...ever been offered to his contemplation since that of independence. "That made us a nation," said he, "this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through "President Monroe to Mr. Jefferson, 17th October, 1823. JB Moore, Digest of Int. Law, vol. 6, p. 393....

...successors. When Jefferson was consulted by President Monroe before the message was sent he replied: The question presented by the letters you have sent...ocean of time opening on us. And never could we embark upon it under circumstances more auspicious. Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle...

...turned to Jefferson for advice (October 17, 1823) and on the 24th received the following reply : " The question presented by the letters you have sent...this sets our compass and points the course which •Reddaway, The Monroe Doctrine, p. 46; Henderson, American Diplomatic Questions, p. 319. t Reddaway,...

...to-day in our Far Eastern policy) was expressed by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Monroe as follows : The question presented by the letters you have sent...course which we are to steer through the ocean of time fopening on us. And never could we embark on it under circumstances Snore auspicious. . . . One nation,...

...correspondence with Canning. Monroe wrote Jefferson, and Jefferson replied that the question presented was " the most momentous which has ever been offered to...made us a Nation; this sets our compass and points out the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time opening on us." Back of all that had...

...Jefferson states as clearly as can be stated the prime object of the announcement of this doctrine : The question presented by the letters you have sent...offered to my contemplation since that of independence. Why does the Sage of Monticello rank the Monroe doctrine next to the Declaration of Independence? Because...

...found in Volume 15 of " The Writings of Thomas Jefferson," page 47G. The opening sentence reads : " The question presented by the letters you have sent...offered to my contemplation since that of Independence." Think of the weight of such an utterance from a man who always carefully measured his words and not...

...historical development has become the basis of its foreign policy. Jefferson in referring to it, said "this sets our compass and points the course which...to steer through the ocean of time opening on us." "A fundamental of our Republic" is the way in which it has just been described by President Harding....

...especially noteworthy as containing the gist of the doctrine announced six months later by the President: "The question presented by the letters you have sent me is the most momentous which has been presented to my contemplation since that of independence. That made us a nation, this sets our...

...predominance of the United States in the New World." To Jefferson the doctrine "set the compass and pointed the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time." INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS; THE TARIFF Now that the plans of the Holy Alliance had been baffled, questions...