The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-25

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while beef dull and scarcely firm. Lard was dull
and heavy. whiskcy quiet and declining Freghts
quiet but firm.
The Next Prcsidency-Mr. Stewards Pro-
gramme.
We have intimated that the Inauguration OF
President Lincoln's second term Of Office will
probably be marked by such reconstruction
of his cabinet as will result in the transfer Of
Mr.. Seward to England, to relieve our minister
there, Mr.. Adams. We have briefly undertaken
to foreshadow the decisive American policy
which will mark this mission Of Mr.. Seward,
should it be given him; that it will be distin-
guished by broad enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine, and that among the consequences OF
this policy Mr.. Seward will loom up again as q
promising candidate for the next Presidency.
Regardless, however, of Presidential politics,
it is to be hoped that Mr. Seward, on the true
American platform Of the Monroe doctrine,
will be transferred to England, to the relief Of
Mr.. Adams. The appointment and the plat
form, too, may be regarded as very likely to be
realized, inasmuch as the Monroe doctrine is
one of the national issues upon which Mr.. Lin
coin has been reelected. Assuming, therefore,
that his second term will be signalized by the
appointment of Mr.. Seward to England, and
that his programme will be the Monroe doc
trine, in its broadest application, it is not diff
cult to perceive that the most important results
will follow in the rectfcation Of the balances
of power in both hemispheres
AS our Minister at London, on the heels of
the suppression of the so-called Southern con-
federacy, Mr.. Seward will at once command the
special attention of all the diplomats and poten-
tates of Europe; as the champion Of the Monroe
doctrine of European non-lntervention in the
affairs of the Independent States Of this CONT
nent, he will doubtless be supported bya South
American alliance, which, with our Northern
and Southern States reunited, will command
universal respect He will proclaim the
policy of peace and good will with our Cana
dian neighbors, but policy repudiating the
pretensions of Macmillan in Mexico, and
demanding his removal. Thus the fragile
entente cordidle which, since the Crimean war,
has subsisted between England and France,
may be rudcly broken. In any event, Napo-
leon will be left to settle his own accounts in
Mexico, and in this dilemma his only course
will be quiet evacuation. The same policy
will be required of him and of Spain in refer
ence to their interference in the affairs of the
republics Of South America.
Thus the United States, on the basis Of the
Monroe doctrine, will establish an American
republican balance of power-political, military
and commercial-in North and South America.
This will dispose of the grasping designs Of
Louis Napoleon on this side of the Atlantic; nor
will American diplomacy against him stop
here. II will extend to close alliance with
Russia to active manifestations of sympathy
with young Italy and the progressive demo-
cratic elements Of the European continent, the
consequence Of which may extend to q new
order Of things in France, and an extensive re-
construction Of the map Of Europe. In this
view Of the subject we cannot doubt that the
success Of the great American republic in over
coming the most formidable internal rebellion
in the records OF all the nations of the earth,
will impart a new and powerful impulse to
democratic ideas and movements in the Old
World. Under the pressure Of this popular
reaction even the British aristocracy, 80 in
tensely anxious for the destruction Of this coun-
try and its popular institutions, may be com
PEELED to surrender.
Such are the momentous and comprehensive
changes touching the balance Of power on this
continent and that Of Europe, from the formal
proclamation by President Lincoln Of the Mon.
roe doctrine in its broadcast latitude, as his fh
ture policy, and from his, appointment Of Mr.
Seward to England, there TO explain It az Tho
basis Of our future negotiations with the Euro
pean States. That the United STATES viii
gloriously emerge from this grand movement
within the next four years, Ia morally certain
but Il Is not 30 certain that the reward to MI
Seward will be the next Presidency. Fror
| the armies and the heroes Of thiHwar new poll
teal elements and combinations will take tn
field, and, regardless Of parties, the statesma
or aspiring politician who is not with then
| will be swept away. II will suffice for the pr
sent, however, that Mr.. Seward, in his chance
for the mission TO England, as the champion I
the Monroe doctrine, las the opportunity
leading In new mn yvement Of popular idea
which will place BIN In the front rank Of u
great political lights Of the nineteenth centur.
in both hemispksres.