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

EASTERN SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC,
OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENTS,
Our London Correspondence.

Position and our Progress-American Foreign
Policy Rrougham aud Vebster- The Portuguese
Questiom-7he Cities of the Baltic, of Piedmont
and Turkey, &c.. SC.
That man alone is truly great who is capable
of making sacrifices of the present to the future.
Ever since the clown who slew the golden goose,
the scrubs have shown an utter inability TO put
off their desire for immediate qualification. No day
passes our heads that we do not see other
clowns incapable Of forgiving injuries, Esop's
of foregoing the temptation of money. But TO
Ind man who rises AT once above avarice and
hatred into the region of justice towards all,
tempere with mercy for the feeble, is not often
the lot of mortals And yet, it is precisely this
control of the passions, which forms the criterion
of virtue. II is that great quality of self denial,
which separates the wise and good from the stupid
and in significant. The same remarks are applea-
bic TO nations, and in the same manner they to
be distinguished for praise or blame. Meaness or
magnanimity becomes the type of diiere nt soce-
TIES of individual men, OF course, the vast ma
oriIy of both succumb 10 the supposed iDfirmilies
of nature, which are oftener the fruits Of educa-
ton; but the few remain to teach the lessons Of
virtue by example.
The United States have hitherto deserved the ell
evated rank of wise and just people. They have
the prayers of all reformers that they may not
forfeit that rank But they must show themselves
afirmatively on the stage of the world the cham
pons oftheir political principles and especially avoid
expressing the we ak while they bound RESTRAIN
the strong 1t is impossible for The United States
to dwell any longer apart from Europe, or to per-
init Europe to withdraw from her. The intercourse
between the hemispheres is already imme nse, but
it is constantly increasing, and every hour proves
how much Anne RIGA has TO gain by its continuance.
In the days of Washington, even the great Sec
rotary of the Treasury, and the greater Secretary
of State, did Lot dream of the physical and scien-
tifc changes which have brought France and
England nearer TO Washington than was the mouth
OF the Ohio. Far less had these statesmen con-
cePtion OF that sublime discovery which has ami
Inflated time "by giving, lightning to letters and
letters TO lightning" They had not the hope OF
the growth in strength, wealth and population,
which in 1850 has already made the United States
Of America the first political power, well the
first commercial nation in the world If they had |
anticipated the material union of the most distant
nations, and the immediate ascendancy of the |
confederation, they would have taken bolder po-
stion IN the external relations of the then and
weak State. Instead OF shrinking from foreign con- |
tact, they would have coured it, and instead of ad-
vising that their countrymen should keep their |
eyes on the ground, they would have babe them |
survey with hope and confidence, the whole |
horizon. OF the unspeakabe benefits they have |
conferred on their descendants, il not one to
teach them that they had upon their heads the |
responsibility Of universal freedom for mankind. |
And they did not teach, only because il was inn |
possible 10 anticipate the distant future, that the
mission Of emancipation was American. II their |
veneraed lives and austere virtues could have been
continued TO the middle of the nineteenth century,
they would have led on their countrymen to the /
pacific conquest Of the earth, as they led them to
Independence. And that conquest will be imme-
date, If not pacific; it will be, too, by American
aid and counte without great losses or sorrows; |
but upon flrm and heroic assertion OF free prin-
cipes in Europe, wherever the oppressor sets his
foot.
What the course of nature prevented Washing.
ton from doing, General Taylor partly executed BY
his political approach 10 Hungary, and Switzerland,
and Turkey. His high and honest heart received
the impulse from within and without. lie felt the |
duty OF rendering to the oppressed his sympathy,
and TO the menaced. his moral suppoit. He died |
contented, having endeayored TO do his duty" |
cessor, and will, by all intelligent men, be held
accountable for the continuance OF the government
upon its onward march abroad, as well as, and |
more than, at home. What is also important Mr. |
Webster cannot hopeito wear the title well as |
WELD the power of the President of the United |
States, IN any other manner than by most per- |
severng and energetic foreign policy Ii he should
relax in the footsteps OF General Tay or the masses
will treat him worse than Massachusetts,. He will |
pass away like his gigantic predecessor, John G. |
Calhoun, after having governed the country, it is |
of slavery que stions may be multiplied without num-
ber and without with effect, and IL is a company
lively small affair. The Union will always stand, |
whether they are adopted rejected and the peo-
pie will soon have forgotten ali the cabinets aud
Congressman, who were the only real parties to |
the controversy. The sovereign people have got |
far bey ond their Representatives. the most recently
elected, tor the last of these retrogrades, as
saon as he is seated in his place, and has caught |
that official sduint which Is worse than opthalma,
or total loss Of an eye The people Of the United
States feel In their hearts, the love Of their fellow
men who are dying la mortal and yet ceaseless |
struggles with tyrsnts. AMI on their lips already
rises The cry" Resistance TO tyrans Is obedience
10 Cod" Chat proclamation which is AZ old as |
Jefferson, and the oppressed OF l776); and another
cry, Assistance 10 the martyrs Of Europe" is but
another form OF the same obedience. Ii will always
be a question how and to what extent that assist |
ance shall be afforded; but that ii must be sub
stsntialy offered IL uhdeni1ble. And II will |
be impossible tor any man TO think Of the |
Chez MagHuacy hereafter, at the hands II |
The people, unless he carrics their standard. |
The selection of Mr.. Carey to edit the organ, |
may indicate that the new administration expects |
TO make the tamil The rallying cry OF the wings. |
But that ~ folly. The rally Is to be on the Ell. |
cieDt foreign policy Of the government; aud the |
cabinet which misplaces itself on the tariff, will
have the feverson Of very few Of the ardent and |
sldentisl Office itself will piss over the head Of |
General Cass into the hands Of some real demo-
crst.
II will he the COED fortune Of the European cues.
ton to lind parties dsorgsuized, and TO keep them |
not only disorgabized, but for time literally ex-
tnct, until the face OF the world and all its rela-
uone ere enurely chsnged. Mr.. Webster has had /
the chance TO be trst IN the field and he IL more
nhrm VI purpose than becomes his abilities n he do
not keep the lead. lie is only to make a step for
ward, TO be nearer than ever 10 the presidency;
and that is TO shake off England, that country
whose authority seems TO bcnumb his finest facul-
mes and keep his very spirit enslsvcd She Is ever
present and debating 10 him. even when she most
ntgkcts and insults Indeed, IL is not inprob able
that he will make advances to Brough.m on his
arrival, though cut by him ia London when Ame-
ncsn minister. had lately 10 defend Mr.. Web
sier against this charge Of serylty, from a coun-
try man, under curious circu instances When his
last appointment was known here, ! guoted a pas
ssse ct his immortal discourse 20 the children OF
New HAMPSHIRE, in November 1870. II Is as fol-
lows" And now, gentlemen, let us do our part;
lei ut understand the position in which we stand |