NEW ORLEANS, May 12,
1862.
Maj. Gen. B. F. BUTLER, U.S. Army,
Commanding the Department of the
Gulf:
GENERAL: It having come to the knowledge of the undersigned
that the consulate of His Majesty the King of Netherlands in this city has been
forcibly entered by your order by some persons in the uniform of soldiers in
the service of the United States Government, the person of the consul subjected
to indignity and severe ill-usage and kept prisoner for several hours, it
becomes the duty of the undersigned, in view of treaties now existing between
the Governments which we represent and that of the United States, to formally
protest against such action and against any act authorized by you or any
authority of the United States that may be in contravention of such treaties.
We have the honor to
be, general, your most obedient servants,
Cte. Mejan, Le
Consul de France; Juan Callejon, Consul de España; Jos. Deynoodt, Consul de
Belgique; J. H. Eimer, Consul of Austria; A. F. Vails, Vice-Consul of Brazil;
R. Iken, Acting Bremen Consul; Rd. Murphy, Acting Consul, Sweden and Norway; H.
Klumpp, Acting Consul of Wurtemburg; Henry Frellsen, Consul of Denmark; B.
Teryaghi, Vice-Consul of Italy; George Coppell, Her Britannic Majesty's
Acting-Consul; J. Kruttschnitt, Acting Consul for Prussia and Hanover; F. W.
Freudenthal, Consul of Nassau and Brunswick; N.M. Benachi, Greek Consul; C.
Kock, Consul of the City of Hamburg; A. J. Da Silva, Vice-Consul de Portugal;
Otto Pressprich, Consul of Russia; A1. Piaget, Consul of Switzerland.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series III, Volume
2 (Serial No. 123), p. 121
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