Bald Monroe webcomic on imperialism Drawing

This is the balding president James Monroe cartoon which was the illustration for the editorial business news update of November 21, 2013 at http://blog.optionsclick.com/2013/11/21/asian-stocks-lower-for-3rd-day-on-chinese-and-us-tapering-speculation/ . In his time served in public life, James Monroe also served as the U.S. Minister (ambassador) to France. This was a position he attained when he resigned from the United States Senate in 1794. During his term as ambassador to France, Mr. Monroe guaranteed Thomas Paine's release in revolutionary France. Mr. Paine was arrested for opposing the execution of King Louis XVI. The French government had demanded that Paine be sent back to the United States. Mr. Monroe had successfully made arrangements for all American citizens held in French prisons. He also won freedom for Adrienne de LaFayette and issued American passports to her and her family. They had all been granted American citizenship at the behest of the US government, mainly for their contributions during the Revolutionary War of Independence. Madame LaFayette used her American documents to travel to Olmutz, where her husband was confined in prison. Being a staunch ally during the French Revolution, Minister Monroe attempted to give the French some assurances that President George Washington's policy of strict neutrality would not favor Great Britain. However, US policy did end up favoring the UK. This shocked Mr. Monroe, especially when the U.S. signed the Jay Treaty in London. Just as France and Britain were waging a war against each other, the treaty caused great concern and anger in France. President Washington had honest differences of opinion with Ambassador Monroe, and so accepted his resignation as Minister to France. Publicly, America's first president said that Mr. Monroe was discharged due to his "inefficiency, disruptive maneuvers and failure to safeguard the interests of his country." Of course, Mr. Monroe had long maintained concerns about external (foreign) influence mounting on the office of the President. He was deeply concerned in 1785, when Don Diego de Gardoqui, the Spanish diplomat, attempted to win the support of the American Congress to permit Spain to shutdown American traffic for thirty years on the Mississippi river. At that time, Spain remained in control of a large portion of the mighty Mississippi. It had take over that control from France, and it included the major port of New Orleans. Ambassador Monroe believed that the Spanish may have put at risk the US maintenance of its great Southwest, and that this had caused the prominence of the northeast United States. Mr. Monroe thought well of a strong chief executive, as well as the system of checks and balances.

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