Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-10-31
entire country, get great deal
of advertising and then go into
the show business and make mon
ey easily"
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

ey easily"
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
In the light of history Great
Britain has no right to object to
the Monroe doctrine. w hen
President Monroe, in his message
to congress, declared that prin-
ciple, as applicable to foreign ma
tions, it was at the suggestion of
the British Minister to the Unit
ed States, Mr.. Canning. Ma
poleon l. had overrun and con-
quered Spain, placing his brother
Joseph on the Spanish throne.
Minister Canning, fearing that
Spain would make an effort to
recover her possessions in the new
world, sought and secured the
promulgation of that doctrine as
a means of preventing Spain from
getting a foothold in the South
| American States. President Mon
roe, foreseeing that the doctrine
would be to the advantage of the
United States in protecting our
own territory from the aggres-
sions of foreign power, consent
ed to accept it. The doctrine is
in fact of British origin, though
it grew out Of the se1fshness of
Great Britain, and was not be-
lieved that it would be applied to
that country. So long as it serv-
ed the purpose of preventing
France and Spain from territorial
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Eng and p
proved it. When it is to be ap-
piled to Great Britain, sherefuses
to recognize it. If she is now in
vited to take her own medicine
she should not make a wry face
at it.
The London correspondent of
the New York Herald cabled that
paper some startling news. The
dispatch says 'the British Pre-
mier invited the State Depart
rnent to remember that England
was an American power before
the existence of the United States
and her rights on the American
continent consequently are an
terror to those of the United
| States" This is very broad
claim, and if made, indicates a
| purpose on the part of the British
government to oppose the appli-
cation of the Monroe doctrine. II
Ambassador Bayard had not been
cowed by the insolence of the
Premier or had shown the true
American spirit he would have
reminded the British Lord, that
England was forced to surrender
her most valuable possessions on
| this continent, and with them her
right to the acquisition of terri
tory on the American continent.
| But the man who could stand be-
fore British audience and tell
them that the people of the Unit
ed States did not govern them
selves but were so turbulent and
lawless that a strong man, like
Cleveland, was needed to rule
over them. is not likely to main
tain the dignity of the United
States abroad by resenting the
insolent and unsounded claim of
an imperious Briton who happens
to be at She head of the British
government.
I Perhaps Mr.. Bayard was mis-
} represented. It is ODE hoped for
the credit of the United States
. that he was. But his official con-
duct as Ambassador makes it easy
) to believe he was not.
| The assumption of Lord Sails
bury that England's rights on the
American continent are anterior
to those of the United States by
7 reason of having been an Ameri.
5 can power more than a century
= ago, is dangerous. AS this
, claim, according to the cable dis.
: patch, was made in writing there
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