Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-01-05
European Intervention In North
America.

~u'VPCAA lnserVenslOn Id N0rlh
America. .
The events in Sonora and Samant
arc likely to be Of deep interest to thi.
country, and to put its frmness as tt
on adherence to the Monroe doctrine te
the test. They show palpable French
Intervention, with designs of conques
and colonization on this North Ameri
can continent; and, besides, ,he,c i.
good reason to believe that this is not @
mere accident, but that there is far toe
much method in the occurrences. They
indicate a disposition in france to med
die with American aiairs--to carry out
the doctrine that has been developed in
the French Chambers by such as Gui.
zot, as to balance ofpower in Amcric a
nor is il to be overlooked that British
statesmen have announced the same
idea.
Now. this doctrinc-to wit; that not
only France but England will consider
America as constituting a part of their
general policy-has been formally com.
municated TO this govcrnment-once
certain, If not more than once. We now
alludc to the communications made by
the British and French Ministers, in the
time of the Lopez Cuba expedition, to
our government; and to the orders given
to the French and British fleets to pre-.
vent lawless expeditions against Cuba.
AT that time the policy announced by
General Taylor, through Mr.. Crittcn.
den, was timid, to say the least. This
order was an impulcnt one, as to ma.
tional comfy, anl significant one as
to International policy; and the occasion
justified bold development of the Mon.
roe doctrine. The President, TO be sure,
properly intimated tina, the U. States
necdco no such official communication
as to her duty to her neighbor, and de.
precated an exercise of sort of police
over the seas in our immediate vicinity,
covered as they were with our ships and
our citizens; and when the French min.
lister gave long note on the subject,
Mr.. Crittcnden, in reply, wrote against
this impudent Cuba Intervention, and
remarked on the jealousy with which
the people of this country viewed Euro.
pean interference in American affairs.
He went so far as to use these words:
GAIL experience seems to prove that
the rights, interests, and peace Of the
continents Of Europe and America will
be best preserved by the forbearance OF
each to Interference in the affairs of the
other. The government of the United
States has constantly acted on tha, prin.
ci2le, and has never intcrmcddled with
European questions"
Now, this principle will have to be
applied, and these mcddling European
powers will have TO be told, and plainly
that this continent is not open to their
conquests. A new power, unknown to
Europe, has its grasp on them. If the
onward march of this country is to be
checked, it will not be by the old, worn
out powers Of absolutism; and however
wiry may be their approaches, however
successful their intrigues, however well
matured their plans, whether in the
West Indies or Mexico, conquest by
them of new territory in this quarter vii
be stayed. France has the broad acres
that spread out about Algeria, and Eng
land those that branch from India, but
this North America is mortgaged to the
sovereign people Of these United States.
Boston Post.