Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-21
OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK On MINISTER

lac Hew York Tribune, with coa-seness IL! vi
cary which VS. have .srey seen equs.ed even IN lis
own ribald columns, abuses the lion. John L Mason
our Minister a. The Court Of 81. Cloud, u1nn ;he i:h
OF saIds.ous story, which has got into the newspa.
pers to the effect tLGt, for breach OF courtesy To-
wards the Empress be had received formal repri'
mand from the French Minister Of Foregn Hsars.-
10 oue who knows Judge Mason will Tor Is moment
bsey. that GuY such thing las ever occurred for be
has ,ssg bred 10 school Of poleness to which The
philosophers OF tue ere strangers, and wren
recognises the most chyalrous oel.cscy towards 40
man IS the h.st requisite Of gentleman. Gree.ey L.
indeed, marveously proper person 10 give Lectures
on JienssaRc:-a man whose very appearance III soci
e.: is perpetual insult to ladies and who could never
end admission any pretence into decent circle
abroad.
The secret Of all this Noriher. dsracton of Judge
Mason is understood Only by those vino have had oc'
casiun to observe the couduct Of Yankee newspaper
CORRESPONDENTS in Paris. No Inau is greater Hun
key Ill bis obs.Q uousness 10 rank than your weekly
letter writer to horthern Journals. and this class are
forever be-iegng the ofi:e o. the legation III Ears
with applications Tor tickets Of Admission 10 the luz
perrin balls and receptions at the Taerles. The mo-
nsnt they get point blank refusal from the Minister,
lstter j, despatched to the u. States narTatln2 some
purely imaginary incident tending 10 throw rIdica!c
upon that independent oiicer-hinc W1 !dfh'yme.-
We happen to know that Judge Mason has suffered
10 this way more than Ouoe because he you'd NOT
comply with the impudsnt claims made upon ba time
and convenience by some boUr Of penny-a liner,
who wAs ambitious Of making biinstlf conspicuous
at Court. but who had never reached any more re.
fined circle of French sucety thsn that OF the Jar
DIN NtIilie
Az for the editorial sarcasm of the Tribune, couch
3D. as they are, in the language of the Bowery or the
Five poinls. and garnished by the correctness o;
Thuuss II. Benton, whom the Tribune quotes in liz
latest artire,l they will pass i"r what they are worth
among gentlemen Al the North aud NJ the South. IL
i. enough for the Tribune TIE; man is SnuherDtr
and STAKEHOLDER; il is enough TO know that ne
lives in save StntB and uphods Southern nstltu-
| linus, to induce that INSCRIPTIONS aud mendacinus
journal to shower down upon him it's chuicest ep:thets
| of delrncton. No amount Of merit in the public
councils, no purity OF private life, can save him from
the rage aud venom OF Greeley and HE colleagues
Il was but the other day that they made malignant
assault upon the Rev. Charles H. Reed al Richmond
They abused Judge Berrien Of Georgia, IN an
nouucing his death. They would not hesitate to Mt
! tack George Washington if he were now living. II
il no wonder at ali that they delight To vitupernte
Judge Mason, since that excellent gentleman, by The
Kindness Of his heart, the aneni,y of hit manners
the singuuers Of his patriotism, aud the un"btrnslvr
| but elegant and proiuse hospitality which he OBJ
ssrves towards his couutrymen in Paris has proved
standing fsiu;atiop Of all the ant.slavery fanact
have ssd of s;e yG... Gbout :be DECLINE Of Southern
nsnuess ard the demornizirg Il fleet u the 'peca
| liur institution" upon Southern masters FtserS
| gurr ErDrcss.