The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-10-12

Ipers- We do this in the heat Of our ami
mostly against them but as we are here
talking of an appeal to the iaSO Of nations,
we should consider, that that law, makes
the right of conquest, as applicable to the
duty OF allegiance. perfectly equal with the
right OF hereditary succession. II is, indeed
notorious, that, from the morncnt any por-
ton OF territory is conquered, IL immediate
Ily becomes subject to the will of tire con-
iqueror. and that all the people belonging 20
II owe hisn allegiance, the sovereignty o.thc
Territory being transferred, to all intcnts &
purposes. along with the territory Itself
| Upon this ground it is that we, when we
make conquest OF amy is!snd or province.
ISSUE Proclamations, reminding the people,
that they now owe allegiance TO our King !;
we command them, IN hisnamc, to obey all
the orders and etlicts which our Generals
may chuse to put forth and, in case OF their
conSpiring with the enemy, or taking up
arms against us, we threaten them with the
punishment due to traitors.-To say that
Jerome is an ,l$Hrher in Hanover, may be
very we'll in the way of talk but when Mr..
Pe!tier said the same thing of 3 nanarte. Lord
Peterborough, on the trial of the former, for
libel against the latter, observed to the
Jury, that Bonaparte was the sovereign OF
France IN fdcf, and that with the quest ion
OF hoFo ne became so, we had nothing to do
IL has is also the language of the law Of ma
! lions. Cromwell, for instance. was an usur
per in England /; but, he was i, fact at the
! head OF the sovereign; of England and
| any F.nglishman found in foreign army,
| hghting against an English eimy at that
time, would, doubtless. have been taken to
| be Z traitor.--lt may, perhaps, be said, that
enough Jerome be actually in possession OF
the sovereignty of Hanover, he was not the
oonqueror of it, aud that the territory has
never been Ce1ed TO him by its trmer sove-
reign. Ii may be further said, that we have
never made peace since that conquest took
place, and that struggle is stih going On
for the possesssion of that country. Whence
it may be concluded. perhaps, that he is de-
hcient in that sort Of right of sovereignty,
watch would justify him in considering the
soldiers of the German Legion as e-asors.--
But, unfortunately for this argument, our
ozvn condpcf, upon recent occasion, gives
TO IT = most complete answcr-The King of
sweden did not conquer the island of Gua
lddlouhe-it was conquered by us we have
tgiven it to the King OF Sweden, while war
rs yet going on between as and France, for
| the possession OF that island, amongst other
objects VIII any one say that the people
| OF GautlaltJpe do not ozve allegiance 20 ctr
hinS If SaUeden i? believe that no one will
attempt 10 say this and. then, should be
glad 10 hear how any one will make out a
clear and satisfactory distinction between
the case of the natives OF Gusdaloupe, and
the natives uf Hanover.---There are eorne
persons, perhaps, who may think that the
latter do not stand in the same pre6iCament
as the former, because, they were ont of
Hanover before Jerome was made sovereign
OF it. am not quite certain rs to me fact !;
but, II It were so, it would not, it seems to
ne, make any alteration in the case for, il
| a number of the natives Of Guadalupe, were
to be found IN arms III an expedition against
that island. they would, of course, be con-
sdered as traitors against the Swedish go
vernnlsnt, though absent from the islaud, at
the time OF les conquest by us. FMS is in
deed. an absolutely necessary consequence
OF the doctrine of unaiiennbie ale s.iauce for
how Can allegiance be snoGena6ie. unless
it travels downwards with the actual souer
eighty unless it descends to the success
sors in the sovereignty, be those successors
who they may Allegiance can in III other
way be uualienabie; for the sovereign may
die, Shis family may become extinct the
laws may introduce a new race OF sover-
eigns. Numerous are the instances Of this
sort how, then. eau we pretend that ale
glance is unaiena6le, unless we maintain
tn 1T it is nseparabe from the actda sover-
eighty of the soil e--These observatians,
WINCH, III TINS comparative view - the mat
ter, might be carried much further, are
quite sufficient, tiink, TO make every rea-
| sonable man hesitate before he joins with the
editor OF the Courier. in asserting, that if
America attempts retaliation in the way
above mentioned, an army and navy acting
against her, will he a6sotved fropr all o6Ligu-
lion 70 restlsct the Hsagcs and laws Of zcar
Such man will, at any rate. see the danger
OF all attempts tojusiify the hasty shedding Of
blood OH either side.--f have beforr alluded
TO the peculiarity Of this case. Writers up
on the law OF nations have never had before
their eyes the spectacle of a country serving
as place OF refuge for the distressed OF an
the other nations in the world. IF the states
of America had been before them, there
might have been fond some notifications in
their doctrine of egiancs.-The states
OF America were Colonies of England tn.
people speak the same language: great
numbers of them are closely connected BY
blood. The quarrel. IN its inAi scs.c cd stare,
appears To the mind Of the mass of the peo-
pie in both countries, As sort of |aBiiiy
qHarrck.--A mechanic, or labourcr. born in
! England. ana finding hlu self in America,
has entered into no reflections as to am
I transfer of allegiance. He takes part with
the country in which no is, with no thought
about committing treason, any more than
the Inhabitants Of the villages Of Botey and
Bishops Waltham think about treason in
| their battles about roads.--It is verg differ
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