Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-01
What is thought Of the Surrender Of
Mason and Slidell.
Extracts from InnuentIal .JotfEnolss
that have expressed themselves.
iEPr11ithS My WorIdl


tPr5mths N u. woFBd.l II
II, afier an attentive pernsal of this corr
respondence, there should remain any diff |
ference OF opinion respecting the merits OF
the controversy, there can assuredly be !
none as to the advantage We gain in es-
Gaping Immediate danger Of foreign war. |
The rebel authorities at Richmond are
welcome TO all the consolation they, can
extract from the release of their emissaries, |
By the decision Of our Government the
transient CLEAN of hope which shot
athwart the rebellion vanishes as sudden. |
lyas midnight darkness closes in upon the
lightning's fash, ere we can say stiI light
ems" The insurgents are LEFT toiGght It
out alone, without navy, without sea-
ports, without market for their staples,
and consequently without pecuniary re-
sources.
We have escaped a contest with the
most formidable navy on the globe, at a
time when our naval force is needed for
the blockade and our expeditions against
the Southern coast. We avoid the neces-
sity of dividing our army and diVertinE
part of it to the defence of the coast and
campaign in Canada. Our commerce re.
mains nearly MS safe MS II we were not at
war. Viewed in the simple light of the
advantages of continued peace with Eng
land, the surrender of these prisoners,
which deprives the rebels Of a powerful
ally and saves us from two formidable
wars at once, must be regarded with satis-
faction.
LProm The New York Tribune
Let none imagine that VIC object 70 the.
release of the rebel Commissioners, or to
the manner in which Gov. Seward has con-
Quoted the discussion on our part. On the
contrary, we heartily approve both the fact
and the terms of our Governments COM
PliNnce with the British demand. We
thoroughly agree with the general spirit
both of Gov. Stewards AMI Of Mr.. Thou.
venels suggestions that it i'll becomes the
United States, after their honorable strug-
giles and sacrifices in behalf of the Free
dom of the Seas, to be even accused Of un-
taithtulness to the great principle. II We
are ever again TO be brought into hostile
collision with Greet Britain on a question
involving, or CIa..ned us involving, the
Maritime Rights of neutrals, we insist that
our flag shall be unfurled and upheld, as
hitherto, in accordance with all our nation
al instincts and traditions, on the side of
the recognition, the establishment, or even
tue enlargement of those rights-never on
the other. If Great Britain should to.
morrow object to the treatment of anything
/ "AUNSNGL 40 GOuLuUHuu VI war, except IN
the case of vessel violating, or intending
to violate Il blockade, we hope our Gov.
ernment-nt whatever present inconveni-
ence-will Mt once assent to the new doc
trine thus asserted-new, at all events,
from that quarter.
We beg those who have been SO loudly
asserting that Mason and Slidell could not
be surrendered-that" the lower orders or
"mob" ruled in this country, and would
never permit such surrender-tO take note
of the fulfllment or failure of their proph-
ecies. We believe tue Administration is
stronger with the people to-day than if
Mason and Slidcll had never been captured
or their surrender had been refused. And,
IL the GLOVER orders" of our people do not
eVince moro sagacity than theircOutemners,
and leave their Government free to do what
1t deems best in the premises. VIC will ad-
init that we have hitherto ovcrrntGd them.
from the N. Timss.I -a.a
A portion of our people will be tisap-
pointed at the result arrived at by our
Government, in the affair Of the Trent
But that feeling will have no deeper basis
than a temporary ana impuisIVs ciiuTrtlI.
that two such rebels as Mason and Slideli
should have slipped through our fingers,
in consequence Of the interposition of the
English Government on their behalf. And
even this feeling will promptly yield to the
profound satisfaction OF the whole coun-
try, that we have honorably escaped tho
fearful perils OF n war with England,
which, whatever might have been its ultl-
mate issue, would have given n certain tri-
umph to the Southern rebellion. The
real disappointment at the pacific settle-
ment of this question will DO felt in the
dominiOns of JEFF. Davis. The rebels had
/ tnknO frAeh nHf ~ ~ III
might, ut the prospect OF having the whole
military aud naval power of Great Britain
thrown into the scale on their behalf
The sudden destruction Of TINT hope will
fall upon them like thunderbolt. It will
do more to dishearten and paralyze their
efforts than any other event, short Of an
overwhelming defeat at the hands of tho
Union forces.
Prom the n. Y. uerAld.l
To the cGndor, ability and legal knowl-
edge Of Mr.. Seward is the British Minister