Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-25
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE ADMINS
TRATION

The Richmond (ya) Enquirer compliments
the Administration for its conservative foreign
policy-for taking care, while vindicating the
rights Of American citizenship to abstain from
any language or movement that can afford
ground Of alarm to foreign nations-for its
steady adherence to the old policy Of neutrality
IT is quite certain that the Administration
has done and will do nothing more for the cause
Of Revolution in Europe, than did that of Mr..
Fillmore. The hopes Of foreign Democrats in
this respect, are doomed to disappointment. In
the Rosetta affair." public sentiment would not
permit the President to disavow the act Of Capt
Ingraham, but Mr.. Marcy took extreme care,
while ustifying it, to interpose such limitations
and exceptions to the Principles he laid down,
that no Foreign State could be alarmed by
them. And, after all, the Letter of Mr.. Web
ster, under the Fillmore Administration, was
even holder in it's tone than that Letter of Mr..
Marcy.
So far as we can see, there has been no
change in our foreign policy to adapt it to the
views of Kossuth and his associates Mr.. Mason
was Mr.. Rives, and we apprehend the aris-
tocracy of ST. James will be as little offended
by Mr.. Buchanan as by Mr.. lngersoll. The
President has intimated no desire for change
in our neutrality Laws nor has single Ad-
ministration press of any character suggested
it. We have no more motions from Democrat
ic Senators, for the dissolution Of diplomatic re-
lations with foreign Despotism; on the contra
ry for the first time in American history, n
Nuncio from Despotism, at once Civil and
Spiritual, pre-eminently proscriptive and oppres-
sive within its jurisdiction, has audience with
our progressive President, and finds an advo-
cate in that tyrant- hating Senator, who two
years ago was anxious to give the cold shout
der to Austria.
We are not surprised ut this Democratic
Conservatism. The Party out Of power can
always afford to be more radical and progress
sive than the Party in power. Even Young
America, with Governmental responsibilities
on his shoulders, moves with q slower and
more cautious step. Naturalized citizens were
induced to vote for General Pierce, in the ex-
pectaticn that his influence would, in some
way or other he thrown into the scale Of Eu-
ropean Democracy but no evidence has yet
been furnished Of his special sympathy with it.
His Administration has been good deal
more intent on fostering domestic despotism
than foreign Democracy We have not heard
that it has given any aid or countenance to
the latter, but through its organ it has bnl-
lied Spain for contemplating the enfranchise-
ment Of her slaves and threatened violent in.
terference with q view to maintain Slavery in
its colony of Cuba. We are not aware that
this was in the programme submitted to our
naturalized Democrats.
In process Of time, this portion Of our fellow
citizens will learn that there is power behind
tho Presidential chair that knows how TO put
the bit in the mouth Of Young America
The only Intervention allowed by that mystc-
rious agency is such as shall strengthen its
power and extend its dominion.