The New York herald., 1862-01-30

the only opinion possibly TO s that We must
immediately recognise the Southern States send fleet
on the sea and 6naly to naugurate Mr. Jeferson
Davis whatever city Of the whole Union he would pre-
fer for that purpose.
or course they will be stared at and followed and pho
tographed and made tho subject Of paragraphs There
is no help for that Mr. Thomas Sdwys cannot svaIs Ms
streets oh friend ask the Mayor for permisson 20 put
up booth a market place, but tts cropd immedioey con
e!uds TIE rough hard vssaesd 4! tavovsd pair 70 Be
Slidell, with their two secretaries, though not
handsome and graceful their countryman
they proposed to address the visters there on the
merits OF their But for the benefit Of the dis
ormnating-fort the guidance Of the minority that pre-
ers at least respectable IDOL and that does wish
throw away its confidence and applause we may well
observe that Messrs Mason and Sde about the most
nhless tooy oad epoe TO extract from, the ja,c, of
the american lion. They haze long been knocm as tie blind
and haJiai hGters releys Of this cotry Tey hare
done than any other men to get up the prejudice
orders ne policy Of Tie Union. The hatred
of this country has been their stock trade On this they
has sa.a rs sr pSl.eal a., ,meoa % ana y, o their posion
humaniy dilig of this bad capital has made them
what they are and raised them to tie rank Of commissioner
IT through their lifelong hatred and abuse OF England
that they here in their present conspicuous capa
city The nation under whose flag they sought
safe passage across the Atiantic-the nation that has
now rescued them with all her might from the certainty
Of dungeon and the chances OF retaliaory murder
that against ,ohich they has always done their betto erape
the scaold, amid the triumphant yells of the multi
tude memory would have suggested that their bitter
TRADES had raised the storm and that their death
only the natural and logical conclusion Of their own
calumnies and s0phistries.
So we do sincerely hope that our counrymen wl not
gipc these fellc,os anything in The shape Of ovation The
cviity that due to foo in distress is all that they
claim We have returned them good for evil, and soOth
to say should be exceedingly sorry that they should
ever be in situation to choose what return they will
make for the good we have now done them. They
are here for their own interest, in order, If possible
to drag into their quarrel, and but for the
unpleasant contingencies OF O prison, rather disap
pointed, perhaps, that their detention has not pro-
voked a new war Whom they stepped on board the
Trent they did not trouble themselves with the thought
of the mischief they might be doing uno.endng
tral and If by any less perlous Device they could
entangc in the war doubt they would be only too
happy. We trust there is no chance OF their doing
this, for, impartial the British public is in the
Of slavery, which, If anything those gentlemen
represent. what they and their secretaries
to do here passes our conjecture. They personally
nothngto rs. They must not suppose because have
that therefore they precious in eyes We should
have dcne Just much 10 rescue tm0 Of their negroes
and had that been the object OF the the swarhy
Pompey and Caesar would have had just the
same right to triumphal arches and municipal ad
dressess as Messrs. Mason and Slidell. So, please,
British public, let's have Of these things
Lot the Commissioners up quietly to town,
and have their say ih anybody vho may haze tine 10 listen
10 them For our part, cannot how anything thoy
have to tell the scale OF British duty and debe
tons establishing actual Independence and compelling
the recognition of the World that all have to do s what
have done before, up tho very last year. This is
now simple matter Of precedent. Our statesmen and
and !SsdcD, and need Of their Information
ddeire.