The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-12-13

'hN me munlctpal law Oh MARION, and
the domestic interpretations OF that law,
snc the measure oil its duty as neutral
n?ad | fed bound TO declare my opinion,
before Won aud before tho world, that
,at justification cannot be sustained be-
fqre the tribunal OF nations. At the same
tine do not advise TO any present at
tempt ut redress by acts OF legislation.
For tho future, friendship between the
two countries inud rest ON the basis ol
iaAtual justice.
TtiE MONROE DOCTRINE.
i'ror, the moment Of the establishment
~ our free Constitution, the civilized
world mas been convulscd Ivy revolutions
N the interests of democracy or Of mon
;rrhy; but through all those revolutions
th" United States have wisely and firmly
refused to bocome propagandists Of repub-
'Icanism. 1t is the only government suit
ii To our condition but we have never
sought to Impose it on others and We
have consistently followed the advice of
Washington tn recommend it only by the
careful preservation and prudent Use o(
the blessing. During all the intervening
period the policy of European Powers
sud If the United States, has, on the
whole. been harmonious Twice, indeed,
r1mors Of the invasion Of some parts of
America, in the interest of monarchy,
have prevailed; twice my predecessors
have had occasion to announce the views
OF this nation in respect to such interfe-
renee On both occasions the remonstrance
81 the United States was respected. from
deep conviction, on the part of Euro
Ycan Governments, that the system of
non interference ana mutual abstinence
from propagandsm was the true rule for
the two hemispheres Since those times
We have advanced in wealth aud power
but We retain the same purpose to leave
the nations of Europe to choose their
own dynasiios and form their own
ty+tcm of government. This consistent
moderation may Justly demand cores
pJn ling moderation. We should regard
~ a great calamity 10 ourselves, to
the cause of good government, and 10 the
peace Of the world, should any European
Power challenge the American people as
It were, 10 the defence of repubicanism
"ai.nst foreign interference. We cannot
iprcscc and are unwilliu! to consider
what opportunities might present them
sayrs, what combinations might Offer to
protect oursclvc. against ininlical to our
form OF government. The United States
'l"sre to act in the future rs they have
acted heretofore they never will be
driven from that course but by the agrees
zion OF European powers; and we rely on
the wisdom and justice OF those Powers
To respect the system of interference
which has 30 long been sanctioned by
time, and which, by its good results, has
approved itself to both continents
The correspondence btween the United
States and France, in reference to ques-
stions which have become subjects of dis
"i--ldn between the two governments,
viii at a proper time be laid before Con-
Sre,a'
OUR REPUBLICAN, SYSTEM.
When, on the organization Of our Gov
eminent, under the Constitution, the
President of the United States delivered
us inaugural address to the two Houses
"t Cuncres, he ssid to them, and through
en to the Country and 10 mankind,
that that the preservation Of tho sacred
fire of liberty and the destiny of the re-
publican model Of government arc Justly
'"lsidcrcd 40 deeply, perhaps as finally
''tIed On the experiment entrusted to the
american people" And the House OF
Representatives. answered Washington by
TIE voice Of Madison: 1--WE adore the
Invisible hand which has led the Amer
Jan people, through so mary difficulties,
- cherish Il conscious responsibility for
tic destiny OF republican liberty" More
than sevonty->ix years have gllded away
s'ocd theso words were spoken; the Unit.
81 States Lave pas,ed through harder
'rlA's than we're foi escen, and now at this
new epoch IN our existence as one nation
With our union purified BY sorrows and
strengthened by conflict and established
hv the virtue Of the people, the greatness
"a the occasion once more invites us to
'~peat VITA solemnity the pledges of our
tlthers 10 hold ourselves dnswerable be-
''.e our fellow men TOR the success of the
republican form OF government. Expe-
Hence has proved its suiiiciency in war
and IN peace. 1t has vindicated its au-
tholty through dangers and Affections
md sudden and terrible emergencies
which would have crushed any system
mat had been lees firmly fixed in the
hearts OF the people. At the Inaugural
ton OF Was ington the foreign relations
az the country were few and its trade
~as repressed by hostile regulations -
.S"w all the civilized nations of the globe
wcirome our commerce, and these govern
InentS profess towards us amty. Then
our country felt it, way hesitatingly along
IN nntroddcn path with states 70 little
bound together by rapid means of com
inunlcation. as to be hardly known to one
another, and with historic traditions ex-
tending over every few years. Now
intercourse between the states is swift and
intimate. The experience OF centurie,
has been crowded into few generations,
Inl has created an intense, indestructibIc
nationality. Then our jurisdiction did not
reach beyond the inconvenient boundaries
m the Territory which had achieved indie
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