East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-06-28
The.Monroe Doctrine.

The restless and warlike energies Of
our impulsive nation, says the Wash
ington Union, are again turning TO the
sunny fields of Mexico, alike eager to
vindicate the cherished traditions of
the Monroe Doctrine, and to carve out
another Anglo-Saxon Republic in tho
heart of the Tropics. Fired with tho
love of adventure inherent in their bo-
SONS, and inspired by the natural poe
try of their temperaments to ever
seek the unattainable in distant fields
of enterprise, our people are embrac-
ing this new scheme with characteris-
ito enthusiasm, and preparing to rush
by thousands to the Halls of the Mon
tszumas, now polluted by the pres
ence of foreign Kaiser and his mer-
cenary legions.
The Monroe Doctrine was not the
mere enunciation of views entertained
upon the policy of the Old World by
a single mind, OF by a few statesmen.
1t was the official voicing of the na-
tional thought-rather the authorita.
tive announcement of what was the
strongest, hottest sentiment of the
Nations heart The chivalric spirits
who founded the Great Republic upon
this virgin continent had dared and
done too much for the rights of man,
not to leave this sentiment as a sacred
legacy to their posterity, to be deelar-
ed when the fitting time should come,
and to be maintained at the hazard Of
any and every cost. The admirable
campaign Of Gen. George Rogers
Clarke, whereby the Commonwealth
OF Virginia acquired the great North
western Territory-the Massachusetts,
expedition against Lewisburg, the
Carolinian wars against Spain, and
the brilliant but premature enterprise
OF Aaron BURIAL mark how strong
was the influence this sentiment exert
ed upon the mdipidual hearts Of the
people, until at last it became recog-
nized as the hottest article of our na-
tional creed. The call of interest and
the voice Of sentiment alike impora-
lively demand that this idea should be
imprinted upon the National Standard
and whatever other faults may be
charged to the Anglo-Saxon, he never
yet broke faith either with his inter-
ests or his passions. Hf
Having once assumed this position,
as we have done, and hurling the
gauntlet of defiance in the very teeth
OF the Holy Alliance, as we did in
1921, it seems, in our judgement, that
we stand committed to the duty of de-
Tending our sister Republics from
forced imposition of monarchical forms
OF government upon them. This we
repeat is our individual Judgment -
for of course we do not pretend TO
foreshadow the future action of the
Government on this line Of policy
But we mistake the temper of the
American Republic-people and ADJ
ministration-if many months should
elapse ere the standard of foreign
prince is not swept with all his mer-
cenaries into the waves Of the Mexi.
can Gulf. IL makes little difference
whether he be Frank, or Teuton, or
Spaniards-or for that matter all
three combined. This continent be.
longs of right to the Anglo-Saxon,
and is not wide enough for two races.
Contemplating this question, which
is already of absorbing interest, and
viewing it in all tho bearings it may
have to affect our future peace and
prosperity, we do not think we shall
have either much disturbed. We sim
cerely believe that Napoleon will re-
tire as gracefully from any contest
with the Republic in this matter as no
acknowledged the success of Grant by
his loud riras in the streets of An
twerp; but if he should be disposed
to continue obstinate, such arguments
as five hundred thousand veteran
American soldiers would present are
likely to be convincing. There would
be no need Of boards Of enrolment
and conscription acts to enforce the
Monroe Doctrine. The men who fac
ed each other at Chancellorville and
Cold Harbor and Gettysburg, hre the
same men, and their fathers, who
breast to breast together climed the
craggy heights of Chapultepec, and
planted the flag Of the Republic over
the Belen gate. And if it be neces.
sary to effect a fuller reconciliation
than peace and magnanimity and gem
erous forgetfulness of tho past can
achieve, we know of no filter place to
attain it than on the field Of their
former triumphs, in a generous rival
ry to sweep the last vestige of mon
archy from Republican America.
Tho fya1ay~ratJny, IF tbo EInr-r'7, ~