The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-14

swers to his English speeches the most comca magma
BILE, and puts all illusion out Of the question Only think
Of Othelo calling for his handkerchief Shyock claiming
his pound of flesh In English and Desdemona excusing
herself, Porta expounding the law, in High Dutch!
both English and German are heather Greek that the
ncongruiy Of the performance not felt by them 80
strongly as by the comparatively small portion or the
spectators who acquainted with the two languages
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE in EUROPE.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Additional Opinions OF the English Press.
The message Of President Buchanan which appears in
impression Of this morning. contains full frank and
mastery exposition Of all the questions that the
foreign policy OF the Union Our readers will at per-
ceive that this important document is not by any
aggressive threatenng although is true, very arm
Cuba Central America and Paraguay Certain parties in
this country with whom hatred and suspicion Of the 60
who have immediate interest In backening the chaac
ter Of transatlantic cousins will doubt endeavor to
msrepresent the intentions Of President Buchanan. But
the good sense of the English people will not easily be led
astray.
There is nothing very unnatural in the desire Of
from it's proximity to the North American shores belongs
to by geographical position, and which, in fact as the
President Justly observes, commands the mouth Of the
Mississippi. The only wonder is considering all have
heard Of Yankee awessness that Of quarrel
and annexation has not long ago been found the United
whether the European Powers would in reality
erfere to prevent the exercise Of the right Of conquest
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posed TO such gratutous intermeddng Dipom atists
WILL Of course remind us that II the States Cuba
ali the other West India Islands and may maintain thai this
ground Of uneasiness the part France Eng
land and may justify them IN combining to keep Spain in
possession Of 'the pearl" Of which it is proud. But
this kind Of reasoning that may lead very far in
Decd and, If carried out, would justify any military
may arise between any two States wherever they may
be situated The result would be perpetual condition OF
enabled to point out that the message affords no valid ex
cuse for intriguing European statesmen TO interfere
lively in American politics. Nothing be clearer
more emphatic than the manner in which designs of in
discriminate conquest are repudaed II collision takes
place with Spain Il viu only be after exhibition Of
said NTH regard to Merioo The proposed temporary oc
cupaton protectorae of Chihuahua and Sonora is OBJ
viously step Of self defence.
The real reason why the French and English govern
mens are now watching the proceedings OF the United
States in semhoste attitude and throwing out hints
that they ready to exercise coercion if necessary
not that which they oseusiby put forward The
policy of France TO be friends all hazards with
Americans whose liberty it always boosted itself to have
founded by Of Laayettethe claims of poor Wash
ngton being utterly disregarded among vain neigh
bors But since the establishment Of the empire
cousins have been rather too free in their comments and
too ready with their sympathy for the exiled and OPP
pressed For this Of course they hated and nothing
would give the court of the Tueres much pleasure
see the Strpes and Stars dragged the me The hatred
between the rather between the French
government and the people ofthc United States not
based on the fact that the principles they adhere
Numerically opposed but has something bitterly per-
sona in its character AS TO present English Cabinet
and the supporters finds amongst the adherents the
last administration whenever /. shows the faintes ncina
ton TO be stiff and absolute in it's dealings with the Amer
cans their motives are so transparent that we need not
insist on them.
1t is evident that whilst giving formal acquiescence to
be Monroe doctrine, laid down nearly forty years ago.
intention to push his opinions to any dangerous
practical application. "Amerca for the Americans
Ss tbs To ss aS ss able Of past
or to be nsensble to the necessity for compromise.
There is nothing in the message expressive of any
design to carry out abstract theory although the New
York HERALD halls 1t as the beginning OF new The
disagreements with Paraguay and Mexico resemble the
ordinary quarrels of States in hemisphere which
that Of Monroe Scuba ought to be says the mes
sage, i Is true but then, is added that the proper
Thefd is his great island to the United States oha
valley Of the Dappes is France " they coue its
son and proceed lawfully no one has right interfere
As TO the precnce that we bound TO prevent the
Americans from obtaining possession Of Cuba from
rance Of the slave States will not hold water for mo-
ment No attentive and dspassonate observer Of what
s going on In America can believe that the great blot
the Union will be effaced by victory of
North the South. You cannot compel those high.
spirited wealthy and Intellectual planters be just
against their will It may be that they reprehensbe
for not yielding the rather the insults which
all the world filings at them to urge them into the right
course. But we must take facts as find them Such
is the character Of these men, and defy the whole
world TO be successful in crusade for the liberation Of
the victims whom they retain in thek grasp, as much
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passions conversion must from Within and feel
that members Of this generation will live
Sec any rate the first STEP taken by the Souherners
themselves for the emancipation OF the blacks. Whilst,
therefore, look with horror on the introduction OF the
slave system 10 free lands regard OF mo moment what
ever that island already with the should be
added the Southern States Of the Unon We
crcsc the tales Of violence and cruelty that occasionally
from those unhappy States II would be
high against morality not 10 do But 1t would
be perfectly throw influence, diplomatic
or military the scale 10 influence the relative strength
Of the anti and the pro slavery party and the latter
from acquiring an undue majority within the United States
ITSELF Such exaggeration OF the system OF medding
would be unexampled In the history OF the world and IL
any attempt were made TO carry u oat the Americans
strength to the practical assertion Of the Monroe doctrine
and in sweeping every European flag from the surface OF
the American seas
From the Liverpool Times moderate beraD Dec Oil
The message Of the President Of the United States would
be OF great interest to here in Great Britain II II
confined 10 thor affairs; but that interest is i'm
measuraby increased and deepened when treats also of
subjects IN which this and other countries Of Europe have
intimate and anxious concern and the Presidents pro-
posas TO deal with which involve considerations Of very
complicate and critical moment
Further, one can join ones sympathies with the prcs-
dents to the relations that have been satsfa
established with China and Japan, one may even con
graduate him upon the Of his neutral policy In
China and wish at the time that England itself had
been as fortunate In refranlng from with such a
nation. At the time II Is admitted that
the United States did altogether refrain from violence
And the Presidents approval OF the subsequent neutrality
H. he says, principally induced because of the severe
chastisemcnt which had then but recently been inflicted
upon the Chinese 0y squadron, In the capture
strucon Of the barrier fors avenge IN alleged insult
our nag.v
Neither can one have any other feeling than that Of
pleasure at finding the financial affairs OF tho Union, upon
the WHOLE satisfactory. That It's public debt should
slightly Increase excite surprise, and ought to
casi0D Whatever. Their rapid and extern
sve material progress In oil directions cannot but 70