The daily union., 1852-10-01
whix ror,i~n Pelicy.

The administrative incApacity and political ssupidy ct
the whg party have been conspicaousy ustaasd u ~
conduct OF the foreign relations OF country, wAea
ever by the caprice Of fortune they have bssn ssvasd
10 power Their domestic policy compounded Of hnnks
larif distribution bankrupt laws. II VI gsnss. da
not prove more sicky and misshapen sbossioa than
helr foreign policy characterized has ever bssn ~
narrow. llibera and cowardly spirit always ready 10
atone for the imaginary grievances Of Others but no
tame to resent the real injuries Of their own coany
Whenever the whig party have been made the oeAsia
OF the rights and honor OF the country, tAa
honor has been furnished and those rights betEaysd 10
establish the tru,h OF accusation nssd not 90 b.
yond the history OF the present administration Tor a.
stances Of submission the part Of whig rulers
to the injuries and insults inflicted upon this country ~
foreign powers. Never was the actual power Of The
United States grea. present, yet never the na
ona flag little respected In 1852 England daEss 10
neap insults upon the honor Of this country scarcely s
offensive than those for which she was chasssd In lsi7
And for this degraded position in the eyes Of the world
country indebted 10 the tmid and fsebls policy
Of the present whig administration. But for the sub.
missve spirit manifested BY the Fillmore cabinet In IL
transactions with foreign powers. the fishermen Of New
England would have been so rudely molested III ths
enjoyment OF their rights by the recent menacss sud
seizures OF British ships. .of-war. Spanish wsrveas
suffered to fire upon the American dag in the Gulf
of Mexico. and. consequently British captain rspsatsd
the experiment in the Caribbean sea. Submission 70
British aggression in Central America induced British
aggression in the waters Of the northeast surrender
Of the treaty which protected the soil Of Amsrca om
colonization by foreign powers invited violstion Of the
treaty which secured TO American citizens right to pr.
IN, Tho 6sh; cf
ing seas The foreign policy OF the present admins.
ation has had parallel in the history Of this coun;
try. Those tame and tmid principles which const26te
the foreign policy OF the whg party have under the
rue of President Of iresoute character and feeble
will been pushed 10 the furthes extreme OF concession
and submission. The negotiations growing out OF the
Cuban troubles make the darkest chapter in American
history, and it is chapter written by whig hands
The soemn ouawry OF fellow. citizens by
presidential proclamation which formally withdrew from
them the protection of their country and surrendered
them 10 the tortures and death of Spanish
the unavenged massacre Of the gallant Crittcnlsn
and his unfortunate comrades. although by treaty s
ation the privilege Of an impartial trial was secured !,
themhe coalition between France England. and Spain
10 protect Cuba from what they insultngly termed The
buccaneering expeditions of American citizens. and the
deed to be fired in honor of the representative Of the
nation by whom fellow-cizens had been massacrsd
with every circumstance of atrocous cruelty-thess in
cidenls of whig administration make sad success
sion of painful and humiiang facts, which no patriot
contemplate without feeling OF shame for the de-
graded attitude his country made to occupy. And ths
is the fruit of whig dipomacy-of diplomacy which
triumphs but in escaping from the bundsrs Of il
stupidity, and is successful only in compromiaing
the rights of its country. These the results Of wh@
pocy-ofa policy which. it plays the part Of the
bully can boast only the achievements Of the coward