The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-24

emergency Whatever else he may to do he will
invoke or admit foreign Interference in this
any other controversy in which the government OF tho
United States may be engaged with any portion OF the
70 treat those who should yield allies Of the
rectionary party and carry the against them
enemies However other European Powers may mis-
take his Majesty the last OF those European
regns to misapprehend the OF this controversy
He knows that the revolution of lI76 in this country
successful contest OF the great idea Of popu
lar government against preudces and He knows
that the conflict awakened the sympathes mankind
that ultimately triumph OF that idea has been hailed
by all European nations. He knows at what Eu
ropean nations for time resisted the progress Of that
idea, and perhaps is not unwilling to confess how much
France especially has proned by IT, He will fail
recognize the presence Of that great idea pre-
conflict, nor will he mistake the side which It
will be found II is In short the very principle OF uni
versal suffrage with its claim Of obedience It's docrecs
which the government OF France built That put
In issue by the nsu recon here and Is In this
sency TO DO indicated and more eifecuay than
tablished by the government OF the United States
In writing upon tho same subject to Mr. Dayton, on
the 3Oth OF May, 1901, said :"Notng Is wanting TO
that success except that foreign nations shall leave
as Ia right TO manage Affairs la our own
way They a. well as we, can only suffer by their inter
veniion. No one, sure Judge better
than the Emperor OF France how dangerous and
deporable would bo tho emergency that should
ntrude Europeans into the political contests OF the
American people In declining the offer Of French
diation, on the sth OF June 1901, wrote To Mr Day
ton Thc present paramount duty OF the government
Is to the integrity OF the American Union Abso-
u,e selfsustaning Independence s tho nrst and most
repablican nation All is domestic affairs be
ducted aud justed constitutional FORMS and
upon constitutional republican principles This Is
American nation, and It's internal Affairs must not only
be conducted with reference its peculiar
position but by and through American agencies alone
On the LIST Of August 1862, Mr. Adams instructed by
this government In the following words:--"Did
the European States which found and occupied
the continent almost without effort then undor.
stand It's real destiny and purposes Have they
yet fully understood and accepted thcmt Has any
thing but disappointment upon disappointment resulted
lftarn hmm trad
years OF such dsappoinmens and disasters s the way
OF Providence In regard TO the American people still
mysterious that II cannot be Understood and confcssed
Columbus, II said, had given n new world u the
kingdoms Of CASTLE and Leon What has become OF the
and fortified large portion OF the contiscnt, extending
from the Gulf Of Mexico 10 tho Straits Of Belle
Isle. Does France yet retain that important ap-
pcndage 10 the crown OF her soverogntyr Great
Britain acquired dominion hero surprising by ono
hundred-fo fold In length aud breadth tho native
realm. Has not large portion OF IL been already
sgnedf To whom havo these vast dominions with
those founded by the Portuguese the Ditch and the
swodes been resigned but 70 American nations the
growth Of European oolonsts and exiles, who have
come hither bringing with them the arts the civilization
and the virtues OF EuropeS Has not the change been
beneficial TO society the CONTINENT Has IL not been
beneficial to Europe itself than continued
European domination II II had been possible, could have
beenS The American nations which have grown up hero
are free and self governing they have made themselves
so from inherent vigor and Ia obedience TO absolute
cessity Is Il possible for European States 10 plunge
them again into colonial state and hold them thereS
Would be desirable for them and for Europe II II
possibcS Tho balance OF power among the nations Of
Europe Is maintained not without numerous armies and
frequent conflicts while the sphere OF political ambition
ere Ia bounded BY the ocean which surpunds that con
uucnt Would It be possible to MAINTAIN II at ALL II this
vast continent with all It's populations their rcsouoos
and their forces should onco again be brought within
that sphcrcs
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