The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-30
The Admins ratpon and It's Foreign Policy
.rrx tfe Master Spirit.

We pu' dish to-day an article from the
Washing ON Union, evidently by authority
rom q ie Secretary OF State, defending the
'resen'I policy of the administration, in re.
erenr q to our extraordinary relations with |
'ps IN. Nothing could be more amiable or
D. olfensive than this official confession. In |
J. nth, in connection with the peculiarly sweet |
tempered instructions to Commodore McCauley,
and the splendid reception which has been
given him by Gen. Concha at Havana, we
may consider the recent outrages against our
citizens and vessels by the Spanish autho
rites and cruisers of Cuba, as having already
secured the most affectionate relations between
the two powers.
Very extraordinary, this; but not at all sur
prising. Tammany Hall may be stultifed, all
parties may be puzzled; but there are no pre-
cedents for the lodgings and shufaings of this
administration, and so we must be content to
take things as they come. We are well as
sured, however, Of one thing, which is, that
the bombardment of Greytown having ex-
hausted the belligerent propensities Of Mr..
Pierce, there is no danger of war on the
Cuba question. The organ substantially says
so, in declaring that if war does come it must
come from Spain. What relief is this to
pectant democracy!
Marcy has again brought up the belligerents
of the Cabinet the kitchen, the organ, Tam.
many Hall, and the Cuban Juntas all standing,
and for the third time. In the first case, insti-
gated by Jefferson Davis, Forney and the fill
busters, the Washington Union opened and kept
up hot fire for several months against Spain
and En- gland on their projected Africanization
of Cuba. Getting at last tired of this nonsense,
Marcy gave the organ an official hint, and the
subject was dropped. In the second case, the
| flibusters of the Cabinet and kitchs an cabinet,
with the consent and connivance of our flexible
Executive, got up the Ostend coalition and pro-
gramme. Our cunning Premier innocently
pretended to support the conspiracy, until
Messrs. Buchanan, Mason and Soule brought
out their celebrated belligerent manifesto, when,
pyestoi Marcy shuts them all up in the trap to-
gether, rubbing his hands and chuckling over
the fun, like Menschikoff when the allies set
themselves down before Sebastopol.
! The return Of Mr. Soule from Spain, the
! publication Of his official correspondence, and
the late Spanish outrsges against our flag and
our citizens in and about Cuba led to another
and desperate effort Of the war party, in and
out Of the Cabinet, for regular foray upon the
"ever faithful island" And here again, for
| several months, the Union has been Eliminating
war, blood and carnage, against g the atrocious
foreign despotism which curses the unfortu-
nate island" until Marcy, concluding that the
/ boc al
tell Mr.. Pierce what to do, and to tell his or
| gan grinder to change his tune. We see the
effect before US The organ instantly stops the
"Marsellaise" and regales US with "Pop goes
the Weasel" Gen. Concha and Commodore
McCauley, hand in hand, leading in the dance.
The simple truth is that Marcy is absolute
master Of the administration, and seems to take
a malicious delight in making Mr.. Pierce and
the filibusters of his Cabinet, his kitchen coun.
Gil and his organs, as ridiculous as possible. He
permits them to play their fantastic tricks
| from time to time, and sometimes prolongs the
amusement for he has discovered that he can
whip them back at pleasure. Now, from the
entente cordiale re.established between Gen.
Concha and Com. McCauley, under Narcy's
orders, it is manifest what sort of instructions
Mr.. Dodge will carry out to Madrid They
will be as soft and sweet as milk and honey.
Marcy invariably pleads that he is in favor of
the acquisition Of Cuba in the right way and
at the right time. But with him the time has
notyet come when there are so many rival can
didates struggling and plotting against him to
make political capital out of war with Spain.
His first object is to kill them all off, including
the weak and amiable man he is leading by the
nose. To secure this end, sink or swim, Marcy
will stick to the State Department and hold
back his filibustering rivals till, with the expi-
ration of Mr.. Pierce's term, they are all cast
cut together.
The conclusion is clear. Marcy rules the
roast. Marcy personal policy calls for peace,
and peace will be maintained at any cost. Let
the Quakers and oil the old women rejoice.
The OPERA AND FAsmoN-The mana cement
OF the italian opera in Fourteenth street under
Mr.. Phalen and his advisers bids fair to attain
degree of success considerably greater than
that which has rewarded all former attempts to
establish permanently Italian opera in New
York. AL the previous endeavors were feeble
and inconclusive, and broke down in every
point of view. At the opening, the opera in
Fourteenth street was equally unfortunate
two sets of managers tried their hands success
sively, but failed in the end. Itisrather singu-
lar that the first manager who succeeds should
be gentleman whose former pursuits were
wholly unconnected with the stage; so true it
is that business experience and common sense
are the only guarantees of real success. Me-
Pbalen's management has been on the whole
the most skillful and has held out the best
promise Of ultimate triumph of any we have
had. The attendance at the performances of
William Tell has more than paid expenses;