The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-16


GIGS between coatenains individuals aspiring
1cI TIE Presidency AID the several ciiques
supporting thcm i view q Inc spoils This
epoen Of ladiyi4sals AL factions Was Woinl
up with the sorab Iace between Jackson,
Adams. Clay and Crawford, in 1894. The cleo
tion Ct Adams by the House OF representative
frecipitated q new order OF tnings 10 1873
viii the election of Gen. Jackson II that year
a formidable schedule Of democratic measures
touching our internal sI.r. vas iaauguratal
The bank question, Tie pu nc land question
internal improvements an The tariff question
were made the landmarks dividing the two
great partit1 which were organized from the
debris Of the cd preexisting parties. The
only extraneouE relief 10 the pfotracted strug
gle upon purely domestic policy which fol-
lowed between the democratic and wing par
ties was the Mexican war end he Oregon and
Eastern boundary qucstion-the democrat, like
the old republicans, being the progressive and
successful war party in behalf Of the expansion
OF republican principles.
The year 1854 opens q new epoch in our po-
litical history. The schedule of measures which
divided the whig and democratic parties for
quarter of a centary being settled and both
parties being hopeiessly demoralized and
broken up by The slavery question aad the
spells, there must be another reorganization
OF rarties-new parties, with new principles
and new platforms for the approaching cam
paign OF 1866. And it IS IN this condition of
things that the European crisis, with all its
inmeasnrable consequences, comes upon rs.
No man is fool enough to suppose that the in
dependence OF Turkey is the question at issue
between Russia and the Western Powers. The
fate of Turkey is already sealed. Whatever
may be her ultimate fate, she is Al present but
The Joint dependency OF England and France.
Tie war is for the balance Of power il Europe
Il will be bloody war-it may be 4 long war
and i cannot fail in producing contingencies
and ezigencieswhch VII give controlling IN
fiuence to our domestic politics
The American people are brave ana geaer-
Gus; but tLey viii be cautious in heir sympa-
thies and against the disturbance Of our present
policy Of perfect neutrality. We do not sym
patLize with Russia nor even with the Western
Powers to any great extent, the struggle De
tween them beng Tor the whip-hand 0.
The continent. But behind these great Pow
ers there is third party, which may pe
even more powerful in the end than ali
the governments in the field. 1t is the revo-
lutionary party. waiting the favorable moment
to play their terrible part IN the bloody drama
Here We have suggested the possible question
of neutrality or intervention on our part, raised
among our adopted citizens and seized upon
by hungry politicians for electioneering plr-
poses.
At al events, the Old political parties Of the
country, and their ola platforms aud old issues,
are done away with. There must be reorgani-
cation Of parties, and reconstruction Of their
platforms OF new timber, for 1850. The drift
o. events III Europe, we therefore contend, from
their pressure upon u.s. in q thousand possible
contingencies, is destined to give shape and
color in a controlling degree to the measures
and principles touching our foreign policy ami
our next Presidential campaign. We shall
watch ihe devclopements Of the tremendous
struggle into which all Europe is iSvited with
an eye to our rights as free people, our
dignity and honor as nation and our duties
as republic, peace or war.