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On this day in history, December 2, 1823, President Monroe touts doctrine defending Western Hemisphe

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On this day in history, December 2, 1823, President Monroe touts doctrine defending Western Hemisphere

The Monroe Doctrine, a muscular defense of national interests reflecting the burgeoning strength of the young United States, was espoused by President James Monroe on this day in history, Dec. 2, 1823.

The powerful policy statement warned ever-warring European colonial powers against bringing their Old World conflicts to the Western Hemisphere.

"We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety," President Monroe said to a joint session of Congress in his seventh State of the Union address.

The statement reflected the "Era of Good Feelings" in the United States.

It was a period of relative peace, prosperity and domestic political accord that followed the War of 1812. Americans began to take stock of their growing power and influence on the world stage.

"Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress … the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs," writes the National Archives. ..................

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