Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-11
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SPEECH OF HON. S. S. COX,
MONROE DOCTRINE.


IT'D '.l1 - 1UHJIt0f ld
On Saturday evening large and en-
thusastic meeting was held at Cooper In,
sttute, New York City, to give indorse-
ment to the principles Of the Monroe DocH
trine. At this meeting Hon. 8. 8. Coxs is
reported In the Neps to have spoken as
follows: go gabl7d non. u 3i5'guog
| should not have been present at your
meeting tonight, fellow citizens, had not
your managers asked me to say something
concerning the decease of Henry Winter
Davis, the great champion of the cause Of
Continental liberty. [Cheers.] Ihave mad
the honor of being present with him In the
Congress of the United States, and served
with him in the last committee he ever sat
on-the committee on Foreign Affairs. i
had opportunities of consultation with him
and the various other members OF the COM
mittee. in the framing Of the resolutions
which have this evening been bonorably
connected with his name. [Cheers.l Those
resolutions received the assent of every
member OF the committee, and when they
were read in Congress they were received
with unmingled appreciation, as embody-
ing the views of the people of the United
States. [Cheers. There is one fact In
connection with the Monre Doctrine. At
present it has been only regarded as a
bi1tt,lm tulrnen it has been simply an enun-
citation, not backed up by the power Of
force of the United States. But, sooner or
la er, the time will come when the force of
the United States will be evoked in sup
port of a doctrine which is, as it were, the
first letter of the alphabet of the American
people. Loud cheers] Thai doctrine,
promulgated by James Monre, and assent
ed to by Thomas Jefferson, and which |
hoped to see vindicated by Andrew john
n-rtremendous cheering will ulti-
mately become the only doctrine which can
be followed out in the interests Of the hon-
or of this great country. [Cheers.l ' ..
You must not forget that there are sew
eral republics besides our own on this con-
tinent. There are the republics Of Bolivia,
Chilli, Peru, Venezuela, and Cuba [cheersl,
besides others; and this doctrine, in time,
will become the law of all those republics.
And Just because during the past few years
we have had troubles OF our own-just be-
cause we have lain still during the progress
of our own civil war-the despOts of Eu-
rope have taken it into their heads to re-
vindicate their doctrines and France, with
an army of foreign mercenaries, including
German and even Egyptian soldiers, has
taken advantageof our civil conflict to prop
up the fortunes of an Archduke of the
hated house of Hapsburg loud hissesl, by
placing him on the insecure throne of Mex
leo. I can recollect, Mr.. Chairman, the
olden time when the powerful voice of
Henry Clay and that of John Quincy Ad-
ans were lifted up in support OF the Mon
roe Doctrine, and when CONGRESS was
held at Panama for the purpose OF investing
the United States with the control of the
whole of the republics of America. That
Congress did not result as he could have
wished; but l will tell you what you
must do next. The next thing to be
done-when Secretary Seward has dis
covered that he cannot write Maximillian
out of Mexico, when Grant has been con-
suited a little about him, and when Andrew
johnson has made his mind to stand in
exorably by the old Democratic princi-
Piles instilled into his mind by General
Jackson [great cheeringl-the next thing
will be to have another Panama Congress,
to put all the Erepublics of this continent
under the protecting @gis of the United
States. [Cheers. .a'lh.. ID
There is no room on our continent for
the establishment of monarchies, and il the
Monroe Doctrine had been upheld before,
don't think you would have any occasion
for Fenian demonstrations against Canada;
do not think the French would now be in
Mexico; do not think there would now
be an Emperor of Brazil. [Cheers.l But
our trouble came,o We were divided-North
and South. The wing of the American Eagle
was wounded, andthe triple alliance of Eu-
ropean powers was formed, leaving ulti-
mately only France to support its Austrian
archduke. Kisses AS / heard Henry Win
ter Davis say upon one occasion, the French
Eagle, although proud bird, did not hes
state to fly across the Atlantic TO fix its
talOns into the bleeding corps OF republic
canism In Mexico. Cheers Some people
fear the result of the maintenance of this
Monroe Doctrine; they say that we shall
have war with France; but | say that il
decided steps had been taken in time by
our Government, we should not have had
these things to anticipate. [Cheers.l .,;
But we have had our own troubles; and,
taking advantage Of them, thinking that
we had forever lost our proud prestige as a
nation, the crafty Governments of Europe
thought it an opportune moment to strike
a blow at republicanism on this continent.
Thank God, our troubles have passed away
-our civil war is ended. Hereafter, / hope,
we are to be a united nation, one and indi-
visible, animated with one sentiment--the
preservation of our liberties, and handing
them down to our children unimpaired. We
are now, or soon are to be, thirty millions OF
freemen, united in the determination to pre-
serve this continent TO republicanism.-
Thus united, we will be able, should the
duty OF the hour requireit, to put million
of men in the field-sturdy men, who know
what it is to be amid the smoke aud crash
of'battle sand with such a force, the Amer
L T.
W rpeyRndcate f tbeE eocP sese
my fellow-eitizens, only for the purpose OF
pronouncing a slight eulogy on that great
Statesman. WHOSE elonnent lins have SO