Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-29

project and lreat him as a native citizen, can
the functionarIes OF that constitution and those
laws discrimi2ate between hun aud native
c'hzcn was ASProvision OF the constituu0n,
were the iaw&Se usturelixstion vase are
questions Which, fnay be fairly made, but hsv"
.ng already pledged tie taith of both, ityou
20 net protec CT him ,our character is gone
1t will stink IN the nos ills oil posterit, VIII
YOU say that you cannot project Eim. viii
you adopt the idea which has been suggested,
OF giving pensions to them in iisu oil pohtica
protection a pension OF $500 IN lieu Of the
privileges OF AN American citizen am shock
ed nj The 'dea-ilsw worthless, how degraded
| III the ey es at mans Ind would we be could we
make sucn fasthiess compromise. Who will
sell his birthright OF Stfilstion for pension OF
oDO dois. viii You, an you then discriminate be
| tween the protc lion due t. native and natu-
| raised citizens let not any mariner be naiu
rhized, Il You choose to forbid it, but DO not
pledge the sacred faith of the constitution and
| he laws and then violate that pledge under
any such untenabie pretext.
but, say s. ntlemen, the public law of all ma
lions on earth, ancient and modern, has denied
tie right o. exp&trat.on Admit that they are
correct and Tor the purpose OF the argument,
do admit that such is the general law. Blu;
what is this law as notified by the practice of
| nations Every nation which has thus forbid
den expatriation, has atth,- same time granted
naturalization, anu the general practice OF natl
| ons rs undoubtedly the Jaw of nations Does
| not Eng,an naturalize foreigners Does she
sot haturalize your ciuzensi II size uocs not
90 It as general, A. you do, il is because it is
not her poiicy TO do SOFT is enough that she.
| naturalizes your seamen-it is enough that al,
nations have at the same moment Forbidden ex
PaTiaton and granted naturs izat on The.
| la" must be the result OF neither cxclusiyelv,
OUT OF poth these practices. MIR. Burke, the
| great Edmund, who was Certainty no innoy.tor
dehomina,es Charles XII the murderer of Pat
hu,' raNKui was born Swedish subject and
MAD repeatedly taken up arms against his sove
reign, he was adopted by Russia and had been
hef minister at the court OF Poland Charles
All, Tue sovereign to whom his natural sller;
ah' { was uue, Obtained possession ol his persoh
and pat him TO death-this act Mr. Burke demo.
inmates murder
GOV rnments which have M turalize i foreign
erS nave projected their natursiized suhiec ),
ant The governments TO VIII ait. The n.t,ve ale.
| anee OF such subjects was due. th,,,ph tI,e,
nave denied the right OF exp atration. have not
inpoShed the protecting uterpostion OF the
suoP'ed sovereign. If they have, it has been
'1'siuefed as IN act OF unprinc pied violence
~ha III the instance of Patkul has meri,ed and
received the denomination OF MURDER On this
subject viii quote single sentence nom one oi
Mr. Kings ietteis--he says SIX cehoyes the Bri
! natural allegiance wholly or renCunce II who'll
~" Confronting Themselves for the ipht ofna
| turaiIzation, car the British government deny il
To others TN the part Ot ihi5 government suf-
ticicnt evidence of its pacific & accommodating
| disposition appears NJ IS Offer To surrcndere
very thing II can consistently lth natioi,a faith
IN The part ot BritS'n protract,on OF the war,
by re using 30 IN ct Us ON the terms propDsed
| can proceed from moo her motive ,ham de ter
mination to Continue that abuse OF power " hich
she h Q inflicted and We have suff, red so lont-
The ground tssen by this country IS what We
must insist up n keeping, ard 1 aoubt NO; We
viii succeed If we CONTEND for IL az We ought
Tee iniormality of the negotiation between cur
charge d'Atialres and the British government
has been mentioned as Il cause Of its failure II
there had been an amicab'e disposition on the
part of he British government. the a.tberitv
would have been considered ample. Ii there
be not an amicabie disposition we viii negoci-
ate In Vain. We must fight or we ST all never
succeed IN obtaining recognition of our rights
Will advert TO one argument of the gentleman
from n York Mr.. Emot' who las examine,i
his subject with ability. 1t is that one which
appeared to me Co make the greatest mpressi-
on on the House. lie said he had examined
the vpiumulous document on the subject OF i'm
pressment, which was printed during the last
session by order of the House and that il dul
not a. pear nom thot document that mere than
- American seamen had been impress sed in the
year 1869, from which believe every one who
Ia .erd him inferred chat it was proved afirma-
u'el! by that do ument that no more than %
american sc6men who were named therein
were mp G ed III that year. Now, what is tie
tecti The document docs not state in one case
perhaps OF or 10, when he impressn, MT look
piac and there 1853 persons named "A that
doc ment. CT course the gentleman could not
be SuthoiisTd to SOY that bui 90, or any other
!. ecise number, we're impressed in 1909. All
hose, the q ,ie of whose dcten;ion is not atcd,
may have been impressed in 1869 1t proba-
'ie much the greatest portion was. A more
articuIar exsm,nat'on Of this point of enquiry
Nil prove the magnitude Of the evil.
From the Isi of April, 1909. t. the soth septem.
er, 1910, period of rs months only, sincIe a
gent OF this government in London, received 1858
applications from impressed seamen. How ma,v
we're unable to apply Men imprisoned on board
ships OF war, scattered the ocean and on dis
t'Gt stations, how could they apply to Mr. LYMAN
IN London aud give in their names The number
impressed must have been great indeed when q sin
gle agent in the short space of months re ast.r
cd The names ct 1888 applicants or this number |
part was discharged, knowledged 20 be Amer;- |
cans beyond the possibility of deni,l--a small num- |
Der IS detained as being born in England, and the |
remainder are detained under various pretexts- |
such as Supposed 20 be born in England, being on |
distant STATIC ., having consular certificates
Danes, W dcs 81 as i they have any b. tier right /
10 take IRON Oh DO 'rd American vessels Swede |
or ID nc than an american citizen. Even their |
own doctrine goes TO assert right TO seize none
but their own subjects. I ask now, whether the |
impression IN de by The gentleman from New-York /
was Just one Whether il docs not appear pro- |
bable that at least thousand of those contained
in this list impressed without even plausibIe
Pretext But in single statement make out |
result so variant from the statement Of the oen-
tleman, beg you and the public to test the other
Statements OF the gentleman IN the same wsy.--
n I, sir, that the gentleman made the statement |
III aryu unit ar intention, o. 30 man u more bonor-
ADJ, or correet-hel has my highest esteem--but il |