New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-04

We suspect suaI inc guldes, Philosopher
and friends of Plenipo Mason have taken lOav,
Of their wits. 1t was distinctly understood.
when that ponderous Rebel was dispatched
AlbiOnward, that he should be well watched
by judicous agents of the Southern Govern.
ment. The secret motive in giving him nom.
iual mission was, as we all know, to get rid
of him. At Montgomery and Richmond be
was continually putting bis finger and his fose
into every department Of public afairs. Az
might be expected, the oxtremities of 80 colos.
sal uumskull soon obstructed business TO .
dangerous extent; and il was decided that hs
must be set at work 10 some direction where
fingers and feet might be intruded without i'm.
mediate peril to the cause His natural In
cliuations and synpathics turned toward Lon
don, for obvious reasons. In the first place.
London is foggy. In the next place, London
is dull. In several additional places, London
is pompous, fussy, egotstic ana braggart-all
Of which qualities lured the cOngenial senseI Of
the ex-senator. II there were any earthly
conditions which, above oil others, he felt him.
self qualified to meet without fear OF beng
overmatched, they were precisely those Of fog.
dullness, pomp fuss, egotism aad trag' 10
London, then, he was SENT though not with
ont misgivinga For precautions saAe, Sli.
dell considered to have brains enough for two)
was not only deputed to exercise Jealous
scrutiny from the Continent but certain
number of adroit diplomatists was unoihcaIly
attached to the leviathan himself, whose task
it was to keep him well in hand aud, at all
hazards, TO check too frequent put.inss-.n oil
fingers and feet.
Up to a recent period we had every reason
TO believe these duties well fulfilled Bat tho
last steamer brings evidence of on e1traOrd.
nary lapse. Mason has made speech. Words
cannot depict our estimate of tho injury 70
Rebel prospects abroad which this fact presages.
As the taste of blood alouses tue most ptiless
instincts Of the hyena, go does the echo Of his
own voice in public excite in Mason the pas.
sion for perpetual CAB. The frst fume Of
oratory gets into bis head, and he forthwith
reels volumes There 10 no turn-cOek to his
spout lie can only choose between total alb.
stinence aud utter proaigacy of indulgence.
Aud therefore, unless some sudden aud violent
means be taken to suppress him, we feel as.
sured that he will bore away, within week.
whatever feeble chances Of recognition the Con.
federscy had previously secured. That he
might go on for years modify putting bis foot
in it, without provoking more than petulant
remembrance, we can, with some difficulty.
believe; but when it comes to putting HE
tongue in it, we know that the limit of mortal
endurance is lot far behind.
Mason's speech was let at dinner given BY
the Lord Mayor Of London, in the Mansion
House. On discovering the report of il in the
newspapers. We suspected hoax, by reason
of its astonishing brevily. The idea of Mason
making speech that occupied no moro than
two score of printed lines was one to lay Q
heavy tax upon credulity On second thoughts
/ it occurred to US that the reporters had cut il
short, from motives OF humanity. The process
il not uncommon 10 cases where q mole-hill u
idea 10 saddled with o mountain Of oratory. Ia
its published form, consequently, the speech is
quite an innocent looking thing. The real dan
ger is to be apprehended from its consequences.
We remember that, a couple OF years ago, the
citizens of the town OF Newburyport, in Mass.
achusotts consented to invite Mr.. Caleb Cush.
! ing ~ deliver them MI address. He talked all
one evening, aud exhausted everybody aud
everything but his subject The next night no
resumed operations, aud on, We believe. for
five successive nights, when a panic set in. aud
the inhabitants began to migrate to Plum
Island Since that time their prayer has been
for delivery from, not of, Cushing's lectures.
Now Mason, to put it mildly is at least as bad
rs Gushing; and how, knowing his nirmity
on this point, his guardians ever suffered him
to take the first step-the only step that costs
we are totally unable TO conceive.
The case is susceptible of only ono expIans-
ton, which can be best indicated by recalling
the anecdote of the youth who was admonished
in society to conceal his stupidity by keeping
hi, mouth shut. TO every observation he 70
turned blank stare, until ut last q vexed
qusstioner cried out---"The fellows fool
Whereupon the youth went and told bis father
that " they had found him out" 1t may be that
Mason has been found out, too, and the nss.
lessness of further silence being demonstrates
to his own satisfaction, he abandons himself
once moro to lngual latitude and licensc.
His prospects would, however, be more COM
Portable if tokens were not already apparent
of disposition not to humor him. Tho Eu
! clish public have heard of Mason Thoy have