The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-30
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
An Explanation OF What " 10 and
tho oauaos OF II.
ITS ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE.
Tho Famous Message OF Prosidons
Monroe Laylus Down tho Dootrlne
Which Has slnoo Boon Regarded by
All AmerloansAs a Pepper aud patri.
otto 'Prlnoiple-rho Causes for Its
Declaration.

NShhlo' .uV.hAstuG HNS III tuB NOW
York Herald a lengthy article giving
tho history OF tho Monroe doctrine and
ito application at various ttme,. Tho
following extracts arc OF especial inter.
os! at this timo whom tho application Of
the doctrine With regard to tho British.
Nicataguan trouble Ia boiug much dis.
cussod;
In September, 1915, not long after tho
batilset Waterloo, The onpsrors Of Rus.
aisaud Austria aud tho king Of Prussia
met n. Pati'. and formed what in this
country was called "tho conspiracy OF
kings" but what IN Europe was called
the "lloly Alliance" The o.tensiblo
purpose Of tho alliance WA tho subordi.
nation OF politics 10 tho Christian roll.
gion and tho preservation oil peace. But
1t had not been long In existence whom
1t began to hold congresses for tho fegu.
latlon OF tue affairs OF Europe, extended
and sustained monarchical principles as
FAR AZ possible, stamped out democratic
ahA hSPuluk lldklkubtOLu WLlblGNoT Iutf
appeared, and sont armies to put down
tho popular uprisinga 10 Naples and
South America.
At this Groat Britain took alarm aud
suggested to tho American minister that
tho United States should take O decided
stand against the meddliug Of tho Holy
Alliance In South America. Monroe at
once consulted his cabinet and sent the
correspondence to Jefferson, from whom
came n long reply, containing the words,
Our first and fundamental maxim
should be, neye to entaugle ourselves
In the broils OF Europe; our second
never to sutlor Europe to intermeddlo
with cis.Atlantic affairs"
This was d briet and clear statement
Of an idea which had been growing up
in our country Tor forty years. and had
been expressed in ono form or another
by nOarly twenty public men. Whether
II should now DO announced o. q part OF
our policy was lonS and carefully con-
side.ed BY tho crbines. The decision
was that. it should, and in his message
to Congress on December %, 1923, Mon
roe stated it III thess wosds:-
PRESIDENT MoyRoE's MESSAGE.
I'm the discussion to which this in.
tere,t (the rights Of the United States
on the northwest coast OF America) has
given rise, aud in the arrangements by
which they may terminate, the occasion
has been Judged proper for asserting, AZ
n principle Ia which the righta aud In.
tere,ts OF the United States are 10.
volved, that the American continents,
by tho free and independent condition
which they nave assumed and main.
tainod, are henceiorth not to be con.
sidered as subjects for future colo
nization Of any European powers"
Turning next to the holy alliance he
said:
ave owe Il, therefore, to candor, aud
to the amicable relations existing be.
tween the United States and those
powers. to declare that va should con.
sidcr any attemp. on their part to OF.
tend :heir system to any portion Of this
hemisphere as dangerous 10 our peace
and safety. With the existing colonies
or dependencies Of any European power
we have no. intetierod, aud shall not
interfere. But With the governments
who have declared their independence,
and maintained II, and whose independ.
ence We have. % erea. consideration
and on Just principles. acknowledged.
we could not view any interposition for
the purpose OF expressing them, or con.
trolling in any other manner their dec
tiny. by any European power, in any
other light than as tho manifestation OF
an uniriendly disposition toward the
United States.
49, Our policy in regard to
Europe, which was adopted a. an carly
stage OF the wars which. have go long
sgitated that quarter Of the globe,
nevertheless remains tho same, which
Is, not to Interfere with the informal
concerns OF any OF Its powers; To- con-
slider the government do facto as the
legitimate government for us; to cult.
vste friendly relations with il, and to
preserve thoao rotations by O frank,
firm and manly policy, meeting, In oil
instances, the just claims Of ovory
power, submitting 10 injuries from
none But In regard to thoae con.
LlleHld CiICuulsIhlCtS ur6 GIHlQenttV
and CONSEQUENTLY different. It 10 i'm.
possible that tho allied powers should
extend their political system to my
portion Of either continent without en-
~dangering our peace aud happlness; nor
can anyone belieye tina. u southern
brethren, II LETT 10 themselves, would
ndopt It Of their " accord. It Ia
equally impossible, therefore, that we
should behold such interpretation, In
any form, with Indifference"
II DOCTRINE IS ITS sUDDlvisioNl
This was tho famous Monroe doctrine,
n, announced by tho President whose
Mans 1t bears, o doctrine, It will be OBJ.
served, which cousisted Of three dia.
tinct and separate parts:-
|. No more European colonies on
these continents.
2. No extension Of tho European poll.
tical system to any par! Of tho homi.
sphere.
3. No European interpretation In tho
atfaira OF the Spanish.American 70.
public,.
At homo tho declaration was road
with pride aud satisfaction, aud an at
tempt which failed, was Mt once mado
by Clay to have so much OF it rs related
to tho Intervention of tho IToly Alliance