...appeared. To quote from the President's first annual message to Congress, under date of December 3, 1901, "The Monroe Doctrine should be the cardinal feature...of the two Americas, as it is of the United States. .. .The Monroe Doctrine is a declaration that there must be no territorial aggrandizement by any non-American...

...doubtless emanated from that eminent jingoist, John Quincy Adams, then Secretary of State. Monroe declared that the American continents " are henceforth not...subjects for future colonization by any European Power," and particularly warned the respective members of the Holy Alliance that " we should consider any attempt...

...One of the latest official exponents of the Doctrine, President Theodore Roosevelt, so defined it: "The Monroe Doctrine should be the cardinal feature of the foreign policy of all the nations in the two Americas, as it is of the United States. * * * The Monroe Doctrine is a declaration that...

...circumstances that the famous Monroe Doctrine came into being. The principles then asserted were (1) "that the American continents . . . are henceforth...subjects for future colonization by any European power," (2) that any attempt by Europeans to impose their systems of government upon any part of this hemisphere...

...American continent. It was formulated in President Monroe's message of December 2, 1823, in the statement that ' the American continents . . . are henceforth...subjects for future colonization by any European power.' For full text see under United States. Though the doctrine has all the force of a first principle it...

...circumstances that the famous Monroe Doctrine came into being. The principles then asserted were (1) "that the American continents . . . are henceforth...subjects for future colonization by any European power," (2) that any attempt by Europeans to impose their systems of government upon any part of this hemisphere...

...other light than as a manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States." Third, that "the American continents are henceforth not to...subjects for future colonization by any European power." The two most notable instances in which the doctrine was enforced were : (1) By President Johnson against...

...and dangerous character. THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1 FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 3, 1901 • The Monroe Doctrine should be the cardinal feature...Just seventy-eight years have passed since President Mon"~ in his Annual Message announced that "The American continents are henceforth not to be considered...

...influence of that part of the Monroe Doctrine which asserted originally for Russia's special attention "that the American continents . . . are henceforth...subjects for future colonization by any European power." No one dreamed of aggressive action. At that time and for a quarter of a century afterwards public...

...republics. Monroe courageously stood for American rights. In the message to Congress of 1823 he stated: "The American continents . . . are henceforth not...subjects for future colonization by any European power." And referring to the South American Republics: "We would not view any interposition for the purpose...