New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-06
:. i1loolfest Destiny oGtl,c United States.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
alonrest Destiny oFtho United States.
The Paris Constitutional, Of October 20 reviewing
the great events of the present time aud tracing the
future, says:
Nowhere is this anticipated history more enioyed
nowhere easier construct than iii tile United States
In fact the young republic unanimously adopted and
is now pruclanllng as national dogma the amb
tiOus formula of President Monroe, according In
which ' the manifest destiny" of the Americans Of
the North is to rule over the whole of the New World
Starting from this point, great newspaper Of New
York recently again took up its fayorte theme fthe
division Of the globe among the four most powerful
nat Oas Of the would. It felt no difficulty 10 cutting
out OF the Old World for France England and Russia
three magnificent shares, capable of amply satisfying
the ambition of each of those nations but by the
way OF compensation it claimed for the Yankees the
exclusive domination over the whole Of the American
Continent.
1t is also in virtue of this doctrine of their mani
fest destiny that the United States show themselves
resolved to repel any foreign interference Of influence
at the most important point of the New World-tbe
Central american lsthmus. Although affecting its
willingness to guaranty the neutrality of the inter.
oceanic communications which may be established by
the opening Of the sthmus, the government of that
jealous republic does n0t-wisk their work OF civilian
ton to he effected by other hands than those OF Amer
leans. Therefore it speaks in menacing language to
those feeble States of Central America which, with
view to resist their aggressive adversary endeavor to
nations.
How shallthi difficulty of the Isthmus route which
is already of ancient date, be sulvedf Will the Uni
ted States be prevented from Selling this route be
it "A land or canal way, and from becoming thus abso
Lutte master Of thepOnt Of junction OF the two oceans
Such seems to be their intention and should it be
alisedt what will be the consequence?
Then they will really be established in the CONNER
Cial center Of the word-between Europe in the east
China and India in the west. The yet unknown city
which will day spring up at the point where the
two Americas are to join will be the Alexandria of
the future. 1t will at the same time be an emporium
for the Eastern and for the Western world-fOr Eu-
rope and for Asia The Central American lsthmns
will be the Isthmus of Suez of that gigantic AleXan
dria but an sthmus OF Sue2 opened up to universal
trade.
And that dream which comedies to America the
future capital Of the world and assigns to her the
political prepondemnce, what does it leave to ancient
Europe " A venerable past" What does promise
her PiOus pilgrims, who will visit and contemplate
the famous places where civilization originated.
In political pamphlet etitIed England and Rus.
sia, which the engrossing questions Of the moment
are treated with bold sharpness OF foresight Mr. De
Ce 3eua has recourse to an argument Of this kind to
predicate the decline of British asCeudancy. He
tOresees the day when he who steps in the cars at
Calais, leaving them only to traverse on board a
steamer the Calf OF Persia will reach the Oriental
Cape, passing through Paris, Constantnope, Calcut
ia, and Pekiu, and find himself within fortnight, at
once transported to the other hemisphere, without
having hardly left the main land.H And the pubcist
adds " This will he the death of England In an.
other place, he, without circumlocution, says Be-
fore the last year OF this century shall have elapsed
the ruler Of the will have descended to the
level of Holland In a word according to this same
writer it is Russia which destiny seems to push on
everywhere in order TO make her great upon the
ruins OF British power
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