The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-26

dant reasons TO re. dice. y Tender IN years, pus
gigantic in growth, we illustrate popular
writer's smile Of infant pugnacioumess, for we
entered the family Of nations squaring our Ests,
and have continued to box our way manfally
until we now manage to carry everything pref
ty well cur own way. As is usual in the case
of the youngest born, we are the sauciest, most
independent and insubordinate of the children
of Mother Earth, and we refuse to be bound
down by antiquated notions and traditional old
fogyism, in which our brethren have been
brought up We have got bone and sinew, and
pluck, and we are determined, at all times and
upon all occasions, to show it. Warm and inn
pulsive in our friendships, we are jus. as prompt
and ready to revenge an injury; and as we pos
sess the power as well as the will to give effect
to whichever mood we happen to be in, we find
ourselves in the enviable position Of a fiskle
beauty, whose smiles, and whose frOwns are |
eternal sources Of anxiety and watchfulness 70 |
those who expect to gain something froga her |
favor.
At one time we have our naughty English
cousins talking big, and endeay oring to bully
us into some concession favorable to their cVn-
mercial interests and in the next trying to
wheedle us into manifestation CT our
sympathies in behaE OF doubtful quar-
rel Then cones the CREST autocra.t
Of the Russias, the sworn enemy of
republicans and republican institutions, an
humble sutton for our favors, and anxious to
secure our friendship fora valuable considera-
| ton. Between the two we feel that a longer
| Irritation wsuld be more consistent with the
dignity o. our position, and perhaps on second
thoughts we may net be disposed to hold out
| any hopes to either We are not satisfied that
there is sufficient Of moral worth and principle
! in the candidates to justify them in aspiring to
| the honor Of our alliance.
| For those smaller fry who calculate upon
| their weakness as protection to the bold
ness of their pretensions, and who seek to
| tri6e with us under the shelter Of our magma
! nimity, we have, in general, patient forbear-
ance; but when we find matters pushed beyond
our powers of endurance, we have a quiet but
efectual way OF putting an .eytinguisher
upon them, which removes all occasion for
further difficulty. Our hug, once received, will
not be easily forgotten.
Such are the pleasant and self-satisfying re-
fections inspired by the evidences of our
power and influence that daily reach us from
every quarter Of the globe Nations that have
hitherto jealousy excluded foreigners from
their shores yield to US at the first application
Of our cabalistic sesame, whilst those that
show more refractory spirit are brought to
reason by the more direct argument Of force.
Traditional jealousy and conventional difficult
ties alike prove Intellectual barriers to our pro-
gress. Wenot only exemplify the inherent power
of popular institutions, but we break down the
restraints imposed upon individual freedom
under the cover of international law, and in
proportion as we develope our own theories of
|. government, We advance the general liberties
OF mankind. Such mission as this is the most
useful and glorious that ever fell to the lot of
any people, and its faithful and vigorous fulfil
ment has naturally given us predominatng
influence amongst the nations Of the earth. If
we only continue true to ourselves, and perse-
we're in the vindication of those great princi- |
pies that have conducted us thus far in the path
OF our apparent destiny we shall have the sa-
tisfaction Of crushing out the despotism that at |
present enslaves the masses of mankind. and |
of rendering our country the great centre of |
refinement and civilization. as 1t is now that of
popular liberty.
Nothing can prevent the contamination Of
this glorious prospect but internal division and
treaehery. We behold around as the evidences
OF rapidly growing power and ascendancy, to
which no parallel can be found in the history Of
the world Every decade of our progress
works the most marvellous changes in our po-
pulation, commercial and industrial resources
and material wealth. From being almost the
youngest community among existing nations,
we have suddenly sprung to height of D I
litical Importance and power which has
excited the envy and admiration Of the present,
al will continue to form subject Of wonder
e. SPECULATION to future ages. In another
MY years the city in which we live will out
number in population, and surpass in wealth,
those great centres Of European civilization
which have taken so many centuries to bring
to their present maturity. And it is not i'm
possible that the time may also arrive, when
speculation in one of James fictions will he
realized, in which the writer contemplates the
probability Of Yankee arch@ologist inspect
ing the remains Of London and Paris with the
same eager curiosity and interest with which
a Belzoni and Champollion have ransacked the
ruins of Syria and Egypt
The apparent exaggeration Of this picture at
the time it was drawn, is fast giving place be-
fore the realities Of our progress. Already
New York is becoming the centre of the news,
as it must inevitably become the centre of the
commerce of the world To no other city
not even excepting London itself-does intelli-
gence from all quarters Of the globe arrive
with the same rapidly, certainty, and simulta-
neity The papers that we have published for .