Morris tribune., 1895-12-18
Would Ascertain the Rights, OF
Venezuela and Then De-,
fend Them. s&..,
Spontaneous Demonstration A.. in
:. the Senate !, When b l., the e Read l
@g 'a3F ING Ended. 'a 4iz


Fl sWAsHNGroN, Dec, The president
Ehas sent the following message to con-
Egress, together with the correspondence
Einthe Xenezuela an d: matter: "a ter: b
To the Congress:
f,'7's7 In MY annual message addressed to
the congress-; on the third instant,
called attention to.sthes' pending bound
airy controversy between Great Britain
and the Republic Of yenezuela. and re-
bited thssubstaheeSofA sass esentation
made by This goverame ent.to her Britain.
mic majesty's government, suggesting
reasons why such disputes should be
submittsd.t To naturalization settlement,
and inquiring whether it would be SO
submitted.
Devoted 10 Observations ON Monroeisrn.
anahe answer of the British ihl3 govern
ment, which, was then awaited, hap
since been received and together with
the dispatch toi- whiQlH it is .asreplg, is
hereto appended Such reply is en-
bodied III q two comm inltu51tifcati6its ad-
dressed by the British prime minister to
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
bassadef at this capital -, 1t will be seen
that one of, these eoilflnranieationsis de-;
voted exclusively to observations upoal
the Monroe la octSiile f. Il taind claims that
. present nstanee~yasqeneW W=:.and
st1angeextension =and development of
stllisg dossrine sis 5ssa sistef EEpII gfpg thea
UEhited statess that the reasons 5hstify-
ing an appeal to the doctrine enu1iciated
by President Monroe are generally in
applicable Ito 5tEle!& state: Of things in
which we live at5the present day and
especially inapplicable to controversy
involving the boundary line between
Great Britain and Venezuela. 7~
~ T. Thinks she Dectripa Il sound: Iii
-s'-'' Without attempting extended argu44
ments in reply to these positions, it maya
not be amiss ,tO suggest that the doe-H
trine upon which, we stand! is strong
and sound because its enforcement Isl
important4to our peace and. safety as "a
nation, and is essential to the integrity
of our free institutions and the tranquil
maintenance Of our distinctive form Of
government It was intended to apply
to every stage of our national life, and
cannot become obsolete while our re-
public 'endures: '~r"I If the balance Of
power is justly a;cause for Jealous anx
iety among the governments Of the ol{F
world, and a subject for our absolutes
non-interference, none the less is an OBJ
servance of the Monroe doctrine Of vital
concern Your people and their govern
ment. f
Doesn't See where 1t Doesn't Apply.
ASSUMING therefore, that !. we may
properly insist upon this doctrine, with
out regard to ''the state Of things in
.which7we live" or any changed eondi-
tions here or elsewhere, it is not appar-
ent why its application; may not be in
voked in the present controversy. If a
European power, by an extension OF! its
boundaries, takes possession OF the ter
ritory of one of our neighboring repub-
lies against it's will. and in derogation
Of it's rights, it is difficult to see why, to |
that extent. such European power does
not thereby attempt to extend nc its its sys-
tenn of government to that portion Of |
this tontinent, (which is thus taken.
This is thesprecise action which Presi-i
dent Monroe declared to be dangerous
tesoti and fetyfl'i'sgand it can
max hethers the
Eusppeal sstsIerns sisz ended by an adj
van aattler lierWise! ~
It inF the British
reply that we Should not4seek to apply
the Monroe doctrine to the pending dis
pute because it does not; embody any t
principle ofaa international law which |
sis founded onAthe general consent of |
nations and that !. III no Gsta atesrian, how
ever eminent, and no nation, however /
are competent to insert intoii
the code of international law, a novel
pr9nciples which was never recognized
before and which has not since been ac;
cepted by the government of any other
country
ssfsssJt Is Peculiar TO This coiIntfyI
Practically the principle for which
we contend has peculiar if not exclus-
iEe.relation4 TIA the United. States
1t may have not been admitted in so
words .tpqFt he code O. intern ationaf /
laW, bi4 $alde4n intafnatiShal eouncils
every fatss fEaftss aklentifled fS fbe rights be-
longing to it, if the enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine is something we may
Justly claim, it4iasits place in the code
IF ffinterna aHi dnpf lasvEsas oerail1fy and as
securely as if it were specifically mem.
toned, and when the United States is
suitor before the high tribunal that ad-