Show THE MONR03 DOCTRINE s TIle Famous Doctrine as Set Forth By President Monroe The message of President Cleveland to Congress on the Venezuelan question ques-tion makes the publication of the Monroe Mon-roe doctrine as laid down by President Monroe in his mesage of December 2 1823 eminently fitting At the proposal of the Russian imperial im-perial government made through the minister of the emperor residing here a full power and instructions I have been transmitted to the minister minis-ter of the United States at St Petersburg Peters-burg to arrange by amicable negoti ation the respective rights and interests inter-ests of the two nations on the northwest north-west coast of this continent A similar sim-ilar proposal has been made by his imperial im-perial majesty to the government of Great Britain which has likewise been acceded t In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements in which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for assenting a a principle prin-ciple in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved that the American continents by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain arc henceforth not to be considered as subjects fo future colonization by any European powers Paragraph 7 In the wars of the European powers in the matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part nor does t comport with our policy to do so I is only when our rights are invaded in-vaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or tnake preparation for defence With the movements In this hemisohere we are of necessity more immediately connected and by causes which mus be obvious t all enlightened and impartial observers The political system of the allied powers pow-ers is essentially different in this re i < p A spect from that of America This difference dif-ference proceeds from that wthich exists ex-ists in their respective governments And to the defence of our own which has been acheived in the loss of so much blood and treasure and matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened enlight-ened citizens and under which we have eijoyed unexceptional felicity this whole nation is devoted We owe I therefore to candor and to the amiable amia-ble relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare de-clare that we should consider any attempt at-tempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere hemis-phere as dangerous to our peace and safety With the existing colonies a dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere But with the governments who have declared their independence and maintained i and whose independence inde-pendence we have on great consideration consid-eration and on just principles acknowledged ack-nowledged we could not view any interposition in-terposition for the purpose of oppressing oppress-ing them or controlling in any other manner their destiny by any European Euro-pean power In any other light than as a manifestation of unfriendly disposition dispo-sition towards the United States Our policy in regard to Europe which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe nevertheless remains re-mains the same which is not to interfere no terfere in the internal concerns of any of its power to consider the government gov-ernment de facto as the legitimate covernment for us to cultivate friendly relations with it and to wih I preserve pre-serve those relations by a frank firm and manly policy meeting in all instances in-stances the just claims of every power pow-er submitting to injuries from none But in regard to these continents circumstances cir-cumstances are eminently and conspicuously conspic-uously different It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness nor can anyone any-one believe tat our southern bret ren if left to themselves would adopt it of their own accord I Is equally impossible therefore that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference Paragraphs Para-graphs 48 and 49 |