Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-09-19
SOUTH Am ERICA.
Her Hope IL in immigration from Eu-
rope and the United States.

There isn't much room to doubt that hut
for the Monroe doctrine tho greater part
of South and Central America would by
this time have been oolouizod and held as
territorial possessions by some Of the great
European powers. says rho 81 PaW T. on
cor ProsS.It Is quito couCciIuhlrthat q mo
spanish mongrel governments IN thus
regions have turned out. the South Am
m"r"an continent and it's native inhab +
ants would have been better off II Euro
poun civilization of the Northern FurCpaau
type rad been permitted to gain a foot
hold there though it is quite doubtful
whether the Continued rule Of PORTUGAL or
spain or other countries that might Q
named would have resulted in any M
proVement over their present condit ion.
i1ut the South American republi We're
entitled to chance to live and to show
the world what they could do with tho
maSniiicent domains under their respect
I've haGs, ana this chance the Nonrt -
doctrine secured for thom. They have not
improved it, Their governments. with
scarcely an exception. have proved pitiatle
failures. They arc behind the Chin,s So and
Japancse-bohnd most Of the native race
OF india -h hind Turkey ana Persia and
Morocco even I'm their industrial dcvclop-
mont and in the protection they afford To-
life and property. Such real civilization
as they have exists only in isolated spots
as in the noighhorhood of the capitals of
Brazil Argentina, ana Chile If the life
and property of a foreigner are measur-
ably safe at any other points, it Is not
due to the local authorities but to a
wholesome dread OF the foreigners home
government.
But the Monroe doctrine has at least
saved them from the bighting influence
Of Spanish and Portuguese rule. and has
Kept alive the spirit of republican liberty
and independence pending the period Of
hGtF 10. NtYafr
ton can apparently come only through
American and European Immigration. And
to this immigration the ouroe doctrine op-
poses no obstacle except such as results
from the insecurity Of life and property
under the feeble and unstable govern
mcrts which prevail there.
Blainc's conception of a Par-Amcrican
congress may p,rhaps be utilized in the
development of plans whereby the vast
fertile areas and tceming opport unities of
these South American States may beppeu-
ed to the floods of European immigration
which We no longer need and to the Joint
capital and etorprisc of Europe ad Amer
lea in building the railroads and planting
the industries which are necessary to their
progress in civilization. The admission
OF the immigrant population to the fun
est rights of republican citizenship would
he an 'nducemcnt. Those from Northern
Europe and the United States would gen
orally carry with them the spirit of rem
rcstative Institutions and ready capacity
for Self-gONornment and lcldcrShin in pub-
lie affairs. Their participation in the gov
ernmcnt Of these republics would go far
To- impress upon them the principles of
orderly and oulightcIcd Administrations
and give them the strength. tho stability
and the prOgrcssiVencss which They now
lack. The people of the United States are
deeply interested In promoting the civil
i2ation and development of the South