The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-24


will be indicted In o few days.
The Soule COrresponslence-Addlti0n and
Most Astounding Disclosures.
The instalment of the Soule correspondence
which we publish to-day is scarcely second in
interest or Importance to the manifesto of the
Ostend Convention. In truth, in some respects
these opening letters of Mr.. Soule from Madrid
are OF much higher moment, in the disclosures
which they make, than any of the strange and
numerous revelations that have leaked out
touching the plots, counterplots, causes and
objects of the Cuban ultimatum of Aix-laCha
pelle.
We especially call the attention of our read.
ers to the letter of Mr.. Soule, dated Madrid,
December %, 1858, and to the paragraph dis.
closing the American policy of Louis Napoleon,
even anterior to his memorable coup d'ftat Of
December 2, 1851. Doubtless in view of q
restoration of the Empire upon the ruins of the
mopgrel Republic OF 48, Louis Napoleon, it
appears, had concocted with Narvaez ''most
curious mission" to the United States. 1t was
the mission Of secret ambassador, whose du-
ties were to be Of the most delicate and equivo-
cal character. He was to traverse this country,
ascertain our weak points, the extent Of
the disafections supposed to exist among the
States against the general government,
and how far they might be turned to
account by foreign invader; our military
strength and resources we're particularly to be
ascertained, including, of course, our seaboard
and naval defeDces, and vulnerable points Of
assault. What for An extract which Mr..
soule gives, apparently from some official pa
per on the subject explains what for: "There
could be no stable order and government in
Europe as long as the poisonous influence of
our Institutions" &C., were permitted to be
felt on the European side of the Atlantic. This
secret agent, in fact, was designed as nothing
less than the arant courier to rupture and
a war with the United States, to reduce us to
our proper dimensions.
Strangely enough Napoleon Bonaparte son
Of Jerome, appears to have been singled out
for this "curious mission" which very natu-
rally he peremptorily declined. He was the
very head and front Of the Mountain, an ultra
republican, lover Of the American system,
and of course he would decline. From our
personal knowledge of the political opinions Of
the young Napoleon at that time, we are quite
sure that he could not have listened for q mo-
ment to this 'curious mission" in conjunction
with his name For further information upon
this Curious" affair, we dare say-snd with that
gravity which becomes this subject-that the
Chevalier Wikof is our proper man. A
90 ;,Io J,,t;o
under Louis Napoleon and Lord Palmerston
was such practical explanations Of the con-
stitution and the institutions Of the United
States, through the columns Of the French and
English newspaper press, as would serve to en-
tighten the governments Of the two countries
in regard to their American policy. Wikoff,
we know, was aiming all the time at an al
lance of perpetual peace between the great
Western Powers and his own country; but
Louis Napoleon and Pamerston may have
been using him all the time, and his practical
information, in view Of a totally different
policy. Be that as it may, SO intimately as
sociated was Wikoff at that epoch with the
American diplomacy of the Allies that if he
was not the informant of Mr.. Soule concerning
this "curious mission" we suspect he has the
proofs of it among his diplomatic papers.
This is no trifng matter. A mere alarming
disclosure than this projected American
mission Of Louis Napoleon could not well be
imagined. How are We to krow that it has
not been carried Quit Who can say whether
there is or is not an cmissary of the Allies now
amongst us, inspecting our fortif,ations aud
harbor defences, in view of projected
rupture upon the Cuban question, as soon as
Russia is disposed Of? W. call, them upon Che
Waller Wikof to speak out what he knows of this
Curious mission" II he is, as charged by the
London Times, an emissary of Russia to the
NEW York HERALD Office it is his policy to
speak; but as an American it is his duty to
tell every thing that he knows of this extraordi-
nary transaction.
The chain Of circumstantial evidence in sup
port Of the fact that such mission as this was
projected, is very strong. The naughty inso-
lence Of poor old Spain; the bravado Of Mar
vaez; the Madrid duels; the tripartite over
lures and correspondence; the movements of
England for the African cation Of Cuba the
affiliations Of the aristocracy Of Stafford House
with the Massachusetts, abolitonists but
above oil, my Lord ClareDdons happy &C
cord" between England and France, which, his
lordship says extends to ell subjects and
covers all questions in the Western as well as
the Eastern hemisphere-that is to say, an al
lance just as complete and indvisible in the
Gulf Of Mexico as in the Black Sea or the
Baltic-is strong corroborstive evidence Of this
curious mission" from France
Here, too, is the confirmation of all that we
said and urged upon our government through
this Journal concerning the American po-
Icy OF the Western Powers The Ma