Yet at the same time with Mason, President Davis sent out Slidell to France and Mr. Lamar to Russia.

然而与梅森同时，戴维斯总统派斯莱德尔去法国，拉马尔先生去俄罗斯。

Slidell returned to the United States, firm in the belief that only force could win the Mexican territories the United States wanted.

斯莱德尔返回美国，他坚定地认为只有武力才能赢得美国想要的墨西哥领土。

Slidell was to offer to pay these claims if Mexico would accept the Rio Grande River as the border between Texas and Mexico.

如果墨西哥接受用格兰德河作为德克萨斯州和墨西哥的边界，斯莱德尔将提出支付索赔。

Slidell arrived in Mexico City in December, eighteen hundred forty-five. The Mexican government had grown even weaker. And Herrera was afraid he would be forced from power if he met with the American diplomat.

斯莱德尔于1845年12月抵达墨西哥城，此时的墨西哥政府变得更加软弱无能。赫雷拉担心，如果他会见美国外交官，自己将被迫下台。

And America would pay Mexico five million dollars for New Mexico and twenty-five million more for California. If these offers were rejected, Slidell was to try to buy part of California for five million dollars.

美国将向墨西哥支付500万美元购买新墨西哥、2500万美元购买加利福尼亚。如果这些提案遭到拒绝，斯莱德尔将试着以500万美元收购加利福尼亚的部分土地。

He had his collision with Palmerston; he drove Russell off the field; he swept the board before Cockburn; he overbore Slidell; but he never lifted a finger against Mason, who became his bulwark of defence.

他与帕默斯顿发生了冲突。 他把拉塞尔赶出了球场； 他在科伯恩之前横扫了董事会； 他太过分了斯莱德尔； 但他从来没有对梅森动过一根手指， 梅森成了他的防御堡垒。

In November, 1861, Captain Wilkes, commanding a union vessel, overhauled the British steamer Trent, and carried off by force two Confederate agents, Mason and Slidell, sent by President Davis to represent the Confederacy at London and Paris respectively.

1861年11月，威尔克斯船长指挥一艘联盟船对英国轮船特伦特号进行检修，并强行带走了戴维斯总统派往伦敦和巴黎代表南方邦联的两名南方邦联特工梅森和斯莱德尔。