The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-10-12
LETTER FROM ME- sOULE To The LIBERAL
PRESS.
Palpitations Of the Heart Of Young Ame'

PalpitationS Of the Heart Of Young America.
from the Paris correspondent of the London Times
September O..
The following letter was addressed by Mr.
Soule, the United States Minister at Madrid, to
the Committee of the Banquet Of the liberal
Press, exeusing himself from accepting an invi-
tation to DO present at it
Gentlemen 1t is with regret that fad
myself prevented by the extreme delicacy Of
my health from accepting the invitation with
which you have honored me. But for this you
may be assured that | should have heartily
taken part in the patriotic banquet destined to
celebrate the inyincible consistency with which q
part of the press of Madrid has in these latter
DAYS known how TO unite in the same senti-
ment, and direct towards the same object the
discordant elements of party which only re-
quired to place itself in accord in order to tri
umph over tho shameful despotism under
which policy as fastidious as AFFECT, crush
ed the freedom of thought, and stifled its most
legitimate aspirations. | have hailed with
profound reflection, and with all the ferUor Of
holy enthusiasm, the result which has WORTH
ly crowned such noble efforts; it only remains
for me to offer up my wishes that those who
have so powerfully contributed to place Spain
in the glorious path which has Just been opened
to her may continue to be her indefatigable
supporters until truth shall be disembarrassed
from all the obstacles which may still obstruct
it, or only render it little practicable. Spain
may if che wishes practically consolidate, and in
few months, what persevering England could
achieve only at the price of two revolutions, of a
war of twenty years, of despotism OF twelve,
Of change of dynssties, and Of century and
half of internal agitations and struggles. Aid
her, gentlemen, in this task, still more difficult
than your own, and which it is nevertheless
necessary that che should realize, if she wishes
to place her liberties, and with her liberties
her glory and her future grandeur, out of the
reach of the peridies and the treasons which
will be attempted against her by the Sbirri of
tyranny, the assassins paid by power. The
heart of Young America, be assured, iciH pal.
pitGte tOith jog and happiness at The Darn and
perfumed breezss tohieh OiH tocft TO IL across the
ocean the accIamations Of frGnchtSsd SPAN. Let
me be allowed to say that my O1Cn heart IS an
torieatcd Nth felicity at the hope that Europe,
apathetic as she may appear, will not allow to
weaken and perish the germs Of regeneration
which the sublime sacrifice of some of your sons
has Just caused 80 wonderfully to shoot up for
her. Accept gentlemen, with the expression
OF my gratitude, the assurance of the high es-
TEEN with which | am pleased to call myself
your sincere and true friend,
"PIERRE SoULE
" Modrid, 18th August"
Tho following are the observations Of the
Assembled on the letter Of III. Soule:
"This letter is not the only manifestation BY
which American diplomatists have caused
themselves to be spoken Of in thcec latter days
The Swiss journals give letter, written to the
President of the Federal Council by MIR. San
ders, Consul General of the u. States at Lon.
don, relative TO the rumor, more or lcss found
cd, of concessions which Switzerland had, il was
said, made TO Austria, relative to the refugees.
That Mr. Sanders, in addressing the Swies Fed
oral Council, should express himself relative TO
Austria as he might do in dcmagogu cal meet
ing in bis own country is not very astonishing:
W hat must astcnish is, thas the misfortune OF
the times should have permitted any Govern
naent to subsist in the midst OF Europe. 70
which the demagoguical party OF America