Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-12-26
Democratic Northwest.
AND HENRY COUNTY NW5,
A PLAIN STATEMENT
OF Where Uncle Sam Stands on the
Issues.
MONROE DOCTRINE up
HELD.
A Message from President Cleve-
land States the Case and
Makes a Bold Stand
Against England.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l7th.-Presl-
dent Cleveland sent the following
message to Congress to-day:
To THE CoNGREss:--In my annual
message addressed to the Congress on
the third instant, | called attention to
the pending boundary controversy
between Great Britain and the repub-
lie of Venezuela and recited the sub
stance OF representation made by
this government to her Britanlc mai
esty's government, suggesting reasons
why such dispute should be submit
ted to arbitration for settlement and
inquiring whether it would be so sub
mitted.
The answer of the British govern.
ment was then awaited, has since been
received and together with the dis.
patch to which it Is reply is hereto
appended.
Such reply is embodied in two
communications addressed by the
British prime minister to Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador at
this capital.
1t will be seen that one of these
communications is devoted exclusive.
iy TO observations upon the Monroe
doctrine and claims mat in the pres
emit instance new and strange ex-
tension and development of this doc
trine is insisted upon by the United
States; that the reason justifying an
appeal to the doctrine enunciated by
President Monre are generally inap-
plicable "to the state of things in
which we live at the present day."
and especially inappllcable to a con-
troversy involving the boundary line
between Great Britain and Venezuela.
Without attempting extended ar
gument in reply to those positions, it
may not be amiss to suggest that the
doctrine upon which we stand is
strong and sound, because its enforce
ment Is important to our peace and
safety as nation, and is essential to
the integrity Of our free institutions
and the tranquil maintenance OF our
distinctive form of government.
1t was intended to apply to every
stage of our national life and cannot
become obsolete while our republic
endures.
If the balance of power is justly q
cause for jealous anxiety among the
governments of the cid world, and q
subject for our absolute non-interfer-
ence, none the less Is an observance
of the Monroe doctrine of vital con-
cern to our people and their govern
ment.
Assuming therefore, that we may
properly insist npon this doctrine
without regard to "the state of things
in which we llve," or any changed
conditions here or elsewhere, it is not
apparent why its application may not
be invoked IN the present centro-
versy.
If European power, by an extern
sion OF Its boundaries, takes posses
sion Of the territory of one of our
neighboring republics against its will
and in derogation Of It's rights, it is
difficult to see why, to that extent,
such European power does not there
by attempt to extend its system of
government to that portion of the
continent which is thus taken.
This is the precise action which
President Monroe d eclares to be
dangerous to our peace and safety"
and it can make no difference wheth-
er the European system is extended
by an advance of frontier or otherwise.
II is also suggested in the British re-
ply that we should not seek to apply
the Monroe doctrine to the pending
dispute because it does not embody
any principle of international law
which ais founded on the general con