_And this continent is meant for that honest government!_" "We have already a Monroe Doctrine, Mr.Calhoun," said I."What you enunciate now is yet more startling.

Shall we call it the Calhoun Doctrine ?" He made no answer, but arose and paced up and down, stroking the thin fringe of beard under his chin.

Still he seemed to talk with himself.
"We are not rich," he went on.

"Our canals and railways are young.

The trail across our country is of monstrous difficulty.