The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-06

declare this, since It assumes that he was igno-
rant Of the use to be made Of his letter; but It
leaves the implication Of ell those charges
against him In case 1t shall prove that he had
no objection TO the reading of his letter In pub
Lie. To let people know what he thought on Q
great public question is his crime.
II this organ truly reflects the opinions Of the
head Of the State Department, 1t is quite time
that department hads new head. It IL evident
that Mr.. Seward is not the man for the present
occasion u these are his views; and his place
should be supplied by q man whose thoughts
are more in unison with the thoughts Of the
people Of the country on this great question.
Gen. Dix, or some equally bold exponent Of our
national rights, is wanted there now that we
have to discuss great question on which the
welfare of two continents may depend and in
which our national honor and dignity are in
volved.
The notion that General Sheridan has not
the full right to express to friend his views on
public question, regardless of whether or not
the friend may publish those views, Is absolutely
preposterous. General Sheridan has pretty
we'll shown that he will obey his orders what
ever they may be, and it is not less than q
gratuitous insult to assume that he will trans
cend them under the influence Of his opinions.
To make the fear that he will 80 transcend them
the basis on which he is to be deprived of the
right of speech-a right dear to every citizen
is to outrage the respect that every one feels
for the hero who has served the country so
we'll. General Sheridan's words, as quoted
above, are the briefest and best, the most COM
prehensive and most distinct assertion of our
national position in the Mexican question yet
given to the country. They set the question SO
strongly in the popular view that eight hun
dred octave pages of Stewards correspondence
on the subject could not destroy their effect
And the giving this expression to the public is
not the least of the services that this glorious
soldier has rendered his country. Let every
one remember the very words "The advent of
Macmillan was portion of the rebellion and
his foil should belong to its history"
We want the European Powers to ponder
we'll these very words, and to regard them as
a political axiom accepted by the whole Amer
reserve. 1t is the literal, simple truth of every
mans faith in this country that the imperial
government in Mexico is part of the rebellion,
and we shall never feel that we have entirely
gotten through with the rebellion until we have
driven that government out We extend much
Of the same feeling to Canada, Cuba and the
Bermuda islands. Those territories, by the
connivance Of their governments, were so I'M
scrupulousy used against US in the late war
that we also regard them as part of the rebel
lion, and we shall never rest satisfied Jill they
have changed hands, and until the last vestige
Of European power is driven from this CONT
nent.
That is the extent to which the Monroe doc
trine must 60, and to which we are fully able
to carry it. England and France must recog-.
nize this as our political position on the ques-
ton. They propose now another European
and the more distinctly it is put before that
congress as our final will and purpose not TO
tolerate any European Power on this continent
the sooner the world will have guarantee
against great war. We do not propose to
rush at once into war. We can put million
men in the field in thirty days; but we do not
care to do It. We have navy Of FIVE hundred
ships and hundred and fifty thousand seamen;
but we are not over-eager to use them in this
way. But we want the European Powers to
look at and consider all this force, and then to
acknowledge that we are. and must necessarily
be, the sole arbiter in this hemisphere, and to
understand that their pigmy pretences here are
simply impertinent Let them see this and act
accordingly; but they must do all that in good
time, or the war will inevitably come.
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