...n-of-war in sight! Mr. Slidell stepped forward, and said: Do you wish to see me? and Mason, just beside him, echoed to see me? Mr. Fairfax vainly tried to induce them to accompany him to the San Jacinto , and as they positively refused to go, he said: Gentlemen, you may as well prepare to go at once, peaceably if you want to, but by force if necessary, for in twenty minutes you shall be on board tha...