The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-03

position alternately most useful check spur to the
United States where other control exists st all and
where the lees moderate OF the two parties viii soon
that the Union has recently lost all ths great who
stood forward many perious o0saon to brave popu
lar excitement and TO Garry measures OF conciliaton
and disputed questions both at home and
abroad and in addition to the Of those eminent
the party to which they belonged Is broken
government than to nd Itself strong to in the
confidence Of its supporters and driven along by their
des1ss MthSu. cut the regulating o 81
moderation which the responsibility Of Office commonly
imposes the most hsadstrons and impeuous Of
popular leaders That win be to some extent General
Pierces position and await with interest the Lam
guage in which he viii first address himself to his ad
herents and to the country at large for st present
nothing Of note has proceeded from him
It singular consequence Of the institutions Of the
United States that although this election has virtually
annihated the principles the party the present
administration In the first week OF November yet Mr..
Fillmore and his cabinet vii continue to conduct pub
the President will as usual address Congress- and take
all the steps he may think At in obedience to system
ed In truth such condition of things must strike the
executive power with temporary paralysis and Its only
given it to wind up its affairs and perhaps the
period Of months may serve to asy the heats OF
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still exercises but he has already lost the support Of the
country since his successor is chosen for the opinions
and intentions which most opposite to those of the
existing government
From the Liverpool Chronicle Nov 20
In the decided success Of General Pierce, BY msjo
ry far greater than has elected any President for the
American Union since the days of General jackson
see happily the triumph Of that principle Of free trade
greatest commercial countries on the face Of the globe
our and transatlantic cousins This gratifying
cannot fail to have very satisfactory influence on tho
deiosrations OF our own parliament when comes next
making free trade the irreVscabs policy Of the British
nation A. regards the Americens themselves they
far too shrswd and too far seeing people not to 30
thoroughly penetrated with the conviction that policy
which has worked almost miraculous results for this
piewhoh has cheapened the necessares Of life to the
Of toll and correspondngly increased the productive
power Of every branch manufacture, in
these sands-nust also bs Of inesmabe advantage to
themselves Barter which is the soul Of commerce re-
impetus and cannot fail to still further develose the
resources Of people 90 rich the Americans in the
material Of trade. of which plentfuly avail
selves and give them in return the products Of
land which they have abundant capacity to consume
On this side of the Atlantic the contest which has been
brought to this successful issue has bsen mainly looked at
with reference to that experiment which, ten years
subsequent step in which has more effectively demon
srated its soundness With unf. ttered has
become something more than theory-it is realized
fact The practice has been found to square admirably
with the principle and what political economists seventy
ago proved ought to be rule Of nations have
worked out to satisfactory issue In the United States
the results in the operations Of reduced
tariff which has cheapened articles import to the
cheouer to oyeraowing No doubt stil further rsduc
ton Of the tariff will follow the elevation Of the new
democratic chef-n other words still approach
to perfect stem Of reciprocity between two nations
bound by ties OF interest and oonsangunity and
no distant day more taldy and less energetic natl
Will see that their own material will be best
promoted By following example nobly set and preg
nant with bssful consequences to all concerned.
must Ct necessity accelerate the progress Of free trade in
other parts ofthe world for when England and America
set the examp less favored people viii not be slow to
follow 1t. The American wings have been signay put to
the rout in this Contemplated in de combat
The feeling for time past In the od country has
been that Pierce would succeed but prepared
for so triumphant display in his favor and considering
the tondnesa which the citizens Of the United States have
shown of recent years for military candidates, it
thought that the general who conquered Mexico would
make at respectable fight at the polling booths But
many attractive features he represented policy
which was fast becoming obsolete, and which has
tDsusSsa w Americana Daniel wsssts enabled Sn
to perceive that the days of American whiggery
were numbered; and reading Alright the feelings
and the sympsthies of his counfrymen, 1t
stated that he forwarded from his death bed to
political friend in whose welfare he took inter-
of November, hs day Of the Presidential election) the
whig party as nstional party would exist only in
history The wings OF the Union approximate in prin
cipls to our protectonsts Like them they have been
unable to read the signs Of the tines like them too.
they have resouely eppofsd the popular VIII and Ike
Time was when this once powerful party in the Union
in especial favor with the middle and the upper
clases in Epgsnd but their stubborn resistance to
merca freedom has sorey tried the temper Of their ad
mrers this side Of the water and irrespective Of their
conduct the slavery question they have forfeited all
sympathy here by playing the game OF dogged OBJ
stinacy which rendered Lord Derbys party powerless
in the House Of Commons, and put them out OF favor
with the nation. This Ia the to be regretted,
when reflect upon the great number of edu.
Gated and superior who to be found in the ranks
dgnihed any station in the republic and whose personal
talents fairly be acknowledged to be In advance of
doubt arise out of the PROSTATE Condition Of the
American wings; but subsequent movement cannot
fail to strengthen and to eonolidats the principle of
free trade, which has achieved go signal victory in the
person Of man whose until recently almost
unknown to the politicians of Europe Whatever regret
may exet amongst that the leading politicians of the
United States rarely candidates for the Prosden
cy 1t is consotory to reflect that when the choice OF the
nation has fallen upon persons previously unknown
influenced by wise discretion and fine appreciation OF
the deep responsibility attached to the important office
which they have been called upon to discharge.
From the Glasgow Mail Nov. Is.l
The triumph of the democratic party in the Presiden
tia election Of the United States is important event
even In Its European aspects especially If IT should be
followed by the of the party in Congress
The statement made by us yesterday however that the
election Mr. Pierce the Of all the de-
mocratc tickets judicial municipal and congressional
must be understood referring only TO the State of New
York while regards the Union in general it is yet
certain what party msy preFonderate in the Senate and
House Of Representatives The two great parties in Con-
gress have been equally balanced Of late that the Ex
ecutye has been sometimes unable to give effect to Its
principles Thus have whig President and
whg administration installed at Washington for the
last four years proeconst in principle and profession
and yet incapable Of altering materially democratic
and semi-free trade tariff In like manner we
may possibly find democratic President and
administration unable to advance step farther in
free trade direction. But IL the immense majority
which s sad to have placed Franklin Pierce at the head
of the poll really indcates 1t to do ademoorac
reaction resulting in large accession OF force to that
party in Congress may then expect changes in
the policy Of the United States of important and
chequered character We may antcipats further efforts
to beraize the tariff and to extend the commercial rea
tons Of the republic with Great Britain other
tries Of Europe But together with this perfectly legt
mate mode Of promoting the mercantile and maratime
greatness of the United States expect also to see
some essentially different OF aggrandsement re-
sorted to- The last democratic President annexed Texas
and plunged the republic into with Mexico The next
will doubtless wink hard ut Cuban expeditions may find
protect for declaring against SPAIN and add the
splendid and coveted Island Of Cuba to the federal Union
The passions which urge the United States into
Of territorial annexation will induce them to take
a closer interest In European politics. Should
outbreak like that Of 1S4S during the prsdomi-