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policy that we should avoid all entang-
hing alliances with foreign powers.
whether they are European or Amer
dean"
If there be any. merit whatsoever in
the Monroe doctrine. if there be any
sound reason why we, for our protec-
interference by European Governments
with American Republics. it is absolutely
essential that we should satisfy our
selves of rightful divisional lines, such
as should exist between British possess
sions and the Republic of Venezuela. It
is absurd to declare in one breath that
right of conquest by. force of arms, and
concede in the next that it may. by the
line in such a way and to such extent as
may seem to itself either just or de-
sirable.
The Monroe doctrine does apply to the
controversy between Great Britain and
Venezuela quite as truly and quite as
justly as if the. flying squadron were now
submission of psople who have achieved
their independence. To define the meth
ods by which a foreign power may ac-
compEsh its purpose by evading technl-
calities is to n,lsfy absolutely the
American principle upon which we take
our stand.
when he says that this action was pre-
manure and inoppoI'tune in view OF the
business ana financial condition = OF o7e the
stuMffication.
it is not for me to criticise the course
of my colleague, but if l believed that
this action was properly subject to these
restrictions, I certainly should not, as
| cid, and as he did. and as we all dld,
If every act of President of the United
States involving national honor or ma
tional disgrace can only be taken with
propriety when the business and nnancaai
condition of the country is such as TO
warrant it, then great indeed must be the
indignation of my colleague when ne con
,4Sa, no of of h.
ington, James Madison, and, above adj,
the many and most 'inopportune' acts
of Abraham Lincoln.
league has overlooked one important
fact when he asks this body, TO adopt
resolution to the effect that neIther
| Congress nor the country can be or mas
been committed by the action or position
| of the Executive Department in refer
to the Menezuean beuRaary b eopFe ETe
cutive alone could commit either Con
gress or the country; but the appoint
ment of this Commission was not the
single act of the President. It was
authorized by the u,la-a:-1ols vote of both
| Houses of Congress, and if my colleague
| has any doubt OF the approval of tine
country ea I would suggest to hirn, in all
! candor and sincerity, that he sound more
deeply and carefully than he seems to
have done the sentiment of that por-
| ton of the country bounded on the east
! by New York and on the west by Penn
/ sylvania.
/
dent. only for rhe purpose Of emphaslz-
| ing the dissent which, l believe in com
! mon with a great majority of the people
of New Jersey, I feel concerning tfe atu-
| tude assumed by my colleague. / have
| not attempted analysis of his arguments,
| because l do not consider refutation
| necessary at this time, nor shall make
reply in any sense to the remarlzs SUD
mFtted by the brilliant Senator from
| Colorado. 1 cannot. however, refraln m
| from saying that. in his admiration OF
| tlha co1Jra 90 and perSisten which have
always characterized the English race;
| he may have overlooked or mis1uaged
some of the causes which have in times
| past induced the exhibition OF those ad-
| mirable qualities.
/ The Senator pictures in glowing coiors
| the bravery displayed by Brftlsih soldlers
| in some of the wars waged by Soutff
American people to achieve their inde-
| pendence from Spain. | do not doupt
| warranted by the facts, but. Mr. sPTesa-
dent I have not yet heard and nave
never understood that the soldiers of
| Great Britain performed these feats OF
| valor for the sole purpose OF aldlng
| struggling patriots If there was not at
| the bottom of the assistance Nenlch Eng
/ overpowering self-interest. then, indeed,
her attitude in such affairs has been been
! most generally misunderstood ana most
| grossly n1lSrepreSented.
/ do not doubt that she ardertly de-
| sired the success of those men IN lhelr
| effort to wrest their independence from
| flhe Spanish monarchy, but If the Euro
nean otse mower SO vitally concerned had been
/ Great Britain instead of Spain, is It NOT
| Within range of probability that her
| soldiers would have fought with no less
| energy and determination than they Qua
! fight when certain American coionles,
! whose seat of government today IS noI
/ far from this place, were engaged IN q
] like struggle for the liberty to which
| they were entitled!
| willing to aid men who are endeavorng
| to achieve their independence from any
power except herself T T1 w weaRen' ne's one se1f
| and no nation has ever more fully ap-
| preciated this fact than the. one to whose
greatness the glowing tribute oI une
| Senator from Colorado was paid. 1T was
| to accomplish her own ends and TO serve
/ her own purposes that she lent ner aug
to the patriots of South Amerlca,a ia and "a AZ ~
was for the same reason precisely tnaI
/ she extended her sympathy 70 our our
Southern brethren in their mistaken en-
struggle for what Eagasn sa.eSms from
the Union. 1t may be true that ,,olo9a n,a
| lis thicker than water" and that people
who speak the same tongue a ana tond Of
| sympathy one for the other. Nor can
| any harm result from lauddng the deeds
Of English sailors and Englasn g dnt s01a9srs s1r,a
tll,e achievements of Washington, OF
Greene, of Putnam, of Allen, OF
1s Iscks9h vete Ha e rau those % Of GIVE, Vel
| 1ine,fon. Nelson. and the others whose
/ aefs have made SO deep an impression
| upon the mind and heart OF the senator
! from Colorado ~
THIS country, sir, owes nothing 70
England If ties. of kindred have peen esa ,
/ broken she was the aggressor. From the
verv beginning of the attempt of the
| noble men who achieved American IN IN
| dependence to the present day the atti-
| fppde of Great Britain toward this ma
! tion has been one first of contempt, then
| of hostility then of submission to force
! Of arms, and since that time of ever IN
| creasing jealousy, until 1t BECAME the
| nart of. wisdom and prudence to assume
| the condescending and patronizing attl-
fllde, perfectly typified in the language
| of Lord Salisbury in his letter 10 our
| Secretary of State.
| To asert, Mr.. President, that we owe
| to such a power a debt OF gratlsude ~ IS
| to peryert the facts of history for the
| purposes off eloquence. and |, fer one,
/ arailot refrain from expressing empnaNlc
| dissent from such position q,
solutions lions submitted sui by the Senator from
Minnesota upon behalf of the COMMITTEES
on Foreign Relations. and ! oppose the
/ abortion Of these upon the broad ground
| that there is no occasion or necessity
/ for such definition of the Monroe poe
i trine by this body at this time | 90
| not object to the strong American posi-
ton outlined by these resolutions, ne neither 6I
guage when applied simply and solely
| fo fhe Venezuelan controversy: But DO
/ insist that it is the height of folly to at
/ ten1Jt to provide in his way for all cases
| treri1hing upon the principle represented
! by the Monroe Doctrine which may arise
! in the future. However appalcaele ana
pertinent these resolutions may pe 20
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