Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

aod poor being involved in one common
ruin N;cksbatrg Journal, 3rd.
| From the Selma Daily Messenger.
The Monroe. Doctrine.
The historical "Monroe Doctrine" grew
out of the administrative policy of Mr..
Monroe when President, in reference to two
subjects, each of which was of great im-
portancs to the United States. The first
declaration of principle in our diplomatic
history known as the Monroe doctrine orig.
mated in 1928, in the controversy between
the United States, Great Britain and Rus
sia, concerning the boundary of our north
western territory. The European powers
asserted that the unoccupied portions of
this continent we're subject to colonization,
and they might lawfully enter and claim
the unoccupied territories, by actual settle
ment and continued occupancy. The posi-
.tion thus assumed by the Transatlantic
Governments was controverted by Mr..
Monroe, who asserted, as is shown in the
official correspondence between John @.
Adams, his Secretary of State, and Mr..
Middleton, our Minister at the Russian
Court, and Mr.. Rush, our Ambassador at
the Court of St. James, that Mexico and
the South American States we're indtpen.
dent sovereigDties, and had succeeded to
the rights of Spain in their territories; that
the United States claimed Jurisdiction over
the western territory to the Pacific Ocean ;
that the American continents we're under
the exclusive dominion of the powers be-
tween whom they had been partitioued, and
that their territories we're covered and
shielded by the flag of some existing Gov
ernment and we're not open to colonization
and settlement by any European power.
The second brauch of the Monroe doc.
trine originated in the position assumed by
President Monroe in his message of 1923,
concerning the declaration of the European
powers combined in the Holy Alliance at
the counsel of Verooa in 1922. This as.
sembly solemnly declared that the Euro.
pean Governments had right to assume q
hostile attitude towards those nations where
an overthrow of government might operate
as an example. And that it was their de.
termination to restore to their former allie
glance the Spanish American States, which
had recently declared their independence
President Monroe regarded the declaration
made at Verona as too deeply involving the
interest of the United States for hin to re,
main silent on this subject In his Message
of.lS23, he stated that the United States
would consider "auy attempt of the allied
powers to. extend their system to any portion
of this hemisphere as dangerous to their
peace and safety"
These facts show that the Monroe Doc.
trine consisted of two distinct propositions,
the first of which is, that the unoccupied
territories of the western hemisphere were
not subject to entry and occupancy under
the right of colonization and settlement, SC
long asserted by Great Britain. The Sec
ond proposition was that the avowed deter
mination of the Holy Alliance in the sub
jugation of the Spanish American States to
their former allegiance to the mother coun'
try was dangerous to the peace and safety
of the United States, and could not be al
lowed by them.
SEIZURE OF PROPERTY OF BLOCKADE
RUNNERS Government, taking the
ground that blockade running was part OF
the rebellion, and that all property used,
and oil profits made in it are subject to the
rules of war, have sent agents South, who
have seized all cotton and other property
intended for blockade running, and have
called upon all engaged in the business to
state under oath, their associates, the a.
mount of their business, their profits, &c.
Most of the witnesses lave told the full
tale Of their business, but one or two prob
ably unwilling to disgorge were sent to pris.
on on account of their refusal to testify
One of the largest stockholders in this en-
terprise was the Hon. G. A. Trenholm,
late Secretary of the Treasury of the SO.
called Confederate States. In the course
of his examination, which took place on the
10th ultimo, Mr.. Trenholm stated that just
before the evacuation of Richmond, the
total amount of specie in the Confederate
vaults was from three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to four hundred thousand
dollars, of which sum about three hundred
thousand dollars was in the Treasury at
Richmond. This three hundred thousand
dollars was carried off and distributed part
" among the soldiers of Johnson's army,
and partly among the military escort of
Jeff. Davis at the time of their disband-
ment. Mr.. Trenholm stated that in his
opinion, Mr. Davis and the civil officers re-
fused to receive any part Of it. The ex-
animation of MIR. Trenholm was quite long,
but showed much frankness on his part in
revealing all he knew.-Northern Paper,
PLANTING BY THE MooN.-The Halle.
hurst (N1iss.) Copiahan enlightens us thus
upon this abstruse subject:
"There are a great many who ridicule
the idea of planting by the moon; but ez.
perience is wiser than science, and many OF
the most successful gardeners observe rig
idly the rule of planting according to the
changes of the moon An old friend, in
whose judgement we have faith, assures us
that all vegetables of the vine kind, as beans,
neas notatoes. ETC., bear more luxuriantly