The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-12-18

~ S'op' wal. L u&ntCla Itself was settled
ny colony from the borders of the Red
Sea. lHerud. Clio Sill
Ceterum Germsnia vo. The word c;erus,+ :,
es1ui"n reeehs q nuper held to he of modern adj
ahditum, qui print Rhe- tit;on In sip,ort of This
~ uanSSresS 1aiios hypothesis they tell us,
expulerint 1'un- ] that the peonle who Frst
s, "u"c Serrnani vocati passed the Rhine & took
stunt. lac. de Nor. | possession of Canton II,
eor' cap. Il Gaul, tho known at pre-
sent by the name of Tun
grams, were in that eS-
! petition called Germans
Nune sns"larun sent- now shall enter into n
um Institute, ritusqus | more minute descriptior
quetenus dherant, Quse of the several states tb.;r
n nc zone" VI -rhania IN peculiar rights, and the
o"'i'S coih",,sra'eT1nt, distinctive character Of
SSsPe"s"' ae: de 1 each; observing at the
H'Aor' 1er. cap ~ same time which were
the nations that first pas-
sed the Rhine and trans
planted themselves i'll
Gau.
mat 1T vas the constant practice Of the
northern nations OF Europe see mach.
INST. Flor. and Giannene's hist. NAMES
Inns right of repatriation has been lately
eXtolled by an admired historian, as the hes,
safeguard against the prosecutions of tvrao,
ny and the cruelties of corrupted power
Il (,isb. Dec. & Fall % FoN''
That 1t has not only been practised bpt
applaudcd by the greatest men whom fbS.
world ever saw, See ICic. Ora. pro Balbo
5 1 n:c. Gust. de Leg.1
hut lest 1t may be objected that the prac
tioe OF ancient nations can only shew their
opinion as TO what was natural law" upon
the subject, and as different pract;cs h.s
arisen IN modern times. which is eoualIv
good evidence of what is "naturaI law - lep
us apply the further test, furnished bv Gro
tIus' definition, and see which Is the mos,
just Inference from the principles of ns-
ture ne
what then is said on the subject by those
writers to whom we are accustomed to Ionl,
as the exoounders of !" natural law ~ We
md :he right expressly acknowledged. fs0
Dig. ii II. Gro. de lure b. * P. B. 9
"a, Puifend. de lege IL. Sc n. =. 8 ch. IL (
Z. Vattel, b. c. 10. s 1875. Butlamaoui B.
1l5.l
1t is true that Grotius and PufE.naorf az
firm, that a citizen may become the snh,ec,
OF governmental which he is required ever
to remain so. How far such a condition
would be binding on any one, shall mot
stop to enquire, as they both nre-sunrooe
the assent of the subject to be exoresalv
gwen, whereas no such Consent can be in.
ferred from birth, which is a passive act
(eXc1se the expression in notes.)
bow then does the doctrine of BLACKSTONE
and Lord Coke stand? We have seen thai
tue SUBJECT owes allegiance to his govern
'peht ny the Ia" OF nature only, that the law
OF nature is the same at all times and n, oil
places. that it is a lust Inference frorD The
principles Of nature. That the ripht of ex
patriation has been defended on pTincin,e 3,
practice by all nations of whom we have re.
c"rded, or Evolutionary accounts, until II
was broken In upon by the feudaI system
entirely an artificial and military one noe
allegiance being by the law Of nature ana
the law of nature being perpetualIy The
same, as the right to terminate this allegi-
! ance existed in the subject for thousands rs
years, among all nations, and still exists
among some, as It existed before ciy;l ihsti.
tuhohS, and could not be taken away bv
them, for IL was guaranteed by n law nre
existing and paramount over all ~
rule, Hgem non Scrihtam sed nofa1a a Ja,p
which God made, and which God ONLY can
abrogate, the right must still exist.
Such is my view of the subject who, roc,
! sidered under the principles of " natural
Jaw as they are expouuded by the most an.
proved authors. But there is still apotbe,
vIe'Y which it becomes us to take in inst;re
TO blackstone; that is, to Consider IL. "a 4
may he affected by "just inference fror
the nature Of things" In doing co -
no mode which can be so satisfactorv to Oh,
advocates of BlackstCnc's doctrine. as to ~,
he reason which he himself has given fol
| ne perpe,uity of allegiance as the true ore
1t IS he says, debt Of gratitude which III,
SUBJECT owes the sovereign for protection
il Com, 369.l
since, then, allegiance is debt of graft
Fude' u becomes necessary TO examine. how
'ar benetactors have any right to exact IN,
| payment Of such debts.
| :. we ought not TO ccnfound the natura
obligations Of which we have spoken in tn
chapter, with the imperfect obligation
mentioned IN the beginning of this treatise
insse give no one claim against Us, ever