settlement O
= the difficulty in order TO preserve the peace
: ful relations which exs,ed between lhos
: two countries; that the continued insult
, which the Cuban authorities had oflere
J the United States had so exasperated tn
r people that a prompt settlement would b
3 found the surest guarantee Of continue
t peoceful relation.
t At this stage Of the proceedings, tn
r Queen sent for Soule, whG, it may as wei
y be repeated, is in favor at she palace, while
l Oh ,he contrary, CaIderon is hated by her
G Her malesty,who INDUCES in very stron
diet, into which brandy and sjgars ente
= largely. .and who is not very choice in he
=, language, wished to know Of Solle wha
q the row meant between him and Calderor
On S. stating the case, abe stamped be
foot violently. on the floor, and said tho
"Calder,n was id fol and thu
y she wished Sou!e would manage the aGa
: so as to get her rid Of him, and she advise
s him to press him hard!" 1t is general
: thought in diplomatic circles in Paris, lhs
. between Soule and the Q1een, Caldero
will bo brought TO conclusion, Of sum
kind.
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