16, 1863.] [Footnote 1113: McRea wrote to Hotze, September 17, 1863, that in his opinion Slidell and Hotze were the only Southern agents of value diplomatically in Europe (Hotze Correspondence).

He thought all others would soon be recalled.

Slidell, himself, even in his letter to Mason, had the questionable taste of drawing a rosy picture of his own and his family's intimate social intercourse with the Emperor and the Empress.] [Footnote 1114: Sept.

23, 1863.] [Footnote 1115: e.g., _Manchester Guardian_, Sept.

23, 1863, quoted in _The Index_, Sept.