The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-07

In the recent attempt by the last Common
| Council to re-organize the department of the
latter official, provision was made to appoint
three subordinate inspectors to hunt for nuisances
and distractions on the sidewalks and cutters,
and report theni-a duty which, as we said before,
belongs to the police patrols This fact shows
| that creating Offices for idle lOafers occupied
| more the attention of the late Corporation than
| correcting the evils which surround us.
| Will nobody see that the police do their duty
| in this respect? With the exception of the few
men attached to the Mayors squad, who are
really active, they are the most worthless set
of fellows with which any city is burthened.
| The Mixed Monarchy Schemes for the Ameri-
can nIediterranenn-What the Foreign
Relations Committees About:
| simultaneously from Paris Madrid and Ha-
vana, intelligence of a curious nature comes to
| us, which, when taken in conjunction as whole,
reveals the existence of some startling political
| schemes in regard to this continent.
In Paris we learn that project for the estab-
| lishment of mixed mOnarchies in Porto Rico,
| Cuba and Mexico is entertained, and that the
| Central American question is looked upon as
being precisely the same as the Turkish question
four years since, when the Western Powers of
| Europe combined to put down Russia. From
Madrid we are informed that General Concha is
willing to give in his resignation as Captain
| General of Cuba, but that he does not wish to
| leave this continent until the difficulties with
Mexico are settled, as he hopes to gain Mar
shal's baton in the war with that republic. The
Havana papers come to us with labored editorial
articles, endeavoring to prove that the political
and social anarchy of the Spanish American re-
publcs is falsely alleged to have sprung from the
evils bequeathed to them by long Spanish rule,
and that it is entirely owing to their having
strayed away from the precepts of Spain and fol-
lowed the false lights Of Northern America. In
connection with these things we may recall the
attempt recently made by the French Consul,
Reybaud, to induce President Santana to give up
Dominica to Soulouque.
These separate and unconnected revelations
show that there is deep scheme at work in the
European Cabinets for interference in American
politics The Clarendon announcement of the
policy of the Anglo-French alliance is to be car
ried out. A barrier is to be erected to American
extension southwark. This has always been
favorite idea of Louis Napoleon. A balance
of power in accordance with the Napoleonic
ideas of the division of the world is to lie created
Perhaps the Count Montemolino is to give up
his claims to the Spanish crown for mixed
monarchy in Cuba, Hayti and Porto Rico
Christmas old idea of q throne in Mexico for one
of her bastard daughters may be revived. The
hope of annexation is to be killed in Cuba, by
making it an independent kingdom under
Spanish prince, with creole nobility. Social
and political anarchy is to be banished from
Spanish America, by the re-establishment of the
true Spanish theories in society and politics.
And, above all, that democratic expansion of the
United States, which is so full of danger for the
Napoleonic dynasty, will be curbed
1t is well known that Louis Napoleon governs
Spain as thoroughly, and almost as openly, as he
does France. He claims to be the autocrat of
Europe; and so he is, in diplomatic sense, for
the present, for England has played second fiddle
to the Emperor ever since the French army
proved its superiority to the English in the
Crimea. But he aims at higher distinction
He would be the autocrat of the world No |
Power has yet been able to prevent the con-
tinued growth in power influence, and impu- !
dence of the United States. The first Napoleon |
tried it, but was caught in peculiar position,
and sold Louisiana to us. England has tried it; |
but her armies have been whipped, her ships |
captured, and her Elliots, Mackintoshes and |
Chat6elds defeated in Texas, Mexico and Central |
America She has given up the attempt and |
now consents to play second fiddle to the En- |
peror in that too Ouseey is sent to Washing
ton and to Nicaragua to humbug us for while. |
until time can be gained to arrange the ground |
and the preiminaries. Our commercial relations |
with England, too, are counted upon to keep
us quiet toward the alliance; and, above all, the
mortal fear of the smell of gunpowder known to
be entertained by everybody at Washington
having anything to do with our foreign relations,
is relied upon to keep us passive till it is too
late
This scheme springs from our negligence, in
activity and weakness, and not from any
strength possessed by the Holy Alliance between
France and England. We have neglected to de-
velope policy in our American relations such
as becomes us. We have been inactive, when we
should have written the destiny of the island key
to all our Southern shore upon the record of the
traditional policy of our country. We have been
weak in listening to the syren songs of French
ambassadors and British intriguers The Lon
don organs of British Ministers and ex-Ministers
taunt us with the assertion that 'the Monroe doc
trine is mere bywOrd," and that since its an
nouncement, in 1923, the United States has never
succeeded in single instance in enforcing it
against the diplomacy or the protests of any Eu-
ropean nation" These are the results which
flow from our boyish course in legislation and
government Not only in our foreign relations,
but in our domestic policy, our system of finance
and everything that relates to the practical art