Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-30

we will determine when IL J. mace, avs
not before. This Is not reafirm'ns tne
Monroe doctrine: II f. renounc'ng the
Monroe doctrine and falling back on the
principle Of self-preservation, pure and
unupplied. This position IL intelligibie,
considered In itself. but IL Is not the Mon
zoe doctrine. 1t Is fho position that the
United States occupied before the Mon
roe doctrine was heard OF or conceived.
The Monroe doctrine IL would seem. -
an awkward thing TO NEEDLE with. PTes-
dent Cleveland undertook 10 handle H..
ard the bottom OF Il fell out. Now the
Sena,e Committee on Foreign Relations
msnipuIates H. and IL falls Off the bottom.
u there no man I'm either House OF CON
gresS. OF in any branch Of the govern
ment. who can take up the Monroe doc
trine without It's going 10 pieces in his
hands?
II the Senate committee will be advised
by Us, it will substitute its preamble for
its resolution. and stand on that; or,
better STILL will substitute the language
OF President Monroe, word for word. ana
stop a that. There is no sense In putting
old wine into new bottles when the old
bottles are sound. and the transfer IN
wolves the risk OF spillng the VINE.
President Monroe's statement, though not
perfect ia form. f. lngt in matter, -
understood by all the world, and is en-
Gsared 10 The people by the association
Of its phrascoi0gy with thelr higher
moods or patriotism for three quarters
OF a century. and. what. perhaps, IS
quite as much 10 tho pOint. X Is not
likely to be improved in form by the
learned publicists now on guard az Wash
ingtOn. Let well enough alone.
We would not be- misunderstood, how
eyer. The situation, a. constituted BY MT.
Cleveland. IL not By any means Wen
enough. II is bad enough. II should not
be let alone II should be redressed. II
puts the United States In a distinctly
false position. IL makes Us. regardless
alike OK reason and OF policy. declare
against The extension OF European Iuris-
dction in this hemisphere BY force. put
not by colonization, By negotiation, BY
machination. by purchase. or By any
other peaceable means. Mr.. Cleveland has
asserted only hals the Monroe doctrine,
and in emitting TO assert the other half
h. has unwittnely surrendered the prin-
cip.e OF the whole.
Furthermore. the half he has omitted 70
assert is the more important OF the TWO.
The danger az which the other half was
especially directed has passed away. The
Holy Alliance belongs 70 history. No Eu-
ropein Power IN our oay. thanks largely
10 this mocty OF the Monroe doctrine.
meditatcs the extension OF its domin-
ion in THE hemisphere by force but.
n for the last sevsn,y years it had been
understood that tho United States would
or might assent 20 The extension Of Euro
pesn dominion in America by peaceable
means. the teuptipg field Of intrigue Of
fered by ths Sonth American States du-
ring this period would, doubtless. have
been promptly entered and diligently
worked. WIKI the probable result that to-
day m3iOr.iy OF ,hess FESTIVE and unruly
communities would be subject TO the pro-
tectorate Of ono European Power or an
othsr. whose territorial possessions in
this hemisphere, moreover would be ex
tended in every direction. Instead Of this
result. even the South American Govern-
ment that ID least stable and most torn
by internal Discussions IS still working
out its political salvation, free from Euro
pean Intervention: while the American
dominion OF European Powers Is sull
what II was Ia the first quarter Of this
century. This Is due mainly, IL not
wholly, TO the part o. the Monroe doctrine
which Mr.. Cleveland ignores. The situa-
ton. therefore calls for the perfect ope-
ration % the Monroe doctrine. Ii IS ne
cessaIy 10 take Mr.. Cleveland's foot out
OF the doctrine. that 1t may close and b.
Itself again.
Such being the situation. let Congress
simply declare the Monroe doctrine I'm
President Monroes language, and all will
be well. We shall then have. not the
Monroe doctrine OF Cleveland. or the Mon
roc doctrine o. the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations. neither OF which H.
really the Monroe doctrine; but the
Monroe doctrine OK Monroe; the Monroe
doctrine, the whole Monroe doctrine, and
nothing but the Monroe doctrine.