The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-07
The Result OF the Presidsntlal Election Ina
Europe-Our Foreign Policy.

people. The warm. with which the candidature
OF Col Fremont was espoused by the indepen
dent press and the independent public opinion of
The United States, had led them to conclude that
an event WHICH they had grave reasons to depre-
cate would have been averted. Ignorant of our
party machinery, they regarded these indications
as unmistakeable evidences of the popular will
And so they would have been had not treachery
inexperience, and the absence Of an effective or
ganization combined to defeat the noblest cause
which has ever engaged the sympathies OF
honest men,
Well may this result alarm the susceptibilities
of other nations For them it is pregnant with
world of anxiety and danger. 1t announces in
the first place the deliberate decision Of the
American people in favor of the extension OF
slavery, and in the next, their equally deliberate
adoption Of the principles of the Ostend mani
testo. There is no possibility of modi
flying or extenuating these conclusions.
Such are in effect the results achieved
by the victory of the democratic party.
That they will exacerbate questions which, If
they could not have been finally settled, might
have been indefinitely postponed-that they will
render still more fierce and irreconcilable the
hostility between the North and the South, and
that they will plunge our foreign relations into
state of confusion and embarrassment still worse
than that from which we have recently been re
lieved, has long been apparent to all who have
not been blinded by their party prejudices. 1t
was the consciousness Of these dangers which en-
listed in the cause of Fremont the good wishes
and support Of all moderate minded and sensible
men, who prefer the steady progress of their
country to the risks attending interruptions and
violent efforts at ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 1t was the
same instinct which impelled the English and
French journals to hail the prospects Of the re-
publican candidate with an eagerness and hope
fulness which only served to mark the more
strongly the perils attending the success of his
democratic opponent.
With regard to the slavery question, the con-
sequences of Mr.. Buchanan's election may be
looked upon as only Of q temporary character
and win be set right by the operation of causes
over which politicians have fortunately no con-
troll. II IL simply question between free labor
ard slave labor; and notwithstanding the efforts
made 10 complicate it with other interests on this
Issue alone will 1t ultimately be decided. II
free labor be unsuited TO tropical States Northern
people must in time recognise the folly of at
t.mpting the application Of q principle which
nature herself regulates. The people of the
South win equally be compelled to acknowledge
tina, the extension OF slavery to Territories whose
climate II untitled for its Development, and
where slave labor can never hope to compete
successfully with that Of the white man, is
equally opposed 10 sound economical principles
The question is one that will be settled amongst
ourselves, and TINT viii have no direct influence
upon our relations with other countries All that
We have 20 apprchend, then, from the election Of
an administration pledged to the extension of
slavery II that it, foolish efforts TO violate natural
avs win help to keep alive for some little time
longer the jealousies, the heart burnings and
the discussions which at present mark the agita-
ton of this question.
No, 50 with our foreign policy as proclaimed
by the country in It's choice Of Mr. Buchanan. By
the election Of one Of the authors Of the Ostend
manifesto We deliberately announce 10 the Euro
pcan governments that henceforth II is our inten-
ton to pursue the aggressive, piratical and dis
honorable course in our dealings with other ma
tions which was 80 distinctly indicated In th
remarkable State paper. OF the effect Of the news
Of Mr.. Buchapan's success on foreign interests
we shall not be long before We have an oppor-
tunity Of Judging We are much mistaken il the
London and Psais money markets do not afford
s.mt
on this snijsct; and II Is pretty certain that me
dock yards Of Portsmouth and Cherbourg VIII
also bs,ray upnlistakcabe indications Of the light
in which this event is viewed in higher quarters.
Thee anticipaiions are indeed inevitable corol-
lariss Of our own action. Here we are nation
Of thirty millions Of people, more impulsvc, ener
gdic and daring than any other people on the face
a the globe, entitled from the extent Of our
navel and commercial marine to be ranked as .
fret rate maritime Power, rich in internal
sources, well as In patriotic devotedness, and
secure against invasion 10 degree that no 9th
country can boast of-here we are, We repeat,
pTcclalming 10 The world, openly and wiibot!
cquivocaiion, that VIC consider the Law Of nigh
Superior 10 that Of right and that we mean toa
upon II to any extent that our sovereign pleasure
may dictate. How can II be expected in the face
q such fac.s-wi,h the memory Of the schemes
concccsed in this country against Cuba, and the IS
tablishmcnt u m American iilipus;cring ruler In
Nicaragua that the foreign governments should
not regard the election 81 Mr.. Buchanan as q
gauntlet thrown down In The face of Europe. and
make their preparations accordingly. II i con-
sldcrations like thee that influenced the large
vote which has been cat against the democratic
nominee. Let ms hope that the policy q hts ad-
mnissraiion will BE- such a. " tranquillizc, both
here and abroad, The alarm which they are calcu-
lated TO inspiTe.
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