The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-23

rules in his hereditary isA and appoints all his sub
ordinaSes aseordn to bis own pleasure In the one,
cNh anu zen 81 >as liberty is established on a hrm
ehd D mo'eaio Basis; in the other, civil and reli-
gious 40 Atutism is fixed fact In the one, the
people are sovereign in political power, and in rel-
grows matters every one thinks and acts as he
phases in the other, the will Of the despot is the
aw, and no person is permitted te think nj all upon
either politics or religion. Both powers arr thus
lett Tree and at Insure to pursue their schemes OF
aggrandsement. and to indulge the neutral instinct
OF man for the acquisition OF wealth, territory, and
POWER. In the United Stotes it is true that local
and sectional questions sometimes ogtate the pub-
lie mind; but they made subordinate to the great
idea OF progress and SO far from retardng it, they
only add fuel to the flame ambition. The die-cnt
parties and their leaders all vic with each otter to
see wAo will dc most for the advancement of the
glory of the common country, and the result is, that
the chariot wheels Of pre- gress accelerated by
par y strife. 1t was the Same in the ancient re
pu' bile of Rome. The contentious between the pa
TT cians and pebeans only gave additional stimulus
the ambition of her generals and statesmen, and
domestic feuds were swallowed up by the military
passion; the triumphal entry of conquering
empire, was holiday pastime, which quelled the
voice of sedition. Both Russia end the United
States are marching onward, each in its own way,
dividing the world between them, and each appro-
priating the nations contiguous to itself But while
they are both pursuing the same policy, and both
acting out the drama of annexation upon grand
scale, they antagonists in their principles of
government; and the success Of the United States
II
efficacy in checking the aggressive of Russia
in Europe, and in raising up spirit of resistance
to the eneroachments of the Gear. The democratic
elective principle" the people the true source of
legitimate power"-wil be reused into action,
and will be pitted in mortal antagonism against the
hereditary divine right principle Of autocracy and
every victory, every fresh accession of or
power to the United States, will infame the demo-
cracy Of the Old World with hopes of similar sue
cess. Under the influence of these incentives, they
will be stimulated to exertion, aud extort conces-
sions from their respective governments. Every
day they will be making advances, and the strug
gle between absolutsm on one hand, and liberty on
the other, will become fierce and deadly at last
Whichever side falters must 60 down. and for years
upon years all Europe must become either republ-
can or Cossack The United States cannot. and
will not, interfere directly in the conflict 1t would
not be her duty or her interest to do so. But the
influence Of her example will be powerful in cheer
ing on the democracy to battle and victsGt. And
it is in this way, and not by American Intervention,
that the oppressed nations of Europe may become
" redeemed, regenerated, and disenthraed, by the
genius of universal emancipation
The democratic party in the United States con-
tribute far more to this result than the opposite
party, for they the party of progress it
is under their sway that all the acquisitions
of territory have been made; and this is
the secret of their uniform success whenever they
unite. Their principles are founded on human
nature, and are broad, expansive and rational,
appealing to the sympathies and instincts of the
whole people. They are the same principles
which made the Roman republic the mistress of the
world. The wings, on the contrary, commit a fatal
blunder in narrowing their policy to tariffs and
banks, internal Improvements, and other isolated
questions, in which only classes of take an in
terest. Human passions and all history are against
them. Hence it is that the European population in
the United States, driven from their native land by
poverty al oppression, to seek an asylum and
home in this great republic, fraternse and coalesco
with the democrats, and not with the wings. The
American democratic party, therefore, without
knowing it, are doing more to advance the cause of
republcanism in Europe than both parties combined
could do by the most active Intervention, backed by
all the arms and resources Of the country. What
may be the result Of the coming struggle in the
Old World, the United States cannot be affected by
it. Onward, onward, is the nations destiny, and
no human power combination of powers can ar
rest its progress.
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