THE MONROE DOCTRINE 



states, while other considerations opposed such a course. 

 Finding a solution of the difficulty in American cooperation 

 against the Holy Alliance, he sought to enlist the United States 

 in a plan he had devised to oppose the scheme of the allies: 



6. Interference on the part of the allies in South and 

 Central America, it was feared, would lead to territorial 

 grants to them, followed, in all probability, by the estab- 

 lishment of monarchical rule, and eventually the overthrow 

 of republican institutions in all the new world, including 

 the United States. 



7. Previous to 1823, Russia had by proclamation and ac- 

 tual settlement sought to acquire title to portions of the 

 Pacific coast of North America, claimed by both England 

 and the United States. Pending negotiations for settlement 

 of these difficulties, the President took occasion to express in 

 his message of 1823, his belief that thenceforth the United 

 States could permit no European colonization in North or 

 South America. 



The Monroe Doctrine includes several distinct statements, 

 as follows : 



(a) The American continents are henceforth not to be 

 considered as subjects for future colonization by any Euro- 

 pean powers. 



(5) The political system of the allied powers is essentially 

 and radically different from that of America, and, being de- 

 voted to the defence of our own system, we owe it in can- 

 dor to those powers to declare that we should " consider any 

 attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion 

 of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." 



(tf) Having acknowledged the independence of certain 

 governments (in America), we could not view interposi- 

 tion on the part of any European power, for the purpose of 

 oppressing or otherwise controlling them, in any other light 

 than as a manifestation of unfriendly disposition toward the 

 United States. 



(c?) The foreign policy of the United States would remain 

 the same; that is, not to interfere in the internal affairs of 

 any European power. 



