New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-30


10 European affairs we no. only inherit from
Washington, bat from the early circ1nsssnees Of
the repobc. At the time when that great N az 80
imPressivey proclaimed it, any other pohcy "oaio
have been DjGd clous AID even exvavsgsnt Bat
il may perhaps BE- qaes,iored whether MS mind
conceived the present magnitude and importance
Of this nation snd q. Any rate 10 q matter o. g.
mach importance We ought - see ressOns o! our
oHn for sdoeriug 70 hs advice All Lot take u
merely becsu j, is his, which wo0ld be AZ act o.
political superstition
The United states has already cuts7oTD the
period Of sations infancy, and viih9o. arrogs ncs
nay claim 70 be one Of the gres, powers Of the
globe. Oar vas. territory, oar varied and fruitful
industry, tn. comfort, intelligence and energy
which obusoterizs our people, the nsta-sl and
healthy vgor OF our free Institutions, a. mark for
as an Influential position among nsuon, in the
present, one more iLhGeutisI IN the fatUre Has
this fec. no dotiesof It's orn' Does j, bring with
i,no peculiar re.Pounbiity
We are tod that these duties are ell at home
thA. they will be di,chs-ge1 by our looking ibafP
| after the goodness Of car domestic behavior ana
keeping up stren7ogsly the excellence q our ex'
ample. We DO not presume 10 say that al 'A's 70
not advisable; indeed, we believe 1t 70 be most
necessary. B1, that 1t 10 not enough suggested
a, les,. BIZ the fact that our symPsthiss sPoLtiHe
oo,ly 20 beyond IT, We cannot look uumoved ct
the ca,..uopbe Ia Hungary. il the oonsciousne's
thu; we are setting the example OF Republican
freedom, Of Liberty and order, Of progress without
ds,t-oo:ivism Individually mos. Of Us would be
| asbamed could we be % unmoved, as the warmth CT
our words and the readiness Of oar action, when
seton is called for, may attest The question then
is. Wb.. should we do collectively - nation
having a government for its organ
We are well aware that this 10 subject on
which perhaps the majority Of readers entertain
q traditional belief which cannot be disturbed
without a shock We know that the view We
sueeest will seem a rash one 70 both se!hshDe"
and ,imidity, bat yet il 10 one whose coosidera-
ton cannot be much longer avoided. Ass mem.
Der Of the family Of nations are we not bound TO
express our opinion where that opinion will have
weight 10 behalf Of the right As powerful Re
public ere we no. bound 10 stsDd by our princi-
pies Is the policy necessary in the day Of our
weakness justifsble in the day OF our strength
/. there not such a thing as national selfish
ness and is not that even more vice than
individual sshshnes II the strong man 10
cowMdiy and contemplate, who would stand by
while two or three other men were NAL treating
a child, and seek to make gain out Of them by
trade, without protest against their cruelty or
an Effort 10 arrest II, what shall be said Of great
and free State which pursues similar course
To our thinking it deserves only the greater
shame and condemnation.
Let us not be misunderstood we are not advo-
eating what Is called the forcbe propagation OF
our principles Thank God, they have natural
force Of their own which needs no assistsnoe.-i
We would never have H. EN- defended where they
had not carried themselves by their own moral
vitality. Bot VIVA. we do say is this, that we
would never see them violently or frau1ulsntly
suppressed where they had once fairly become
established without making all judicous nstional
opposition thereto. II, for instance, Russia and
Austria should combine to put down the freedom
of Switzerland. we would have this Republic utter
a decided negative TO that project. and in case
such negative were not sufficient, give TO Switzer-
land an equally decided support. To such course
let us be assured that duty and our interest
alike bind US. We belong to this world and may
not presume to hold ourselves apart from IT. b
cause we would not be Qaixotic, we must not he
purely selfish.
In these remsrks we fad no fault with the
past rigorous observance ola contrary policy. The
GOvernme nj could not do otherwise twas bound
TO obey the will Of the nation as consttutionaly
expressed. Let public conviction and sentiment
be changed and it will be bound to do otherwise
1t is such a CT ange that we seek. c. A. D.