The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-27

More OF the Foreign Beauties Of our Pierce
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Diplomatic
Squabbles for the Succession.
The secret history of the Cabinet intrigues
and of the Presidential diplomacy Of the rul-
ing spirits on both sides of the Atlantic, of
this Pierce administration, is as rich in rare
and valuable trinkets as peddler's knapsack.
Read our instructive special advices from
Washington, minute and circum stantial, which
we spread before the pubic to-day. Read the
intrinsically authentic letter of one OF our
London correspondents to the same effect,
upon the leading question involved. Read
these curious and suggestive disclosures, and
ipwardly digest them, oh !! ye burrowing out
side spoilsmen Of this Pierce administration,
and then answer, upon your lives, whether ye
are for Buchanan or for Marcy for the success
sio,
Our Washington despatch gives us birds
eye view of all our prominent schemes of an
nexation, as they stand. Most conspicuous at
present-completely overshadowing the Cuba
question-is the Kinney Central American
enterprise. We had supposed this scheme to
be purely confidential arrangement between
the Wall Street Cooper Company and the
Kitchen Cabinet; but it rises now to the dignity
of n diplomatic agreement and interna-
tional compromise between Great Britain
and the United States upon the political en-
barrassments of Central America. The COM
plicated issues of the Moaroe doctrine, the
Mosquito protectorate, the Clayton. Bulwer
treaty and the Aombardment Of Greytown,
proving too ~ of task for the tedious
routine If ordinary diplomacy, the happy
expedient appears to have been resolved upon
between Mr.. Champion, the British Minister at
Washington, and the administration, of leaving
the solution of these Central American affairs,
Mosquito kingdom, Monroe doct inc and all,
to the proposed independent colonial expedi
ton from the United States. In other words,
it is virtually agreed upon between Mr.. Cramp-
ton and our Cabinet to recognise this expedition
OF Col. Kinney to the Mosquito purchase, and
to permit him to settle the affair, of Central
America in his own way, provided that his con-
quests are not to be annexed to the United
States
Happy thought! Who couli have dreamed
of this felicitous solution Of the Monroe doc
trine, and Of the balance of power in Central
America? No wonder the Cabinet organ is in
ecstacies Read its article in another columu,
ye valiant workingmen without employ ment,
and turn eur wistfal eyes to toe fertile fields
of the :orthco ming Kinney republic Of Gen.
trsl America. Thus have company
Of Wall street SPECTATORS and the Kitchen
Cabinet solved an harrassing diplomatic
enhancement, which Marcy had given up in
despair. Thus good is educed out of mischief.
Thus the Grey town bomoardment ripens into
an entente eoydiale such as the world has ne
yer seen, resting upon the simple but formula
ole basis Of an Anglo American 6libustering
armed occupation.
In view OF this Nappy achievement we are
resigned to the temporary abandonment Of the
negotiations for Cuba. We arc the better pre-
pared for resignation With the disclosures Of
ouf London and Washington correspondents
touching the causes for this step by Secretary
Marcy. HIRE we have it fully revealed tina.
the Oetend convention, thoagh apparently con-
vened to decide upon the policy Of our nego-
tiations for Cuba, was really diplomatic eau
cus, headed by Buchanan and managed by
Soule, Sickles and Sanders, for the purpose of
putting Buchanan on the inside track for the
Presidential election Of 1856. The plan was t,
crowd upon Gen. Pierce policy in regard to
Cuba so decided and belligerent as to drive
Marcy from the Cabinet in disgust, whereupon
Buchanan was to take the reins as the cham
pion of the Kitchen Cabinet and manifest des
tiny" This Ostend plot has failed. Marcy
has proved too strong for them. He holds his
ground like the Russians; bat It Will be seen
that Buchanan and his allies do not abandon
the Geld. Our London correspondent tells us
that George Sanders, ria the West Indies,
(Cuba and Dominica is re urn ng home-tha.
be viii come in at New Orleans as the arant
courier in behalf Of B chansn, to pat the ball
in motion. Forne, and tie Kitchen Cabinet
will back him up, and Marcy will be hemmed
in np0n every side.