The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-22

,.a Mr Cleveland has done notn'ns
OF the kind: he contents himself oy ill., ,'s,-
ing the Monroe doctrine. ana the ""s
mstic assertion that the integrity OF o"'
,nstitutions is menaced by England. HOW
,here would be danger 10 US for the oou"-
dorias Of British Guiana TO be EXTENDED or
contracted a few miles east or west ne
does not say.
MRS ToODLE's FORESIGHT
lie relies on the letter OF the Monroe
doctrina without reference to the reason
ON which IL was based. II has no appl-
cation to any existing condition OF anairs
and is as much out OF date as a musket
that was fired at Bunker Hill
M, dear" said Mr.. Toodles 10 MIS-
ToodIes who had lust brought IN a door
plate she had bought at an auction What
/ use can we have for Thompsons door
/ platef'
"Mv dear" said Mrs Toodles. we may
/ have a habv. the baby may be- a girl. and
She may marry a man by the name OF
. Thompson. who will spell his name with
a D." -.
The evil that may happen to us from
| English ambition i'm South America Is 50
/ remote that I am as skeptical about it
| as Toodles was as TO the contingent value
OF Mrs ToOdles investment
Venezuela is about as far away from MS
as England British Guiana became an
I English colony just one hundred years
ago The dispute about the boundary Hhe
has lasted fifty years. which is az least
n presumption In favor OF the bona noe
OF the English claim. A man who thinks
II would be a menace TO us II England
should yet slice Of land on the Orinoco
would. as DR. Johnson said of the no
Poparv alarmists OF his day. have cried
fire In the midst Of the food.
But Mr. Cleveland gives his case away
when he admits that the acquisition ny
England Of the disputed territory by the
consent of Venezuela would be no ground
Of ,ffence TO the United states. Accord
ing 10 this vi W. If European powers wei.,
"a colcnize by purchase all S)p.h Aueri-
ca. IL would not be an aggression Of which
we could complain.
II seems to mo tibet. while it night make
a difference TO Nenezucla. II there - dan
ger TO us In Engla ld's possessing the dis
puted territory. 50 far as We are con-
corned II would be- all the same how ohe
got possession OF A. The menace would
be as great II she bought IL as II she got
n by rotbery.
In his Panama speech in reply 70 a
memfer who said that we had the right
Il prevent another power from taking
cuba by force. but not by voluntary
transfer. Mr.. Webster said:
"sir this IA a distinction without a dif-
ferorce. . And. Sir, II we have
arv right 70 interfere al all. IL applies a.
wei 10 the use of peaceable as TO mat
OF a forcible transfer
am not willing 10 incur the certain
caltmity Of a great war for fear or inc
contingency that a thousand years hehc'
q British armada may sail against oul
, shores from the OrinOco. In this woit
n great many things must be left 10 i'roN
idence. Tn this matter / would Iathe'
nut my trust IN Providence than IN Nai
p In one OF his essays Macaulay has sue
S restef that I'm some distant age a uaN
@ euar from New Iceland may be- seer
sketching the ruins OF London Brldse
- But the prediction Of such possible raj
never IN the least affected the value o
o real estate I'm the London market
b. The mistake those make who are Jeal
a ous Of English dominion is I'm supposin
Y that an increase OF her colonial posses
n sion means corresponding increase q
% her military strength. The truth Is, !
war England's colonies are the weak poir
, I'm her system. Every colony she plant
a. IS a new HOSTAGE 70 peace. she has ca
IN ried I'm her triumphant march liberty an
n civilization around the earth and | tru
- that her morning drum-heat may Ion
., continue. I'm the language Of Mr. Nehste
n 80 follow the sun and keep compaf
% with the hours"
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