AMERICAN PROBLEMS by WILLIAM E.BORAH 1924

AMERICANISM 79
that one who is to claim and enforce the principle
of self -defense.
The ex-President said the Monroe doctrine
is covered and extended to the world. What
was the condition before Monroe announced it?
Monroe determined to
The world was one.
separate it and divide it, and that was the very
object of it. It was a distinct announcement
that the European system could not be transferred
to America. The rest was simply detail.
It was the division of two systems; it
was the political partition of two continents.
Monroe and Jefferson never would have contemplated
for a moment sharing the enforcement
of the Monroe doctrine with any nation
of Europe. We would not even join with England
in announcing it.
May I read here in connection with my remarks
a statement by ex-Senator Root upon
this particular feature ? Before I do that, however,
I desire to call attention to the language
It precedes the remark
of Thomas Jefferson.
which I was about to make. This letter of
Jefferson states as clearly as can be stated the
prime object of the announcement of this doctrine
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The question presented by the letters you have sent me