The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-11-18

means II should be pro bone pn6leo without any
Of the nited States Of late assumed 6sder
1t has. more than one occasion, thrown down the
gauntlet to Europe and its older and In
situations This Ia weak and absurd IL rates Its
strength The united maritime powers Of Europe would
in single summer lay the United States PROSTATE,
to rouse England and France against Its inordinats
pretensions What these pretensiens are, will be best
understood BY passage from the address Of Mr. Squisr
the American Minister or Envoy appointed BY the Uni
ted States to the republic Of Nicaragua In
suppose Of the to which have refer
red This gentleman, in his address to the republic
to whch he IL accredited, says =
In order that the fabric Of international connec.
lions between the republics Of this rise
in the lapse Of years, with grandeur and harmony
In proportion corresponding With the magnitude Of
the means placed by Providence in their power, its
and morals distastefSl to the thrones and domi.
MEMS Of the elder world but co-extensve with the
surface Of the globe and lasting as the changes OF
time. cardinal policy In this principle Ia total
exclusion Of foreign influence from the domestic
and international affairs Of the American rspub.
lies. And, while would cultivate friendly inter
and promote trade and commerce with all the
world and invite to shores and to the enjoyment
Of cur Institutions the people Of all nations we would
proclaim, in language firm and distinct that the Anne
rcan continent belongs to Americans and is sacred to
republican freedom We should also let it be under.
res, the rights Of any of the American
States they Ict an injury upon ALL which 1t Ia alike
the duty aud determination OF all to see redressed"
Making due allowance for the bembast Of this ad-
dress and stripping IL OF Its mere verbisge, 1t differs
nothipg from the preteD ons put forward by Mr. Polk
"lrslsnd fer the Irish" the cry Of the late Mr.
OConnell; America for the Americans 10 the claim
of the citizens Of the Unted States although might
puzzle MIR. Polk or Mr. Squier to tell Europe whom he
calls an American We agree with the American
Envoy, that neither England nor any other country
has right to interfere Ia the domestic affairs of any
OF the American States but the affairs VI
the American republics very different question
and here the different powers Of Europe have
much right to interfere as IN the international az
fairs OF their own continent.
The language OF the American Envoy would imply
that the esrsl Of that continent to
be bound to be federal union, ts be under the die.
tstorsbip of the United States To this say tina.
sueh union can be formed or recognised by the Eu
ropean pswers without their consent and that the
versl governments Of America like those OF Europe,
must be bound by the laws OF nations, IS recog-
missed in civilized states. The inordinsts ambition
of the United States must be checked in this mat
ter, and the Americans must net expect that al
Though Texas and Mexico were so easily and
shame fully surrendered they msy In like manner sub
ject the other powers Of the continent to their
sway. We acqsit General Taylor the existing Pre-
Eident Of any such nonstrous pretensions As
general Of the state, he calamity conducted the
buceaneering expedition employed In the Next
can fofay, but AS statetmss, he condemned this
whole proceeding; and he has since shown his sense
t Justice and honor In supprersng the PIRATES expe
ditop intended against Cuba. IL the policy OF the
United states to be guided by General Taylor,
should have fear Of any unpleasant result still
cannot forget that Mr.. Squisr to whose Language
have referred Is the accredited agsnof the govern
ment at Wasbin gtoD and that his sentiments sre the
sentiments perysding the great msss Of the American
people
The English Navigation Laws and tins
United states.
fFrom the LONDON Chronicle, Oct 30.l
The proclamation jest Issued by the President OF the
nited States H. equivalent to the com pletc and final
discontinue OF that smell and ignoble party which de-
m ands legislative protection for the home industry OF
tie Union Whatever respectability attaches to the
defence OF protective system in old countries crises
presume, from the magnitude and antiquity Of the
mopopolies defended and from the number Of the per-
to whose profit the mistakes OF former have
r.duunded But, in North America, the most hard
working and sensible on the face OF the earth Is
called upon 20 buy in that which L. TO them the dear
and sell In that which Is Ia their case the cheap
market in the world for tie sake Of handful Of
England cotton spinners the oldest Of whee mills
has net stood quarter Of "A century, aud OF q few
rToIretors CT coal and iron mines in Pennsylvania,
v hich under liberal tariff may. perhaps be worked
hnEdrsd yssrs hence with legitimate prodt to the
ovn,re, and With real advantage To the country
The fight Of monePoy against free trade in America
has been Of wifu bibdness To the psinet inter-
este Of nation against tho common sense and persp-
cacty Tor whsh that nation Is reeminently di-tin
zuishsd IL would hardly have bee maintained so
long II the II Interested opacity had not been
by ad7entious alliances The American
frotecticnsts coptved 70 enlist their side that
hoesome spirit OF national pride and national exciu
tivsnesH which, amid thousand ephemeral and im-
material ohsraeterti.-, has alone perhaps deserved
,hs perciless esricsturing 1t hs' received fss
Britishn-so ran the popular epythegm, ani the
added the corollary-"in nsnutac-
moreover, the dsnteiisy co identity themselves
with one Of the great parties into which Amsr-
rather we're, divided. 10 the cotton
porting OF the sooth free trade is necessity Of
nfst importance. But there States have ever been
democratic, or locofoeo The conservative wings had,
therefore inc hoate bias towards protectonsm and
SO e1eotuaIy did the New EnglsDd constituents OF the
party improve this that the identity OF whig
an. pro.ctionst has been deemed, Of late years in
az natural aud hecessary ~ once was the
analogous connection happily severed this side
~ the Atlantic Forttedby these elements 81 strength
the American protsetonlsts were able To hold the
ground conceded to them by the mistaken legislation
u o pfB-sconomicel era, until their oppossnts were
ary forced TO fall back the ultimate sxpsdient VI
civil war Itwss not till totally new power made It's
presence felt in American politics. that their postiSn
materially weakened After the election Of Presi-
dent Polk and that Of the legislatures which synchro
zsd with hs presidency, the never grain producing
taes in the West aud Northwest, for the rst time
exercised very serious influence the policy Of
the central governmsnt The weight Of these states
was thrown wholly. with that OF the South into the
scale Of free trade About the same time the reaction
which followed the cooling down Of the Oregon war
fever prosuced q more kindly feeling towards Great
Britain Both circumstances contributed TO facilitate
the exception Of the most liberal of modern
commercial codes.
IIetident Taylor. though mainly elected by whig
votes. forward originally a. the candidate of mel
Their party. lie had pbatiosy declared that ~ ele
vsted to the chief msgistraey he would be the Pres
dent net Of any party section but Of the whole
tou This very declaration seems 70 have raised the
hopes Of the American protectionsts much than
would have done formal whig profession de Jo Inter
Ireted into their face jargOn PRECEDENT Of the whole
nation construed 20 import President who wouid
protect the national industry against foreign interlo
New England manufactures. and not n lttls feared
by free traders, that General Taylor, who from the
Of his life ana profession, could hardly
b. gsrded deeply verssd IN economical science,
would not improbaby b. induced TO impede the
operation o. those wise prospective provisions in-
oduced into the mercantile code by the last Congress-
1be occasion which has elected the late proclsmaton
that selected to test his ncnnstion. by act a
orgress. the President enabled the sbroyation
by aby foreign power OF restrictive regulations IKE the
british navg laws TO place the ships Of the
Try, thus modifying its ystem ON the same footing as
the ships If the Omitted States. But the Presdsnt
was empowered and not directly commanded, to Issue
a proclamation t. this intent-a variation fron The
ordinary corIse Of American procedure which
supposed 20 give him, the means Of consulting his
prefumtd repugDanoe TO free trade movement IL
psrreyerinely suggested that he ought 20 notify
the repeal of the bfltish navigation Laws TO Con
gIoss aud request IS advice as to the steps to be
thereupoS ;aEen. Nov, though. considering the
imminsnt ditTuptes Of American partiss, very
much cannot be certainly predicstst concerning
the Congress witch meets At Washington In December
Jet " ncminsy stands composed tho Seoste II de.
mooTaic, while IN the loEer house the whigs have
majority Of 10 might therefore, prove impossIbs
20 obtain that eopjoin resolution Of tho two houses
which wsuld be the proper 20 the Presideuts
application ard thus General Taylor would have been
fUfbished with excuse Tor not issuing his
tion at all But those who arranged this schsms for