Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-02-07
TAo london Tine. on Mason and sndalL

Wemay rs well observe that Nessrs. Mason
and Shdell are about the most worthless booty
il would he possible to extract from the jaws
Of the American lien. They have long been
known as the blind sad habilual haters and
revilc=.s If this country. They have sl-,ne more
than any o'her men tu get up the insane pre-
jidoc against England which dissraees the
morality ami disorders the policy Of the Tn
t,n> The hatred OF this country has been
their stock in trs.le. On this they have earn
ri 'hcir political livelihood and won their po-
siiinn, insi as there ere others who pauder to
the lnver passions Of humanity. 4 dilgcnt
uSc Of This h41 cIpiial has made them what
they are. and raised ih.nI 10 the rank If Com
m;ssiunprS. II IS through their lifelong ha-
tired and abuse of Elglan that they come
here in their present conspicuous capacity
The nation under whn-e flg they sought safe
passage hcrnsS the Ailantic-ihe nation that
hrs now rescged them with all her might from
the certainty Of n dungeon aud the chances oi
Il r,iHliatorv murder. is that against which
they have always done their hest 10 cxasperate
their cuunirym.n. IIld they psrished in the
cell or on the scaff,ld. amid the triumphant
yrlls of the multitude, memory would have
suggested that th.ir own bitter iir5liles had
raisesl the storm, AMI that their death was on
y the natural al logical cInclusiOn Of th ;ir
own cI'Hnnics and sOphiStries So VIC DO hope
that our cOunirymen will not give these fei-
loLr, anything in the shape Of an ovation
The civility that IS due 10 foe in distress is
all that they can claim. We have retnrned
them gOoi tor evil. and sOOth tu say We should
be exceedingly sorry that they should ever be
in situation TO choose what return they will
make fnr the .,n.Rl we have now done them
They here E,r their own interest. and Ia
order. if P'ssibe, tn drag Us into their own
qrlrre!, and. l'ul for the unpleasant contingen-
cies nf prison. rather disappointed. perhaps,
that the;F detention did not prove ke u new
war.
When they stepped on boanl the Trent, they
did not trouble themselves with the Thought
Of Z G mischief thry might b.. j ling to an un-
''fiyndns ncHiral; and il now. Ivy ANY less per
ilOus device. they could cniangle Us in the war.
NJ doubt They would be only too happy. We
trust there is no chance nf their doing this.
Tor, impartial as the British public Is in the
matter, ii certainly has no pgei,,kce in favor oI
slavery. which. IL anything. tl.esc gentlemen
repre- -ent. What they and their Sccretal les
are TO dJ hire passes our conjecture They
must moi supp 'sc, because We have gone TO the
very verge of great war TO rescue them, that
therefore they precious in our eyes. We
StOutid hare done ua rs much 10 rescue tIro Of
their ora negroes, and bad that been the object
cfthe rescue, the swarlhy POmp'y and Cesar
would have hal just the same right to trium-
phal arches and municipal addresses as MeSsrs
SIdell and Mason. So.. please British public,
let us have none Of these things. let the
Commissioners come up PIieily to towr, and
have their say with aHybEly who. may have
time to listen TO them, For our part, we can
NOT see hpw anything they have TO tell can
turn the scale Of British duty and deli5eraiion
There have been many cases Of peoples and
nations establishing an &C ual independence,
and coIuNe'liag the recognition of the world,
that al Ye 10 d. is what we have done
before. the very last year. This is
now simple matter Of precedent. Our
statesmen and lawyers know qnite as much
on the subject as VI .ssrs Mason and Slidell.
and there is no need. OF their information or
advice.