Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-12
THE MONROE DOCTRINE AND ITS
ORIGIN.

The New York Sun of the 5th inst. has
an editorial on the Monroe doctrine and
how it originated. Being one of the most
important doctrines in American politics
we publish the article entire for the ben.
eft of our readers:
After the final fall of Napoleon and his
second abdication, the Emperor Alexander
l. of Russia, the Emperor Francis of Austria.
and King William LII. of Prussia, formed q
which W. signed at Paris by these mon
archs SEN lrsber 26, 1915, and they christened
the 70 The Holy Alliance.
Its e-ofessed purpose was to regulate the
States OF Christendom on principles of
Christian amity. Its real aim was to main
tain existing dynasties and to suppress all
revolutionary or popular movements. To
SECT the cooperation of the people, some
of lese sovereigns, especially Frederick
Wi.lIan ILL.,, had promised to give to their
subjects a liberal charter, allowing them
practical self-government. But all such
promises were violated. To this alliance
most of the European powers except England
and the Holy See acceded.
The Holy Alliance held frequent con-
crosses, and It's policy was to intervene with
military force N the internal affairs of any
country which should attempt to establish
less oesp0tiC g9vernment. At its instance
the revo.utlCnaIv movements in Naples and
IN Piedmont We Impressed in 1921. At
its instance. = 1923, France marched an
army, nonlnaliy Of one hundred Thousand
men, into Spar and restored absolutism in
that country. Alexander of Russia assured
France Of his support, offering to march an
army to the Rhine.
1t was known that the Holy Alliance medi-
tated enabling Spain to re-oonquer the
States o. South America and Mexico. It
was arranged that the Holy Alliance should
have a consultation on the subject. The
policy was avowed TO Nj Canning by Prince
Polignac, AmbGssador Of France to Eng
land, of insuring by concert between the Eu-
ropean powers the stshishment of mon
archal governments over the reyolted
colonies of Spain.
Under Castlereagh England had refused to
be party to the engagements of the HOLY
Alliance. Under the lead of his successor as
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
George Canning, she took position of more
pronounced dissent and opposition She
threw her moral weight In the scale of con-
demnation of the Intervention of France in
the domestic affairs of Spain.
In the mean time the United States had
recognized the independence of the revolted
colonies of Spain. President Monroe by his
special message of March s, 1922, recon-
mended the measure. Congress, by an act
approved May 4, 1922, made an appropri-
alton to defray the expenses of such mis-
sions as the President might institute to the
independent nations on the American con-
tinent.
In 1923 Mr.. Canning proposed to Mr..
Rush, the American Minister to Great Brit
ain, that the United States should unite
with England in a joint declaration con-
demning any attempt of the Holy Alliance
to help Spain to reoonquer its revolted colo
nies in South America and Mexico. In reply
Mr.. Rush urged the immediate recognition
by England of the independence of the
South American States. If that were done
he offered to unite in the joint declaration
proposed by MIR. Canning. The correspond