Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-11-28

18tV 4k0oA3SntA0t ooAvA5o ouN ~
see that both parties eschewsd the
Monroe doetrine. In 40 doing they
did wisely, for to have allowed 1t
to cut any figure In the campaign
would have been . tacit admission
that these United States are yet
too feeble to enforce their will
upon the American continent. an
admIssion contradictsd BY the pop.
ulation they contain and BY the re-
sources they have developed.
We have been led to call atten.
ton to this silence Of the great po-
litlcal parties because last Spring
and Summer the public mind was
for . time directed to the subject Of
interoceanic canals across the 18th.
mus Of Darien and across that Of
Nicara gua-projects in which this
coast. from Behring's Straits toCsps
Horn, o. we'll as all the islands to
the westward, Eastern Asia and
Australia, are deeply interested,
for the reason that, when complet-
ed, and 1t matters not to any of US
by whom the work is done, SO long
~ 1t 10 done, producers and con-
sumers will be brought nearer, and
the interchange of the necessaries
and Injuries of life will be stimu.
lated and facilitated, to the benefit.
Of mankind in general.
In our present state Of deve lop-
ment 1t can hardly be expected
that American capitalists would
earnestly take hold Of such an en-
terprise a. the digging of q canal
across the Isthmus of Nicaragua,
which IL the preferable route, as
far as they are concerned, if prac-
tlcahle, on account Of it's proxim.
ity. for the reason that they have
abundant use not only for their
own capital but for all they can
borrow, in developing our own
country. The time for such action
on their part has not, yet arrived.
and lie possibly far in the future;
although, by their action in organ
iEipg for the digging OF the canal
across Nicaragua, and the selection
Of General Grant as the proper
man to carry the scheme to a sue.
cessful issue, they would have
given the world to understand the
contrary. Their inaction, however,
coupled with the cry of America
for the Americana has thrown dis.
credit upon their scheme. The
Monroe doctrine is all very we'll in
= political sense, and the Amsri.
can people are ready to sustain 1t
~ such. It Is not likely that We
would again permit q foreign
power to undertake to overturn the
Republican institutions of our
neighbor without assisting her to
avenge the insult upon her integ.
rity. Nor 10 such q thing now
practicable. The world at large is
advancing. Nations learn by ex.
perience that what does not pay 10
not undertaken. But in matters
commercial the people o; the
United States can have no objec-
ton to foreign corporation un-
dertaking to pierce the Isthmus Of
Darien with a ship canal. From
our proximity to it we are aim ost
assured that, under no circum.
stancee, could it be used against
W, and should the investment
prove q paying one, 1t would prob
ably be as easy for our capitalists
to buy up the stock of the company
In the worlds markets as 1t was
for the English government to Sc.
cure the controlling stock in the
canal across the Isthmus of Suez.
The opposition which has been
made In the East to the Darien or
Panama project recalls very much
the silent opposition made by Eng.
land to the Suez project. She was
afraid Of the result of the success
OF the work. She knew what she
could do by going around the Cape
OF Good Hope, and she wanted to
let well enough alone. Her great
engineer, Stevenson, gavs an opin-
ion to the effect that the work WAS
impracticable. but, strange to
say, notwithstanding all this, the
merchants and engineers of CONT
mental Europe found the means
and developed the necessary skill
TO carry the work through.
When completed, England pocket
ed her modification and ooncea led
her chagrin, wisely determining to
make the most Of the situation,
and she has done 90. Notwith-
standing the dangerous character
Of the navigation Of the Red Sea,
msugre the calms Of the Mediter.
xanean, her shipping. making use
Of that canal, exceeds that of the
balance Of the world. Would not
: like result follow, in time, a. re-
gsrds the United States, were the
canal across the Isthmus Of Darisn
duR7 True we are not the second
rnoritims power Of the globe, but
~ dine our increase Of population
~ s legislation which will allow
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