Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-01-05


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W. is'u", 0o'on'l'"oos y, aas suro-
- '"e'su "o'e9 'o'e'@uos "aas ar Adams
'a'u 'Ou' moo'os eeo's BY BOTH the psh'ip'e as
mercy ss .a "e'ae"t sPunsns out oil negouAiiots
VIZ" "oSsia vncn nsd asserted claims not reeoSoteu oy
either this country Great Britain The principle ex
ptessy declared by Mr. Adams bavs had s origin In
the changed condition OF the Spanish provinces and Mr.
Monroe reiierstes the assertion.
In The latter part Of the message Mr.. Monroe al
ndes to the expected orcble Intervention Of the Hoy
Alliance to reeonquer the South American States and
oree an absolute government upon them. Here he de-
el,res that I'VE should consider any attempt TO extend
their system" .bsou,ism) ITO any portion Of this hemi
sphere, dangerous to our liberty" that "sc could
view any Interpolation ior tho purpose Of depressing
toem lhe South Amcrcsns) 'or controlling 10 any 9TH
mAroer their destny by any European Poues, in any
other light than the pspieetoo Of uniiendly dis
poeion tosds The buited States' aud that the holy Al
tance csnnct possibly ',xteud their political system
any portion 81 either Continent wheu eneangeIing or
peace and hsppinsss.n
We have here stated the points made by Mr. Morroc.
with regard 10 the iotery.ntion of lo.;ya Porers He
evidently did not mean ths, The existence Of absolute Co
vernments on thI. Copuoeot "a, .n.,,o.s m M. , he
had ,l,e.dv ,.co.n,x.s M. ..,,,,. .,..,.. ~, 49,.
dsnc;esr Of Eurooe.n povers on mi. con,,ne,, and
M.
Of Don Pedro In Besx acd that O, I,urbde In Mexico
wha, be meant nav be s,,re reeo,ly enough from the
history OF the times. The Hell, Alliance after
the oyerthrov al N.poeop for the purnese of crusbiny
on, the spark offeeom made IT,
had ccstrvy-s .-----.-4-. f,avs,n.,,. Of N.o,ss
and PIEDMONT sad bad con:sscncd Frarcc 70 InrrIrrr
in the internal affairs Of spar. overthrow the Coriez,
aud restore the reign OF ahsolsisu In the person Of Fer
dnand Ill This had Aetnslly been done, and with 20
much case that they entertained serious thoughts Of
conqueng the Spanish Provinces Of South America AID
restoring them to Ferdinand. Nc. Monroe uas made
aware Of this intention by NJ. Rcede, whom Il had
been communicated by Mr.. Canning. ~hh proposition
to form an alliance With Great Bi'an for the purpose
Of resisting the jected enterprise. shkiug en,aug-
ling alianees Mr. Monroe chose this method OF letting
the Allies know that any such attempt would be resisted
by us as "dapseods to peace and happiness" IL
evident that the declarations Of Mr.. Monroe made 10
meet particular emergency, and that they OF
force that the emergency passed, AID po-,i
oily ever again arise. II is remarkable, too that the
Congress to whom they addressed did recognize
them by appointing Committee take them Into
consideration, by any other act whatever. Il is es
ieat that they too, considered them OF temporary
interest passing with the occasion that called ;h N
forth.
So much for oae branch Of the Aonros doctrine The
Other with regard TO colonization owes iis origin as ne
5aFe seen 10 John iincy Ad.m. OF cours bs !. the
5es, Interpreter of il aud Io,up.,slv ba h,s told n,
clearly what lie mean, b, H. thai there cannot bs sb
dow Of doubt upon the subj ct The occasion poon b;h
he did so forms one Of the most ipstrue,iva cb,, IN
our political history.
Our readers doubtless recollect that M. Cav then
Secretary Of State under Mr.. Ad.ms addressed ,.,s,
in MARCH, 1925 to Mr. Poinse,t our xipia.er in Ne,;o
in which he directed him to call the attention of the M
can government TO tho MASSAGE oi NJ, Nance. .i,o.a
alluded to- 10 this letter the character of the co,
ton 10 which Nc Monroe Audes il distinctly stated IN he
colonization founded on priority Of discoyery NJ, c,x
fixing the ground that no neg oolonv cond ,, Ia a..
tablshed ia Americ, without infringing ,h ;,h,s ~
other soveregnties Ia other words that an ,bs nd had
already been appropriated Evidently. the decl.r,ton
vas no, intended to prohibit ali future aeopison h.
purchase treaty or conquest With regard 10 the obr,
branch Mr. Clay ia cqu.Ily explicit II. saws tina, The
principle was announced AZ a time whom the Holv AM
Aace thought OF recoru1erinp the scauish eoo,rs ard
that IL had had the ee, Of niopne that uroiset in The
bad IL seems that NJ ,inset the p,e
else meaning Of Mr. CLAW for in bis correspondence he
speaks of the United Stats "a nIedsed - Inv NJ ~,