The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 490
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
the appointment of which you have done- me the honor to speak to
me; that Major-General Butler yet acts as military governor, and
that foreign consuls are still in official connection with him. If this
supposition is erroneous, if the letters published in the New York
Times are apocryphal, you will much oblige me, sir, by having the
goodness to apprise me thereof; for it cannot, I think, be indifferent
to the King's Government to know whether the consul of the Nether-
lands (Mr. Couturie or another) would remain or not, in case of having
official connections with Major-General Butler.
In conclusion, sir, neither the King's Government nor the royal
legation have any motive for sustaining beyond justice either Mr.
Couturie or any other Netherlandish consul; and whether it be a ques-
tion of Mr. Couturie or of another functionary of the Netherlands
whose conduct shall be censurable, no personal consideration will ever
restrain the Royal Government from listening to the sentiments of its
own dignity and from the consideration due to foreign governments;
it will hasten always to remove from service every person who shall
have seriously violated his duty or gratuitously offended an authority
or functionary of a friendly Government.
I have the honor, sir, to renew to you the assurances of my high
consideration.
ROEST VAN LIMBURG.
[Inclosure.-Translation.]
NOTE.] NEW ORLEANS, August 11, 1862.
The second paragraph of the communication of the Secretary of
State of the United States to the minister of the Netherlands, dated
the 5th of June last, is thus conceived: "The statements," &c.
In his letter of the 9th of June the minister, referring to this pas-
sage, says to the consul: "I invite you to write to me about it."
A few lines are sufficient to explain all.
Mr. Couturie is a wine and liquor merchant. His stores and
countingroom are at No. 33 Gravier street. The Netherlandish
consulate, where the silver and all the articles seized and carried off
by order of General Butler were found, was on premises No. 109
Canal street. The localities are distinct, and the distance which
separates the two establishments is near about equal to that between
the White House and Willard's Hotel at Washington.
On the 10th of May last, at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr.
Couturie was at the consulate. Hitherto he had no idea or suspicion
of the lamentable acts which were going soon to blaze out. Hearing
a voice in the office say that a Federal officer had come to see Mr.
Couturie, he stepped forward, saying that he was Mr. Couturie, consul
of the Netherlands. The Federal officer exhibited no order from
General Butler; he put no question concerning the articles which
might be found in the keeping of the consul; he asked no information
or explanation on any subject, but confined himself to saying and
doing what has been stated in the report of the consul.
These are the preliminary facts, plainly reported; the rest are stated
in the consular report. Mr. Couturie asserts that if information of
the character of that spoken of in the communication of the Secretary
of State had been asked of him in the name of General Butler, or on
the part of any other established authority, he would have hastened
to furnish it, because no reason or cause can be imagined for refusing
it, since acts of deposit were recorded in the books of the consulate.490
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/499/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.