New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-10
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE PRE- SIDENT'S MESSAGE.
From The L,nfo- 7imes.


occpp;,d .i, cooinus aud halt of TIE Ifhacs Oi
these haf are De ted TO foreign aud halt o d'mesu,
pOlucs-a p;"I ori"n rather satlogO W Us IN husiau,
vi ose bsblt 10 lyk at home rst ano ohy ueVoF
IN fueigp bff.irs 81 much attention g. We have 10
sosre after very naturey 8Dd minutely considering
our OVID. We aust Id faiTbtss, reuetnoer no "ever,
that large portion at the domestic dhdlrs otbe Cn-
ted dO-s Dot come oncer the lorisd ci0n OF Con-
ersss but s If er all due de5uctj ma te, the pro
iIt, o ,d f"reIg domestic business is lot little
anlig How comes il tia, China, japan. Eioara-
sua Gotta Rca opaiD, Brazil Paraguay dnd Mexico
should &C upy The attebon Of Congress- to the excd-
tiop of interests uuch pearer hom-, and 30 mucn
MOI. value bic 70 peuple Nbose Occupation u 10 IN
crease rather than to conquer The President audee
To d, CT in the Post Office at attributes maLiy 10
tic foci thai lie ovefo9tdehed oy tne COST m ,I.D
po;tup ,hs mall AID frrseIds rtcDmmeDdati'n N
from .hs raj tha the postage on let
te,s shoui be rais to five cents, or t~oPence 'n.
p.iIy on d sirgle letter. Tnis scoect IS dispatcheo
With rr, at bra,ity compared 9th toat OF tne foregn
,eist,,n.s of The Republic. Yet surely il Is better
worth the atAptIon of Congress than many whcn are
dir us. et It era high. la the STATS of rs Post
OH, Departme.t be found an excellent example
Of the why tbiogs 90 wrong under the present
syster OF An eiicsn .veInmeIt. When Govern mt
W drrakes to cay letters it really enters into bu-i-
ntts AID only succeed Ia tDat bnsines oy auop
ipR tie UI0i1a,y principles OF sacc. ss-inae IL, oy
usloe sb-ul as erts and obtaining the utmost reeu-
)ar,y pupctuArtv ard celebrity; bu according to the
treselt sxins of American party politics there Is
uar tufG Of the Office rs weil as0 all 0tner
ofclss ot esch charge Of Admnisrs lon People give
tb.uselves little tIouhs to master the outies of stua
top which no a, sOuity their part render pei
II arert, sud the pnohc is continually being de-
p,iye by these rapid atd sweeping changes OF the
beIedt Of such skiil and kpowicdgo as nave been
for I'd upon its ,nis during foury tennre
Of Office The result is What night be erpected
TIE Post. Office of America Ia olscIeditabie TO the
civilization Ut America; there IL lutte puuctuanty or
reg uari'y, still .ss security. lDsead 81 uuslng
every thing the pest, ~e DO in England, people
do oil Ia their poser 10 AVOID " AGA tus is one nooe
OH Causes of the great development Of the eecu'o
telegraph syste n IN America. we hsve nehtl 'ned
tbis A. an nsauce Of important subject, cursoiy
passed oser TO make room Tor obscute quarreis aud
doubtful claims aid an ilutfrston OF the ospeer
in which the An people, with so much requiring
am.i ouelt ct home taught aSd encouraged by
their stai 10 concentrate ther attention ON mat
teys Of compaI atively little Consequence sor)at.
The NJ, s,see or rather manifesto, o. the President,
s stuO,Ouy tDocera'e in its tone but stu, some low
or ber sbou think tDat the inhabit ants ot tue
pty REPUBLICS vi whose iaiercsts 1t dc SIS no largely
caI o. read It without some internal renoTs IL pre-
stMs certainly q curious phenomenon. Here IS
sIia and adver rtarous race, spread over an enof'
ous 'ernt,ry. d-po-Ds of uuii nied naval an nut
tory resources. Trey profs by their President that,
except by far purchase as 10 the case OF Lonisl
OF by free ern-xatior, as fttle more doubuui'y IN
the case # Itxss they will never acquire any acces-
sion territory. ,Tney breathe DothDg but tlJdocss
and goodwill TO eli their neighbour success to Mexico,
prosp, rty TO c. sta Rics, and more strength to tue
elbow Of Ne~-CreDads. Did the world ever SEQ
40 much n,oocrati"n Nor is tno all. The Ueited
States have bad losses; they have bsen robbed 6y
Me1ico cheated by BIs z, laughed a. ny spsio, de'
-pol-o by Paraguay, aud Puevonsls tofmented by
Costa Rcs spo NnaIasua. Yet, snli the great he.
pu pic opposes her pa t. tue fary Of toe wpps
dhoroets these fiery lattndes, ans cells gods and
To ~itI.ss hor fact her foro araucs snd her
tenoebtts. u is a moviog spec 1cie, and our tfst
feeling witIs stug IL is h)S uD~pItoy tse suky,
ptrver-. doDiCeerog aiives Of tneee d'staat Isles
10 be the proseIi OF race which exceeds US
as much in the uioer virtues Of cohclhapon sho
tolerance ss it ooes 8rescy IN tas extent 0t us
territories, ard wil sbortly in the amount OF its
population. When w. cone, however, to look
hiile iUnttr, Se Zee some symptoms that the
qoarrejsome spiIit 0f the Eoghsh has not
wholly oied out IN their descendAots, Tue od
yIievs1oe Of toe Clayton-Bolwer treaty IS s.li
Kept hsrsiLg over Great Bfitsin, and We d.
roI thai fraIk conees.iors in tee matter Of he
r,s sht Of sesrch have nspired the Pre,ien WI tne
sbghest wish to meet us in corresponding spuiI.
He burBs With the pOroet desire To eXtu guish the
slav.-ua e; nay, IN transport OF molly Zeal, ne would
tratcb Cubs BON the hands Il Spain ia order that he
nav It once pu. eL esd 10 the sl1vetade from Air ca,
or ra.b,r nav ccuhuc II 10 Virginia aud the other
hreeoI States of toe Uuon. Bat wbeu Great Bdtaio
popos, To hlm to oevisc some means 10 rep4ce tlat
poweI Of checking the slavetra 10 wnich search and
visitation gave her he is upabe TO devise any ezpe.
e, t. snd tes fstky that sny plan she may suggest
is sure To .so 10 grave enlosuass nenis. 10 haod
over Cuba 70 Auenca is his Only reaeiy AID he VII
hear ~ 10 Other.
SPAN, too, has behaved eNtreTely ia. Sue draws
opt ber Lego-tons to inordnate epgth ana seeks 70
c,mpoupo her obhgaons at the rate of six sndeight-
pence in the poon,. America has borIe Il all win
paiiep pC, even the oRy revenge she seeks Is
Toe purchase of Cubs. Ii Spain will not sell It, tie
Pr, scelt the seizore ot the saod under
the iml OveTrahug law Of ssl.prescIvs stioa
OF tbs existence aud application OF such law Anlei-
ica btr-eb Is 10 be the judge. Me.ico cannot Keep
the " the froner; she has levcd contributors
ON AcJs rlcsn citizens, aud her l>~ess tnoes impec
the PAS, age OF the Californian mall Therefore he
United States shood assume a temporary protecto-
rate over tao Of ner proyinces-Chhusaua and
Surtrs- and bold them GN q god Government
c-n be est b,shed-a topure certainly atn0dot-
ing to freehold. and very probably 70 lee
simple. M have the States Of tee lsthnus,
Nicaragua and Costa Rics reason 10 accept too ne-
rally The prot, sssd moderation Of tue President.
Thcv arr tod that If an arm OF the through
THEN Territories uniting the Atlantic With the Pach,
tsy would have 10 right to o5truct the nsvis aIoa
Cf eli cations through It. and, though there 40 afn
Of the sea but only road leading through Their 90
npiops ruui oI ocean a. the othcr, this mskes nc
soIt oi doIei CO. The spphesIion OF thus p1ncipse
ieeds 10 eognment- The cssim of tins easement ovef
a rsighburs land drass with IL the right of ottTcns
II, snd that night the Presiieat requests he nsy be
empowef.d exercise without the assent OF Cengres
Paraguay is 10 be oompelcd ut the ssoias post 10
give just satisfaction.
We hsve ssid enough 10 show that we oa ght not TO
be too much daHxed by tha MODERATION OF tbs Presl-
dent, and that his voice Is the woes OF Jso,o his
{ h,rds uDdouotedly the hsnds OF Essa We VII
only asd one other reH sction. Csn il b. that the
weole Am. Continent hss entsfed into vs ccr-
sprscy GO ipsu dsspoii, and i'll the Unte Stits
T. at tie w~eksr is the aggr esst, sud tse
str,sa,r IN a a ssss the att sok I'd and sDiasei L.