The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-11
Ins wisdom 81 Ibe PoPusar hind Manifest
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1hs vsisdnm d Ihe PoPssar asnd-mAnafsst
Destiny of snc rs punlic.
1t is = nm eIro 10 hook exclusively 70
the pol Il Il tead ftbe p Cpl for the solu-
ti.n Of g,ea questions of national aud inter
national co cer he history of The past eight
years is ugh to ow this. There is not
novice in e medic i prote zion that sees less
OF the Il cts 1 his re cri ions than does the
politicieo into the cons gu noes Of legislative
and executive mea ures.
How lar t Occul alton Of, and the discoveries
in, al ior 10 We affect I'd the gresi Interests
OF the All ut States On the mneliate fate
. Of the goverumt mt Of Cuba, are questions Of
the highest practical and 8, eculative interest.
The latter ranch Of thus inquiry is one which
derives peculiar significance in the present con-
dition of Spanish American affals.
Arleita's retty eet twink in in the brook,
Gays a phIo 0 hic his orian, m de her toe wife
Of Duke X bert, tie Liberal OF Norman ~, AMI
the mother of William tie Conqueror. Thus
was laid the foundation # the Anglo-NOrman
dynasty the present empire Of Great Br tain.
The currents Of population and dom n on are
indeed often turned aside from accustomed
channels by trifiDg distractions. The war with
Mexico was prccpitated, said Santa Anna by
the stupid and thoughtless desire Of Herrera,
then President. TO appear 20 his people ready, 70
punish the iemerity Of Gen. Taylor whose
, small force. had been pushed to the righi bank
Of the Rio Grande, but with no view OF bringing
on general contest. A -kirmish at Paio Alto
instead of ending in . border feud, as was reckon
Il y
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Inst republic. Such result
was as unexpected At Washington as in the
Halls Of the Monteznmas.
Had the effects Of the Mexican war thus
closed ii would have been little more than al
invasion by a strong power of weak one
the appropriation of territories upon its own
terms, d citation OF peace, medals aud THANKS
voted by Congress to Successful officers, few
thousand pensions to widows and the wounded
great amount of REORGANIZATION and conse-
quenG enlargement Of American ideas touching
the nervous system Of supremacy on this side
Of the water.
But in truth the diplomatic features of that
contest bear no earthly resemblance to its r.
suits The bantling taat was born of the strug
gle Las q most questionable paternity. The
wise men who controlled it, 50 far as we are
concerned saw only the extension of the terri
tories OF the United States. without at all cal
culating their effects. Mr. Polk in his message
to Congress after the ratification of peace, re-
counted in excellent language the number 0.
square miles, acres, and the extent Of ssa-coast
on the Atlantic, Pacific and the Gllf OF Mexico,
which had been added to the Union by the
war. Like the miser who increases his gains
without ever dreaming of their subsequent use
or abuse, SO our official managers thought only
OF " the extension Of the area of freedom"
without estimating its effects upon the condi.
ton Of the conqcerors.
The occupation and discoveries Of gold In
California at once opened a new field for Anne
rican enterprise, and their effects have been
carried to almost every door in the republic
For many years before the mind of our people
had been turned to Cuba, and the acquisition
Of that island was deemed foregone event in
our history, sympathy for the Cubans-a per-
vading continental sympatby--a belief thai the
island was necessary to our national defences
in the South-a distrust Of the ability of
Spain much longer to retain it's great
pIoductiveness, the possession Of which
would give us the command, in connection with
our own, of the markets of the world
50 far as its great staple, sugar, was concerned
its c0ntiguity to the continent, and the con-
viction thai by nature or destiny, it should
enter into the constellation Of republican
States, were Chief among the reasons that en-.
tered into the common judgment in reaching
this conclusion. 1t was telescope vision. Ia
deed, that said the end hit not the means. The
difficulties connected with its acquisition were
entirely overlooked But the general law Of
population OF this continent-a la " whose pro-
visions are recorded in the steady progress of
the Anglo-American race, and the sabiug ltioa
OF every opposing obstacle, was enough to WAL
rant the popular judgment in the deci ion il
had made. The people had willed il, pro
nouDced il, aad their voice had ever been pro-
phetic. History had recorded the great fact
that measures of &C ACKNOWLEDGMENT have found a
pre-apnouncement in tie stern language OF the
masses. Florida, Louisiana ard Texas had
come 10 re under Their imperious edict.
l. was believed that population hal its laws
Of aggres sion, and these were declared to b.
founded II the energy, Intelligence aud morll
cond ton Of the Anglo.Amarican race. Tnas
ehich bad driven the Indians to the noun tains
was part Of this law. 1t was the superior
acting upon the iaferiur-a rule Of CONDUCT hav-
ing its foundations In the constitution Of man.
and admitting 10 exceptions ia its application
md, il must b confessed, giving strong author
ity for The Wanted manifest destiny IF the re.
public, international treaties, the policy OF
States and statesmen, seem not to have i'm
ptded lis progress. Il is the sat,goasm or
hot system Of aristocrs.ic role in Europe
which finds its expression in tbe dogma oil the
balance Of poVer-Ihe heart ald soul ef The