The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-23

Washington administration, ofpro2 posing Hamilton
for model statesman, let The work itssii - posbu
neus, and all proposed limitations Of the ideal fore
e ne. Ii was insane love Of England that killed
The ascendancy OF Hamilton, as il was wise aver
sion 10 her dcte stioie ~ stem which made Jefferson
whs could only think, (for he never spoke nor
wrote line for the newspaper,) the civil chief of
the revolution, and the father Of the policy of his
country.
The Portuguese difficulty should be at once ar
ranged without threats or war. IL is now in the
hands of Congress and the cabinet, and il is to BE-
hoped that the grand confederacy will not soop 10
batter with cannon the eeblest and most dependent
of powers. Think of the United States measuring
arms with state less strong than Virginia, and
thai,'too, when she asks 10 pay part OF the claim
under protest, but objects 10 the other that il is
utterly unfounded in law and equity, besides being
stale and enorDous Aud mole Than that, when it
is conceded that the Governor OF Fayal had nc
means of keeping off the Britisfi--who are con-
ceded on all hands To be Ultimately responsible
II II be true, as you shy, that she was the aggressor,
OF which there seems no DOUBT Congress Will pro-
baby suggest an amicable arrangement to Portu-
gal, within her powe sof fuhment; and atshould
be m the shape of permission 10 construct at the
isls nd of Madeira depot for your growing marine,
with view to a liue of steamers from Charleston
and Norfolk touching there. Another arrangements
should also be made for entering the harbor OF
Lisbon. BY such sAiltul propositions the passions
OF the moment may be appeased, and money and
anger foregone, in the Of the opening OF this
letter. for the sake OF far better and substantial
result Such convention with Portugal would
be according to right aud in the spirit Of the age
Why, il will not he tive years till the MediterTa-
mean becomes an American lake. and all its steam
ers will be owned in the United States, as are
every one of the packet ships now trading to Eng.
land.
Elsewhere in Europe the United States should
confront the tyrants by showing herself the fast
friend of the free cities OF the Baltic, of Piedmont
and Of Turkey, and Switzerland and Italy. She is
emphatically the only power which can insure
their political existence Gen. Taylor toek that
responsibility. II is his title To Immortality. He
first uttered the voice of encourag sment from
America in the very heart. and seat Of the anti
quated despohsns of the continent. The tyrants
heard il with alarm the people with joy. Who
ever comes after Gen. Taylor must come up to his
very emphatic reprobAtion of oppression and the
oppressors. Already the masses look for their de-
| liverance from the old world 10 the new. Yhe
despotic conferences held at Warsaw, and propose
at London by England and the other partners in
the Thieves Alliance, 10 thrust mankind back
again to night, know that they are confronted by
the American people, and that the denouncer oil
the doings of Laybsck and Verona has been BY
Providence suddenly called to speak with their
authority, in the voice of their many races. The
friends and the enemies Of mankind are in pre-
sence, and there 10 not inch of neutral ground.
MARCUS.