The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-29

10 and EOgetans
Just rev Ne clouds are beginning - easae away
tsx the pslsical herison, and get lev glimpse
Of Bsht from the sun Of dsmosrsey rising - sAe
Bsss. Fhe telegraph brings daily intslliesn,e Of
Ehs syeat and important movements taking plsss In
reference to the future Cabinet Of Gsnersi Pierce
Now light shines In upon our besiidsred ops'cs
nom Washington, nov from Boston, and nov frc =
Concord, as ~e read Of the big guns OF she emo
cratic party being in turn slosesed in fr'er ~ chit
chat With the President elect From q, those little
manifestations, however, We arc aele 10 form some
conjecture Of the line of policy EasA win BE- opt 10
distinguish the Cabinet Of Cehsfal Plsrve; sni for
the publie information va VIII advort to sous Of ts
leading fl atures.
The incoming administration Of General FtAaklin
Pierce, which . few mentAs moro will 500 inau
gurated, win have imposed upon II soms Of the
most serious questions responsibilities thAs have
ever cDgaged the stte,lti0n Of our government;
and on tho good sense, high statesmanship, reso-
lutte bearing, and NJ lainehing Sdelity Of the new
resident and his Ga binet will depend some Of tho
grapdest issues In which humanity is concerned.
Net only arc the hopes, trusts and aspirations Of
the American pIope centred IN the representative
Of the dsmoep attic principle whom they have Gle
waited to the highest Office Of the State bat 70 the
same point Are alse directed tho sympsshies, the
anxious desires, and the earnest hopes of the OPP
pressed people Of every nation on the European con-
tinent General Pierce, We doubt it not, FULLY
realizes che magnitude Of the position he IL
to occupy, and is resolved in advance TO bring 70
the Performance Of his duties an undertaking rsso-
luton to carry out, boldly and snerseticaly, the
principles on which our constitution is based,
unintinidated by despotic power abrosd, and IN.
swayed by corrupt influences at home.
The task before our new chief magistrate Is truly
hereulean one, and II believes him to be vol pre-.
pared for the struggle The domestic policy Of the
administration is hardly less important than it,
tsrnal policy. The Augesn stables Of the demo-
cratic party are to be cleansed and purified from the
corrupt influences which have aggregated therein
Flibusterism, in all its FORMS is to be firmly Crap
pied with, and ehokea by strenuous measures The
administration must thus evince to the world the
sin .erty of its determination to respect the rights
ofnations and prevent its own citizens from becon-
ing the armed and violent propagandists of repub
hcan principles; while, at the Same time, 1t must
be less prompt to repel the advances Of foreign
powers on this continent ana stiae in their noep-
ton all attempts to mplant or perpetuate on Anne
roan soil the elements Of European despotism It
will thus secure the honor and respect Of its own
citizens, no less than that Of foreign powers, and
this policy will eyentuate still mere feliciteusly to
the very people for whom our American flkbusteros
express such sympathy. Therefore, let the prime
effort of General Pierces home administration be to
eradicate, and forever, the spirit of libustsr
ism which has Of late been such bugbear to tho
Spanish government and such text for the pious
homilies Of the London Times.
Cotemporane0usly with this extinction Of the in
vadirg element In the public mind Of this country,
the efforts Of the government should be directed to
the defeat Of free soilism and sbolitonism, and
every other Of those cliquisms which designing
politicians foment to disturb the harmony and mu.
tual good relations of the States of the confedera
cy. Perhaps the best specific for these little erup
tons on the body polite would be tho rigid ex.
clusion from the benefits of Office Of oil persons
tainted with the evil-a measure which would GER
tainly result in causing most Of those tinged with
the leprosy to get sleansed of it without delay,
while it would at tho Same time protect tho adam
istraiion and all govern ment employees from tho
injection This is matter OF much eonseq uence to
our social condition during the next four years,
and We would confidently recommend our prescrip
ticn to the highest authority.
Having succeeded In extrpating, or, at all events,
reducing to innocuous state, flibustersm, FREQ.
soilism and abolitionism, the domestic policy Of
General Pierce would then be comparatively simple
and easy. He may then establish . united party,
based on true Union and annex alton prinsiples-a
party under which this great republic would prosper
and progress, even beyond all former prscsdsntr-a
party which would give fresh impetus to the Anglo.
American race in Its noble career Of spreading
light and liberty and happiness over the whole
surface of the American continent.
The Presidential term which Il just closing has
been one in which the commercial and mercantile
interests Of the country have received tremendous
expausiOn,-sush q enc as other nations could not
have attained in centuries. This, however, must be
attrbutedto its true causes, namey-the gold fields
Of California, and the energetic character of our
citizens-net to any extraor binary Of the
administration But while, in . commerce ial point
Of view, 10 have suoh reason to congratulate oar.
selves the events Of the last four years. and on
the high position we now osoupy, is there shadow
20 the picture? Have We ne "reminiscences Of the
American fag wantonly insulted in the Caribbean
Sea- of private rights violated, and Of Amsrisan
citizens ltrsated and abused in the port of Hayans7
And have there net sprung up, within the last
few months, important questions involving the
principle of the Monroe dootrine-ths exclusion of
foreign powers from intsrmsddling in the affairs Of
this continsnt-vhioh have not been met with the
spirit and discrimination which ought to be mani
Tested by the government Of this republics
Butwe prefer looking forward With assurance to the
action Of the incoming administration, to locking
back with regret TO the errors and dsrections Of Mr.
Fllmore's cabinet General Pierce viii have to crap
pie with several nice and important questions relating
TO the foreign policy Of this country Of ths, Ouba
presents itself as one Of tho most difficult pro bems 70
be solved by him. Filbusterism at homo he may
be able to put dowa eEso.ually; but that does not
get nd Of all the difficulty. Recent events have
shown with sufficient clssrness thai thors exists
league among the European powers 70 prevent the
formation Of any political connexioR between that