The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-17

The Recent Prss.d.nt,.l n,eesao. IN . spsa.
1sh FOant ~ View.
The elections Of Poland were fermerlv va.t "a ~
feet the government Of the neighborine nstiens.
urnSs.. tSl to iss ~ n security aesmed is i'm
ity and unfair means presiding the election Of
the Polish chiefs accustomed to give rise Tina
more distant nations Of Europe hardly knew. how
fear the influence Of that country on their interior
affairs, in their treaties Of peace and csmmero Il
alliances. But at present tho lapse Of . very few
OF North American politics.. which now awaken,
in all tho nations of the old world interest q
lively as though they were those Of nsighboring
country So effectual ia commerce in lsvelliag the
longer barrier, aad all the earth appears to be one
single continent. Poland and Russia are farther
distant from Spain than the United States.
There is nothing extraordinary, then. in tho inter-
ments attending and folio wing the election Of tho
executive in the United States, his that flls that
office having in his hands such powerful means Of
influencing . restless and ambitious democracy,
numbering twenty four millions In 1913 the name
Of General Cas-, ~ candidate for tho Presidency,
filled England with uneasiness, and in 5psia WAS
considered As pressgDg various dangers to the psacs
of the world. The English then saw personiasd in
Mr. Csss the policy Of the democratic admBistra-
ITEMS from 1929 to that time; they saw bankruptcy,
and the ruin Of commercial credit rendered immi-
nent the Cansda troubles rssasoitated and even Tree
land invaded to aid the party Of the revocation. The
uneasiness Of England was not entirely dissipated
till tho election OfGeneral Tay Tor, and TILL the pspr
lar vote had rejected Cass, "the aduator Of Louis
Philippe, and the fermenter of the Jealousy and ram
cor exciting between the two nations" The cleo
ton of General Taylor was considered in England
as happy event of q national character.
With equal, il not still creator uneasiness, would
the popular nomination now be regarded Of one Of
those notsbilities only notorious from their held
profession OF illegal and barbarous principles suoh
those which SHINE forth from tho eolu mas Of the
-Attas, in an article which We gave readers % q
sample of opinions Of that kind. But ii is not only
the commerce and rest Of Europe that interested
In the direction of the public affairs OF this country
being placed in moderate and reasonable hands tho
peace and fourishiDg commerce ofthe United States
chief Of the republic. At homo, the sxsggeration
of tho democratic principle, which denies the central
government all power save that Of making war, and
opposing, the executive veto to tho laws Of Con-
gress-which proclaims the liberal maxim that the
spos belong to the victors, converting the govern
ment into machine Of prescription against the
more able and experienced funo ionaries of the State
which re establishes, convenient, the absurd sys-
tenn Of Sub treasury NIP, putting into circulation
one kind of money for the government and ano her
for the people. Abroad, the maintenance of tbs
untenable principle, that to this republic belong By
right the proteeo,ate and supervision Of all North
ern and Central Amerioa; that the time has csns
when al institutions not exactly similar to those Of
the United States must be laid by the shelf; and
tuAL lueVllhpl0 luto Calls Lno UulLeu Sshtoy 70
the head Of every popular insurreotion against
every thing established among other nations.
All these principles, sustained even to favor.
itism by portion Of the people, and continually
agitated by the demagogues who make popular
vanity tool subservient TO their ambition and
the furtherance Of their own plans, might conpro-
mise the interior tranquility Of the country, and in
volve it in serious difficulties with tho other
powers, wore these principles to be presented in
the name OF the chief power Of the Union, power
elected to impress its character the progrssg q
the executive and to veto or approve the laws ere
This disposition Of tho democratic band WAS the
starting point Of those who, too lightly, perhaps,
were wont to anger disasters without end ~ the
future share Of tho United States, and their COM
merce with Europe, since the Baltimore Convention
predicted the election to the Pres iency Of oandi
date of that party. But this opinion was net found
cd on the recent causes which must necessarily have
people in respect Of the democratic doctrines which
We have alluded to. = The question Of disunoa,
preached BY ths partizans Of freesoilism and abe
onis@ saas Of the tnrs.senipg protest q tho
gress; that OF the incompatibity with the insi-
tutions OF the country Of numerous standing army,
necessary TO carry into effect the extention Of teri
tory; all these questions. one of which some time
since compromised the federal harmony, and called
'orth the persuasive eloquence Of Daniel Webster
ard other illustrious statesmen, were duly ak
at time when the people were about elsoting the
man, on whose skill or want Of it Was
depend harmony or disoord, psaos or
war Political novices, or men grown gray
IN following beaten track and routine
whence they cannot depart, those Europeans
certainly wero who argued that pssss bs-
tween the two continents was fatally identified
with tho election of Wing President as in
evitably SO, they contended as war was with the
election Of democrat to the Presidency; they did
not take into account the good Of this AsMon
which knows ~ well as any, and better than many,
what are the means Of preserviDg peace, Of honor-
ing what is honorable, and OF rendering justice to
him who knows how to claim it.
The people Of tho United States have placed at
the head Of their government man hitherto an
known to strangers, but whose character, public
and private was well known to tho party that gave
him their vote. The whig party itself now appears
convinced Of the judciousness Of their sslsssion;
their principal organs give the most entire assent
to the election, and are new the first sincerely to
praise the honorable character sound pr and
elevated mind fthe new chief Of the State. For
our part, We do not hesitate to give credit to Mr..
Pierce for the great qualities which are attributed
to him. and We hope that the experience Of tho osn-
ing administration will justify our confidence in his
judgment, by following the path Of concord nation
al progress, and harmony with other nations.
Cass, Soule, Douglass, Buchanan, laid aside in
the election, and suppantsd by man who 1t seems,
has always received with dsfavor the apostles Il
tho exaggerated doctrines Of acquisition anti natu-
ralization, and armed Intervention, are a. living
proof OF the practical good of the majority Of
the democratic party in the United States, - the
abandonment by the whig party of Gen. Scott Is e
their distrust for tho dangerous exsravagsnces e
Sewardism.
News from the Ear Northwest.
From the sault Ste. Marie (sIch Journal Nov. 81
Rev. Peter Jacobs, Ojibws missionary, returned =
this place yesterday bis way to Mentre ii from York
Factory situated on Hudson's Bay, short distance
this side Of the north pole. He came to tho Sault