Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-05-10 | Page 4 | The South Lands

THE SOUTH LANDS the san francisco argonaut declares that there Is nothing in the monroe doctrine that demands of 0 the united states to maintain a sort of protectorate over the mewling dewling mew ling puking central american states the doctrine goes no further than to announce that the united states slates will not consent to the erection of monarchial monarch lal institutions in american states slates and that their independence pen dence shall not be menaced by foreign aggression that Is true in tj the le main but the united states government has reached a position that ought to make our government a qua quasi s I 1 protector and close friend of all the states to the south go to their aid N when lien they are in trouble to guarantee absolute indebtedness edns when contracted with will european powers to lo pursue such a course as mill cause all those states to learn to rely upon us when uben they are in L extreme x need and this duty comes through the tact fact first that it would be an expressive thing thin tor for tile tho united states to keep preparations going on to protect our country against any foreign power that might obtain a foothold on our continent and second because tho the land to the south Is where our children and grandchildren are to do their great work they are to make I 1 tha ile peaceable conquest of that country there they will build homes they will build railroads and bridges and cities reduce the wild wastes to cultivated fields open the mines build the and dedicate one otter after the other the temples of justice and of learning and of industry that being true our course should be a generous one and the money spent lit in supporting those weak states should be held as advances made for our own children with that policy once inaugurated and understood there would never be any more contests like the one recently indulged in between great 1111 tain in her insolent might and nicaragua la in her impotent weakness