Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-09-26
MONROE DOCTRINE IN SOUTH
AMERICA. &

seems to have infused itself into the
South American Republics. On the 23d
of June, a treaty was made between the
Republics of Salvador, Bolivia, Columbia,
Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, by
the terms of which the said States unite
in an alliance for their common defense
against foreign aggression. The treaty is
to remain in operation for the period OF
fifteen years, and during its existence the
Republics thus banded together are to
make common cause against the assailant
of any one of them. The immediate OBJ
iect of this alliance undoubtedly is to curb
the insolence and dictation that have lately
characterized the French and Spanish
Governments toward the State on the Ia
ci6c shore Of South America. The fleets
of these two European powers have for
several years held in terror the weak Re
publics referred to, none Of which were
strong enough to defend themselves
against foreign aggression. By this coaii'
ton, however, they will be able to pro-
tect themselves from further insult at the
hands of either France or Spain. and
monarchy will thereby receive another
check in it's advance upon this hemis-
phere. The object and aim of this ALI
ance is exactly according to the spirit Of
the Monroe Doctrine. 1t is intended to
aid in arresting "the encroachments OF
monarchy on this hemisphere" and every
man in our country who is an adherent to
this f~avorite American principle, will be
glad that our sister Republics in South
America have taken q bold stand upon
this subject. There ought to be a more
intimate relationship than there is between
the Republics of the two American con-
tinents. 1t is their destiny to fight
against monarchy, and o to vindicate
re~publicanism wherever the two sys-
TENS come into collision, and it is i'm
portan, that a more thorough understand
ing should exist between Governments
whose interests are identical, and whose
success is dependent upon mutual opposi-
ton to despotism. There is an "irrepres-
sible conflict" between monarchy and
Republicanism, on this hemisphere, which
sooner or later must be fought to a settle
ment. We must IL day become all Re-
publican or all monarchical, from Bafin's
Bay to Cape Horn, and as the issue is
general-between the two forms Of gov
ernment-it is desirable that the Republics
of America should go into the battle in a
solid phalanx. Mexico and Brazil are
os,ensibly the only monarchies that actu-
ally raise their heads on this hemisphere ;
but half the despots Of Europe claim de-
Tendencies in America, and while they
remain such the conflict will continue.
The United States is the pioneer Republic,
and already it has done the greater part OF
It's work in clearing away the monarchical
possessions on this continent. Macmillan
will in due time receive official notice that
"his time has Gomez" then, after a while,
England will be told to vacate its posses
sions north of US, finally Russia will re-
ceive a hint to get back upon the European
side of Behring's Strait, and then we can
truly say that "all the boundless continent
is ours" or Freedoms. In the meantime
we hope our weaker sister Republics on
the other side of Panama may be able to
vindicate the principle Of the Monroe doc
trine, which we are glad to find they have
espoused. They have only to force Don
Pedro of Brazil into the Atlantic ocean,
guard their coasts against the encroach-
ments of European powers, and then the
continent of America will be what Proyi-
deuce designed it fora hemisphere dedi-
Gated to universal freedom. '