Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — The Monroe Doctrine. [ARTICLE]

The Monroe Doctrine.

A» Announced in Message to Congress in 1823

The Monroe doctrine, as announced by President Monroe in his message to congress in 1823, was a simple statement of the attitude of this country toward the South A.merican republics. Henry Clay had made an effort to have the independence of these republics recognized, and in 1822 their independence was acknowledged by congress. President Monroe had recalled John Quincy Adams from the court of St. James to become his secretary of state, and many historians credit Adams with the authorship of the message, in which the doctrine was stated as follows: g “As a principle,, the American continents, toy the free and independent position, which ti<y have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.”