Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-06
THE new MONROE DOCTRINE
its ExemplifIcation by Prof.
John 3. Moore.
AS ASSOCIATED WITH A PUGlLlST
An Admirable Dissertation by
a DelaWarean.
Prof. Moore Draws an Analogy Between
John l.. suiiiyan's Relation to Humanity
and the New Monroe Doctrine An After
dinner Address Worth Reading.

At the annual dinner of the Political
Science Club at the Savoy Hotel, New
York, last Thursday night. Prof. j. b. |
Moore of the chair OF political science
at Columbia College, formerly of this
State, spoke on the Monroe Doctrine
for the first time since tho present ex-
citement over Venezuela arose. The
first speaker Theodore Roosevelt, had
made long and fiery speech, saying
that he wished Congress had gone fur
ther than it did in aggressive language,
informing his audience that these mat
ters of policy and patriotism were not
10 be treated by college professors and
rich men, but by some type of active
men not clearly defined by the speaker,
and giving a warm picture of the
virile virtues of the Gotha, Vandals
and others. His speech was reported
at length in the morning papers Al
though the listeners were pleased with
Mr.. RooseveIt's fiery periods, Prof.
Moore's easy common sense was able in
the first five minutes to bring the
crowd to his standpoint, and when he
stopped it was in the midst OF entreat-
les to talk longer. He said:
81 do not think that any speaker ever
undertook before to make an address
under such discouragng circum
stances. In the first place, there is
this general and sweeping objection
to my capacity, simply because it is to
be assumed from my position that
know something about it. find my
self in the first place called upon to
defend the position that d man, by
pursuits which may be supposed to
give him capacity to understand it and
explain it, is disqualified from discus
sing it.
''As | came through the ferry house
this evening, | permitted my eye to
rest for moment on an evening paper,
and | dropped tear on that paper.
What saw was that Mr.. John l.. Sui
lipan was in eXtremis. | remember
we'll the scenes that occurred in New
York on the night when he fought
Corbett, when | walked from the Hoff-
man House to the Metropolitan Hotel
TO get the latest bulletins. Gentlemen,
why was it that this scene came into
my head az | was on my way to attend
discussion of the Monroe Doctrine?
Ii was because in my mind for some
time past John l.. Sullivan and the
Monroe Doctrine tnot the old but the
new Monroe Doctrine) have been asso.
ciated. John l.. Sullivan's relation to
humanity is substantially the same as
that of the new Monroe Doctrine to
politics. its highest, ideal develop. +
az confess am somewhat at loss
to discuss this new doctrine, if knowl
edge, all history, all experience must
be regarded, as the first speaker con
tends. Tho only way | know to test a
thing is to Judge it not only with com
mon sense, but by the experience of
the past If a policy cannot be sub
mitted without detriment to such sim
pie and ordinary tests, there must be
something very peculiar about the
policy. 1t must be assumed that the
statesman who announced the Monroe
Doctrine had some ideas of policy. In
deed. it has been the strength of this
country to act in the light of expert
ence. While we are democratic peo-
pie we are conservative people, and
that has been one of the great sources
of our prosperity, that we have not
been ready ut every moment to break
with our traditions and make revolu-
tions, or attempt every now and then to
do some things without regard to what
had gone before. 1t seems to me that as
long as we discuss this thing under the
name Of the Monroe Doctrine we must
refer to what MIR. Monroe said. He was
not college professor. He was prac-
IlChl man Dl dlldlTHs ds were llb SthtSS7
men who composed hia cabinet, al
though all of them had suffered the
deleterious effects Of education. Mon
roc was acting upon practical situa-
tion. Therefore he did not attempt to
draw out doctrine He was dealing
with two questions, one dispute with
Russia, the other the Vaccinations oi
the Holy Alliance, treated in different
parts of the message and treated az
distinct things. To Russia he sai6
that American contries were not to be-
treated as subjects for future colonial
tion. AT that time a colony meant G
country with which the parent country
maintained an exclusive trade, othel
countries being shut out 1t was evi
IDENTIFY for our interests that this sort o
colonial expansion should not be car
'ried on. In making this announcement
Mr.. Monroe recommended the principle
to the other American governments fol
application by them to their owl
affairs. There was vast extent o
territory in North and South Americi
which was not physically occupied. l
was the contention of Mr.. Monroe tina
all this was subject already TO tn
claims of the various powers, ant
therefore not subject to colonization
s'The other declaration which Mr.
Monroe made was IN reference TO tn
Holy Alliance, league formed b.
several European powers for the pur
pose, as they said, of administering
government on the lines of Christianit
and general beneyolence. In course @
time that alliance became league ia
the suppression of Independence an
the setting up Of monarchical govern
ments. After having interferred i
Spain TO upset a constitutional govern
ment, they announced that they woul
hold congress for the purpose of re
storing the Spanish American govern
inents to the allegiance of Spain. ThG
notice was given to England. AT tht
time Mr.. Canning was British Secre
tary of State for Foreign Affairs. Il
proposed TO MIR. Richard Bush, the
our minister to England, a joint a
rangement between England ana th
United States for the purpose of oppo
ing the designs of the Holy Alliance
Mr.. Rush represented it to his govern
ment. 1t was discussed in the cabin
of Monroe. Before Monroe had reache
any decigion Canning had already not
l.. fed the French government that in CA
the powers attempted to interfere
would advise the United Stat
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