The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-09-23
'H'EEE MONROE D0GTRTSE--A
NEW As11 AhE.

we repeat it here for the purpose Of com
m%enting upon it:
The Tfilmnh's correspondent says ] mn
told Is 81 person whose authority rnnn0t lie
luubtwlf, that tho President mud Secretary
Seward look upon the recognition Of Mexico
~ an aet perfectly legitimate IN itself, and
must eventually take rlnce. This is
prejudice IL the maintenance Of the
Monroe Doctrine, which the recognition Of
Mexico docs not interfere with, and which
will be reassertcI with moro slrentll than
ever.
Philadelphia lawyers have long had
the reputation of nal IN. black abrear
white. Of rendering clear whatever puz.
1le,f the heads of the sh1rptst men else
where. We opiiie thgt the very shrewd-
Of tllnm nh would confess his ipabili-
y 10 master the startling problem cou-
in The above paragraph, and admit
he vas utterly p6aldo 10 reconcile
the conclusion w%itllthe premise. us stated.
The Monroe doctrine substantially de-
@clarcs il to BE- the right aud duty Of the
United States to prevent amy Of the Pow
Of Europe from founding or in any
way in%sfituiing Governments upon the
North American continent and this
principle became ii fixed and settled Ma
tional policy from and after the time it
was PROMULGATED during President Mon
roe's administration. Until tie adminiis-
President Lincoln. no European
Power ever seriously attempted to violate
or eontrasene this policy. Tho acts ID
louis Napoleon in seizing upon Mexico,
converting il from a l'epublic to an I'm
pire, aud placing the Austrian Macmillan
on the throne as Emperor. are each aud
all violations Of the Monroe doctrine
most transparent and hagrpt violations
of Il.
Yet The people are eoolly Informed now
that the President and Secretary lock
upon the recognition OF Mrxico as an act
perfectly legitimate withiaitself." Agree
ably to This yiew. if England should over
throw the present Government Of Mic.
auagam and establish a Monarchy there.
with the lrussian Frederick William as
King; il Spain should seize Guatamala,
aud set up some European Prince as
Monarch over it; or Russia pouncc on
tosta Riea, md place lis Grand Duke as
Car over that State-cach aud all oi
theseacts would be perfectly legitimate, .
aud not be 50 many attractions or viola
tions of the Monroe doctrine. And then
again We are told, from the same high
authority, that this Recognition Of Maxi.
mIlian's Government is without prcju-
dice to the maintenance Of the Monroe
doctrine BY parity Of reasoning, the
President and Secretary Seward may or.
der Il person. throat cut, from car 10 ear
without prejudice 10 his mock or life, OF
declare that a free people may be cnslaved
bya tSrant without prejudice to theil
liberty. Surely, none but an Abolition
logieian would dare to p~ron,ulgate sucl
Il theory. or to assert 20 monstrous al
ab-urdity.
Ba; rs if there WIS something of
feather yet required TO break the cameli
back, il is added, that after the recognition
of Mexico, the Monroe doctrine : will b,
roasserted with more strength than ever =
This certainly is worthy Of being cap
sheaf to that which Immediately precede
it. \ bigbully stands BY and conlplacentl,
views the murder Of "a helpless friend h,
has soiemnly sworn to protect, and ther
turns and bellows to all within hearing
that, he will not permit another such
heinous crime upon any other friend
Virtually, all the other Governments o.
States on the Continent, which have re
posed in safety from any dread of Euro
pean assault, seizure CT domination, be
cause of the assertion by. the powerful
United States of this very Monroe doc
trine, are now told, that although We die
not recognize the French rule over Mexico
ut once, we did at last, and SO viii W,
recognize the legitimacy Of any European
rule which seizes upon any Of them il
the future. Actually, our wi peopl,
are insulted, and the National faith, S,
solemnly pledged and maintained for years
is wantonly violated, in this disgracefhl
cowardly surrender to France. How doc
the world view the base guardian VIII,
calmly witnesses the despoilment of hi
ward without raising an arm or using an,
means to prevent the outrage? But thu
action of the Administration is evel
more cowardly and more culpable, thai
such a course in a guardian. 1t has no
only attempted to prevent the outrag
upon Mexico, and the violation of tn
honor of our own country by France, bu
it has acted the base part of the go-bt
tween and virtually beckoned on Loui
!, Napoleon to the ruthless act.
We have expected nothing better tina
this, however, from the inception of TIL
French movement in Mexico. The Ae
ministration have dallied in their cours
not because they were determined tn;
France should be interfered with or pr
vented, not because they had not resolve
t to aid France in secret in her evil design
, upon Mexico; but simply to " educal
the people" to this consent to the Violate
of the Monroe doctrine, just as they !" ed
Gated them to the violations of the Fet
leral Constitution. To arbitrary rule. IN