Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-01-08
The London Press on the Presidents Message.


President BuclIanan'S message was printed
in full in most Of the leading English jour
nails, and variously commented upon. The
! Times says there is nothing in the message
that can be called more than usually interest
! inc. Whether the Chief Magistrate Of the
! United States discusses domestic or foreign
/ affairs. we hear only what we might have
expected At home material PROCESSES, and
abroad visions of territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
make up the substance of his communities
! ton" 1t then briefly criticises its prominent
/ points. and says in regard To external affairs.
/ For peaceful nation the United States
are certainly most unfortunate in their poll
/ teal relations. A quarrel with the United
States on some subject or other is matter of
course: without one a Presidents message
would read tame and mcagre. Mr.. Buchanan,
| therefore, eyinccs laudable anxiety to keep
one in reserve. Great Britain having given
up the right of search, Mr.. Buchanan pays
Us many compliments upon our moderation
but declines to suggest any means by which
Spanish or South American ships hosting
the United States hag can be intertered
with
Ii then refers to Mr.. Buchanan's reference
to the slave trade. and his original PROPOSE
ton for its suppression and says that his argu-
mcntS in regard t. the cession of Cuba are
such aS lIaman might have used when he
wanted to purchase the vineyard which was
nigh to his palace and that it would be SUI
perfu0uS to point out the exquisite force Of
the argument. The Times then sketches the
Presidents views in regard to Mexico and
Central America. and concludesa rs follows
1T is evident that the utter decrcpitude Of the
Spanish race both North and South of the
I>thmuS is about 10 lead Ia the virtual supre-
macy of the Anglo Americans in the whole
OF the tropical regions
There i no need of affected moderation
and philanthropy on their part, which few will
credit. The fact is plain enough that Next
co and Central America and the great Span
ish Island will soon be under their sway direct
or indirect. For our own part. we see little
t. regret in the prospect, except the extern
sion and Representation of slavery in Mexico
and the other new Territories. But that the
Americans might gain in the end BY forming
States under the Equator VIC do not believe.
The European race becomes not only cntee-
blcd but dcmora!izcd by a residence between
the tropics. and the Republic has already suf-
fcrcd enough from the men of the South to
make it cautious how it turns the Spanish
Main into the home of American citizens"
The Daily News reviews the message in
connection with Mr.. Buchanan's recent letter
to the Committee of the Celebration at Pitts
burg. 1t argues that the Presidents policy
in regard to Cuba and Mexico is intended AZ
Il cancellation to the South, and predicts that
nothing will be done ut present towards the
annexation of Mexico. 1t takes exception
to the view taken of England'S supposed con-
SESSIONS about the searching of suspected
sIavers. and concludes by hoping that the
people will accept the admonitions in the
Pittsbur@ letter, not by holding their tongues
about particular form of danger, but by
dealing with the causes Of disuuion and cor
ruption and by recovering the principles and
spirit of their constitution, rather than by
false idolatry Of its forms.
The Morning Post confines its remarks to
the Presidents policy in regard To Cuba, and
dcnounces it in strong terms.
The Star refers to the Central American
question. dcprccates the Presidents request
To- be allowed 10 employ force in the protec-
ton of the transit route. and doubts whether
the European powers would quietly permit
the exercise of an exclusive protectorate by
America over the lSthmus.
The rest of the London papers comment on
the document with Il mixture of satisfaction
and dissatisfaction.
The Manchester Guardian in Directing to
the proposition that the President should be
armed with power to use force in the protec-
ton Of the Isthmus. says: That between the
expeditions Of Walker and his tillibuters and
the proposed invasion by the regular forces Of
the United States. there is not Il pinch to
choose. 50 far as the Independence Of Nicara-
qua is concerned" The same journal like
wise condemns the eifrontery of the President
in regard To Mexico.
The Liverpool Albion characterizes the
message aS dishonest in tone, and filled with
braggadoco and hlibustrring spirit.