The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-11

hon OF the name OF our adored sovereign, that sym
Dol Of peace and felicity.
More Opinions OF the Cuban Press.
49, From the Diario de la Marina Nov. a. 1852
Inc very serious error to which We have already
frequently alluded and which consists in supposing
the evidence Of truly conserv alive party among
our neighbors likely so materially to influence the
Judgment which may be formed with regard to men
ana events, that We must again revert to the same
subject, and state the which We found
/ OR opinion.
To say the truth so natural is this supp,sition,
and so iDcoDprehensibe is it for any one, judging
with our European ideas, that there should be ab
sence OF school or party whose efforts bent
upon checking the movements Of certain inpetuous
doctrines, and upon seeking to maintain society in
certain, well known course; this, repeat, is 80
natural, and the reverse so prehensble, that
by spontaneous instinct, the idea has been ado ot
/ ed by the majority of men. The idea once adopt
Cd, 1t became, of COURSE logically consequent upon
1t, to attribute the conservative psrt to the wings
rather than to their rivals, the democrats. The
mere name Of the latter appeared at the very out
set openly to battle with such suppostion; and
names are Of great Importance (perhapsnst without
reason) IN influencing the character OF popular
TOR Besides, the democrats have q clear political
| creed, which they openly and uuequvocally pro-
claim in all their platforms periodical deposition
OF doctrine and which leaves but little for iu
sion or doubt, however predisposed one may be to
entertain either. The absorbing power of right be-
longing to these well defined and powerful positions,
has also Incorporated into the body Of the demo
",
good, bad and indifferent, without emitting in the
secoDdof these that Unsuitable longing for terrific
rial expansion by any means, and at any expense.
The wings. on the other hand, timid, undecided,
and without any strong convictions or decided
views, except on certain points OF economical con-
trovesY, presented greater ambiguity Of appearance
and of words, and were therefore better adapted
in appearance to part which was, in reality, not
theirs Indeed We have even now before our eyes
pamphlet of little volume, but Of considerable
substance. published and assiduously circulated,
under the title Of why / am Whig." by the no
torious Horace Greeley, proprietor and chief editor
Of the New York Tribune. In this book covering
only sixteen pages, there 10 much calculated to
strengthen the opinion which we now combat 1t
contains many pass ages, setting forth sound dec
trines, hard truths, and salutary counse passages
in fine which. with very slight alterations, we
would be willing to adopt our own, were we mem
bers OF the society OF that country. But when it il
his aspirations and whittier tend all his efforts-al
most all the value of what he writes disappears
through enshantment, and the jewel Of pure and
shining gold il but worthless counterfeit, Of the
yiest ore.
But to attain to the truth, the most careful at
tenti0n and the most minute comparison are neces
ssry While our own notions with respect to An
glo- American politics were reduced to those gene
raj ideas resulting from an incomplete study. We
fully shared the error which We now combat. Nay,
still farther-when circumstances compelled US to
remain for no very brief period of time in the
United States. and when, during that period, We
bent our efforts, with the utmost perseverance, in
discovering and understanding the true spirit and
essence of that society, and its tendencies con-
tinued, for time, imbued with tho same error
The whig party was. in our eyes, the legitimate
though weak heir and successor Of the old federal
party, shoot Of the sound conservative school
sickly shoot it may be--but still derived from the
same parent trunk. and nurtered by the same sap,
But the time finally came when it VAS no longer
possible to place the confidence ii ppearances
The State Of New York has, for a Il z time, been
one of the principal centres of the whg party, and
one which has d.pusea its ground with the most
spirit and with the most varied accidents of triumph
and Of defeat. The decisive influence of New York,
the Empire State, it is called, the politics of
the country, conferred still moro weight upon this
fraction Of the wing party, and contributed not a
little to give the mass At large It's peculiar color
But to proceed In certain elections which, if our
memory serves US Alright, took place in the year
1916, the wings, before discounted, recovered their
supremacy in New York, under the banner Of Mr..
Young, who was raised to the office Of Governor.
How is this change to be explained In q manner
sufficiently simple, as far facts concerned, but
obscure in the extreme regards doctrines. If the
wing candidate triumphed, it was owing to an a.
lance With the anti. renters and to his having con-
stituted hinself official champion as it were, of
their pretensions. Who the anti renters arc the
readers OF the Diarf0 are well aware, nor are they
ignorant that they constitute party aiming at the
radical destruction Of territorial property. Full Of
surprise at contemplating 50 singular phenomenon,
We began 10 compare notes and collect together prece
dents; the result was that if confusion was To-
creased, our surprise diminished not little We
recall the singular principles Of Mr. Seward with
regard to many and serious questions, We observed
that Mr. Greeley, above cited, was not only most
bitter RADICAL various points, but also an unds.
guised socialist in the European Of that word
and though We could not then copsign the conduct
of Mr. Clayton, nor the recent fluctuations Of Mr..
Webster, arrived ut the intimate conviction that
if the wings were conservative party, it was GER
tainly after new fashion, and one to our mind, but
moderately satisfactory. The opinion which We
then conceived has since become stronger and
rfvn IN Ind spA- hall - g.
it by setting forth the main features of the story
OF the Anglo American parties from their origin to
the present day.
From the Diaro de Ia Marina, Nov. IS
The United States newspapers, which we have at
hand, present no incident worthy of mention, nor
is there ythng remarkable in the general tone of
their articles, nor in the news which they give,
nor in the manner Of discussing the recent election,
nor in authentic reports with regard to the GEM
position Of the future Cabinet do we see anything
interesting or instructive; all is reduced to the dis
cussion Of . few well nigh exhausted topics
Among these figure, of course, extravaganza threats
of evil designs upon the security Of other nations,
to which threats the more moderate papers answer
by announcing the vigilance Of the government.
As to the questions relating to Hispano- American
affairs, it is assured (but we know not on what
authority that in view Of the new documents pre-
sented to the Cabinet at Washington, by the able
Peruvian minister, the said Cabinet absolutely
abandons its pretensions to the Lobos Islands II
this be really so, the rights of Peru have trumphcd
deservedly, thanks to the ability with which they
had been supported, and thanks to the spontaneous
and energetic favor with which they have been re-
ceived by public opinion in Europe.
Less founded perhaps, but scarcely less probable
are the rumor which have also reached US with re-
gard to difficulties between the company of canal
transit and tho Nicaragua government The latter,
it seems, is indignant ~ the recent diplomatic ar
rapgement, to which it refused its sanction, and II
now maintains land Justly, at least 10 the Charles
ton Ceyier thinks) that the charter Of the compa-
ny has become forfeited because Of the company's
not having fulfilled the conditions annexed to the
concession Viewing matters in this light, it seems
that Nicaragua has formally pronounced against
ernmsnt is the point cf fortifyipg the old castle
Castillo yi6jo), situate on the Rio San Juan,
thereby to enforce its resolutions on the Nicaragua
territory.
HWe see in the Charleston papers. which quote
from those Of New York, that Mr.. William Smith