Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-04
OF The Louisville Journal thus venfi-.
lstes its opinion as to the arrest of Ha..
son and SIidell:
The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Times writes IS follows concerning the trun-
peted mission Of Mason and Slidell: s--t
PAR1s, Friday Nov. 1, 1861.

PARIS Friday, Nov. /, 1851
The Southern Commissioners, who now at Par
IS, look forward TO the arrival of Mr. Sldil with
great deal of pleasure. They have immense conf
dence in his abilities, and anticipate, upon srr
inducements for taking their Govern nent under
their protection. Since the word protection has
it mentioned that one Of the new Inducements Mr.
Siidel is authorized TO offer the French Govern.
mens as the price OF recognition is that Of giving
France what IS called N diplomacy protectsrats
the new Confederacy, with such commercial sd
vantsses as must be irresistible OF course j have
no means of guaranteeing the truth of this ruror
One thing, however, is certain-great hopes are
built upon the diplomacy which Mr. S.idsu wiz insr.
gurate upon his arrival.
In the light Of these facts, VIC may form
tolerably just estimate Of the Importance of
the seizure of the rebel Ambassadors Ma.
king due allowance for the enthusiasm and
overweening confidence of the Southern
Commissioners in PaIis, as we'll as for the
evanescent character of effects depending
chiefly on mere fraud and cunning, il ia
certain, after all, that Mason and SIden.
if they had safely reached Europe, would
have inflicted considerable damage on the
national cause, and, in contingencies not
impossible, might have damaged it very So
riously. They are certainly both men of
mark in their way, and their way is very
well suited to the cause they were appoint-
ed to represent. 49,.
Slidell, as the American public knows, ia
an intriguer of the first order, combining
the keenness and energy of his native North
with depth of secretiyeness and malignity
which belongs properly to climes nearer the
equator than even his adopted South. He
is a sort of cross between the fox and the
tiger. Experienced, energetic, dextrous.
unscrupulous, and fred by quenchless ha-
tired of the section which gave him birth and
of the country to which he owes allegiancs,
he is admirably fitted to push he interests
Of the rebellion in countries where his own
Is neither loved nor comprehended As for
Mason, whatever may be said of him in tho
extravaganza of righteous scorn, his power
is by no means to be despised He is in
many respects dangerous adversary His
astuteness, his self possession, his audacity
of pretension, his skill and experience In
affairs, the prominent figure he has cut
heretofore in our public life, snd even the
ancestral glory that made q fool of him
here, would alike conspire to render him
effective abroad in the capacity in which he
sought to 60. With all his many and inde-
feasible titles to contempt, it cannot be de-
| MED that he is well-informed, ingenious,
| and plausible.
| On the whole, therefore, we conclude, that,
| whatever difference of opinion there may be
| amongst loyal people as to the degree of the
| Importance of the seizure of the rebel Am
| bassadors, every one must agree that it is
better for the country that they are where
/ they are than where they would like to be,
and where they probably would be, but for
the decision and gallanlry of Capt. Wilkes.
No matter what may come of the seizare,
Captain Wilkes deserves the applause Of
the country. zT@ & - a' ---