The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-20

MONROE and HIS ANTI
Senate Resolutions of Very
Jingoish Stripe Reported
By The Foreign Af-
fairs Committe.
EXPRESS BAR TO ALL CANALS
General sewell's Attack on the
President Followed Up With
a Speech by the Mover.
CYPRESS BAR TO ALL CANALS

WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. 1Sss.-The fol-
lowing is the full text of the concur
rent resolution relative to the assertion
and enforcement of the Monroe doctrine,
reported to the Senate this morning by
Mr.. Davis
BY the Senate. the House of Repre-
sentatives eoncurring, Whereas, Presi-
dent Monroe, in his message to Congress
of December 2, Ammo Domini 1929, deem
ed it proper to assert as principle
in which the rights and interests of the
United States are involved that the
American sentiments, by the free and
Independent condition which they have
assumed and maintained. were thence
forth not to be considered as subjects
fer future colonization by any European
power.
And whereas President Monroe further
declared in that message that the United
States would consider any attempt by
the allied powers Of Europe to extend
their system to any portion Of this hem
isphere as dangerous to our peace and
safety; that with the existing colonies
and dependencies of any European
power we have not interfered
and should not interfere; but
that with the governments who have de-
elared their independence and maintained
it, and whose independence we have on
great consideration and on just principles
acknowledged, we could not view any
interposition for the purpose of oppres-
sing them, controlling in any other
manner their destiny, by any European
power. in any other light than as the
Ia of an nf
ton toward the United States; and fur
ther reiterated in that message that it is
impossible that the allied powers should
extend their political system to any por-
ton of either continent without endanger-
ing our peace and happiness.
And, whereas, the doctrine and policy
proclaimed by President Monroe have
since been repeatedly asserted by the
United States, by Executive declaration
and action upon occasions and exigencies
similar to the particular occasion and ex-
igency which caused them to be first
announced, and have been ever since
their PRONUNCIATION, and are now. the
rightful policy of the United States;
therefore
BE it resolved That the United States
of America reafirms and confirms the
doctrine and principles promulgated by
3fGSlqGHI 94D1LOS III HIS message "a LIE
cember q 1928. and declares that it will
assert and maintain the doctrine and
those principles and will regard any in
fringement thereof, and particularly any
attempt by any European power to. take
or acquire any new or additional terri
tory on the American continent or any
island adjacent thereto. or any right of
sovereignty or dominion in the same, in
any case or instance as to whichs the
United States shall deem such attempt to
be dangerous to its peace or safety, by
or through force, purchase, concession, oc-
cupation,ple colonization, protectorate or
by control of the easement in any canal
or any other means of transit across the
American isthmus. whether under lun-
founded pretension of right in cases Of
alleged boundary disputes, or under any
other unfounded pretensions as the
manifestation of an unfrIendly disposi-
.tion toward the United States and as an
sible, in any form, for the United States
to regard with indifference
The concurrent resolution was placed
on the calendar. Mr.. Gray Dem., Del)
"a member of the Committee on Foreign
Relations. stating that the report was not
a unanimous one.
Mr.. Wolcott Rep., COLI gave notice
that he would address the Senate on the
Sewen resolution relative to the Monroe
doctrine on Wednesday next. The reso-
luton was taken up and Mr.. sewell sad-
dressed the Senate upon it.
The Presidents message. he said, pre-
scented a condition of affairs of most seri-
Gus import Taking the text of that
message, from which Mr. Sewell read
some extracts, it appeared quite clear
that the President intended to present to
Congress the contingency of war with
Great Britain Whether it was wise in
the President to make such an issue at
this time was question about which
there might be a serious difference of
opinion.
Mr.. seweI gave historical review of
the events leading up to President Mon
roe's famous message. That message,
he said, had ten served its purpose
no attempt having been made on the part
of the Holy Alliance to re-estabiish the
power of Spain in South America.