<span> José Rizal was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines</span>
George Washington had warned the American people against “the insidious wiles of foreign influence.” President Monroe, writes Arnold Whitridge, further developed “the thesis of non-entanglement.
Is there more to the question?
Grover Cleveland was the president in 1887
They relied on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and helped with defense of them.
In their views was to protect and preserve slavery. This is the reason why they helped the union in Civil War.