The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21

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the 100000 Indemnity they Will
thereby concede that the terri
tory in dispute belongs to Great
Britain and that they will new
er do. At this point the mat
ter rests.
Now, the way the United
States comes in is through the
Monroe doctrine. There is much
misconcep,ion about this IL
nous doctrine. II was dne 10 a
suggestion of Great Britain
When Napoleon was crushed al
Waterloo inl8I5 the kinsg Of
Europ.. formed n league which
they called the Holly Alliance.
They proposed 20 rule the world
and together TO repress al ef
forts Of the people 10 limit their
power. Shortly afterwards all
the Spanish colonies IL South
and Central America were in
revolt, with prospects of sue
cess. The members Of the
Holy Alliance proposed 10 haip
Spain pat down these reVoiis.
and sent around invitations TO
each other to Join in. Among
those invited was England But
England, which we must re
member is our mother country.
took alarm. She was not will
ing 10 go into any sueh'scheme
for the mere ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of
kings. Sh1 thought that these
rebellions were not the business
of any country except Spain.
II Spain could put them down
all right; if she couldn't all
right still. So Canning, her
leading statemen. sent a prep
osi,ion to Mr.. Monroe. Pres
ilent Of the United States, that
Great Britain and the United
States enter into an alliance TO
prevent the aggressions Of any
European nation in America.
Bat il was against the princi
pies Of the United States, rs
laid down by Washington, to
enter into any foreign alliance
W hatsoeyer. But the American
people approved Of the idea
that there should be no further
I.extension of European power in
America. So President Monroe
in his annual message to Con
gress stated that he thought il
was the duty OF lbeUnited States
! TO oppose such extensions. al
he said on the point occupied
only three or four lines in
his message. Congress simply
! heard 1t read and took no ac-
ton. In WAS not embodied II
! the form of a resolution. There
was no vote of any kind upoE
il. But it aroused the senii
ment of ne American Leoplt
and it has grown into what We
have since called the Monro,
doctrine. This declaration wa:
received with the greatest sat
isfaclion by England. and tht
Holy Alliance, frightened by
the attitude of England aud ih.
United States, did not interior,
in the wars Between. Spain an(
her American colonies. \
Since then the only impor
tani case in which the Monro,
doctrine was enforced was viii
regard to France and Mexico
During our civil war the French
without any cause whatever
invaded Mexico, tnrned it int
an empire under their rule AM
placed al Austrian primo
naned Macmillan on III
throne. They supposed tn
United States would be per
nanently divided by the civi
ear and could not interfere
BIT "a soon as the civil wa
cleared Secretary Seward sen
:, warning message to III
French 10 get ont Of Mexico
> a powerful army Of veteran:
under the command Of Ger
sheridan. was gathered on til
Rio Granda. 'Fhe French b,
came alarmed, left Mexico. an
r the republic there WAS re-es
/ esta blished
? Now il is very doubtf,
wlpiher the Monroe doctrin
applies 10 the present : enezu'
r Ian quarrel. If England ca
d prove that the disputed terri