Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-06
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HE On'On notices Mr.. Soule's letter, In
yesterdays Intsligencer, and adds:

The Union notices Mr. soule's letter, In
yesterdays Inteihgencer, and adds:
1--WE regret to see, from Mr. Soule's letter.
chat be is laboring under the impression that
hr. Perry's treachery" secured him zen
courage ment and support in the Stale Depart
mem At Washington. We have every reason
70 believe that in entertaining such al i'm
preston Mr. Soule does injustice to the State
department, and We cannot but hope that he
VIII discover and correct his error before he
comes out with his history of his mission"
Now, none are so blind as those who will
not see; such We take to be Mr.. Souls's case
Suspicious by nature, because originally
traioed in the school of European secret politi-
Gal societies, he has taken it into his head
that the State Department was his enemy,
founding that opinion only on the we'll known
fact that the Secretary of State did not ap-
prove OF the policy which he (Mr 81 saw fit
TO essay without Instructions to that end as
the Spanish policy of this Government. MIR
., thought he saw proof of this fact in Mr.
Msrcy's reception Of letter from Mr. Perry,
which was not even derogatOry TO him, A
man Of common sense sill at once " dsrstsnd
That the State Department is ~, ,uguuus,b,.
for letters written, not 8. ON. but TO II. a. in
THIS case 1t . notorious that the offensive
correspondence was not made the basis of the
least sc'ioI on The part of the Department,
having been consigned with, perhaps, a hun.
dred other letters against individual EMPLOYEE
Of the Department abroad, to the tomb of OBJ
liVion. When its existence was forgotten. it
was accidentally aud unintentionaIly brought
to Mr.. SOule's notice By some clerk in the De
partment, and was seized on by him as proof
OF the case his disappointed ambition was de
sirous Of making against The Secretary
His mission had proved a very dashir q fail
ufe' indeed owing to his want Of discretion,
and his effort to mako himself, personal "
Ta'he han the success of the policy laid
doWn IN his instructions, the chief feature of
hls mission. In casting around &c get Gu, of
MS scrape, for such it was, be seiz.s up5n the
Perry letter-which was zrittsn without Nh.
iorekno"iedge or solicitation of the Depart.
nent-ane Mr. 'arcy'. undisguised want of
sympathy "ith the Souleisns of his agents
pohcy, to make them the excu es for his splen-
did failure in Madrid aforesaid. This is the
whole story in a nut she'll. We thus present
IL to our readers that they may understand
IN advance, the true state Of the case upon
which hr. Souls announces that he is about TO
come before the public in o book. We write
as We have done above, without consultation
win or sVen tie knowledge of any one what
eVe;; anu only on our knowledge of the cir
suns'2nces Of the case, which are likewise
known to hundreds of unofficial persons, mai Iy
through Mr.. SOule's conversations OF the sub
)ect with large number Of hi. friends.
The I"tetfigsResr comments on the ins;ruc-
lions given to Commodore McC-uley, when
that officer was sent down to command the
Sulf squadron, ard maintains that they en-
Drace virtual acknowledgment Of tho right
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hero, 1t viii be seen, the Secretary speaks
OF so outrage perpetrsted on a vessel ,Ieht
rug os2TtDg Dnr ting What is this buI n
aamis1 Of the tight to ascertain whether
0ai nag 90 ngniiuily or Hrongfully borbe?
Dut thsfe Is another point Ia this sentsnce
tus' seems 10 argue less acquaintance with
me usages and etiquette Of ships of war than
1tner Portions of the instructions indicate
"eVe mere never was an instance, at
Ieas- among the officers of civilized nations
Hnsn TWO ships Of war Of different nations are
near enough together 10 be said to be pys
's"t' that either would attempt to question a
NeSsei bearing the fIg OF the other, 10 matter
sha' the sDsii ;iOus character OF that vessel
ne usage IN such cases is for the ship of war
aesliing 70 ascertain the cal character Of the
oed ve sci 10 request of the CO. present
sol oil war, the Gag OF whose ma ion the YES
sci peas, 10 dept the necessary measures To
.drlve at the truth. This, If We are not
greatly mistaken, is the etiquette Of the sea
tne eourtesy universally observed between
amps OF war; go that the case supposed bv
.ne Secretary could not, u4der any circum.
stances, ha4 pen"