Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-03-11
Mr.. Soule in Spain.

All Spanish correspondents agree in repre-
sentnq the behaviour of Mr.. Soulc, the ambas-
sador Of the United States, in the most deplor-
able light 1t would appear that Mr.. Soule
u;sbes to act in Madrid part similar to that
nlayed by the celebrated Lord Mimic at Turin.
MIR. Soule's hotel has become the theatre of
the most active demogogic workings. Incen-
diary and impious songs, which spread alarm
in the whole district are daily heard in his hotel
The inhabitants of the neighboring houses can
no longer sleep; they spend every night in the
greatest uneasiness; some are wrapped in their
night gowns, some, every moment, prepare to
flor the supporters of old and sound ideas still
make use Of the doublet in Spain.) These un-
happy people are in constant alarm and watch !;
they think, at every moment, of seeing the fire
of heaven consuming Mr.. Soule's house.
Last night, the police deemed it its duty to
interfere when the mad club sang jovial song.
The chief of the alguazils presented himself.
After he had knocked at the door: "Who is
there!" "The chief ofthe alguazils." "What
do you want? ?" "To draw up my process YER
bal and set you under arrest" "Go to h,
YOU shall not enter; the U. s. flag protects us,
and the Monroe doctrine forbids US to open.
You speak of arrest, We do not understand this
language; go to the devil" al will, then,
draw up my report" "Draw up, my good sir. /"
The revealing continued, whilst the chief of
the alguazils drew up, in the street, his report
upon his knee and by the moonlight. Every
body knows that the Spanish alguazils always
carry in their pockets horn inkstand, and are
at this day, as formerly, armed with long
white rod
When the report was drawn up, the alguazil
fastened it on the end of his rod and passed it
to the Americans, who received it through the
window. They received it with loud laughter,
and rolled it in the shape of small ball which
they cast at the alguazil.
Honest citizens must every day endure such
insults. The police, as it is obvious to every
one, is powerless to repress them. On the least
representation, Mr.. Soule and his compeers get
angry, utter loud cries, and speak of ordering
American frigates to lombard the ports of Spain.
All wandering Josephists are welcomed by
Mr.. Soule, who delivers American passports to
them to enable them to follow with impunity
their sinful industry in Spain.
No one doubts that the annexation of Cuba
is, at the American Ambassadors hotel the
order of the day. The Americans who live at
Madrid boldly speak of this measure as being
near its period of accomplishment; they even
use incendiary words on this subject in coffee
houses and all public places.
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challenge public pudor by bearing inscribed on
his hat these words. "Let us annex Cuba -
All the members of the embassy, from the first
secretary to the most humble door keeper, have
the same inscription on their hats: ''Let us
annex Cuba ~" Such is the general motto
among the Americans in Spain. They have re-
Gently paraded, through the streets of Madrid
manikin representing the Spanish metropolis
with ludicrous ceremonies, and afterwards burned
it on the public square in the midst of the noisy
and odd dances. During the time Of these bac-
chanalia, the houses and the shops were closed;
the Spaniards kept themselves shut up in their
own houses and we'll armed, expecting to be
attacked at every minute and robbed and
slaughtered.
Madrid has every day, since the new ambas-
sador entered it, witnessed such deplorable
scenes. 1t is high time that the government
should devise means of safety against the pro-
pagation Of American doctrines. Alas! they are
too much taken with the Eastern question.
(ChGriUGri.