The New York herald., 1865-04-23

foverburdened possessions win not be sweps
= into new hands by the natural and peaceful
action Of the laws enforcing payment of just
debts. Except in few fragrant cases, no
other steps, to produce an entire change OF the
.Southern proprietorial class, will be required
than to allow just and prompt enforcement
of the laws for collecting debts as they existed
I In each State previous to the rebellion.
In attempting to forecast what will be the
foreign policy Of President Johnsons admins
tration, we have to guide US his emphatic
declaration that he is "in favor of the
Monroe doctine throughout" and his
opinion, boldly expressed last June, "that
the time is not far distant when, with the re-
bellion crushed, we shall say to Napoleon that
he cannot establish a monarchy in Mexico"
1t must also be remembered in this connection
that Andrew johnson is not, and never has
been, member of the republican party. He|
has been a Jacks0nian democrat all his life,
believing in State sovereignty to the extent OF
allowing each State to regulate its own domes-
tic concerns, such as the right of suffrage and
so forth-provided only that the authority OIL
the Union shall be paramount in all national
: issues. 1t was as war democrat that he was
nominated for the Vice Presidency to balance
the denomination of our late President, who
was a republican of whig antecedents; and as|
a vigorous and perhaps rough-handed war
democrat Of the mixed Cromwellian, Jackso-
= nan, "manfest destiny" and "Monroe doc
trine" types, Andrew johnson by faithfully
: representing the genius OF our people will
carve out for himself splendid name in the
worlds history.
We have seen that confsoation, or an entire
change Of the Southern proprietorial class, will
be enforced by the natural course Of the laws
relative to debt, even without any direct inter-
ference on the part of our national government; !;
and, in like manner, the Monroe doctrine will
enforce itself by the spontaneous action of our
enterprising merchants and disbandcd soldiers,
under the precedents established by France and
England in conceding belligerent rights to the
! South, without involving the United States in
! any just cause Of quarrel with foreign nations.
We have never recognized Maximilian's usurpa-
: lion, while we have expressly recognized and
Mexico Our merchants, therefore, may sell
shps-oEwar, arms and all the munitions
OF belligerency to the popular Mexican au-
ihorities; nor can our government be well
held responsible if third or one-half the vete-
ran soldiers, of both sides, in our recent civil
war choose to drift over the Rio Grande after
: their disbandment, and to take part in driving
back across the Atlantic a foreign usurper who
was imposed on an unwilling people by foreign
\ bayonets and domestic fraud.
Ii is well known that the Canadas would long
ago have striyen to secure admittance into the
Union but for the bugaboo Of slavery in the
south and the fear of a fugitive slave law to
be extended over their territOry-two points
which have been constantly held in terroren
before them by the subtle agents and stipendi-
aries of the British connection. Now that the
whole Union is free, it requires no seventh son to
foretell how rapidly the Canadas must gravitate
towards annexation; nor does ii need any very
powerful spirit of prophecy to teach us that the
now dominant anti-slavery sentiment Of the
United States cannot, for any great length Of
time tolerate the existence and rivalry near
our shores Of the slave-holding and slave
: importing colonial government of Cuba Spain
has never been so wisely governed as to avoid
giving us once or twice in each year just cause
of war; and should a movement for achieving
independence OF European thrall break out
suddenly some fine day in the entire group OF
: West India islands-French English and Span
ish-we have the precedents Of their respective
governments in our late struggle to justify our
merchants in equipping war vessels and priva-
teers for the "belligerent' insurgents; nor
could our national authorities be properly or
successfully called upon TO take active mea-
sures for the prevention of large migration OF
veteran military pilgrims from our shores to
take part in the conflict for popular institutions
! in all neighboring islands.
Andrew Johnson has already given the rebel
chiefs of the South notice to clear out of the
country as rapidly as possible. Our people do
not thirst for their blood, and will be glad if
majority of the ringleaders escape to the OBJ
security and prOtracted punishment of exile in
foreign lands. But if they remain here and
permit themselves to be captured, President
Johnson, rejecting the sentiments of the nation,
is firmly resolved that they shall be held to their
full legal responsibility for treason--that high
est OF all crimes known to the law Of nations.
On some such basis as this, together with the
enforcement of the Monroe doctrine" and an
adherence to the policy Of territorial expansion
or manifest destiny" President Johnson, as q
war democrat, will command the confidence and
promote the highest interests of our whole
country. Seven-tenths of our soldiers in the
field are members Of the war democratic
church, who never held anti-slavery principles
previous TO the firing on Fort Sumter. 1t is In
the civil service and the non-combatant
branches Of the army that the original aboi-
ton promoters Of our civil strife have chiefly
burrowed Let our new President give us a
general clearing ont of these drones nv n