New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-18
Liverpool bu, the request wac for the present At least
MIR, PIcrce,s Policy.


The last accounts from Cuba depict the loyal
nhai tants Of the Island thrown into state OF tne
utmost condemnation by the success OF General f'oio
in the United States Public opinion has go long v-oc'
sfcd the policy Of the American Democrats VIA W.,
handed IL ustcc aud has uniformly iInPutSo W s
Wing antagonists enlarged sense oil ln,srna. r
riahts thst on n view Of the recent contest taken %
such pc.n. 20 Cuba we can readily understand Why au
prospect OF immunity rom perlodicsl 10 yva;g csnii
date Bu, we have only much reason W ocieFc lt
this reasoning IT, in Of rs branches aacious 10.
il would be shining against prooabilnes 70 &
the OF Cuba however enace1 Dy beheral
Pierce yyoud heve been safe during the PRESIDENCY OF
General Scott IL very long since any other aprent
70 the cheainshp Of the State even IN America CARER
70 his aid neny popular passions a. moe 70 eu
which General Scott eddyessed distinct appeal lnere
IL still in those portions OF the Federation when have
been ougcst settled lingering inclination TO claim the
citizenship Of the Republic inherited highland
fherecrefore at one point Scott was Native American
The greed of new territory Ia well kno vice Of Ame
can DIG moralty-and ohe proposed 70 annex Canada
The spfit Of Aboitionism hitherto uncertain in tie d.
recton and straight wsistcoa,cd by prejudice has nev
eheless an indefinite latent capacity for enchanting me
eympathies Of the peope-snd the last resource oil
fhis INSCRIPTIONS politician 10 coquet with me fee
Soers He allied hnsclfto each Of these Opinions ~
turn, and IN turn denied them wacn tas ei s.,oy
required variance in bis prOfessons. II me
of his character 20 for anything, scott ~ ffesiIen
must have been either the mere 1901 OF tle leaIns
Whigs, or tie most reckless Of the denagogues who
have Than once OcfuIlfI w his' i'o"7V.
uexco and no les than these the great SAXON
Repubc itself would have been signay fortunate II nc
had suffered himself 10 be managed by the able ADVISERS
whose adnontions and guidance he might nave com,
rpsnSed Bot the bent Of such disposition is toward
= headstrCng independence; and even had ne proven
more pabe than he likely TO be- we cannot iorge,
that since lie late rreparsbe loss much OF s eleVseb
feeling well az much Of its political welghr n's nc
parted out Of the Wing party. r.
We snRur favoraly Of Mr. Pierce, not 80 much from
the praises OF his friends which il worthless az the pa
l...Sf tho ffrFn vtpIc
taken hy The yituperaon Of his foes They reproach
him for his tsmeness and want of spirit man oil col
orles politics and suspected courage elaklng reasona
bic deduction from these imputations-whlch' IN the
form in which see them, are no doubt caiumnes-
we imagine him TO be chat Transatlantic rdrG do1s,
moderate and cautious politician. isyorlte libel OF the
Wings ayers that he tainted IN the crsis OF one OF the
Mexican bGttles Translated into different language
from list OF political malevoence this statement Is ~
much calculated rcdssure the neghbOrs and allies Oi
the United States the grandiloquent rhetoric in which
SCOTS petty skrmshes are described htted TO rouse
their SUI and excite their fear Most energ IT.
cay do VIC hope that, in politics, Mr.. Pierce IL tne re-
verfe Of btdn SabrcUr Probably the career and de:'
TIMES OF free nation never before so unreservei
" confded 10 the direction of free will TIE great
party which he commands Is ready TO mould itself -
every one Of his purposes. For II has no political views
Of its own, and il is perfectly ready 10 adopt creed
with the unboun1ed confidence IN eturns Of hal'
ard which II has just displayed in the choice oil Pres
ident
Il is long indeed since any distinct meaning attached
10 the Democracy" of the American Democrats. Pow
err as that confederacy has always bccn andntoeran
of opposition as Las shown ITSELF it has seemoi
welded to any ineligible principle or bigoted b. any
definite policy. Free trade was originally adopted ne
condition of alliance with the cotton interests IN the
South and except free trade the victory OF winch the
recent election has secured, 1t Is scarcely possible 70
specify single article of Democratic fath 1t Ia pre-
ctely the blanks in the creed Of this immense party
which place it at the complete disposal OF its temporary
LEADER 1t appears 10 choose It's chiefs not for the sake
Of their principles but in the hope OF getting principles
of its own. Andrew Jackson enlisted the whole oil TINS
vast of opinion in crusade against Bank paper,
and Mr. Polk embarked the entire force Of Democratic
energy In raz zia Gu Mexico but we believe that had
the former leaned to the views OF Brmingha on Cur
rency and the latter TO those OF Manchester ON Peace
each might have made his special deuon the ralylng
pont of some millions of deyo,ecs And now all this
force Of popular allegiance-immcnsely augmented IN
volume aud more thoroughly shorn than ever of All dis
tRguhine Characteristcsis waiting 70 second any pet
iniauity or yore crochet which Mr.. Pierce may have
cher6ed in secret during the period Of his past obcur
ity We do not believe that he Is Intending raid on
Cuba Canada, Mexico but If he is, we are sure that
he will carry his party with him.
There II the eallet reason FOR believing that the
annexation OF Cuba would be in unison with the true
fcnlmcas Of the American people The excitement on
the tub,oc, Ia amost entirely sustained Ivy PAD agents
whose ervces have been retained 10y the holders oil the
famous Cuban Scrip and their activity keeps alive
something like movement OF opinion among tle drcg3
of the population in New.lork and Philadelphia, aud
among Il relatively higher Glaze IN the prDignte city
of New Orleans Bat we will set OF "Uncle Toms
Cabin" agaiDst any amount Of "intgnationIncotings
which may he ld TO donounce the authorities OF lavs
na II M Pierce should attempt TO play the game OF Tex
Is with Cuba he must eventually not only break up his
own patty but entail disasters the Federation which
not even foreigner can contemplate with calnness.
Ncyeiheess il the proNilnata Presidcnt-deceivedb
the superficial agitation which fills the columns OF the
newspaper OF wlfully noglcctiug the probable
quences OF his policy in dorence to some passion
prejudice OF his own-shouli convert petty Dis
pute with the Governor OF Cuba into occasion Of
war, We should only deceive ourselves by supposiu.
that he will be forced 10 sacken in his undertaking by
any present lack Of popular sympathy His party will
cheer lin on though their own dcatTuction viii be in
voyed in the issue and the Wings are too thoroughly
cowed to offer any eectul resistance. The only check
will be administered by the strong remonstrances Of
foreign Powers. On behalf O. the country most utter
estod in maintaining the sacrcdness of public law against
the Authoritarian practice OF the United States let
express hope thet whom the attack Is preparing the
Foreign Office will possess sufficient sagacy to ioresee
IT, and when the intention j. declared, sufficient
skin to encounter the pctfoggng dexteriy which is the
last resource of American statesmen when they know
themselves to be nsgrently in the wrong.