Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-02
THE CASE OF MIR. soULE.

Mr. WALSH, the enlightened Paris correspondent
of the New York Journal of Commerce, and for
merly the correspondent of the National Intelli-
gencer, accompanies the announcement of the set
Element of the Soule affair with the following
remarks
Mr. Mason, in my humble opinion has acted ju-
dciously in accepting what has been done, since the
French Government had but exercised unquesonable
right There is concession to his view OF immunity for
the Envoy the representative Of the United States To
nterdict Mr. SoULE from soourn in any part Of the EN-
pire is just as much disregard of his diplomatic quality
and prstensons the refusal to admit him would have
BEEN BY the restriction imposed him to simple pas
sage he is the sgnazed personally obnoxious
it were not too convenient for him take the route of
France spain instead of proceeding by from Eng
land he would probably recoi from the leave Of transit
qualified it is which the French Government thought
to be consistent with "pubc order and expeacnt oy
reconciliation with the Minister Of the United States
at Paris plain lesson is administered to him in the
first paragraphs OF the Moneur article and the insertion
Of the elaborate article Of the London Times in the official
paper and the official journals might answer as ex
plantation and admonition for his country The writer's
on the law of nations concede in general to public minis
quasi right of innocent passage through the terri
tory Of friendly State but the Government Of the State
to Judge OF the innocence tnat s Wnetner tne passage
be without injury or sinister design.
you will perceive that according to the Moniteur all
that the French Government has done of its own
motion and before the intervention of the Minister Of the
United States The diplomatic esprit de corps contributed
naturally to excite Mr.. Mason. Mr.. Soue appealed to
him. and he heard of ferment in London well in
Paris among Americans from hasty conclusion of out
rage the dignity of the Republic in the person OF
the Envoy.
National spirit, PRIDE sensbility are sautary and
even laudable in themselves within just limits and on
proper occasions We should ask ourselves can our Gov
ernment by investing revolutionary propagandst with
the quality its envoy other diplomatic agent abroad
assure to him impunity for whatever he may attempt
Is there always danger of collision with foreign Gov
ernmens when citizens Of foreign BIRTH who had been
ardent party politicians in their native land selected
for our legations? Do they cease to be nhamed
with their original political passions or to resent their
compulsory exiles Do they not return to their old
nexions and projects at home? The President Of the
Union as Chief Magistrate religious man. christian,
should rigidly discountenance duelng diplomacy. A
fierce hecoring style the part Of his elect is little
consistent with national dignity it is likely to be sue
cessful in the end for any good purpose That extreme
American sensyeness to which the London Daily News
refers might be corrected in degree by retrospect Of the
acts Of our own Government towards Ministers accredited
at Washington The Hayre Journal in very sensible and
friendly article on the Soule case cited the treatment Of
Major PotssIN Of far greater severity and
cation Let your readers consult the instances Of Cheva
er dYrno and Copenhagen Jackson they related
in the I'd and Sd volumes Of Hildreth's History"