Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-16
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY is, 1889.


: that an aetcle had appeared in London Maya
zine. revealing the important fact, that the fam
GUS passage in Mr.. Monroe's Message Of 1925.
against the interference of the Holy Alliance in
the affairs Of the American Continent, was given
IN virtue Of full understanding between him
and Mr. Canning. that the ground assumed was
to be maintained, if necessary. by the combined
force of British and American arms. This I'M
por,ant and interesting article we now subjo'n:
The nroposition was one to which character
of the utmost boidness cannot be denied. Ii went
. I'm M less than the Union OF England and Ame-
RIGA TO resist, in certain contingencies, the Holy
Alliance by arms. The invasion OF Spain by
E,,nce. to put down the Constitutions caused
Mr.. Canning to take this stand. He saw that
the next step would probably be to bring to bear
the consolidated power of despo,ism, to restore
20 Spain her Transatlantic possessions, by annihi-
lat,ng the obnoxious Republics His immediate
,po-.hension seems 10 have been of the oversha
downing influence OF France. He suspected that
III. colonies would be transferred to her as 'he
price of her intervention, aud it filled hun with
alarm that Spain with the Indies should be-
come, in fact. the mere adjunct OF the restless
and ambitious rival nf England. His uneasiness
was not les,ened oy rejecting on the cordial UNI
Outstanding between France and the Continen-
tai Powers, aao had little sympathy with the IN
sti,urons or people IF England. and who had
more than once united IN resisting the doctrines
which she enforced on the ocean. Mr. Canning
had bitter memory on this last point; ant, IN his
iu,,ific alton Of the Copenhagen affair. 1t may be
remembered to what an ungenerous extent he
pushed an argument derived from the alleged bI-
as If Denmark to hetorodox doctrines on the sub
-. hi SInos .all
po,n,s connected with England'S maritime as.
cendancy, it is not improbable that one Of his
principal motives for dislikius Congresses, was,
Inc dread of protests aud definitions this sub
ject. But to return to 1825:-We have it from
h,s own lips that his great object was to render
Spain dowerless bride to France. 81 resolved
tina, if France had Spain. ii should not he Spain
with the Indies; called the New World into
existence 20 redress the basnce Of the DID,
Let US turn now to the proposition of NJ Rush :,
II WAS. fS,apleton. vol III. p. 23,) that England
and America should. openly and IN concert, pro-
tes, against any at,empto OF Spain tn make trans
Ter Ut her South American possessions, and against
al, effort # u third party TO aid her IN the reco-
very Of those possessions: "a proceeding Ol such
a nature.'' said Mr.. Canning to Mr.. Rush.
"unuid ne at once the most ef"ctual and the
least Off nSiye m ,de of intimating the j'lnt dis
al aay projects abch might be cherished by any
Enropean Power. Of a forcible enterprise tor re-
duciny the colonies to subjectinn behalf, or in
the name of, Span-or the acquisition of any
part OF Them TO itself bv cession BY conquest
:. reis"sav, Mr. Stapte'on. Twas the substanSc
of tl, confidential communication made bv Mr.
Canning 10 Mr.. Rush As that gentleman's an
swer is written in the same spirit OF confidence,
it will not BIZ right to state" Sc. The phraseO
lCsy of Mr.. earning in one part may be noted on
account of it's subsequent adoption by the Prasi-
dea, of the Uni,ed States. 1t was proposed to
say in the name of the two Powers, with d happy
aud diplomatic evasion of harsh language. that
they could not see with indifference (Stapie-
ton, sol. Ill. D. 24) certain dolngs." We shall
presently encounter these terms again.
The answer of Mr., Rush was doubtless such
as ni.ht have been anticipated, and such indeed
rs 40 English ambassad"- must nave given under
d, similar circumstances. The nature of ms iunc
tons gave him no p'e,eoce of authority, in the
absence of instru, ,lans to enter into SO momen-
tnus compact. But so far was the negotiation
Fl m having - fallen to the grouad," as the Fo-
rrirn Quarterly asserts In unceremOniously dis.
u,,sslns the subjrct we have the best possible
ideace of the ,mportant results; and it is indeed
ou!s by following this clue that we can attain anv
thing like a satisfactory view Of a very curious
AMI interesting portion Of English history.
When the proposition Of Mr.. Canning reach
ed the u. States with the explanatory letters, it
e1 AGED the immediate and deepest attention of
the American Cabinet Some idea of the int
rest excited may be dra1 n from the fact,that Mr..
Monroe, the Presiden'. not content with taking
counsel Of his official advisers. caused the whole
To De submitted to Mr. Jefferson, the author Of
the Declaration Of Independence. and late Presi-
dent. then living quite apart from politics, but
who was deemed the Nestor of thr Republic.
It's to this circumstance We are indebted for les.
timony so clear and decisive a. to leave nothing
further 20 be desired.
The slemoirs and Correspondence Of Jeffer-
son. published m 1929, contain the long and in
teresune reply which he addressed to the Prcsi-
dem. aud the sentiments which passed into the
az. Of the government, and we're subsequently,
followed up by sending representation toythe
Congress of American Repablics at Panama.
Tia. Litter will be found ir he fourth volume
ma p 500. and bears date cath October, 1925. He