The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-07-28
LORD STANLEY ON THE MONROE
DOCTRINE AND THE PROS Poets
OF PEACE.


Lord Stanley, eldest son of Earl Derby,
in addressing his constituents at Kings
Lynn on the 9Th inst, commented as fol-
lows on American matters -
If there were any quarter of the globe
in which we might entertain apprehon-
sions of disturbance it was not Europe,
but rather on the other side of the At
lantic. He did not think it was possi-
BILE to deny that among the American
people-and he spoke of the people rather
than of the government-t there had been,
during the last two or three years, feel
ing which was not one of entire cordiali-
". They expected more sympathy from
us 10 their civil war than they received.
We professed to seek only for neutrality,
and doubtedly what hey desired and ex-
pected was warm sympathy and moral
support. Opinions, however, were great
ly divided in England upon the Ameri-
can war, and the sympathy which the
Americans expected they did notreceive.
This undoubtedly had caused momen-
tary feeling of irritation and soreness !;
and 10 addition to this, there was also
this fact to be borne in mind, that the
two nations, however friendly they might
be, were rivals in trade and mari>time
power, and he was afraid it had always
been the case among men and among ma
tions that where there was agood deal of
rivalry there would always be little jea-
lousy. But whatever things might have
been said, either upon our side of the At
lantie or upon the American, be enter
tanned no apprehensions that they would
leads to serious results. He had good
deal of faith both in thegood sense Of the
Americans and in our own. The Ameri
cans had had enough fighting they had
had for the first time in their national ex-
istence real and serious experience of
what war meant and what it cost With
G60O, 900. 900 of debt, with tour millions
of white inhabitant disconnected and dis
satisfied, as after their subjugation they
inevitably must be; with four millions of
negroes turned loose upon society, who
for long time to come would be rather
source of trouble than of strength !;
with all the social and political system of
one-third of the Union to be reorganized,
he thought they had quite enough upon
their hands to render them indisposed to
involve.themselves in an unnecessary quar-.
rel. Even if this were not SO, and if the
military spirit which had beon reused in
America were not alaye1, he did not
think that we should be the objects of at ;
tack. There was, if the Americans
chose to avail themselves of it, very
real and serious cause Of difference be.
tween the American government and the
government of France. The Monroe doc
trine, ruling principle laid down by
American statesmen, had for the last
twenty-five years become an integral part
of their public policy, and they would not
permit, if they could prevent it, any new
sovereignty Or dependency to be created
by any European Power upon the North
American continent. In the face of this
we'll known and well understood rule of
American policy, the government of
France, taking advantage Of the chr ,uic
state of disturbance existing in Mexico,
had established, nominally indeed, an
empire under an Austrian prince, but
really government which was a depeu-
dency upon France. There never was a
more direct chalange and defiance by one
nation in the teetlf of another and if the
Americans had not up 10 the present time
accepted the challenge, and resented the
conduct OF France as an affront-if they
were SO peaceably disposed in matter
in which they might possibly have some
cause for complaint aud anger-they were
not very likely to engageio quarrels with
us in any such trifling matter as losses
caused by the Alabama, or some slight
breaches of neutrality upon our part
(Hear, hear.) He was confident there
was nothing between the American gov
eminent and ours which did not admit of
a friendly settlement; and if this we're so,
and if in Europe there was, as ii appeared
to him, no reasonable cause to apprehend
a war, he thought it was time to consider
whether the scale upon which we now
maintained our armaments was not larger
than was permanently necessary.
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