Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-12

ence was transmitted to John QUINCY
Adams, Secretary of State. President Mon
roe submitted that correspondence to Mr..
jefferson and through bin to Mr.. Madison.
President Monroe, zfter consulting Mr.
jefferson and Mr.. Madison, availed himself
of his annual message Of December 2, 1923,
to state the position of the American Gov
ernment upon the subject. The two passages
of the message on this subject are given in
full in another column.
Mr.. Canning was glad of the cooperation
of the United States, but was too much de-
voted to the aggrandizement of England to
accept President Monroe's declaration
against the colonization of any portion OF
America by any European power. France
and Russia likewise objected to that prin-
ciple.
The position taken by England, and espe-
cially the announcement by Mr.. Canning
that any attempt by France TO aid Spain in
the reconquest of her revolted colonies
would be followed by the immediate ac-
knowledgement by England of their indie
defeating the plans Of the Holy Alliance,
and, indeed, Of all schemes by European
| powers to appropriate to themselves any
| part of the former colonial dominions of
Spain.
But il was not until JanuaIy, 1925, that
England formally acknowledged the indie
| pendence of the South American States. In
announcing that event Mr.. Canning gave
way to his celebrated burst of oratory: 81
sought materials for compensation IN
another hemisphere. Contemplating Spain
such as our ancestors had known her, re.
not be Spain with the 1ndies l called the
New World into existence to redress the
balance of the Old" Thus the English
Statesman claimed credit for a result largely
due to the assertion by the United States Of
the principle which has become so vel
| kunwn n q fba Mon doctrine
OF this doctrine Mr.. Tilden says in hi
great letter on our seacoast defences: "It II
now over sixty years since we announced Z
the world that we should resist any at
tempts, from whatever quarter they nigh
come, to make any new colonizations OF
any part of the American continent; tina
while we should respect the status quo, WI
should protect the people of the differen
nations inhabiting this continent from
every attempt to subject them to the domi
nion ; of any EuropeHn power or 1te to interfer
the rights of self-government. Thi
announcement was formally mad
by President Monroe, after consultation
with Mr.. Madison and Mr.. Jefferson. 1t wa
formulated by John Quincy Adams. Gu
Government has firmly adhered to the Mon
/ roe doctrine, and, even 80 late Us 1865, !
warned Napoleon III out of Mexico. 1t !
impossible to foresee, in the recent scrambl
of the European powers for acquisition o
colonies, how soon an occasion may arise TO
our putting in practice the Monroe doctrine
, 1t is clear that there ought to be some rela
tion between our assertion of that dootrin
and our preparation to maintain it."
3 If circumstances should demand an en-
forcement of the Monroe doctrine by thi
country to-day, n hostile foreign nation, see
ing our defenseless condition, might scorn
: fully ask u.s. "What are you going to
about it?' Mr.. Tilden has told US what
do in his wise words of warning; and ther
! should be no delay in following his advice