Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-01

unoucstioned, because, having declared It.,
we compelled the world to recognize It,.
In the same way we have always acted
on the declaration Of MIR. Monroe as the
guiding principle of our foreign policy
We shall now, hope, declare it again
with the formal sanction of Congress
representing the people of the United
States 1t is idle to argue either for or
against ii us matter of internatlohal
law. for it requires no such support
We declare the Monroe doctrine as "
principle which we believe essential to
the honor. the safety, the interests OF inc
United States. We declare it us state-
ment OF fact, and we must have II reccg,
nized, rs our Independence and nationai
existence are recognized, ty al the "oriu'
1t must be recognized, because we sussalh
and support 1t, and we can no more per
NIT it to be "a matter of discussion with
other nations than we can ai1ord % us
Gus, with them our national weliafe OF
our forms of government. Ii empooies
for us the same principle as the naia"ce
| of power so jealousy maintained py the
nations of Europe. They Will not allow
that to be disturbed and we hoid TO our
balance of power with equal tenaclty'
THE Monroe doctrine lntcrferes IN no
wise with the rights which the principies
of International law give TO all nations.
II does not touch the question OF repara-
ton for injuries inflicted np0n the SUB
jects of any European power by any oil
the Central or South American states.
We cherish that right jea!ously ourselves !;
we do not deny it to Others. II the suo-
iscts of any European power suffer wrong
at the hands of any of the gov srnments OF
South or Central America, that power Is
entitled to demand the fullest satisfac-
ton and redress
II ask you now to look ut the
Caribbean sea. j ask you to note the
strong naval station which England mas
established at Sta. Lucia. Follow line
thence to the westward, and you ma
Trinidad, the development of which has
been strongly pushed If late years, then
Jamaica, and finally British Honduras.
| That line faces the South American coast.
This territory claimed from Venezuela is
being pushed steadily to the westward,
along the coast and the point at which 1t.
aims is the control of the mouth Of the
Orinoco one of the great river systems OF
South America. The purpose of all these
movements is written plainly on the
map. If successful they will give Great
Britain control of the Spanish Main and
make the Caribbean sea little better than
Il British lake ~
We have seen British forces at Cor
into We know the attitude they assume
in Venezuela. They are attempting to
take land on the Alaskan boundary.
They have just denounced the modus
vivendi and reopened in that way the
perilous dispute of the Northeastern fish
cries. 1t is not by accident that these
events have all occurred or all come to an
acute stage within the PAST year. They
are not due to us, for we have committed
10 aggression upon anybody
"Of all these difficulties which are new
upon us the most immediate is thar in
VOWED In the dispute with Venezuela.
They tell US that this territory is remote
and worthless 1t is remote perhaps, hut
not worthless, Tor If it had been the Ven
ezuelan possession Of it would be units
turbed But it matters not whether it Is
worthless or valuable. The tea tax was
| trivial, but our forefathers refused to pay
it because 1t involved a great principle
and the attempt to collect it cost Great
Britain her North American colonies.