New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-23

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! s,~rneS tho, dutv; but bncf view Of ms cohaues
lat tnc ana of he position in which i placed mt
| beg Leave. 81. respectfully TO present. 20 you'
Drrr0 .lst pe-od Mr. SoEle not only nesscied
himself TIE instructions Of he Secretary OF ,'ae VIC
tIev ner;,rcd with his own purposes, but he Also pro
,o,ied 10 df-ct ne 10 neglect them lie nos Oeig ~
no time In exercise Of his functions OF nis - o.
Madrid. nor recognized in any eapaciy byn spans"
Government. He taus placed me apparh'iI ~ ~"
Alternative either Of falling in my duty 70 my noseih
49,, o. % r.ripitafiug personal rupture WITH him
saf which AZ that moment would have been elaauy
detrimental 10 its serviee II have ionhS .e ~
10 avoid both. recognizing an arthof! WIZ, , ~
no. ohevir directions which he had no rght 20 give
Vile throwing upon him the responsibility OF WAX ne
,,ht direct hrrh'v accepting IN my Official form ana
intercourse with him and with this Governmen' tns
tone and bearing OF subordinate, "heh Va t1oe nc.
tb,u no supcriOr except in Washington, irus. uias
Won Sir aud The country VII understand tha' Dy 40
doing was better able to carry ont the spirit Oh '
instructions Of tie Secretary 81 SAFE, "..e nleo
Law before him also proofs OF the true coadon o. Dol
affairs with SPAN. vial n Their ifnpor.ahoc 10 ~
Interests and orr honor. This course gave ine tne !
pover also 20 preserve the decoTam OF tnis '"oa
Is lar as possible from the consequences o. ms error
would have put nothing on iecoru asal,ss =,
There il not Inc in any Official comhluhcaIol "
mine either 10 this Government OF 10 cur OWL "hch
harms lin. His person ard his dignity rs h'iis's'
Of the United States perfectly covered IN every s
liable His mission in 81 ain j. not bright page IN INC +
history OF American diplomacy. have USED every (.
means consistent with tie service OF the country IN
order that should never the light, and II Is now
read by the world wish you, Sir and the country 10
understand that Il IF rom circumstances o'er "nO"i
have control.
The Hon. Pierre soul6 thought proper to suppress +
an important dispatch from the secretary OF STATE con
corning the Giiar OF the Black warrior, mtehded iof
the Stanish Government during the space OF bye (
months was abe however 10 prevent the evil ei-'
fcc,s Of that proceeding and did 3d. The proof -
that within fortnight after his departure on me Jun
of August had procured from the Spanish Govern
ueut proposition Of satisfactory character for TIE
complete settlement Of that affair." whose hnal ADJUST
uent was mpcded NJ that tine only by the necessary
felt under Of not nc dressing official note upon that
subject to the spanish Minister in order that my con
duct should not conflict officially with that OF Mr..
SOule.
You and The country aware that this adjust
ment was al length happily accomplished within
short time after hs final departure the "a OF Feb
ruary last in entire conformity with the wishes OF tne
Secretary of State.
immediate payment of all claims involving private in
terests which had been presented BY either Govern
ment to the other since the year 1884 by means OF
convention similar 10 differentiated with Grea' britain
on the sth Of February, 1883.
A little later procured also an overture whose good
faith | cannot doubt for the negotiation OF gree
treaty. concedng immense benefits to our commerce
and curing the prompt and complete proteoton Oh
the POLITICAL religious, and social rights OF our Gnu
sens in future in every portion OF the spanish doinin
IONS in consideration for similar benefits conceded 10
Spanish subjects and their commerce by the United
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loot here hut | will say that did not mention Il to
Mr. Soule because Of the bad results OF That frank
course in the case of the other two and in order that
be nigh; not take measures to impede ITS realization.
Meantime the Hon. Pierre Soule, not content with
receiving the duplicate papers addressed TO hnseii
dared also TO intercept in Paris the official correspond
euce of the Charge dAfaircs Of the United States al
Madrid with the Secretary of State at ashngton sd.
dressed to that officer upon imp2gtsn business, ana
| keeping. learned the fact Immediately, ana thougn
| could not prevent him from representing at wash
ngon that the honorable propositions OF the spanish
| Government were a fathless and hollow mockery,
meant only deceive Us, still those overtures went
Was there spy at that time in the service of the
United States If 80, who was 1t VINO carried on
that Infamous trade Sir, 1 prefer to believe that
there was only officer whose ideas OF his duty were
mistaken from whatsoever cause but whose influence
upon our affairs was amentable TO the last degree
But there ia another incident which ought not longer
to be concealed. At the time when ne had are@hy TO-
| signed bis commission and was about to take maj
leave Of this Court the Hon. Pierre Sone dared at
tempt seduce and csjole me into an abandonment OF
my post and my duty for the seeming purpose OF mus
! procuring the appearance OF rupture OF dlpionauc
| relations with this Court-a demonstration in open
conflict with the wishes Of your Government and
which might have proved at that moment unspeakabiy
canmtous. AT that critical moment be conceived the
,roiect of closing this Legation Of leaving il II posi-
he without representative; of lowering its hon0red
arms and placing its valuable archives in the keeping
Of an unauthorized agent or IN the hands Oh inc repre-
| sentative OF another foreign Power.
| III have resisted him, foied his cunning, and I'M
| done his work, ! have done honOrably and fairly,
| abusing no confidence failing TO no duty He made
no disclosures of his secret operations He did
not ask my aid. Still il Il true that | knew more OF
him than he The greater part OF has opef-
atoms came to knowledge in his absence because,
from the moment that the responsibility OF affairs de-
yolyed upon me, considered il my first duty to 30
| well informed concerning him and his movements
! Yet at that very time | spoke TO him plainly and
counseled him should wish 10 be counseled IN Ike
| circumstances.
If he hes attempted to deceive me- and failed; II he
has believed me his dupe and was not; II ne thought
me hoodwinked, and nevertheless ! perfectly under
stood what going ON about me-that, sr, u his
! own fault not mine. Deceit Is no part Of good di-
| plomacy. II il a bad arm and apt TO cut the hand
which erasps H. If he has Gown the wind, who has he
10 blame If God has cent him for its fruit the whir
| wind
will not Judge his motives. rather believe that
in bis whole conrse his Judgment has been m error
But if it has not been, then he, SIR, has been me
traitor not 10 me-that matters little-but TO the In
erests Of the United States of America, confded To
| his hands-that country which received him ~ its
bosom when an exile and nurtured him with predilec-
ton. Whether he knows IT or not, he has laDored 10
involve that country in motIveless foreign war ne
has Iabored against her peace in the interior a. well NJ
the exterior: against her most sacred interests, against
| her commercial prosperity, and against her natonm
| honor. / do not wish TO probe the inner thougnf'
which perhaps be docs not confess even TO himself,
but 70 the President and to every good Amercs say,
God help US if EVER the existence OF our cherished
! Union should come TO depend upon the poicy or
wishes Of the Hon. Pierre Soue
The question il not between individuals; Is be-
/ tween the policy Of urging the United states OF
| America by eve5y means and every artifce into an
unjust foreign raf, whose ultimate issue u inaeeo
| dark but who's present dishonor and calamity ara
certain or On the other hand Of preserving hon.