, 1866-01-26
FROM EUROPE,
OGr London Correspondence.
The Monroe Doctrine and European
Po1xerx-Napoleou III. and England.
From Our Own Co.respondent.]


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ena freor.nt annrchv This v;,v If tr,n,.
Atlantic nos5f,,ilit,es i, beginning, to he held
1,v many leadfn- orrans.of ihe press in Eng
land and an The Continent. and It IL erowinrly
adxocatcd by our most influential merchants
and business men, for they know vastly bet.
Ter than mere professional politicians that the
operations uf trade and commerce are almost
impossible in South American waters under
such guarantees MS European governments
arc able to afford them. The foreign policy
Of Great Britain, since tie advent Of Free
Trade, may be generally characterized as q
policy Of mindlug our own business and We
have found this new course Of action 60
advantageous and tnc1pentlre that we are
beginning to deal In similar manner with
our Colonial possessions. Without ignoring
altogether the dictates OF humanity, 1t Is
really very small matter to European manu-
fecturers what fng may fly over, or whose In
| tlucpce dominate, in this or that Republic
| but it Is very great matter 10 them that
order should reign, md life and property be
! secure In regions whose prosperity Is so lnt1-
| matoly allied will. their own.
The business rommnnity Of this country,
and in scarcely minor degree, that Of the
Continent, regard the courac of action which
might be pursued on this question by the
Cnitcd States rs extremely simple 4 Lon.
don merchant, whose operations are prlnei.
palIy with the South American Republics,
and who Is regarded In this country as hlgl
authority on a11 questions affecting those
States, lately expressed his opirion to mc, a
follows :-uLet tho United States enter into
I treaties, offensive and defensive, with each
Republic separately. There is an existing
/ "a
the present moment, there Is m old treaty
between Portugal and Great Britain the re-
splt being that Spain. which would c1utcl
The little Kingdom. if Ii dared, knows better
than to move single finger for the purpose
There small Republics in south america
from the moment the compact Is mailc Will
their biz brother, would be galvanized int<
N,e. Uncle Sam would be the de Sae.o arb,
Ter of all their auar.cls, and niue-tenths @
their little fuss and bother would be st1aed o,
thc moment of birth. On the other hand
European Governments would merely har.
to point out to the United State
snv Just causc of complaint agains
auy one Of these Republics to insure the acton
Of Just mediator and the United State
would only have to show the proper: cours
10 be pursued to insure its being followed
thereby preserving the peace of the worlt
and guaranteeing the safc operations OF com
merce." These remarks appear to me worth,
of serious consideration, for the writeris re
preventative man among his fellows an'
speaks the opinions Of the influential body u
which he belongs. Objection might possib)
be made to the course here indicated on th
ground Of American antipathy to forelc
alliances; but do not think such an oh;cs
tion would be maintained by you In rcspec
10 thoee governments and peoples whfc
come within the range Of the Monroe Dos
trinc- 1t is ccztain,y legitimate and snfe fo
you to offer your protection to those wea
sister Republics, receiving IN return suc
commercial and trading advantages as arene
enjoyed by othernations; whilst on the othe
. hnnd, the fact Of your pnissnnt protcctio
would gire you moral right and power
not TO Interfere, ut all events to susrest an
influence, within the territories OF the Fns1ou
statcs.
Can anything be more puerile than th
cause Of the present difficulty between spai
aud Chlli; and would such m exemplidcatio
!, of the wolf and the Lamb fable be poss'bl
were Chill, as she might be, under the prote'
tion Of the United statess spatn's griasancs
amount to this and nothing more: Chill r
. fused aid to Spain during the latter's burgl'
rious attempt on the Chlncha Islands; an
an irresponsible Valparaiso mob tore dow
the Spanish Consular flag md tralcd
through the streets. Spain thereupon d.
mands, and very properly, too, that the Chi