Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-02-06
Yours truly,
The Soule Duels.

Tue impression seems 10 be gsining ground, that
MI S"'le aud his family must have, lad other pro-
'oc"t'ons than the supple incident which took
place at the ball OF the French Ambassador IL
Will be recollected, that, when Mr.. S. was first
despatched 10 Spain by our government, there
Seemed to be some doubt whether the Snanisb
Court would receive him, and his antecedents, as
they were called. were discussed, both in the En-
sl'sh, French and Spanish languages. in a manner
far f.om C mplimeniary. He was taken for a Fill
libuster, OF as the apologist and advocate of Fill
busters, and it seems 10 be not unlikely that, in
out of the way place like Madrid there was an at
tempt TO put him in coventry as a man who had
less respect than was becoming for The ancient
regime and for the worn out people who manage
Spanish affairs. The Spanish national character,
'silcs are many OF them admirable. But, we sup
p'se 1t is doing them injustice to say that they
are behind the times and do not know or see what
is going on in the world. Mt, Soule, on the other
hand was, no doubt. fully sensible as 10 the great
ness of the nation he represents, and very
impatient OF anything that favored of slight, either
| towards his country OF himself.
Its very certain that the Empress of France had.
as Spanish woman, taken a lively interest in In.
Cuban affair. and it is as we'll authenticated. as
such things can be, that she even went SO lar as 10
| lecture and catechise American Senator u pom
| the supposed disposition of the American people
| to swallow that fine island after little skilliul
deglutition. 1t is reasonable to suppose that the
| Duke de Alba, her near connection, and the Mar
quis de Furgot, the very man who, as Minister of
Foreign Affairs, underwood to inveigls the United
States INTO tn parite treaty for securing Cuba 10
Spain, would feel any thing but sincere regard
Tor person who, like MIR. Soule, was suspected Of
| covetous inclinations towards the Queen OF the
| Antilles. Indeed, it would be difficult to bring
together setof people more likely to quarrel than
these very persons. Hence. probably, the un
lucky criticism upon Madame Soule's dress; and
hence also, the ire of the son and the father
The reader will probably agree with us, that the
following letter, written by Ar. soule. since the
duel, furnishes strong proof of degree of exas-
peration faf greater than would have probably
been excited by mere allusion to the state of a
lady's dress!
We received from Mr. Pierre Soule the following
letter. We have no reasons to refuse its publica
ton. though it Wilt perhaps be Conceded thnt il
might have been Written IN n more delicate Ian
guage, especially in consideration of wounded
| adversary:
To the Editor Of the Independence: - - N00s'
Slr--Your paper of>the Gath inst publishes nm.
der the title of '.Ptiyate Corespondence-Pp ris,,
&C, statement concerning the tifft rences be-
tween my son and the Duke OF Alba, and between
lars OF which are groundless, and which beg of
you 10 allow me to correct ~ So eSl.'ssee :
4 TVS entirely untrue that athe explanatory letter
@lliLen 70 my SON by the Duke of Alba has been,1
oy your correspondent. s.sent. withor
Witeout comments, 10 the English newspaper,
nor IS II true, that from any s,f ie