The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-01

elo Saxons passed the limits of the old Spanish do
minion, the struggle between the two races began;
and after the battle of San Jaciato had been fought
and won, itbecane inevitable that the whole terrific
~ was 10 fall under the svay Of the United States.
FoIeseeing the drift of opinion aud ct events the
democratic party, who are par r,r,i'nce. tae party
Of progres. ia this country teok the popular side,
and advocated the admission of Texas into the
/ Union. This was the graDd issue Ia the election
which made Mr.. Polk President. Without the
prestige of public reputation, that man was carried
into mower by the mere force Of the drift of his
party Any other man in the United States might
have been elected just az easily as James X Polk.
II was the issue between the two parties, and not
the men. Otherwise we never did and never C An
believe that great and glorious patriot Henry
Clay would have been compelled to succumb to
such man as James X. Polk. Mr.. Clay's per-
sonal popularity has time and agau carried for his
party hundred thousand votes, while the prestige
of democratic measures has, against tremendous
opposition secured the election of far inferior and
insignificant men.
Finally, when the election of 1913 came on the
wings, with a new born wisdom, adopted the views
which had for many months been unfslded and add
vocsted by the Nep York Herald. nominated Cen.
Taylor TO the Presidency, and thereby robbed the
democratic party Of the triumph. The great hero
ism of Gen. Tayler, displayed throughout the
campaign in Mexico--the stern Roman simplicity.
! and high moral purity of his character, and his
unsullied patriotism, all combined to make him
the man whom the people loved, and chose to fill
that high Office. At this period it was the man,
a. it always had been, and not the principles Of
Z he In fact he VIII IN rtV
issues to be made. They said nothing about
banks or tariff; they only heralded the victories
of the hero, and inscribed upon their banners the
scenes of his triumph. They knew that the secret
of their success lay in the man, and not in the
cause. Had he been nominated by the democratic
party, he would have swept opposition away, as
the tempest sweeps the chaif from threshing
floor If proof of all this is asked for, look at what
an imbecie and corrupt cabinet did for his reputa-
ton during the short period of one year. Prov-
dencs at last came to the relief Of the good old man,
and liberated him from the tolls of an enemy which
he could not conquer. He died full Of glory and Of
fame and left the heritage of oblivion and disgrace
TO the doomed men who had tried to drag him
down
The judcious, firm, and enlightened policy
which Fillmore displayed, his sudden and I'M
the nation, and gave toiat 10 his commencing ad-
mnstration. The selection of such men as Daniel
Webster, John ]. Crittenden, and Thomas Corwin,
was a sufficient pledge TO the nation that the new
President had no intention of trifiing with the
interests Of the republic; and no administration in
the history of the government has opened under
fairer auspices, since its first foundation.
Whether or not this fair fabric of power which
/ 4 k,,.v
combination, raised a, the moment, will last, de-
| ponds entirely upon one thing viz; whether the
wing party are prepared to move on with the ire
sistible progress Of the nation, or whether they
will pit themselves again, for the hundredth time,
against the advancement Of the republic, and there
| by meet with utter overthrow. On! right on,
in sober earnestness, with vital power and iresist
BILE impetus, the republic is marching, and mist
march and it is vain to attempt to arrest its
progress, as it is to stop the advancement of civil
zstion. So far this continent is concerned, civil
lzation means republic, and the spread ofciv-
zaton means its advancement The wings tried
to stop il in the case Of Florida, and Louisiana, and
Texas. VIII they again look ruin in the face, by
trying TO fix another limit beyond which this over.
wh,lming tide must not iowl
| We are ourselves advocating no system Of con-
! quest, no encro2chment upon the rights Of neigh
boring States, or the boundaries OF neighbors.
We are merely tracing the development Of public
events, and accounting for the fact that grea,
party, which embraces within itself SO vast pro-
portion Of the real energy, power, intellect and in
telligence Of the nation, should have been so con-
'nually subjected 10 defeat. because they made
war upon the instinct Of the nation and the spirit o.
the age. We have always found striking and
picturesque exemplihcston Of the philosophy of
our national progress, in the following electri,
words of one Of our greatest poets;-
Ln! what glorious, soul ins piripg show
The tramp oftreedom through the Western wsrid!
Look through the lens OF Time, that gathers In
LIS mighty moysm.n., ,, through ss ne Century
From one small vessels crew. to miliensi
How rays his torches across the Continsst;-
At every CLEAN an empire springs to life
At every CLEAN . despots throne doth quake
! Al every CLEAN through dark bsrbarisss' wiids,
| A state springs up, and golden harvests wave
Stay not his csurssi
/ See en- the western oceans p. acefui shore
/ His torch bright glowing and his Sag snfartsd
! A dark spot intsrv.nss-but all ssuas.
! The rays of civilization pebetrAts
| Inevitably, TO ilumine all
] Freedom tsreh
| Il blazing the broad Pacinos shore.
That way from San Jscinto's battle helt
| ylsw-not the ominous Ravens OF old Rene,
The talismsn alone OF victory and empire
Tho uight Of Eagles told the Here more
l " CT hhe W essStn
| Look through the lens sgsin-the future see
I See treedoms dag Of inter woven dyes.
/ And torch Of golden light, In every save
I Reflected "A against the shores OF Aisle
zee them essh illum q all with hope beams
Against oil shores they dash, diGasps light,
Like young AurorAs, over the verid new born
Stay not their course .-Thou esn'st not, thou
would'st
SO il has ever been, and 30 il ever will be. bn'
der monsrchies, the men who look to the prece-
dents q the past are loyslsts and ltgimists; the
men who are looking towards the future are re-
formers. Under our government, the former are
conservatives; for they dread what is coming. being