The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-14

american waters sends down there a Minister
with instructions adverse to US unites with
France in sending an allied feet 10 head Of our
efforts to open the Transit route, and recalls
Lord Napier because, having a deep knowledge
Of the wishes Of our government and the instincts
of our people, he foresaw the collision which
must result from the Ouseley double dealing,
and did not approve oft.
II will soon become patent to both the people
Of the United States and of England that the
two governments are directly antagonistic in
their views on the Central American policy,
as they are on the Mexican question the
right OF search, and the Monroe doctrine.
And it will be found that this antagonism results
from tenacious clinging by Lord Derby 3 Cabi-
net to the exploded tradition that England's best
Interests lie in opposing American extension, and
in too great a sympathy with the despotic theo-
ries Of Louis Napoleon. The statesmen of Eng
land have forgotten for the last thirty years that
the Monroe doctrine was the barrier raised by the
wise and sagacious policy Of that great states
man, George Canning, against the principles
Of the Holy Alliance, when they seriously
threatened the liberties Of England. In its de-
vclopement il is still one Of the great ramparts
Of those liberties against the same principles
resuscitated in new phase by the ambition Of
Louis Napoleon. Canning laid down the doc
trne that precluded the extension of the despotic
theories of continental Europe to this continent;
and Mr. Monroe was induced TO assert them in
more guarded form, through Mr.. Rush our Minis
ter at that time in London. England will, before
long, come back 70 the wise policy of Canning,
and then the Evolutionary follies of Palmerston
and Derby will b. buried forever. Perhaps the
return of Lord Napier from this country may
hasten the coming of that good time for the liber-
ties Of England and of the world.
In the meantime, our government should
not be idle. Congress must act at
once on points so vital to freedom
in the New World. If there are any statesmen
in its ranks, now is the time for them to show
themselves. The policy Of this country should
be defined and laid down in unmistakcabe terms
The question of the acquisition Of Cuba should
receive new life from the legislative sanction to
IFS purchase. The independence Of Mexico and
the continuance Of a republican constitutional
form of government there should be declared .
vital part of our policy. The extension of the
British Mosquito protectorate over the rest Of
Nicaragua should be opposed. The establish
ment of the principles of the Holy Alliance,
through French minister's in the weaker republics
Of this continent. should be resisted. The right
of search, the police OF the seas, the insidious
occupation Of Ruatan, Belize, Yucatan, Mosqui-
to, San Juan del Norte and Bocas del Toro must
be resisted; ard the establishment Of the para
mount influence of the United States, for their
free use by the whole world, over those narrow
seas and isthmuses which are to be the scene Of
the greatest commerce Of our next generation,
must be insisted on. Herein lies the antagonism
between THE country and the policy of Lord
Derby's Cabinet, and we, for one, have no doubt
which must give way to the other.