The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-07

Honabiy, meet with prompt approval from all
parties and sections of the country, and the
scheming politicians of the day, who are build
ing up their castles in the air on the ubsubstan-
tial remnants of the Kansas excitement, will soon
be brought to their proper level.
The President pointedly recommends the pur-
chase Of Cuba, and speaks with an encouraging
spirit Of confidence in the result of renewed ne
gotiations to this end He recommends the sub
iect to the careful consideration of Congress-"
and that it will thus be taken up and become the
leading question among our political parties in
the interval to 1860 is almost as certain as that
an overwhelming majority of the American peo-
pie anxously desire the acquisition of the island.
In relation to the present wretched helplessness
of Mexico, Mr.. Buchanan humanely declares
Il can imagine no possible remedy for these
evils and no mode Of restoring law and order
on that remote and unsettled frontier, but for
the government Of the United States to assume
temporary protectorate over the northern por
tons OF chihuahua and Sonora, and to establish
military posts within the same; and this is ear
nestly recommended to Congress"
AS the simplest, readiest and most inoffensive
cxpedent of frontier relief that could be devised,
we cannot perceive how this recommendation is
to be refused or evaded by Congress- But as
surely us the question is preached, so surely
will its discussion, in connection with Cuba,
absorb and overshadow all the existing paltry
fragments and fag ends of agitation among our
efiete and rotten political factions and parties
The new proceedings Of statesmen and politi-
clans. thus chalked out in the message, cover
margin as broad as the manifest destiny" of the
republic and they can no longer be postponed
Yesterday we stood among the scattered debris
of the exhausted Kansas humbug To-day we
enter upon a new, and broader, and more general
and decisive political agitation and reaction.
The views Of the President upon the tariff ques-
ton, and his recommendations in favor of spe-
ciGc duties upon iron and other articles will
open new chapter upon the all important sub
iects of the national finances and the financial
and commercial reforms and relief demanded in
consequence OF the late disastrous and universal
revulson. Here, too, a field of discussion and
legislation is opened sufficiently broad and COM
plicated to engage the attention of Congress and
the country for years to come. Nor can the
necessities of the treasury, and the wants of the
country, in financial view, be any longer set
aside. They must be met and provided for; and
the first necessity will be largely increased re-
Venue from the tariff, or system of direct taxa
ton.
The successful operation of the overland mail
lines recently established is considered conclu-
sive Of the feasibility of Pacific railroad by the
several routes, and the President earnestly pleads
in behalf Of railway communication across to
the Pacific. This project, however, in addition
to the purchase Of Cuba, the Mexican protecto-
rate, and an increase Of our naval steamers, il
suggestive Of demands upon DIR. Cobb and his
successors in Office which, more imperiously than
ever heretofore, will call for thorough recon
struction Of our whole financial and commercial
system, through the agency Of Congress
Finally, taking up this message with entire
confidence in the experience, wisdom, discretion
and decision OF character which belong to its au-
thor, we finish the reading Of ii with almost un-
qualified satisfaction. We accept it az marking
a new political epoch, and as embracing a schc-
dule of progressive movements which the North
the South, the East and the West will heartily
endorse.