The principle enunciated in President Monroe’s message of Dec. 2, 1823, that “the American continents should no longer be subjects for any new European colonial settlement.” John Quincy Adams, when Secretary of State, propounded the doctrine on July 17 of this year, telling Baron Tuyl “specially, that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.”
1848. [President Polk] had taken the opportunity of reiterating a doctrine which was said to be the doctrine of Mr. Monroe.—Mr. J. E. Holmes in the House of Repr., April 29: Cong. Globe, p. 711. (N.E.D.)
1896. It was during this contest between Spain and her insurgent colonists that President Monroe, in 1823, at the instigation of Mr. Canning, laid down … the famous “doctrine” which bears his name.—Daily News, March 7, 4/6. (N.E.D.)
