British Aggressions in Venezuela, or the Monroe Doctrine on Trial (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from British Aggressions in Venezuela, or the Monroe Doctrine on Trial Such a controversy, involving as it does principles so vital to autonomous government on this continent, can hardly fail to deeply interest the American people. Moreover, since the contention has assumed a phase in open con?ict with American public law, and with an international status in South America for the maintenance of which the United States stand solemnly pledged, it has ceased to be a matter of mere local concern, and has already become a grave international question. It is worth while then, in order to a clear conception of its merits and possible consequences, to brie?y examine some of the more salient points in its origin and history. In undertaking this task, I am not conscious of any mo tives other than such as ought to actuate an impartial friend of both parties; but it would be quite impossible to preserve this atti tude without permitting the facts in case their full force of simple statement.