The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-18
THE DAILY DISPATCH
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sAYIfRnaY MuKN.N8. NOV EMBEki8, 1854
. If the American Bonapartes, as al
legged By the correspondent of the New YORK
Tribune. from whom we quoted yesterday,
have endeavored to persuade the Emperor Oh
France that the United States were so much
divided upon the slavery question: and upon
the annexation of Cuba on account Oh Ms
connection with slavery, that they wou'' =. n''
go to war unitedly in regard to IT, theh 'ie
American Bonapsrtes are company ., A"'e
rio IN traitors or American idiots. we can
sc.reslv be,ieve that men who have SO long
received American nurture and protection'
one of whom has been educated at the cost
of the people of the United States at the
Military Academy at West Point, would thus
suddenly prove recreant to the most common
feelings of gratitude, and seek to strike
dagger to the heart which had warmed and
sheltered them.
If Louis Napoleon puts faith in any
such ridiculous notion, he is not the wise and
sagacious person he has been generally rep
resented. Doubtless, if he ever looks at the
American press, and, unless he does so, ne
can obtain no reliable idea of American SEN
timent, he will be astounded to see that the
most prompt, the most indignant, and the
most vehement rebuke of his treatment OF
Mr.. Soule has come from the New York Tn
hume. the head and front of the free soil abe
litionists in the United States. This single
fact will enlighten Monsieur Bonaparte as to
the existence and strength OF the natioiiai
sentiment in America. We may wrangle
and fight among ourselves like cats and dogs
but when foreign war approaches we forget
at once our own discussions, and devote our
whole energies to the common enemy. we
NAV be divided about the expectancy OF an
nexing Cuba we may think Mr. souie val.
liable ambassador or the most hot headed
and unreliable of French Socialists, but when
Cuba or Soule are made the preteAt Tor war
upon this country by France, there Will be
neither North nor South, but one America,
teemipc with myriads of armed men, all AMI
mated by the same common patriotism ana
burning to avenge the honor OF the country
The Enper ,r of the French has made an
other great mistake if he thinks that this
country can be insulted with impunity be-
cause it has no standing army. If it was
found easy to raise an army OF volunteers SUI
ticient to conquer Mexico, and that III a war
concerning tie necessity of which our people
were divided, with how much greater ease
could an army of volunteers be raised sufh-
cient to defend our soil from foreign Toe
Where there was one volunteer for the mex
lean war there would be ten III war OF de-
fence. Our only misfortune is, though that
can he remedied. that our naval force is not
adequate to the protection OF our interests
and honor. If it had been, we should not
now be exposed to the hazard OF foreign
war.
CAUSES OF THE SoULE AFFAIR-MR. SoULE
AND THE EMPEROR AND EMPREss-ExTRA-
ORDINARY STATEMENT OF THE n. \. EX-
pREss.-The Republican correspondent of the
Courier dos Etats Unis gives the private
reasons which, in his opinion, induced Louis
Napoleon to deny Mr.. Soule the privilege of
entering the empire. He states that, i'll 1885,
Dir Soule, being on a visit to Paris, was pre-
scented by his friend, NJ. Gaillardet, to the
Prince President, who received Mr.. SOule
very civilly, but showed so little converse
tional power that, after the visit, Mr.. Soule
said to NJ. Gaillardet, as they were going
away, My friend your Prince is a goose,
and l greatly regret that France has fallen
into such hands"
Gaillardet ascribed the stupidity of the
Prince to a headache, and urged Mr.. Soule
to renew his visit but this he obstinately re-
fused to do, and returned home without see
ing the lion. 1t is said that Louis Napoleon
was exceedingly displeased at this affair,
wishing to reinstate himself in point of in
telligence with the distinguished advocate,
and being unable to do so, could not pardon
Mr.. SOule for it.
The correspondent shows us much more
rational cause for hatred when he adds that,
"in her character as a daughter of Spain,
and an ever faithful patriotess, the blonde
Eugene naturally detests Mr.. Soule, who
openly defended the annexation of Cuba to
the United States in her character as wo-
man and an empress, she detests him still
more, because he once permitted himself to
relate in circle the victory which was said
to have been won by the handsome Col. lad
dara over the heart of the Countess of Teba
and afterwards said, in speaking of the au.
gust moiety Of the very august Napoleon Ill,
Upon my word do not know what that lit.
tie actress has against me-. The little ac
tress' was little relished at court, and Eugene
promised to have her revenge. She is now
taking it.
But the most extraordinary part of the
matter is found in the following statements
of the New York EapreSs-statements which
we could not credit but for the high authori
ty upon which they are said to be made
After copying the letter of the Courrier's
correspondent, the Express says:
These statements OF what here purports to be the
causes of the Soule affair, are probably, with
some exceptions and exaggerations, eorrect,-but
they do not reach the fountain head of the diff.
Guilty. and what about TO say now
we say on the very highest authority, short of
that Of the Emperor and Empress Of France, them
seires.
Mr.. Soule, when in Marid, as Minister of the u