Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-06
EVENING STAR.
wASHIN TON CITY;
MONDAY ....................July 6, 1857.
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.
The Union discusses, in an able and inter-
esting article, the future of this government and
country, in connection with the other govern
ments and countries on this continent. After
showing that the acquisition of California has
necessarily generated material and abiding
interest on our part in their affairs, and also
the imperative necessity for the preservation of
some transit way of inter-communication free
for the people OF all nations, at all times and
under all circumstances, as now a prime duty
of this Government the editor proceeds to dis
claim, on the behalf of this Government the
idea Of territorial acquisitions in Central Amer
lea, and to show that the very best possible
policy for the Central American States to pur-
sue is, to secure to us and other commercial
nations the free use Of such transit above and
beyond any contingencies of revolutions or
other local hindrances of its uninterrupted en-
jOyment at all times and under all circumstan-
ces The able article on which we are CON-
menting concludes as follows:
''One OF the most formidable obstacles is a
jealousy which has been deeply infused into the
minds of the people of Mexico and south Amer
lea principally through the medium of that for
eign influence to which we have so often alluded.
They have been persuaded that the policy of the
United States contemplates the extension of this
confederation over the entire continent, and con-
The overthrow of their nationality and The extinc-
ton Of their race.
That some such ideas have been thrown out
by more than one sagacious and profound states
man in attempting to penetrate the mysteries CT
futuTity, and that they are entertained by por-
ton of the people of the United States, is very
certain. But we do not believe any administra-
ton Of this government, past or present, ever
made these anticipations the basis of its policy,
or contemplated any action for the purpose of ac-
celebrating their accomplishment. That there are
certain consequences which must necessarily
suit from certain causes, unless counteracted by
Others more powerful, cannot reasonably be dis
puted. Thus, the multiplication and expansion
OF race Of men of superior intelligence, energy,
activity, enterprise and numbers, ii is natural to
presume will lead to an ultimate realization of
what Mr.. Jefferson predicted as early as 17S6,
when he expressed the conviction that 'Our con-
fcderacy is the nest from which all America,
North and South, is to be peopled.'
- But, if these anticipations are ever realized,
we will venture to say 1t will not be by any pre-
meditated policy of this government, and least of
all, by conquest or uSurpation. The United States,
at least for the present, have plenty of room for
expansion; and neither cOvet their neighbours
lands nor fear their rivalry, either separate
combined. They do not wish to subdue them
and there insuperable obstacles, which must
occur to every rejecting mind, to their annexa-
ton to this confederaCv.
If, then, the people of the United States
should, in the course of ages, expand over the
whole, or great portion Of the New w oTld and
carry with them their habits manners, language,
institutions. and liberty, it will not be by any
course of action on the part of the government
ii will not be because man wills it, but because
he cannot arrest the impulse that controls the
great tide of human events. 1t will be owing to
those great universal causes that operate at all
times and everywhere when the Supreme X uler
of the Universe takes the Tens in his hands, and
politicians statesmen, potentates, and nations be-
come the passive instruments of His providence"
The Lat6fligeHcer thus announces the event
which yesterday Oyershadowed our city with
gloom:
DEATH OF WIN. l.. MARCIA Geographic dis
patch announced to US yesterday one of those sud-
den dispensations of Providence, unexpected
and so much to be deplored as to fall like stun
ming physical blow, and for moment to suspend
ones breathing. The scrap of paper dated
at Ballston Springs on Saturday, 4th instant and
read - Mr.. Marcy IcaS found dead an his room
about noon to-day He appeared TO be IN his
TSNG! health fAiS morning" In each minute of
time such numbers of victims ever Obeying
the final summons that the solemnity of the event
IL diminished by its familiarity; but this un-
lOoked-fOr stroke of the DESTROYER will give
pause" to every heart in the vast country; for no
man was more widely known to the Intelligent
portion of his countrymen for his important civil
services, or was more universally respected for
his abilities as statesman, his we'll balanced
principles, his frmness in the path of duty, and
his inhexble integrity. At his period of life and
after the close Of his brilliant career under the
late Administration, Il is probable that Mr. Marcy
would never again have eIHeTy ed from the shades
of private life; still, his death must be regarded
as public loss, and il will be everywhere
monrned such