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Piercs's Cabinet. as Secretary Of state
During his term OF service he conclud.
ed some Of the most notable negotiations
with foreign governments, and lis re.
ply 10 the Austrian Minister. Chev. Hulse.
man. in the case OF the arrest of Mar.
tin Koszts. a naturalized American c.,i.
zen. established the rights Of all Ameri.
can citizens abroad since that day
The occasion upon which Mr.. Marcy
made the speech in which this quotation
occurs was In a debate IN the United
States Senate over the confirmation OF
DIR. Van Buren, as Minister 10 England
for which he had been nominated by Gen,
Jackson, and his confirmation was bitter
ly opposed. This debate was participates
in b. Webster. Clay. and Marcy. II will
be found in the Congressional debates,
part first of the years 1s31-'3a / quote
only portion OF II:
The occasion which renders Il prop
er that / shall say something has arisen
In consequence Of what has fallen from
the honorable Senator from Kentucky
Or. Clay. His attack was not confined
to the nominee CMr. Van Buren,: 1t reach
es the State which l represent in this
body.
zone of the grounds of opposition to
the Minister TO London taken by the Sen
stor from Kentucky is the pernieieus sys-
tenn Of party politics adopted by the pres
ent administration. by which the hon.
ors of offices are put up 10 be scrambled
for by partisans-a system which the
Minister TO London, the Senator from
Kentucky, alleges has brought here from
the State in which he formerly lived and
had for so long a time acted conspicu-
Gus part in It's political transactions.
1T may be, sir, that the politicians OF
New York, as some gentlemen ailege, are
not averse to disclosing the principles on
which they act. They boldly preach what
they practice. When they are contendins
for victory they avow their intentions or
enjoying the fruits of It, If they are de-
feated they expect 10 retire from Office;
If they are successful they claim, as a
matter of right, the advantages OF sue
cess.
They see nothing wrong in the rule
that to the victor belongs the spells OF the
enemy.
Gen. Jackson did not come in under
the same circumstances that. Mr.. Adams
did. or Mr.. Monroe, or Mr.. Madison. His
accession was like that of Mr.. Jefferson's.
He came in, sir, upon a political revolu-
ton. The contest was without a parallel.
when the present Chief Magistrate took
upon himself the administration of the
government he found almost all the Of
fees, from the highest to the lowest, filled
by political enemies. / have very good
reasons for believing the gentleman's
(Mr. Clay's) rule of conduct is 20 take
care of his friends when he is in power
1t requires not the foresight CO q prophet
TO predict that If he shall come into power
he will take care of his friends, and If he
does. l can assure him l shall not COM
plain, nor shall / be the least surprised
If he initiates the example which he now
so emphatically dencunces."
Failure to Observe the Rule.
It was one of the misfortunes of the
old Wing PARTY that it was not governed
by the rule laid down by Mr.. Marcy. One
Of the causes of Mr.. John Quincy Adams
unpopularity. and he had but few politi-
cal friends when his term of office ex-
pired, was that he failed 10 provide for
them while in Office The same want of
appreciation, by the Wing party, when
II power, Of its friends, led to its defeat
and extinction
/ unselishly offer the precedent here
quoted TO the incoming administration,
whichever side may win.
Another celebrated state paper of Mr..
Marcy's was his reply to the manifesto of
the Ostend conference, which was organ
lied by Pierre Soule, George N Sanders.
Louis Blanc, and others. George Sanders
was at the time consul general TO London.
and Mr.. Buchanan, who was then Min
lister, was In constant apprehension Of be-
irg involved in International trouble by
Mr.. Sanders association with Louis Blanc
and other patriots.
Who. be it understood,
Have left their country for their country's good.
Mr.. Buchanan objected seriously to the
legation dispatch bag being used to dis
seminate the correspondence Of those
Revolutionists.
l have some memory Of a difficulty be-
tween the French Minister, Count de Sar-
tiges, and the Hon. Pierre Soule. the SEN
ator of the United States from Louisiana.
growing out Of Soule's previous life In
France. Soule, who was educated for the
priesthood, renowned that life and be-
came the editor of a revolutionary organ
as early as 1926, and for some article more
startling than usual he was sentenced to
heavy fine and Imprisonment. He es-
capped from France, and for some years
led wandering life in Switzerland and
elsewhere, until. tired of that, he returned
to France to face the sentence which
awaited him.
Some friends, however, aided him In
leaving France. and he came to this coun-
try, after year or two spent in Cuba,
supporting himself by teaching school. On
his arrival at New Orleans he studied law,
and soon rose TO eminence in that pro-
fessiOn. He was a distinguished advocate
and an eloquent and impassioned speaker.
and was elected to the United States Sem
ate, where lie met in debate Mr.. Clay, Mr..
Webster, and Col. Benton.
Frenehman n Our Envoy.
These lions of the Senatorial arena look
ed down upon Soule. and Mr.. Clay. when
speaking of him one day, when Edwin
Forrest was present, said: He is moth
ing but an actor" and remembering For
rests profession, added Immediately, Il
mean French actor"
He was, If not a professional duelist,
one always ready TO adopt the code as a
settlement of any difficulty. Mr.. Pierce
appointed him Minister to Spain, where
1T noo llOl very received, as he
was devout advocate of the acquisition
of Cuba. He attended the conference at
ostend, which had that object in view,
and while passing through France, en-
route, was arrested. but the French gov
eminent. recognizing his official position,
released him.
While at Madrid. for some slight oftense
al ball at the French Legation he ehaI-
lenged the Duke of Alva; but his son took
the tight off his fathers hands and fought
the duke. without any serious result.
The Minister, Soule. however, not 10 be
baked in his favorite pastime, challenged
the French Minister, NJ Turgot and
wounded him severely in the hip, render
ing him a cripple for life. In sending the
challenge 10 the French Minister, SouIe
claimed that as he was insulted under
his roof he held him responsible for il.
Mr.. Maunsel B. Field relates in his in
teresting volume Of Memoirs OF Some
Men," that being attached 10 the Ameri-