But it has often been asked, and sometimes by eminent English writers, whether the Americans have not, at the same time, fatally unsettled the Monroe Doctrine, which never, indeed, had the sanction of International Law, but to which they were known to attach the greatest importance.
Reid discusses concerns raised by English writers about the potential impact of American actions on the Monroe Doctrine.
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