The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-10
FOREIGN Folioy of this Country.

EoE6A8n EOAof VI uAlh OQQulEY.
In dispatch written to an American Minister it
was once remarked by Mr.. Canning that " the
strength and power of Great Britain are not for
herself only but for the world" If this be true of
Great Britain, with how much more propriety may
it be said of the United States-the first and the
only nation whose laws and institutions are founded
on those Just and equal rights which ought to be
secured to the whole of the race. When uttered
by a British Minister the sentiment appears nothing
more than part of that arrogance which has
characterized the island aristocraey in every stage
of its existence. But an American may take the
sentence and apply it to his own country with JUS
tice and, propriety-nay, he may Nviden the propo-
sition and assert that the strength and the power
Of America are not for herself only, but for the
universe. The great truths on which the American
Government is founded are not confined to this
world alone They pervade all the regions of
space, and wherever man has been, is, or may be,
the doctrines of equal rights and equal laws are
applicable Ifwhen we have converted the world
to democracy, we could take wings and fly away
to the moon or to the farthest planet that revoves
about the most distant star, the principles Of the
government under which we live would be as ap-
plicable' theFs as on the earth we now inhabit.
The principles, then, OF our laws are expansive
and it is impossible to attempt to limit their inu-
ence or confne the sphere within which they may
be exercised. As American institutions are essen
TALLY extending in their nature and capable of in
definite application, it is idle say that the Amer
people are to care little or nothing for what is
Transporting beyond their own borders. Especially
is it necessary for TO watch carefully the move,
ments Of all other nations on this continent. 81 To
us, in name as we'll as in reality, has been given
the lead among the people of this hemisphere. We
have received the style and appellation of Ameri-
cans, and it behOoves US to show that we are not
unworthy of the prominence which has been
awarded us-that we are capable of maintaining
those rights which are peculiarly American from
the aggressons of European monarchs and Euro
pean Adventures
The doctrine has been long since put forward by
the United States, that the nations of Europe were
motto be permitted TO extend their territorial pos
sessions on the American Continent And we may
shortly be called on 10 maintain this international
regulation which we have assiduously promul
gated. A powerful people are aiming al the pos
session of the central portions Of the continent
They have assumed the protectorate of an Indian
tribe which is altogether without thesforms of civ
Hized organization and, in carrying out their plans
in Central America, they have lately come in con-
tact with the rights Of certain American citizens
When Great Britain first claimed control over the
Mosquito King, or a right to interfere with hisaf-
fairs, it would have been we'll for us to protest
against the prerogative she usurped 1t is not too
late yet to check the growth Of English power in
Honduras, and force Great Britain to acknowledge
what we have so often and so long asserted-the
| right Of American nations to manage American
| soil in their own way
There are a few, but a very few, who deny to
the United States this right of limiting acquisitions
on the continent 1t is clear, however, that were
our Government purely and essentially conserva-
tive instead of being progressive, that it would be
the part Of wisdom to prevent European possessions
from extending in the western hemisphere. Report
says that an angry correspondence has arisen be-
tween the British and American diplomatsts in re-
gard to the recent note sent by the British Consul
to the American Navigation Company; and this
will probably be the most difficult foreign question
that the present Administration will be called on
to settle. The Mosquito matter will be far more
difficult than the Poussin controversy. In the
former there is a substantial question at issue, and
it is not likely that England will be disposed to
yield up her claims to a territory she has taken
some pains to acquire for one of her dependents.
The Cabinet has given US the correspondence in
the Poussin controversy, and many think that our
Secretary has got the better of the French Minis
ter With far better position, and far better argu-
ments, it is probable that Mr., Clayton will appear
even better in the Mosquito question than in the
matter of Port and the Eugene