Year: 1866

the rovOluu0nary eCt0n OF the new England
fanatics this contest bids fair 10 be upon us


before we are aware Of it The fires In the vol


oano are burning and the fuel which ID con-


stantly being applied by the Stevenses. the


Boutwells and the Phillipsss, both In and out
| of Congress, IL only Fastening the day whom 1t


Already the New England Anti Slavery Society,


which leads the way in this agitation, has de-
clared by . resolution that the day Is not far


distant when passive submission will cease to
be virtue, and calls upon the negroes to
strike for their rights Surely the signs Of the
times are ominous and forebode evil when


such insurrectionary proceedings are daily


transpiring In our midst


| Practical Resuseltation or the Monroe
DOotrine.


The details Of the bombardment Of Callao,
| received by the Costa Rica, confirm the &C
counts Of the disasters to the Spanish 6eet pre-


viously received. It appears to have been SO


badly used up that there is not much danger


Of is renewing the experiment either there or
elsewhere. The Peruvians are of course exult-
ant, as well they may be. The issue of this
affair ID fraught with valuable lesson, not


only to them, but to all the Spanish-American
republics. 1t shows them that they have only
to be firm, united and selfreliant to bid sue


cessfhl defiance to foreign Intervention in their
affairs.


But this is not sufficient. They must place


themselves in position of such political as well
as material strength as to convince European


rulers Of the folly and hopelessness Of all such


attempts. The allied Powers took advantage


of the civil war in the United States to try and


carry out their long-formed designs Of obtain


ing q foothold on this continent They not


only did this in q cowardly fashion, but under


the meanest and falsest Of pretences. They


would never have ventured upon the invasion


Of Mexico had they not believed that the Union


was irretrievably gone. While France, con-


vinced Of the blunder she has committed, is


now preparing to back out OF the embarrass-


ments into which she has got herself by that


course Spain is playing spitcful and revenge
full role which is inficting injury upon others


without in any way benefting herself


We are not going too far in saying that


nearly all the troubles from which the people


of this continent have been and are now suffer
ing are due, either directly or indirectly, to
foreign influences. This must not be permitted
to occur again. The governments of this
hemisphere have too few causes Of rivalry and
jealousy to render them necessarily subject to
such state Of things. They have only
| to como to some common understanding
| with each other to render their position i'm
pregnablc against the rest Of the world. That
was the idea sought to be carried out by
| the Monroe doctrine Now is the time for its
practical recognition and enforcement Let


us initiate the example set US by the European
governments. By this time, in all probability,
| the first movements Of war have commenced
which will drag into Its involvements the whole
| Of them, and finally even Great Britain herself.
The first shot fred should be the signal for the
fornai,v,:-. Of an alliance, Offensive and defen-
sive, between the American republics against
European intervention in the affairs Of this
continent II congresses can meet partition
Kingdoms and settle the political status Of
Europe, as in 1915, why cannot congress Of
American States assemble for the much more


Legitimate and laudable purpose Of guarantee
ing 70 each other protection against the am
bilious designs of European rulers? This
would be the practical realization Of what


hitherto has only been political abstraction.
1t is, in fact, the only way in which the Monroe
doctrine can be carried out and enforced; for


neither the United States nor any other single
government has the right to say to an invading


European power that it will not permit lis
aggressions against weaker neighbor


We call upon Mr.. Seward not to let the OPP
portunity slip. The Central and South Ameri-
can republics are ready and eager for any


measure which will identify their foreign policy
with that of this country. 1t can give no just
cause Of offence to European rulers; but even


if 1t should they cannot help themselves. Their


positions at the present time are such that they
have neither the leisure nor the means to
| checkmate the movement The lesson which
they taught US, Of the right to take advantage
| of the embarrassmens o. rival, Ia one that


tho principles Of natural justice, to say nothing


of the laws Of retribution, justify US in using


in this instance to the fullest extent.


Tue New RECONSTRUCTION ScHEME-Thc new
plan Of reconstruction now being concoctcd by
the Senate seems to US excessively absurd.
The first section unnecess arily re-enac,s the
Civil Rights bill. The second section, in re-
gard to the apportionment Of representation,
can very easily be evaded by the Southern


States and will be most unpopular at the


North and West. The amendment proposed


for the third section disqualifes the rebel on


cials during the pleasure Of Congress; but oil


that these officials have to do is to make out


naturalization papers, and they can vote or


hold Office in five years, Congress to the con-