Show Is it expedient or not prudence aliet whether her in in nations or individuals though a homely is nev nevertheless erthle ss one of the greatest of all virtues and while we by no means wish to underrate pluck yet we must under amny circumstances commend prudence as the higher quality of the two in our telegraphic columns will be found nn account of the action of the house of representatives reaf reaffirming flrming the monroe doctrine in in the strongest terms offensively commenting in upon tho the subject of the present french in raci ence in if edico and asserting in direct opposition to the late manifesto of secretary seward that it belongs to the congress of the united states and not to the executive to dictate the policy of the As to the abstract truth or falsity of the abe resolutions adopted we have nothing to say fay indeed we believe them essentially to contain sound principles but the question with us at present is merely as to the propriety of such a manifestation fe powerless as it must be and as its authors mus must know it if to be for good under the cristin existing circumstances of the country and as it is never good in ill homely parlance to make W 0 bites to tho the cherry we wonder that the house did not dot at the same pame time take occa occasion sinn to express espre s themselves in regard to the action of the spanish government in peru in such a manner as to weaken any sympathy that may be felt for us or our country in spain and a hostile attitude toward us on the part of that country it might very readily have been tacked in express words to th the tenor etener of the resolutions adopted would have afforded eminent scope for buncombe speeches and the silly portion of the community would have applauded vociferously our country right or wrong is a very popular cry but when it comes to sober argument the ground covered by it will be seen to be perfectly untenable now we wish ib always to see our countey y in theriot she I 1 is in the light most in her ner present efforts to subdue rebellion and it avy be that she w i now be in the right so go far as argument and reason are conce conceited ined in insisting upon the monroe doctrine to bueb an extent and in such an offensive manner as to bring in addition to ta our civil war hostilities with two foreign nations upon us we ve do not wish to become the pi prophet ophee of ei eail 11 but no sensible man hoN however Never painfully pu patriotic can blame us for saying that the results would be oils to us as a nation to an extent that we shrink from contemplating and aid which we should be loth to see sec realized in short and we 3 beld to none in patriotism while nibble saying this N no e are not now in a condition to afford afron d readily to brin bring upon ourselves a foreign warne war ne we have ample business of the kind upon our hands bands at home and we think that ordinal y prudence ought to dictate to our es that however sound and correct may be the monroe doctrine in the abstract and however false the course of fiance in regard to mexico or spain touching peru another and a more suitable time can be found these MUMS malt cis diplomacy being the ordinary oid Old inary arrangement 11 or to war about them if they must list finally be brought to the of the thes kwoi woid d let our bear in mind that as much skilful generalship is abon shown n in the di disposition position of troops so that they may be as little exposed as possible as in fighting the bloodiest battle and let our people bear in mind that a howling rampant Milio p tiK does not always emanate flom the sanest head or soundest heair I 1 so lon long ai a abe 0 o flings at france emanated only flom one source poi irce and that but in rare lucid interval 3 tuey they were hardly worth minding the babits of their author an and a thu the tone of mind thereby super induced being raj 01 11 ll kanom anon n to the nation and sufficient to stamp champ them with the zero value that wo we then attributed to them but in when hen in the face of a calm rebuke from the secretary of state and the hie policy of the government the house of representatives undertakes explicitly and under full fall knowl knowledge edgo of th results to ignore c the position of the country and clamor for that which at present ca can n only put the government in imbroglio with foreign nations wo we cannot but feel alarm for the results and sound a feeble note of warning may our people como come to appreciate real patriotism repudiate the spurious alti cl and above all may our representatives learn that prudence that ecclesiastes speaks of when he be says the fool walseth in dankness dai dail kness mem but the wise man mans s eyes are arc in his head |