The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-31
WHAT TALLEYRAND SAYS OF 1T.
Americans Indignant.

A New York Herald cable dispatch
from Paris says:
The following letter will appear in
the Figaro tomorrow:
TO the EiitoT-Sir:-
l have read with profound astonish-
ment the letter of NJ. Du Sommerard
to his friends in Vienna. l was attach
ed to the commission sent to the Phila-
delphia Exposition and l must say that
in that capacity as well as as a French
man / received the most delicate atten-
tions at the hands of the American peo-
pie. I believe all the commissioners
will say the same. The accusations
that Americans purposely set. fire to
! cases of goods in the French depart
ment is so monstrous that l cannot al
low it to pass without a fiat contradic-
ton. l was in America when that ac-
cideft occurred and no people regretted
it more than the Americans. There
was no i'll will, l will answer for it, and
if the fire had been the work of an in
cediary the whole country would have
proclaimed its Indignation. NJ. Du
Sommerard should have drawn his in
formation from a less partial source
before accusing a people with an act
81 tllc. OICC 1iOlO LILY 0dty 40 AuCAiA-
Der of the French commission compels
me to protest against the imputation
cast on the American people by NJ. Du
Sommerard. Accept, Mr.. Editor the
assurance of my distinguished consid-
GRAFTON,
MARQUIS DE TALLEYRAND.
The indignation caused among
the Americans in Paris by NJ. Du
Sommerard's letter is intense and will
probably find vent in a public demon
stration of some kind.
Mr.. Washburne, American minister,
has drawn the attention of the Duke de
Cazes to the ca luminous insults con-
tanned in the letter attributed to NJ. Du
Sommerard, chief commissioner of
France to the Centennial Exhibition.
He did not, however, demand the recall
of NJ. Du Sommerard, or any other
measure, but confined himself to point
ing out matters, leaving the French
minister of Foreign Affairs to determine
what repair alton was due the United
States. Tt manner in which the duke
received Mr.. Washburne's representa-
tions leaves no doubt that complete rep
aration will be afforded and the affair
be satisfactorily arranged. A later
telegram reports that NJ. Ozenne, acting
in the name of the minister of commerce
after comforting with the Duke de Cazes
~telegraphed Saturday evening to NJ. Du
Sommerard asking him, before rigorous
measures are adopted, to state whether
the Objectionable letter is authentic.
1t is said that N. Du Sommerard replied
that it is a%pocryphal. The affair has
caused much excitement among Amer
leans in Paris and has called forth the
following official note which is publish
ed this morning:
GA letter speaking extensively of a
great nation holding friendly relations
with France has been published in o
foreign journal and reproduced in a
French newspaper. The letter has been
attributed to a high f~unctionary, repre-
senting France at Philadelphia, but the
| Government hopes it is ~apocryphal.
The government has, however, demand
ed an explanation from the person con-
cerned and is now awaiting his reply in
! order to come to a decision on the mat
ter"
I'M. Du Sommerard's denial of the
authorship of the scandalous letter will
be found on our first page.-ED.
LEADER.