New-York tribune., 1896-01-04

n Wos' rNy-nln,h 81. ari smilei AZ the recol'ec-
..ou of 'hc heated argument % tho preceding even
.ng before ih~ club Tho Rev Mr.. Williams Is the
successor o. The Rev Or Bellows In the Fourth
Avenue church. ana on Christmas Day he followed
th. tr"nl of nearly all ministers In advising against
MAJ In that sermon. he took the ground that In
view q the record OF this country. both with regard
20 thr Indians ana Mexico she had very unstable
grasp UPON thc principe which she IS now trying
- pu' forth as tfe cardinal principe FOR the Repub
He's guidance r. the Reporter H. said.
Il simply h1ll In the first place. that the Monroe
Doctrine Is not .aw u the United states. Nor IL
lt in any sense in'-rnlt.oua, law. The President
4 the Tinted States canno; formulate n law for
the giilarce y the people Then again. /
it there are some antGuated principles lying back
- ~" Monroe DOctr.n" Al the time II
Formulated IL was intended to prevent the setting
up II the monarchical form Of government on this
side u the ocean There was A fear that his
might be- done. But times have changed His
tor shows that the Holy Alliance was really moth.
INK more than Effort 10 prevent the return OF
Napoleon 10 power and TO preserve 10 European
Nations the mOnarchical form OF rule; ana Il is 10
be remembered that when The members Of the Holy
Alliance went TO the aid OF Spain. II was England
VINO applaud'd American resistance under the Mon
roe Doctrine 70 any trespass upon American soil
England. although nomnally IA monarchy IS az
genuinely democratic In her form Of government as
any nation Her colonies almost as independent
n
stance. Possibly may except Canada: but Ger
tainy this f. true OF Australia. | cannot see for
one. whore the interests OF the United States are
icoparized by the fixing OF n boundary I'm Venez-
ucla. II is different I'm the OF Alaska IT was
vastly different In the OF Maine some years
"g1. and Anhevc In the nitei States adherlng to
all her interest in the Nicaragua Canal project
There her interests vitally concerned But / be-
leye It would be good thing for the word at large
II the great English nation could secure n hold on
the south American continent. 1t would be good
for the United States AMI for every other CONNER
ola pv ne
much as England herself, for We would come in FOR
cur share Of the commerce. and England won. |
c.viliza the South American republics Capital fol-
lows civilization. and where England holds control
anybody who cares can go and interest himself IN
IN, development OF the country In any direction.
II men are asked to invest their money In gold
mine they first want to know II the Investment il
safe. # u Is pr trctel.
ting each Others throats. Now. it f. saying
among the natives that they sleep securely under
colonzlne nation She Is a nation or large families.
and by colonzing she works OF her surplus France
Is not colonizins nation. Her population Is a. a
siandst Ii never varies. Germany. on the other
hand. WILL | think some day follow England's lead
that Is. wher she shall have ri'i herself OF the
spirit Of miiitarism which holds control. and
pass within the next half-ccntury. Then she Will
begin to spread out as England has done.
THE old notion of Thomas Jefferson In his letter
t. Monroe for jefferson was almost as much the
author of the Monroe Doctrine as Monroe himself
that Europe is the domcile of d-spotlsm Is
another an:iquatcd notion All over the world therc
now exists q community OF interests. commercially
and lndustrially. We are closer TO hungary III az
nii,fions than We are any OF the South American
rcrublics The Monroe Doctrine was written before
ne days of the steamboat. and we are very cose
To England in commercial affiliations: l'y all means
| believe in America doing for the south American
continent what | have suggested for England but
our time has not yet come we nave vast posses.
sons to overcome. Yet the day Is hot iar Instant m
whom we too, will be reaching out for new terri