The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-02-21
HIS MONROE SPEECH.
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SENATOR BLANCHARD OF
LOUISIANA. \
The Doctrine Must Be Observation-Disclosures
the Time Has Come for Legislative En-
deFsement of the Declaration by Congress
as-Broad, Bold, Comprehensive. Firm.

tlefsement of the Declaration by Congress
a'-Broad, Bold, Comprehensive, Firm.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-When the
Senate convened this morning Senator
Blanchard of Louisiana spoke for the
passage Of the Davis resolution.
Senator Blanchard commended the
president for the reassertion, on an
enlarged basis, of the Monroe doctrine
and advocated that it be given legisla-
tive Endorsement. He believed the
time had come for such declaration
by Congress broad, bold, comprehen-
slve, not made in anger or menacing,
but firm. The Senator's speech was in
good temper and evinced a spirit of
kindred friendship toward Great Brit
ain. Among other things he said:
The United States is expected to
stand aloof from entangling alliances
with Europeans. We are to have, it
seems, nothing to do with European,
Asiatic, African Or Australian con-
Germs. We have heretofore steadily
adhered to this line of policy.
''Shut out of participation in Europ-
can politics, neither asking Tor being
invited to take part in the same are we,
too, to be deprived of the right to pre-
scribe and dominate an American
policy? On this point the people of
the United States are especially SEN
sitive. Go ask the people of the great
West and those Of the rapidly recuper-
ating South and they will tell you
that the time has come for broaden
ing of the scope of the Monroe doc
trine and for much more enlarged
application of it. Seventy three wears
ago, when this doctrine was first pro-
claimed, the population Of the United
States was little more than 1000, 900;
from 100000 Of people then we have
multiplied to- .O,OOO,OOO From meager
resources we have plowed and planted,
delved, mined and manufactured,
builded and constructed our way to al
enormous aggregate wealth. We do
not have to make a demonstration on
land or sea to proclaim our power nor
mark our readiness for war
''This republic is not to act the big
brother to each turbulent or revolu-
tionary republic Or island on the West
ern hemisphere and convulse the
world about matters of far less i'm
portance than many that arise in our
own country. But it does behoove
US to proclaim a distinctive American
policy abroad, comprehensive policy
that includes within its scope the
three Americas, North, Central and
South.
1.-The United States stands at the
head of the American sisterhood of
states. She has an interest at once
direct and vital in the settlement of
every question that can arise affecting
any portion Of the American continent
or any one of the free states on the
continent. Indeed, she has an inter-
est in the settlement of every national
or international question that can
arise in the Western hemisphere Nor
does this position on our part initiate
against the right Of any government
to protect it's citizens in any part of
America, or to enforce payment of
debts, or to secure indemnity for
wrongs.
'sThe Monroe doctrine, even in its
present proposed enlarged scope, is
not to be extended to interfere with
the business relations between the
American republics and Europe. We
would not interfere if war broke out
and such countries were overrun by
result of such war, nor as the result
Of negotiations Or treaty, can any
European power acquire additional
territory IN America. War waged by
England or any other European power,
with South or Central American coun.
tries on any just ground, is no concern
OF ours. Only such war must not be
one of conquest. And the war ended
foreign troops must, within a reason
oble time, evacuate.
''The Central and South American
states desiring our aid to prevent ac
quisition by conquest of any of their
territory by stronger powers, can not
object if we insist that neither shall
they dispose OF their territory to for.
eign powers by treaty Or other nego
tiation. It is poor rule that will
not work both ways
MR.. MORTON CENSURED.