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as the Monroe Doctrine was promulgated in 

 the President s annual message, and the fact 

 and form and time of the announcement re 

 flected in no small measure the influence of both 

 Canning and Adams. 



Canning did not like the American democ 

 racy. The attitude of the Foreign Office after 

 he took charge was significantly different from 

 what it had been under Castlereagh. If the 

 latter in his soul felt a Tory contempt for the 

 Americans, he took pains to keep it from af 

 fecting his diplomatic intercourse with them. 

 Canning was not so successful in this. The 

 truth seems to be that Castlereagh regarded his 

 policy in European affairs as requiring that 

 America be kept quiet and contented, so as not 

 to interfere with the progress of really impor 

 tant matters. To him the great American Re 

 public gave no concern; to Canning it was the 

 object of distrust and fear. Yet Canning did 

 not hesitate to make the United States an 

 instrument of his own policy. When engaged 

 in the operations through which, as he elo 

 quently boasted, he &quot;called the New World 

 into existence to redress the balance of the 

 Old,&quot; he sought the co-operation of the Amer 

 ican Government. President Monroe s mes- 



