Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-29
LORD STANLEY ON THE MONROE DOC

THINE AND The fhObfEOIo UT EhANE'
Lord Stanley eldest son of Earl Derby, in ad
dressing his constituents at Kings Lynn on the
Sth instant commented as follows on American
matters:
If there were any quarter of the globe in which
we might entertain apprehensions OF disturb
ance il was not Europe but rather on the other
side of the Atlantic. He did not think 1t was
possible TO deny that among the American peo:
| ple-and he spoke OF the people rather than OF
| the goyernment-there had been during the last
two or three years, feeling which was not one
of entire cordaliIy. They expected more sym
pathy from us in their civil war than they re-
ceived. We professed to seek only for neutrality,
and undoubtedly what they desired and expected
was warm sympathy and moral support Oplh
| ions, however, were greatly divided IN England
upon the American war, and the sympathy which
the Am ercans expected they did not receive. This
undoubtedly had caused q momentary feeling OF
| irritation and sorene,s; and in addition TO TINS
there was also this fact to be borne in mind, that
| the two nations, however friendly they mig h.
| be, were rivals in trade and maritime power
| and he was afraid it had always been the case
among men and among nations, that where there
| was good deal Of rivalry there would always be
| little jealousy But whatever things might
have been said, either upon upon our side OF the
| Atlantic, or upon the American, he entertained no
apprehensiOns that they would lead TO serious re-
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| good sense of the Americans and in our own. The
| Americans had had enough of fighting; they had
had for the first time in their national existence
real and serious experience Of what war meant
| and what il cost. With e60000O0O0 Of debt with
four millions of white inhabitants discontented and
dissatisfied as after their subjugation they inevi
taby must be- with four millions OF negroes turned
| loose upon society, who for long time 10 come
would be rather a source OF trouble than ot
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
10 render them indisposed to involve themselves
in any unnecessary quarrel. Even if this were not
/ So and If the military spirit which had been
reused in America were not allayed, he ana not
| think that we should be the objects Of attack
There was, if the Americans chose to avail them
selves Of It rery real and serious cause Qt dy-
ference beticeeH the AmericGH government and the
| government Of France. The Monroe doctrine, a
ruling principle laid down by American states
men, had for the last twenty-five years
become an integral part Of the public pol
| icy, and they would not permit, If they
| could prevent il, any new sovereignty or depen-
| deney to be created by any European Power upon
| the North American continent. In the face of
this we'll known and we'll understood rule of Ameri
can policy, the government OF France, taking ad-
vantage Of the chronic state OF disturbance ex-
isting In Mexico, had established, nominally, in
deed, an empire under an Austrian prince, but re-
ally o government which was a dependency upon
France. There nerer ipGS more direct challenge
and defiance IN one nation in the teeth Of another;
and If the Americans had not up to the present
time accepted the challenge, and resented the con-
duct Of France as an GfrOHt-if they iCere so
peGceGbly disposed in matter in lchich they might
possibly hare some cause. for complaint and anger
they tcere not rery likely to engage in quGrreLS NTH
us in any such triftqg matter as losses caused
by the Alabama, or some light breaches Of Reutr0h.
ty upon our part. Hear, hear) He was conf
dent there was nothing between the American Gov
ernment and ours which did not admit of friendly
settlement; aud if this were So and if in Europe
there was, as it appeared to him, no reasonable
cause to apprehend war, he thought II was time
to consider whether the scale upon which we now
maintained our armament was not larger than was
permanently necessary.