The southern press., 1852-01-07
70, H. Soasa4rn prtn.
intsrssntisu.


No. l.
| The unique and commanding position of the
United States, AS the great and growing power
of New World, and the obligations imposed
on them in relation to the rest of mankind, most
especially the inhabitants OF Europe and Amer
ea, involve not only great political, but also
high moral questions. That great changes in
the condition of nations carry with them the ne
cessity or expediency of corresponding changes
both in their foreign and domestic policy, seems
little less than a self-evident proposition, requir-
ing no argument in its support. How far the
United States have undergone such changes, and
whether they are sufficient to call for or justify
the adoption of an entire different system OF
policy in relation to question whose Importance
can scarcely be estimated is a subject demanding
the most serious consideration on the part of the
people and government Of the United States.
Having been directly presented to them by the
eloquent and affecting appeals of the Hungarian
exile, who it is to be presumed is authorized TO
offer the cooperation of England in the policy
he advocates--and resolutions, in conformity
with his principles, having been offered in the
Senate of the United States, il can no longer be
evaded; and it will probably soon be necessary
to decide whether this government will adhere to
old, or adopt new fundamental maxims. The
object of this, and the communications which
may follow, is to offer the views of the writer
on the subject. However crude or superficial
they may appear, they have this merit at least,
that they have no reference to party interests or
Presidential struggles. Nor have they the
universal philanthropism, or any other ism but
patriotism. They come from one who loves his
country better than the "whole world, and the
rest of mankind" TO boot.
That America and Europe are destined to be
rivals in future, as Europe and Asia have been
in the past, and that great contest for the as-
tendency is gradually maturing between them,
is extremely probable, not to say certain. 1t is
in accordance with all past experience, and the
uniform course of mankind. The occupation of
new world on the opposite side Of the globe,
by race of enlightened men, carrying with them
all the intelligence, and more than all, the bard-
hood and enterprise of the DID, it is sufficiently
obvious must eventually, by inevitable influences
which cannot be counteracted by all the arts Of
the most profound statesman, produce radical
and permanent change in the political and COM
mercial relations of the other quarters Of the
world, and establish balance Of power on far
more magnificent scale than the petty rivalry OF
European States These have for ages been
to divide the world between them
and the only difficulty was in adjusting their pre-
tensions But a new firm has come into the mar
ket, with vas. resources and facilities for enter.
prize; geographical position between Europe,
Asia and Africa presenting unparalleled advan-
tages for comm cree, and increasing in capital
with rapidity far beyond all former examples.
A vast additional weight has been thrown into
the scale, all on one side, and the great balance
of the universe is about to undergo revolution
like that which wrested the diadem from the
brow of Asia, and placed it on that of Europe
The United States are the legitimate repre-
sentatves of the New World, which at no dis
tant period will be greatly influenced if not di-
rec'ed, by their policy, which will become that
of all the States on this continent, whenever
they are governed by enlightened statesmen.
They, therefore, occupy "a high and responsible
position, and their duties are CORRESPONDENCE
great. They are emphaticay the guardian of
the lights and interests of that world of which
they are the representatives. because their inter
ests are inseparaby associated with those of
every State on this continent, politically and
commercially. The period is probably not far
distant, when the commerce of the United States,
with those Of South America and Asia, will
equal, and finally exceed, that with Eur, pc, and
their manufactures snpersede those of England, !
France, and Germany, in the markets of both
continents. But our future relations with Eu-
rope will be very different They will not be
those of friends, but rivals; and do not con-
ceive that the United States have any common
interests with that quarter Of the globe, which
will justify their interference with IFS affairs or
its policy, any further than their own are con-
cerned.
Let us then inquire, whether in society they
have any such interests involved, in that great
contest supposed to be close at hand, between
the prerogatives of kings and the rights of the
people. We are told that the great antagonist
principles of liberty and despotsm are marshal
ling themselves for last decisive conflict that
an appeal is about being made to Him who is
emphatically called "the Lord of Hosts" that
the monarchs Of Europe, with the exception of
England, are making common cause against their
people, and endeavoring to repress their strug-
giles for freedom by the bayonets of hireling
soldiers and that it has now become the solemn
and imperative duty of the United States to in
terfere in their behalf, on the great principle of
universal philanthropy. It's said that England
is ready to cooperate with them in this new
crusade, and that the combined influence, or
ton of these two great powers, will unqueston-