Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-18
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feet was indeed momeltOUs and FAR
reacl.a8. Il was Lha component FACTOR
IN The eElaHc patton Of South America
aCG 10 &c TIE independent states or that
Tes.or are largely INDEBTED FOR their
very existence. S.Cce then the most
ST sing single 20Ai evemel- 20 be cred
ltsa 10 Che rule is the evacuation OF
-arco hy yhe French. But ne an al
So .rle5ted n 10 for the Clay-on~Buiwer
--e-ty, neuT8Iz.lg any ir-sr-ocean.c
caal across Central America and eX-
clud.rB Great BRAIN from any domin-
t21 u1ere. Z has been useJ i'm The case
O. CUBA g e ius-ifyfEg the position that
While the severe. gnty OF Spain VIII be
respected TIE Island VIII not be per
m---ed 20 become the possession OF any
c-ner European power. Il has been IN
hlentlal n bringing about the definite
, nQu.shnent Of any supposed pro
Electorate by Great Britain over the Mos
QU.to coast. President Polk relied upon
t- though perhaps enron eCusly. 20 pre-
vent tre transfer OF IUcstan, General
Grant ll The same spirit declared that
existing depeudencies were no longer
q subject OF transfer from one European
power &c another and another develop
ror- ia found ID The objection 20 arbl-
trai0R OF South American controver-
s.es 5y a European power and Secretary
B3yard resisted The enforcement OF tne
Pelie-er claim aga.ns, Hayd, declaring
that serious indeed would ba the con-
sequences IL European hostile foot
should without just cause -rod these
States !n rhe new world which have
emancipated themselves from Euro
pe3n control
American questions 1t rs said are
for American decisions says the sec
re-1ry and then applying ,h.s doctrine
ID The reverse be says. III al Europe
were suddenly -1 hy 90 arms over the
tate OF Turkey would ir not be- prepJs-
ferrous that any American STATE should
find itself Eex-r-cably involved IN the
miser.es and burdens OF the contest
Wha- have TOE States Of America 70 do
with the vast aruiss and fleets OF Eu-
rope. and why should they be imp0ver-
isleI ly wars -u which they can have
no d.rec- concern. The moral
INTERESTS OF EUROPE
are peculiar 90 her and entirely adj
verse from those which are peculiar 20
America. Europe is with a single im-
pOrGut exception committed % the
mODarchial principle. America is de-
voted 10 the ilea that every people has
an uualienable right OF SELF govern
meut ANY European control of our in
terests is necessarily both homogeneous
and injurious. and. If the forcible intru-
sion of European powers in American
politics is -0 De- deprecated. the resist
ance must come from the United States.
the only power with strength adequate
20 the eIigoucy. There can DE but one
answer TO the question whether the
safety and welfare of the United States
are SO concerned with the maintenance
OF the independence of every American
State as against any European power
as t0 Justify and require our interpOsi-
tiou whenever that independence is en-
darsered
These states are our friends and al
lies commercially and politically. and
Co allow the subiUeatiOn OF any one OF
them by an European power reverSes
the situation and signifies loss of all
the advantages incident TO their natural
relation 10 as. But that ia not all. The
people OF the United States have vital
interest I'm The cause of popular self
government. which they have secured
40 The cost of infinite blood. and treas
use. The age OF the crusades has pass
cd and they are content with such as
ser.iol and defense of the rights Of
Government as their own security
and welfare demand To is i'm that view
more than any other that they viii not
d.. nI Of hl
American States by the fOrCible as
sumption of am European power The
misch.es ro Dr. apprehended from such
source are none The less real because
30. Immediately imminent I'm any spe-
Cidc case The United States to-day is
practically sovereign on this continent
ed frs fiat is law AN the advantages
OF This superiority are at once imperell-
Oh .f the principle Dee admitted tina.
European powers may convert Ameri-
can States into colonies of their own
The principle could De easily awaited
or and amy power doing so would imme-
Cio,eIy secure base of military opera
tons against as. and 10 is not incOn-
ceVoh'e chat the struggle now going
on Tor the
AOQ llol iONo Of' Az hlCA
might bo transferred 90 South America
The weaker countries would soon De abb
eorbel and South America would be
pariluonei among European powers.
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