Show JEW the fortnightly review for september has an article tn on the monroe doctrine by theodore A cook from this it appears that canning the british minister of foreign affairs inthe in the summer of 1823 1828 propped to mr rush the american minister to great britain that the united states and great britain unite against the holy alliance formed for the purpose it was waa believed of assisting spain to subjugate ate her american colon colonies ift this proposition was submitted to president monroe who consulted jefferson jeff erson and madson madison in regard to the matter in a letter from jefferson to monroe the quest question lon Is fully discussed jeffer json iton says in part our birot and fundamental maxim bould hould be never to entangle ourselves in the broils of europe our second never to suffer europe to meddle in cis atlantic affairs america north and south has a set of interests distinct from those of europe and peculiarly her own she should therefore have a system of her own separate and apart from that of europe great britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one or all on earth and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world with her then we should most sedulously nourish a cordial friendship and nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more side by side in the same cause not that I 1 would purchase even her amity at the price of taking part in her wars but the war in which the present proposition might engage us should that be its consequence is not her war but ours he further asks do we wish to acquire to our confederacy any one or more of the spanish provinces I 1 candidly confess that I 1 have ever looked on cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of states prom from this it would appear that the framers of the monroe doctrine anticipated some such situation as that brought about by the war with spain and that they were contemplating an imperialistic policy without too much alarm |