The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-17

The principle laid down by President MoN-
ROE, and upon which posterity has bestowed
| his name, that the power of the United States
| Government was bound 20 resist any encroarh-
ment on American soil by foreign powers,
| has grown TO be the unanimous sentiment Of
| the whole people. The three party C1nyen-
| tions which met to nominate candidates for
the Presidential chair each asserted the doc
trine, "That all America belonged by right 20
Americans" The Baltimore Convention,
holding as It did the important position as
exponent OF the Administration, in guarded
terms expressed their "extreme Jealousy at
tie efforts Of such powers TO obtain new
footholds for monarchical governments, su5-
" tanned BY foreign military force In near
proximity to the United States"
While that erratic and anatical cfTusion Of
popular sentiment known as the Cleveland
Platform, in bold unequiyocal terms, in its
eighth resolution, declares that the national
" policy known as the Monroe doctrine has
become recognized principle, and the estlb-
lishment Of an anH-Republican Government
on this continent, by any foreign power,
cannot be tolerated"
The Democratic Convention also passed a
resolution to the same effect, but the foreign
influence, through BELMONT prevented is
insertion into the platform. From these three
eXponents of the sentiment of all parties, we
may infer that the whole American people
hold the doctrine so ably advocated by Presi-
dent MONROE.
Nature has decreed certain boundaries over
which no Government can successfully extend
its authority. Mountains, seas, and mighty
rivers act as bulwarks to restrict ambition and
to defend the weak. Whenever by force or
fraud a nation oyersteps these great checks to
aspiring power, defeat and disaster compel il
to return within the limits which Nature has
decreed. Roman history furnishes an emphatic
example of the truth of this principle. The
Emperor HADBIAN, not satisfied with the en-
pire inherited from his predecessor, an empire
reaching from the Black Sea to the Atlantic
Ocean, from the forests OF Germany and the
wilds of Scotland to the burning wastes of
the African Sahara, extended his power be-
yond the boundaries ordained by Nature,
crossed the Black Sea, and embraced within
his domain the vast steppes Of Russia. His
successor, TRAJAN, uninauenced by the
taunts of his compeers, withdrew the armies
from the conquered territory, confident BY
previous example that to maintain his power
beyond the limits decreed by the Gods was
inconsistent with all the lessons of history.
While, however, it is impossible to overstep
these boundaries and succeed, it is incumbent
upon people to see that the land bestowed
upon them by "Nature and Natures God" is
defended from the encroachments Of ambitious
aggressOrs. The country decreed to be free
embraces all America. There are no natural
boundaries here, except in seas. From pole
to tropics stretches the land bequeathed to
liberty. The Rio Grande or the st. Lawrence
is no limit to our power. Shall a trifling
stream or an imaginary line separate the
country in republican and monarchcal
America? Shall Mexico groan beneath the
tyrant rod, and our own borders be threat
ened by the bayonets Of usurper? 1t may
be sufierable for a little time, while domestic
foes demand our attention, but when
we stand again unit before the
world, when from the Lakes to the Gulf
shall float the flag of freedom, then will the
energies of great people be turned towards
those who have taken advantage of our agony,
and through our internal conyulsions sue
ceeded in establishing foothold which Ma
ture, law, and right alike pronounce an unjus-
tiflable usurpation.
France and Britain have endeavored to ruin
our land by commerce with treason. They
have failed; butt america has neither forgotten
nor forgiven the attempts to cause her death.
When the proper time arrives the sword will
succeed the pen, and we doubt not that
GRANT win prove an equally successful Gene
| raj as SEWARD has diplomatist.