The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-05

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We rspublish elsewhere IN article nom the n1w
Yosx H,sALD Of the 18th Which ss s me Outline
for this new project, We sye told, Ignores Com
modors yasb~tilt. Admiral Morgan, Rear Admiral
Garrison and Admiralissinnp Law, and all the othsr
putting 30 lsng che control OF Central American
India, and places at the head Of 1t q name yet IN
known 20 fams in the steamship world new Rich
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stance there may be in the HsR AIDS expose Of the
new combination which, II AYERS. Wih throw all the
previous steamship enterprises and speculations.
In the shade; but Individually the drift Of ev nts for
some time past gives to It versim iltude, or plau-
sbility at least, which entities 1t to more or loss
journalistic consideration as IT intimately conoerns
Us to know by what auspices the opening destinies
of our India are to be controlled. y 2. -
The magnificent conquest Of British India Was
secured by partnership between the military
power and the mercantile interest OF England be
tween the sword and the ledger, the merchant and
the soldier These two powers we're the compliments
Of each other and their harmonious cooperation
thus tar in British India can alone explain the mar
velous strides towards empire winch England mas
made in Eastern ASIA and the remarkable tenacity
with which every foot Of territory acquired has been
held and made the point dapput for new conquests.
{ was the cooperation, and its golden fruits ever
shining and inviting in the perspective wnlcn was
hard-won victories, and Dalhousie's admirable hli.
bustersm in the affair Of annexlng the kingdom Of
their Oudeish Msjesties and turning these royal
personages sdrifs with pension. =. 49, ......
We believe che accomplishment OF our destiny
our manifest destiny" Is the term-must be based
upon q similar partnership before it is realized.
The commercial and military idea must go together;
the commissariat must back the ordnance depart
ment balls and bullets soon lose their potency
without bread and beef; the destructive and con-
quering impulse must be accompanied by the con-
sentative and reproductive principle, to result In
any permanent advantage or lasting acquisition.
Since the acquisition Of Texas, which was the
effect more of political tendency and national
affinity than hlbusterism proper, our America
fliDuster performances, though brilliant and dar
ing enough, have not produced the visible and
enduring results which nearly invariably attend
British flibusterism. And this Is to be t.rbute1
mainly to the fact that commerce has not entered
as partner In movements Of this kind emanating
from the United States II has constantly done Ia
the British operations in India or, II It has en-
tered into them, it has been in so desultory. IN
systematic and often c0nf ;tng manner, rs to EN-.
barass rather than assist and organize defeat more
than victory. For instance-what did George Law
ever do towards the Cuba movement but somewhat
comphcate the matter automatically What have
Vanderbilt and Morgan done for the American
movement in Nicaragua Extravaganty worse tnan
nothing. They have made the great question OF the
time-the quesio Of the next half century-the
destiny OF our Indian empire, subservient and So
condary 10 their steamship rivaries and personal
animosities. They have brought affairs In Central
America 70 IN spparantly dead lock, which en-
dangers ali the ground 90 fsr acquired and may yet
neCessitate the doing Of all that has been done,
order 70 regain the lost position and Hse it wisely
rating with Walker there was not the mutual conh.
dence and reliance necessary to secure efficiency:
there were secret plots and counterplots mining
tween the two steamship spectators, and the pro-
psrty Of one Of them was seized and confscated BY
the Nicaraguan government-which was one Of the
most serious blows TO the American cause In CentrA
49, Anoar Al~A g~vu
whether intended or not, upon the commercial in
terest, ana made capital afraid to intrust itself 70
the hazard of Nisaraguan revolution. From that
time they have been strenuousy trying to cut each
Nicaragua, regardless Of what night befan Walker,
regardless OF TIE number Of American lives involved
What II Nicaragua TO than, or they to Nicaragus,
aside from the half million or 20 which they have
lives Of several thousands Of their counrymen con-
dollars involved
And this brings Us to the great desiderstum. the
Of our Indian empire. 1t Is the alliance with the
military element Of the commercial idea; It must BE-
commerce made militant-organized and harmoni-
ous not conflicting with itself and calculating 6tly
with the warlike member of the partnership. How
Ia this wholesome aud powerful Indignation Of the
two principles to be efectedl Aye there Is the diff
Guilty. American commerce Ia 30 diffusive-in the
steamship line especally-so prone to conflict and
destructive competition, and erratic withsl thai
IL Is difficult to conceive how II can be brought 80 10
harmonic in all its parts and cooperate with mill
tary agent as to accomplish what British commerce
has achieved In the Eas. Indies. Certainly We per-
ceve nothing In the plan sketched by the Herald likely
to produce even the beginning, but II seems more
calculated TO still more compcate present compli
cation and obscure the future more than ever. We
would not advocate the found alton Of such a com
mercial power as the British East India Company,
for its monopoly feature would be antagonistic 70
our ideas Of the freedom Of trade; but system tina.
would hsrmoniousy combine the same commercial
and military agencies cooperating TO the same gene
raj end-one so organized a. not TO present the
odous character OF monopoly, ye. selfsustainng
ana self-enum Grating, and every success Of which
would conduce not more TO It's immt diste inte-
rest than to the general commercial prosperity and
the grandeur of our nationality-h such Q combins-
ton could be effected, we would say, give it room
and give it play; our Indian empire would not long
be- in that event, bird OF golden plumage in the
bush, or now deviously fitting through the ever
green forests Of Central America, and anon soaring
over the picturesque slopes of Tehuantepec. We
want true partnership Of the military and CONNER
cial principles; given that, and our Indian empire
xp,Ilv .of Ia.o 1oo