Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-02-23

sessions on the Pacific coast-and Eng
land thus expected to either prohibit us
from these advantages or at least to secure
a participation in them
But how has she, as party to the
treaty, acted since its ratification In
stead of carrying it out in good faith,
England has attempted to put forced
construction upon it, and thus render it
nugatory. She still continues to occupy
the Balize, and has extended its bounda-
ries beyond their proper limits-thus
greatly encroaching upon Guatimala.
She still stubbornly insists on maintain
ing her protectorate of the Mosquito do
minions, where she has no more rightful
jurisdiction that Billy Bowlegs. And
directly after the ratification of the treaty,
she seized and colonized Roatan, an i'm
portant island belonging to GUATEMALA,
and still continues to Occupy it as anaval
position All these acts are in open Vi
olation of the treaty, as the author, Mr..
Clayton, and most of our American
statesmen, understand it, and must either
be abandoned or hasten breach of the
peaceful relations which exist between
the two countries.
If this treaty is to be disregarded and
the rights and interests of our country
violated and set at nought, we owe it to
ourselves as a duty Of sclf-protection to
lay down the broad principles of the
Monroe Doctrine, so that all the nations
of the earth may read that we mean to
maintain the freedom and independence
Of American continents that we will
maintain our nationa. interest and pre-
serve our national honor unsullied The
necessity of our protecting these weak and
distracted governments from the voracity
of England, and the islands of our seas
from being fortified by foreign powers, is
forcibly and eloquently set forth by the
veteran statesman, Gen. CAss, in his late
speech in the Senate on this subject
He says
Roatan is to become the Gibraltar of
these seas, like that celebrated fortress
like the Cape of Good Hope and Alden,
and Singapore, it is destined by English
policy to overlook, and, when the time
4 comes, TO control the commerce of the
world. No man can fail to admire the
Judgment and precaution with which
these and other stations have been Sc
lected, girding the globe with seats OF
power-places at once of attack and
refuge, and especially their establish
ment upon great lines of communication,
and where the flag of every maritime
I nation must pass before their DOORS
No power is more interested in all this
than we are; and that interest is ten.
fold increased by our acquisitions upor
the Pacific, and by the necessity of al
S unbroken communication with them
: We want no lion in our path, watching
= in his lair till he is ready to spring; bu
this Is just what England wants, ay, anC
= will have, if we do not bring both vigi
G lance and frmness to the task before us
: Such are the views of this eminen
statesman, and we think that the grea
heart of the Republic beats with his OIL
this momentous and truly American sub
r iect. let the Monroe Doctrine at once
c be established by Congress. If we arr
= to be subjected to war to sustain it, lie
: us in peace prepare for it, and no longe
r shuttle it of to future period. TIT
# longer it is deferred, the more Difficult
c will it be to be established. Had Con
!. gross seconded the efforts of Presiden
Monroe, we most probably would no
T. now be subjected to our present difllcul
= ties.
But we do not fear war as a conse
j qucnce of its adoption by the government
We are disposed to view the brighter sid
). of the question When foreign govern
ments see that we are determined to up
i hold our rights and interests, we thin
the~will recognize the business of on
- actions, accord to US the proper motives
g and desist from all interference in tn
! governments Of the cis-Atlantic Repub
> lies. 1t is our duty, however, regard
i less of consequences, to assert our right
4 and maintain them-remembcring tina
although war is a calamity, there ar
! evils still greater-''the loss Of our owl
! self-respect and forfeiture Of the respec
!, of the world tho loss of our nationa
rights and the degradation Of our nation
: NJ honor.
, EE-W We see it announced that GU
Is fellow-citizen, J NJ. KILGoUR, CANT
BELL (abolitionist) of Ohio, and others
r. addressed the " Americans Of George
g town, on Tuesday night last. How tn
d "Sons of tbe sires," though composed {
n "WhiN spirits and Jlack,
Blue spirits and grey"
, work together in the " American" cause
= If the old adage is true, "a man
: known by the company he keeps" "