He noticed an article in the July 29 issue of the Journal entitled the Monroe Doctrine, in which McMaster showed that at the time of its conception in 1823-24 by Mr. Monroe, the Doctrine was seasonable and pertinent, but has no application to existing circumstances. It was drawn up at a time when foreign imperialism threatened the security of the United States through setting up a monarchial form of government over the ruins of the republican institutions in the Americas. Monroe served notice on the Allied Powers of Europe that the United States stood ready to defend their sister republics in this hemisphere against the hostile aggression of kings and emperors. It was not intended to interfere with the rights of the countries to choose their own government. If the people freely wished and consented to the setting up of an imperial or monarchial form of government Monroe did not intend the United States to interfere. Therefore, the Monroe Doctrine has no place in the present condition in Mexico where Republican government has proven itself a failure time after time. The people of Mexico have appealed to Maximilian in hope of more stability of government. Maximilian therefore is no usurper or intruder, occupying the throne of Mexico with the same right that Napoleon has to the throne of France. The United States had better look to their own internal disorders instead of going forth as knight errant to champion the cause of republicanism in foreign countries. The government of the United States as originally established has disappeared and a military despotism has come into being. The Southern people feel that no form of government could be more oppressive than our government, and that even an Austrian despotism would be regarded as an asylum. These are the sentiments of 95% of the Southern people. Reconstruction may come, but not reconciliation. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.