Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-28
The Rebel Commissioner. at Bermuda.

14th, gives some account OF the arrival and
reception there OF Mason and Slidell The
report that they went there in tile Gladiator
was incorrect. The Bermuda paper says
1.-THE Rnaldo was to have taken the com
missions to Halifax, TO enable them TO take
passage in the Cunard steamer which left that
port tor England on Friday last. She, howev-
err having met with such exceedingly bitter
weather, ice having formed in thick masses
around her hull, on her deck and some distance
up her rigging, and having had several of her
crew frostbitten, the captain, though at one
time within fifty miles of Halifax, was reluc-
family, compelled to bear up for Bermuda.
On the day the Riuado arrived here the naval
commander-in chief Admiral Sir Alexander
Milne, entertained party al dinner and Com
mander Hewett, and the four southern gentle
men, his guests, were, we understand, invited
to Clarence Hill, where they spent the eve
ming.
1t appears that Mr.. Slidell, in Bermuda,
was blatant busterer, even at the British
admiraPs table, but Sir Alexander Milne, who
is too old 10 be caught with bOmbast, deter.
mined to allow no latitude OF this kind, and
took care to stop ii when it became obtrusive
M. Mason is described as being perfect gen
tleman, and appears to have satisfied the Eng
lish admiral in every way. 1t is a general
rule with admiral Milne, wherein he exercises
voving such heavy responsibilities to be
talked over at the dinner table, more particu
larry as it was Il spirit OF generous hospitality
alone which prompted him to invite the rebels.
On their arrival at Gambler, and before
leaving Bermuda, Mason is described as look
ing depressed, careworn, and dejected-no
doubt arising from the fact that he was now
world wide wanderer, after proving rebel to
his country and traitor to its constitution.
Slidel wore the appearance Of man possess
ing stern, frOward, and uncomfortable TEN.
per, which nothing can daunt or subdue.
They left Bermuda they came-withOut i
solitary cheer from the crowd or the slightest
mark of public enthusiasm being rendered
them.
The Rinaldo left again on Friday, hoping to
reach st. Thomas in time 10 place the COM
missioners on board the royal West India mail
steamer, which was to leave that island for
England to-day"
British enthusiasm over these traitors, now
that Great Britain has possession of them, does
not by any means correspond TO the belligerent
vehemence with which they were demanded
from our government. They were received
very coolly at Bermuda. and, in England,
where, according to the London Times, they
are held to be of no more value than "two
negroes" the reception is likely to be cooler
still. The London Times evidently notices q
change in the current Of feeling among the
British peopl and, with characteristic lack
of principle, is preparing to sail on the other
tack. We shall not be surprised to hear OF a
reaction there that will battle the aims of the
tory aristoeracy and darken more and more
the hope OF the rebels. Having no longer on
hand for discussion the Outrage" done by
our government, the people and press may
turn to the real merits of our controversy
with the rebels. Already they remember that
the Mason in whose behalf they have taken
so much pains and spent so much money, is
the author OF the fugitive slave bill.
In all our estimates of expressions of polit-
cal feeling in Great Britain, VIC should care
fully discriminate between the insoent arts
tocracy who have so much social and political
influence, and that large and growing class of
intelligent "commoners" who are represented
by Golden, Bright, and others, and who are
sustained by the sympathy OF large numbers
of the people not directly classed with them.
While the government refused to recognize
Hungary "a belligerent," because it would
be "unlriendIy" to Austria to do So there was
in Great Britain large amount of sympathy
for the Hungarian patriots and although
British diplomacy was active in behalf of the
miserable house of Hapsburg, the London
brewers did not hesitate to mob Haynau. The
more liberal class, that is to say, the better
and more enlightened class, may now, perhaps,
be able to stand up successfully against tory
influence, on this American question, and be-
come masters Of the situation. Let us hope
So
The English tories and aristocrats have
openly protested desire to see the great Am
erican republic destroyed. Their reason for
this desire is expressed as follows by the Lon
don Morning Post, the property and organ of
Lord Pamerston :-"Precisey because its
power has been, not guarantee of, but a me.
to, the common interests of progress and chill.
cation, the sudden decay and overthrow of that
power will be hailed as a blessing and a boom"
BY the Common interests of progress aud
civilization" the London Post means the pow
err and performance of the British aristocra
cy aud its affiliations throughout Europe
Successful republicansm is felt as a menace,
because it shows that the nations can dispense
with aristocracies and dynastic houses, and
stimulates the civilized people of every cline
and country to desire free institutions There.
fore Lord Palmerston's organ desires the de-
struction Of our government as Ga blessino
mud a boon "