, 1880-02-11

situation prompted Atr, Monroe to mike so
broad protest npntnst tho extension Of
European tH,wer m tho American Continent,
agaInss all European intnrpositlon to oppross
my American Government Of All Indepcist-
ent character, and nEntnst alt schemes
| Of European colonization on the Amer!-
tfacted View bt tho Nfpnroo doctrine,
applying It specifically to tho con-
te,npfatcd Intervention ut tho allied Powers
III behalf Of Spain OF Ia ,any similar effort,
that was taken by Mr.. Calhoun III 1876, when
ho WIS The only surviving nlombor OF The
! Monroe Cabinet. Yucatan, then q,tust-in-
dependent Stntc, though really q part 0f
MoSlco, lad nppealed Ia Great Britain for
protection agNtnst the 1nilan deprcdatlolls
| TINT were running Its people, md President
| Polk Ind Invoked the Monroe doctrine rs q
| warrant fur proposing to send United States
troops to Yucntan arid forcbly resisting En-
| g!ish Intervention. Mr.. Calhoun conten1ed
that tho Monroe doctrine, as he Interpreted
| 1t, had ITO application 10 voluntary appeal
1nale by a separate atstl Independent people
on this continent to n European Government,
| ever though such M appeal amounted to q
tender of sovereignty. a similar con-
! structton Ut the Monroe doctrine now would
! certainly preclude its application to the pro-
| posed opposition to the Iessops cnnn1.
The broader Interpretation Of tho Monroe
| doctrine, which would warrant tho opposl-
tlon Of tho United states Government to n
business.cntcrprisc that might possibly lend
! France, rs the national protector Of the COM
| pany undertaking It. TO dictate terms 10 tho
| tt1s1, irES&
known as the United States of Colonlbin,
logically Involves tho ultimate extinction OF
| all European foothold upon tho American
Continents. It the policy Of tho United
States Government requires that at no time
md under no circumstances sllall any Gov
ernmcnt Of Europe assert any sovereign
| right over any rart of the two Americas,
then 1t Is not with France, nor with b,lsl-
| 1,ess-entcEprise undertaken by a French conf
! pal,y, that the assertion Of such policy should
be begun. Great Britain exercises soyer-
efgn control over 5000 miles of American
I frontier. Spnin GOVERNS the American Islands
OF cuoa ana forto R'co With m oppression
tlat a4scsim'flates directly aghlnst the untted
sla!es. canada Is geographically and SYM
nathel1cally closer to tho United States
thah any other pnrt OF thu continent not eul-
| hraced within our own Government. II tho
Monroe doctrine contenpsates ultertorly n
aef1lai OF European rights, even to the extent
OIL pr"tectlng n company OF CAPITALISTS In u
com'nerc'ai enterprise, thon Lie United States
snonltt llrst sny to areat btitain and Spain to
Withdraw their iiags from the Western cont:
he'lts; tell t1cm they havo worn ont their
Welco'noi rehlhd them that tho New World
demahds aDsolute independence OF tho Old;
ana warn Them TINT 1lo sc'nblance OF Euro
pean authority VIII longer De tolemted In
North or South America. Is the United
States government prepared to taKo this po-
SUOMI lSls Polltlc OF desirable to make
sach m ISSUE? Whatever the aiiswer may
oc, u Is certain that the policy OF excluding
a' European Governments IRON MI a'tthorl-
tyln lne h'neriras shoald not DC inaug'tratGd
ny demonstration nEaihst tho French, 70
Whom' next 10 tllo aspsratlons and courage Of
tno American people. the Republic OF the
ohltea otates owes us freedom ard 1nde-
pcnucncc'
1t Is not to DO denied that tho construction
OF IN lsthmus canal by n French company
will make 1t the duty Of tho Frencf, Govern
inent 10 protect that company lii Its rights,
and will even afford tho opportunity for
creating such differences between the Co1o,n-
btAn government nMl the canal company rs
wotlld warrant tho Government Of France In
inserting Its sovereignty for compelling tho
United States OF Colombia to subject itself
to french rule or French dictation. At the
same time 1t Is not apparent what interest
Franco or the French company would find in
bringing about an exclusion Of American