The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-07

EnsnSh Axgressson-Poiscy OF the United
From democratic co.amrorsry-supposed to bavs been
written by the Hon. Robert j. Walker, . parting
broadssde a. John Bull before the departure Of the Co
vernon Of Kansas for mis- Official destination
The policy of Mr.. Buchanan With respect 70 Cen
trail AneIica, 80 far "a Il may De influenced by the
attitude aid pretsnsons Of Great Britain relative TO
those countries, win, We may confidently rely. be
aba interests Of he United sssiss. sustaining the
local sovereigntes Of that Dart OF the continent
against European avaYce and injustice, and IN the
ssts posssssSon and enjoyment o. tnsr i1dsoen
IeSds contiguous tn their cosstS, no less than the
ain land tse The United States ought not to unite
in any arrangement with the British g"vsrpH.ent
might paItake, even remotely, Of the nacure Of an
alliance. Tbs govern neut cannot aiJ Itself with
that Of England for any object purpose whatever
The Temporary arrange meht With her BY which our
govern nent ID engaged TO furnsh certain force on
tbs coast OF Africa Tor the suppression Of the slave
tIsde ought never 10 have been entered into. The
reasons which might be sdducsd TO defend and en-.
10, this view are manifold intense and of vial n
portsnce. The attitu ie Of the two nations ct this
moment 10 that Of commercial rivals. In which ii
valry England assumed the iniistive and cOer
Give as tar back % 1870, throwing innumer
able oossec CD In the way OF our Peaoeaole
and legitin ate trade wit, the world harrass
Ing that trade BY the Illumination Of vexati Wa an
hoy ances, ineYdicts, navigation laws Snd paper
blockades, and statioDing her hoatng highway men
on every sea 10 attack and plumber our defenceless
Shipping. The ono hundred millions thus Pillaged
from, 1880 TO 1872 by y steu Of egalized piracy
bsve never beer repaid tho pluDder was opproprl'
a,ed and the ROBBERY justified By boldly declaring
that Il as dine TO protest and maintain the "mari.
time rights" Of Great Britain.
We would ark, what aie tue maritime rights "
Of Great sitsini Are they excus,vef Do they claim
poDoe,stng naval force, and the right of
arbitrary dietation and inter, ebti0n in the
commercial affairs ana free intercourse OF other
pati0ns2 Have no other nations maritime
they dependent for the privilege what the m ,dern
auto aaf Day concede a. favor, chsritsbly per-
nit tht m 10 clean from the hmites- Held VI her
own popderous and oppressive supernu'tyt These
auerits are pertinent and will NOT appear less forc
bic Or inter es'ing If ne take has'y glance a. s,me
VI the points doPpui of VIII, England has already
posses ed bertef either BY force or strategy, Ia all
parts of the globe.
In Europe, Gibraiter commanding the entrance
TO the Mediterranean; Malta near Sicily, whch
eDahles her to watch the coast VI Egypt; toe 10
Man lslande, on the YES. o'st OF Grsece, guard
ing the Adriatac; and DE 'ogol and, In the North
| sea, seDtnelipg the II ouths Of the Elbe and the
y essr In Southern africa, lhe Cape Of Good Hope;
| st. Helena, where Nap0lron was tortured ~ his
grave, and Labaun, NO tss Important from It's posi-
iiUn than its coal mines, near the greas island OF
Bornso, on which stt~r she has already one or tw
small posts or settleDsnts. On che R4d Sea the i'm
| pr enable fortress Of Aden the Gibraltar OF the
i
the gulf On the shores Of Ass, CeyIon, In the Cult
| OF Manaa,; Karak, Q recent ROBBERY In the Persian
| Gull; Singapore, In the Malay archipelago, and
Hong Kong, confronting the tntia &c 70 Canton
| fc, and on the Atlantic, Quebec, Halifax, the Der
udss, with Honduras and Whatever else she claims
| OF his appropriated in Central america
/ These are bot Q portion Of the 20. ified watch
tow rs encircling the globe, FROM whence her eye
xlpces In ever direction, and heets al armies may
rer oezyous and be dispatched ~he'cver her greco
l or an billion msy determine; wh,e Ia their ne$gh-
borb00d and every coast are innua eroIe Islands
where her ships have at sumo ~ iod touched for
- wood and WAFER or from ere curiosity planted
i pole and hoisA flag, with due Cate Of taking
possession in form but which she has not found, a.
| yet q necessity or interest for occupying. Still
I Trey sre convenient points for sirgIe ships or
tquadons TO touch at IN their Va ions courses over
he re for the purposes Of ref esnmen rehtting, oo
being cow, rted into coal depets for the service VI
her aup q ented steam marine In the possession OF
| Vancouver's Island II will be percei ed that Eng
hand Can ensily establish formidable naval station
| Oh tbe Pacific, whence fleets may ut any time me-
| pace the Columbia and San Francisco, ana In van
Gus ways trouble and interfere with Us N those wa
tiers. Coal depota are already beng estabr he'd there
while Brifish influence In stroog, II MT paramount
l o. the Sandwich Islands. II becomes, therefore, o
psss OF vital importance 70 the United States that
efritosjsl security interests and trade should
be prom PITY looked 70 and vigilsnt1 potected IN
thst hemisphere that our free intercourse with ia.
pan sbd The entire coast Of Asia. independent OF
England, shsll DOT be exposed TO peril-not ne inter
rppted, thacklsd, or comprumittef through the
roPynt prttepsion. or hostile altitude VI Britain;
ahse, on The other hand n In OF fp eater moment,
bat she does not incoee our commercial outlet 70
the Atlantic WITH q cham OF miIi.ry posts and
.al ststions, stretching from Cape Brescn 70 Porto
B-llo.
With Central America England can have no rish,
10 interfere authorsiiyely, supported by an armed
orce end this the United States SHOULD iusist UPON
~ sl hazards This continent h. not IL be subjected
tn nal uep
aor OF Europe, OF any part Of Eurose The coil Il
hello by res popes under new add Tor the most part
essentially difYering INSTITUTIONS and governments.
Ole great rel ubnc, populous, intsIiSeDt, Wa Thy,
sbtrI pfisIIg ard with an active trade reaching
every part OF the wotld, DEVELOPING its vast re-
and all the o0pt0mit,Dts Bstional great
ms, with 1spidiy spd ., dsu, onp.ralle'ed IN
the bb tory OF DauDns setms ,estiDsd ny PrUvl-
debce ~ be proecto, OF the weaber sts and toe
oisteninator OF mors and political IN huence xn n
sbsD operate oeht 6caily for me social Improve
nert, civilization, tftt dom and prosperity Of the
mons inbabiting this continent. That republic IL
lie Uniku States Of America Besides our western
boundary IN on the Pacific, con prensndng rich and
extensive territories, with wh:h the interests OF
The whole Union are closely linked, 40 much 20
that the Isthmus has b. come OF vital npo.tlnce
to this nspob . safe ana exp ditioas transit 10
these countries No European poser has any IN.
teust In that transit NJ ell comparable ~th that Of
tie United s,ate., and nut DOT lie per stied to ex-
any jurisdiction the SOIL or the cossts
either terminus The sovereignty n vested In tho
iDoepeDdnnt states OF CenLa Aher1cai ana Win
tftm aone ougb, this government, 10 treat for free
and pesos full psssaRe ~ and from the Pacific, snd
TIE future regulation 81 The sane.
Tinaidity perhaps may say, SHOULD the United
States Insist on Enpiauds retiring iron tie
territories she has seized ana upbd on The
caribbean sea, And Withdrawing berself from oil
lrtertererce with the affAirs ~ CertrN America,
fs,, toorer than yield, she will make var. To
Itch We IepD, there thrve patiops, against any
ole OF whs b., NJ this time. England wiii not. ana
ta's OF make war single handed rhry are France,
Russia spd the Unfted States England would
never lave veDtued on the late Russian but for
the French alliance In the Crimea she NOT only
won no lspiek but her arms st the prestige gained
in tie Peninsula. II was toe French, NOT the
English, who took Southern Rebsstpol In every
Assault made by the Br,tish they ~ere rspuised,
shile In most, u no. all the combs1 OF note IN the
aeh where they were engaged .ith the Russians.