Monroe Political System

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President James Monroe believes the system of Europe and the Western Hemisphere are different within the ways both get involved in the relations between the other parts of the world. Stated “Spain and Portugal began to improve the ways the people who live there to strive for success and improvement. Therefore us citizens of the United States like having “liberty and happiness”. That being said they didn’t want to get involved with the European war. Only when the United States feels attacked or offended do they feel the need to “fight” back. The last sentence in the second paragraph is stating that the political system in which both Europe and America have very different views and stand points. Also, their “system” to the hemisphere is unsafe and does not call for peace. …show more content…
I feel this way because in the South there are many slaves, in which Calhoun felt as if he needed to protect those slaves. Many in the North were now facing the questions in which political power they would side with. Stated in the passage “collects the sense of the majority” stating majority rules, to say the most. With that said not everyone’s going to be happy with the outcome and thats not how to run a well equipped political system. The reasoning behind me stating the liberals to object is that they like a system as to which is has equal opportunities and equality for everyone, also to serve to protect civil liberties and individuals.

These two documents differ in their own was by Annual Message to Congress by President James Monroe it is about the independence within Europe and all the countries need to help each other. Along with “A Disquisition on Government” by John C. Calhoun is voicing his opinion on the use of “majority” to make government decisions. Which he believes they need have more of a political system like the other

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