Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-02-12
The Monroe Doctrine.

There has been useless old Fogy discussion going on the
L. Senate upon what technically known the Monroe
Doctrine, during the past month. We will briefly state the
point President Monroe in his message of 1929 asserted
that this government would resist coonzng any portion of
this continent by foreign this the heritage of
Repubcanin and that monarchy in form would be per-
med to seek foothod among Now this is all very well
It'll all very right and just but any tell what
practical purpose be achieved by grave Senators Buncomb
ng in elaborate four hour speeches upon subject specially
directed by manifest destiny should be pleased learn
These the days of progress and when old Fogysm up
in the United States Senate doctrines that the Spirit
Of the Age only ams but hourly developing through
ten thousand physical and human agencies pressed
tina wisdom which is supposed to bring is dyed and
uvitazcd by that spirit which the hearts of youth and
the hands of those inrumentades which
preparing richer harvest for the Future than any which
gantures history This, them pure Fogyisn and Gen
Cuss and his Monroe doctrine about wise in this day.
the philosopher who spent long life in extracting gold
out of sunbeams passed through cucumbers This world is
lighted up by gas and the who would the spirit
that is abroad must give their appeals the wisdom of
their ancestors There species of politicians in
day. One accepts the radonay policy handed down by their
predecessors"h wisdom of their grandmothes or,
speak resoutey the policy shaped by Necessity These
work by old established formulas and without poi-
cal IDEAS when they forced look beyond the maxms
the Past They cannot theory, plan system which
will in any way embrace the life of generation They
TO Shroud ncapacly deceptive
cry Of Country, Principles, Party, Institutions. They
with wise nod they must grow-they must prosper
They forget that these aphosms aside by running the
metaphor out they must grow they must decay or Is
law mmutabe when applied human labor that the work
God alone stands steadas So the wisdom OF our
may have been suited to their day and generation but
no value the present The assertion then of the Mon
roe doctrine this me useless for every hour in the cycle
of every day furnishes ndubabe evidences myriad forms
that spirit expansion abroad and that the day not dis
tan when Repubcanism will the throat Of Monarchy,
push into the
To discover untruth is the thing discovering
truth 1t is stumbling block removed from the path of hui
mainly and any will take up the debates in the Senate
and show where block has been pushed from the path
Young America by old Fogyism he set down as hi
debtor We may be told that this discussion may beacon Eu
rope of the danger she runnng attempting plant Mon
archy by the side of the Eagle Those statesmen who hav
failed to read the destiny of all coercve forms Of government
the Revolutions which have pwed very heart OF Con
tnenta Europe blind be instructed except be
the instruction acquired through the fires Of the martyrs AM
the light shed from the track of avengng Providence, VIII
employs nstrumentaies revealed to the DesPot on
when his folly and wickedness rises in judgment to blast him
All such men the masses among have driven out The sci
fish and the corrupt have been treated with scom and lnomn
and the world has responded grandy the triumph OF tn
People over the old Foges and trained bands OF govenmen
nunderers and Ghapintes Now that the victory is WOE
-
Right and crush the Wrong Win they with coward tea
shrink away from the strife of the time, and yield the prlz
by an humanity terror when by mness they may save tn
State from unhoy CONTROL the affairs Of honest industry an
manly enterprise from crisis and the nation from alarms
right to be plain and counseed to bind ourselves
positions quarter of century old, simply consent to y
hands, and leave the ship State tobecome the payhn
of chance Cass Monroe doctrine good far as 1t goes-
1t the doctrine of the Ageit anpoda to the Spnt
Progress and has nothing commend it, aside from its dece
tive tendencies The wisdom oour ancestors may do as
sleeping maxim but work by It would but
certainly prove the decTepude Of times 1t is employs
now only by those who have been forced these
ded maxms in order retain place. and to let off their inar
It and striped nonsense before gaping multitude. As read
are reflected in mirage these they warned by
c Of the crowd that mirage inevitably scatters diseas
and s thew seek in the maxms of the past for panacea tn
#, Glide beneath the mantle Of party only to conceal their tn
lack of mental strength but the want OF that resoule ene
which dares throw bridge from the Present into the Fu'u
He who dares not the hazards Of victory is no leader inc
eot;on Of our times Bold hearts, strong hands, ana ey
that never culver in the sunlight needed The pattern
besitano doubling man. never wins save by chance.
struggle Of Progress we cannot consent to set down wn
and lis anouaed crones leave the young men acnoh
e. Jump the chasm Weare for Young America, sure 'ne y.
roe doctrine to the contrary notwithstanding bsWsIe'f 81