Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-05-29
from the Nssv-Eas and Republican.

DEMOCRATIC auM ANllY.--t nc 'oi-Ct
Of admitting foreigners, at any time, to al
the rights and privileges 5of citizens, ha;
! been questioned by the most enlightened
statesmen among Us. Reasons drawn
from The nature of.th- case, and the 'expe'
rience and municipal laws Of other nations
furnish strong ground for.those to..ssahd
upon, Who advocate q resnancat exclusion
|oos aliens froa1 Office. Our own history al.
so supplies us with argums n,s IN thishead.
which if party considerations were sxclud-
ed, conid nots.be disrsganded. The req.
sons drawn from the nature OF the case
have beeR SO often r; pcased, that thev,ase
familiar to every body. Everv indepsn-
dent state, constitutes sepera.e and dis
sstinctssociesy, which he's right to ESTABLISH
such laws as il shall deem best adapted 70
promote and secure its own interests.
When this~sociey is once formed, It has a
right to prescribe the terms upbn which o.
theirs shall be admitted into it; and II 1t
sud think proper rot to admit hem, up.
on any tcra,s to a full enjoymen, otthe pri-
vi,eges sce its> own <mees5ers, those who
may be thus excluded have no possible
right to complain. fit is readily. granted
s.hat nations are no, exempt frcm the OBJ
cations of humanity, any mere than indi-
.vidua!s; bat the latles thence arising must
in beth cases be so ma.sthed rs not 20 inter.
sEere with the prior and more important du
ties,which they. owe to themselves. Ma
stions, no less than individuals are bound
by reason. and the positive laws of God,
to seek their own preservation, in prefer
ence to thai 'of any other atioo, or of any
individual. The rites of hospitality are
-unqurstionably due TO all these. are pro-
lection in certain .,ses and supply Of
what is necessaryfor the support of life !;
more than these, no nation is bound to
bes,ow, nor any individual has right TO
demand.
AS to4,rhe rol;cv'o f admitting Foreigners to
all the priviledges of citizens, there is
scarcely a spcposeable case in which there
are not we'll founded objections against II
when considered asa general Indulgence.
Every nation which, has existed for aay
length of tig,e, has its cwn manners, It's
particular, habits Of thiaking, its. psejudices
and its parsialities. These constitute it's
national character; aud its government will
always be contormed to then, ether in its
.hrst establishment, or by Subsequent al'e-
|: ra,iess. The subjects Of an absolute mo-
par,hv, whether they approve of that kind
of g<vernmest or not, are, generally speak.
ing net likely to be .eentsnted under q
government Ike ours. IF they approve OF
ii they must of course rbe dissatisfied IN
der ours; and il they were inducel3toe-
migrate by expressions which they sufexed
in tl,sir own county, they viii! nineteen.
times out oftwen.y have emb,bed notions
witch border Upon RIGHTEOUSNESS. ,Of this,
our own experience has furnished as: with.
proofs which We cannot overlook, and with
ieessions by which we ought to profit. To
vibiatc. from one extreme to is opposite,
is settled law MOI. regular perhaps
with mechanical pc@ers, but not more Ger.
sain, than with the operations et-the- hu-
|~man mind.
To guard againstftae dsBgersso be ep.
pretended from foreigners .ifsthey were AZ
loN,:d &c gain permaaei,t residence in
the country, the laws of England not only
{ exclude them from aliplRess, even the low
est bat they prohb:, them from acquiring
property in lands either by purchase, suit,
! or inheritance. This is exse,' ding the pre-
| hibition fur'heF than the interests of this
countryat, present require. 9ut ifthere is
any SOHO oajection againss the admissioe
| of foreigners to Office in Epgland, Tiers
| is nosh,eg in the construction OF our. go-
vernmens which re'noyesske objection 81
dlnniniShes i.> force.
Wesreaawa-e that examples Drawn from
Esesslish history, hEye since our rsvolutioa
been allowed. but little weight on count
Of the prejudicss which wSre excited by
| the cunduc, Of the British dering the war,
and which still exist though in less de-