The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-17

officer at Calais This was to have beel
8 expected as an inevitable consequence ofhis fe
Y temperament and headlong impulsiveness
And, Notwithstanding the supreme govern
ment at Paris promptly disavowed all inten
ton Of insulting the United States by outra
eine the person Of its minister, Mons. Soule re
4 fuses to be pacifed-declines being satisfied
and won't be comforted. The president is sat
listed, the cabinet is satisfied, and congress
and the people are satisfed-but mlnlste
4 soulG is not and DON'T intend to be, II he cal
: help it, Judging from his conduct and DISPOSE
ton It has been said that an Irishman is nev
!, er perfectly happy except when in
.tscrimmage," and it's pretty clearly apparen
that Mr.. Soule will neyerrest content unless u
a "muss' of some sort or other.
Consequently be has written aletter-an in
dignant letter-a splteful letter---a sarcastic
bombas.ic and splenetc letter-and, to sun
it all up in two words a .Soule letter, TO MI
Mason, our minister to Paris. And he wa
not satisfied with merely writing to Mr.. Mason
knowing that gentleman to be prudent ane
Iiudicious individual, be thought It likely b.
!, would withhold his furious missye from publ
cation Therefore, he enclosed copy to hi
red republican friends in London; and they
lost no time in spreading a document before
the world, from which the following paragraph:
are taken Here are the extracts. If there j:
any thing in them of which an American car
feel proud, we would like to have it pointed
out. We can see, according to our present VI
sion, however matter Of deep regret, if not hu
miliation-proof conclusive of Mr.. Soul6's alb
solute unfitness to be a minister. Hesays:
e
Of an outrage which attacks my public char,
acter, NJ. Bonaparte endcavors to make thus
tardily and crafty a personal affront; my an.
tecedents he has told YOU "being Of nature
to provoke the attention Of the imperial govern
ment."
Well | will oppose my antecedents to those
of my insulter.
AS YOU know, exiled myself voluntarily
in 1926, to escape prosecutions brought upon
me by the ardent struggle in which had en-
gagged against the deplorable policy Inaugural
ted by the accession Of Charles x. to the throne
of France, and which in 1880 led to the break
| ing by the people Of the crown of that monarch.
/ Whilst was studying liberty in the country
| of my adoption; whilst was deyoting myself
/ to serious pursuits-thanks to which / have
been able to become what ] ANN. Louis
Bonaparte, twice a rebel and once a a murder
er, appeared before the grand tribunal of the
nation over which he at present reigns as an
linsoIent despot, and was condemned to an lg-
nominious punishment.
Whilst senator elected by the free and I'M
solicited sufrages Of the State Of Louisiana, |
mounted the steps of the capitol, M Louis
Bonaparte was bathing in the blood Of people
massacreed by the soldiers whom he had just
enrolled to make them the monsters of his APP
pettes and covetousness.
You can understand that an outrage offered
me BY the valet of such master has not and
cannot wound me.
The styling of the emperor Of the French
I'M Bonaparte" is unworthy of Mr.. Soule.
Whatever may have been the antecedents of
Louis Napoleon-no matter how much Mr..
Soule may hate and despise him-he is now
the first man of one of the greatest and most
intelligent nations on earth-known and recog
nized as such by every civilized people in chris
tendon. The Offices and dignties he holds
are the nations and the nation is entitled to
respect. We know red-republican enthusiasts
argue differently, but they have little or no in
fuence in the world, nowadays. Let us
point an Illustration; we do not believe presi-
dent Pierce could obtain fifth of the votes of
the American people were he a candidate to-
morrow, but let an insult be perpetrated upon
him, and the whole people would rise in his
defense and demand satisfaction. They would
care little for the individual, but every thing
for the officer.
While we have no objection to Mr.. Soule's
harmless display Of egotism, we will just win
dictate the truth Of history" a,little, by refer
ring to a few facts connected with his election
to the senatorshp, which he has omitted. He
forgot to say that he was elected By accident
not to use a harsher term; forgot to mention
that he was not the choice Of his party, and
that Mr.. Slidell was; omitted to state that the
party opposed to him had four or FIVE majority
on joint ballot; failed to allude to the fact of the
"spirting" away Of one or more whig mem
bers; said nothing at all about the ssfour ne
groes'' whom doct. Myles, a wing member, was
supposed to be diligently hunting after, when
the ba]lotings were going on; failed to COM
misserate with his successor in the senate,
whosit is generally rumored, s'bore the heat
and burthen of the fray" in a pecuniary sense,
and then realized in his own person the fable
concerning the Dead Sea fruits; refused to let
the world know he had reaped, when he
mounted the steps Of the capitol" the har-
vest which others had sown, toiled, labored
and paid for! We have hurriedly supplied
these important omissions, which couldn't have
been any more accidental than Mr.. Soules
election to the United States senate and, as
another election will take place in less than
three weeks, may recur to the subject again.
i~-c~oo~o-7oro~o-e-~~>--
Sir Charles Napier is a candidate for parlia-
mentin the borough Of Marlybone His pro-
gramme, forwarded per telegraph, s-.'war to
the knife with Russia-extensiye reform-yote
by ballot-shorter parliaments- general
education He also states that he and his
squadron of five ships have been detained in the
Great Belt by heavy gales.
The Washington Union admits that Mr. Guth-
Tie, the secretary Of the treasury, has refused
to pay a claim Of $4,000 extra compensation
claimed by its proprietor as printer to the house
of representatives. This claim was made under
the act Of 1854, which granted an increased
compensation Of twenty per cent, to the soffi-
GERS, clerks, messengers and other employees in
the legislative department Of the government.