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

fftne or un0Hend6[e dHegiQnce.-lt should
be considered, 100, that our oson iasos make
exceptions as to allegiance. An American
may become British subject by marrying.
an English 7oon,an. From the time that
he so marries, the law gives hi,n a claim to
all the rights enjoyed By Englishpen and,
the same law imposes upon him all the du.
lies or an Englishman. This law, Of which
| no gentleman can be ignorant, has been not
| long ago acted uponb by our government, as
understand, in this way. An American
was impressed into our feet. He was claim
ed by the agent of the American govern
| raeBt, KS an Amcricah, aud his dischar.e
demanded accordingly. The answer was,
that he wasa British subject, having mar
lfied an English woman and the demand of
his discharge was refused accordingly.
law, believe, is. in this respect, the same
IN America and, indeed, those who have
been acquainted with the American women
VITA, imagine, see no reason why this spe
tcies OF petticnat naturalization should not be
gong on there as well as here. Indeed, the
law Is the sfme in France as to this matter .
upon the principle, / suppose, that, as all
good husbands snfer themselves to be ruled
by their wives, aud as the women are, for
the lar sreaterpart, most loyal subjects, and
most immovably attached to the existing or
! DER of tnings, be what II may, u foreigner,
when he marries native, may be fairly
looked upon rs having become bone of the
bone ans flesh or the flesh of the government
itselt.--Whatever be the rea$os, of this a.
rnusing exception TO the general doctrine,
le IS very Certain that it gives furious blow
to the doctrine itself for here we see, that
we ourselves contend, that allegiance il, in
this case, aHena6Le- * how are our generals
IN Canada to tell, uhe Their the British sub
J. ects, or whom they make prisoners, have,
or nave not, married American women 3
90 that, before we rush on hastily to the
conclusion, which this impudent scribe would
! have US adopt--hefore we give our assent to
the hanging and cutting up Carcasses, upon
the ground OF the doctrine OF unalenabe al 4,
I, iegiance-beiore we give our unu ualified ap-
PROBATION To the sentiment that America is
| become an cHt-fasv. and that ropes, and
ripping knives and axes, and gibbets ought
10 make part CT our weapons IN a war +,
ga.nSt her--before we suffer ourselves to be
| mus stepped IN the blood, which this mar
| seams so anxious TO see shed, YOU see, rea-
der, there are gond reasons for US 20 hesitate
and refect.-This savage man, who really
| seems to nave dipped his pen in blood, has
IN all human probability, never heard Of that
law OF our own, which subjoins the rights &
duties OF allegiance to the act of marrying a
native woman--and, perhaps, if he had,
be would not have cared much about
the hanging and quartering of native Ame-
ricans, married to English women, and ia
ken IN arms in either service--for, you will
observe, reader, that the comfor of such
mans situation is, that he is a traitor, if
found IN arms on either side. If we catch
him lighting against us, we hang him and
cut him up, because he is the kings subject,
from haViH!g married IN Engish zyonan.-
1t the Americans catch him fighting q.
gainst them, they put aim TO death for
| osiieve they stop there because he is ma
zoe OF america. SO that, at this rate, he
VINO inarries foreigner, must take good
care, that he go not TO the S----l his
hang,hg and quartering editer would, 70 all
appearance, care but little about the fate of
.d~erica'as, who should fall III this way--but,
beg leave to remind him, that there are
some british SR6jectS, who have had the in
discretion 10 marry american 7vonzen. Ave,
and what's more, some of these are officers
and OF no mean rank and estimation, in our
nary and army, AT this moment great
number does not occur to me--but, there
are IdmIrei Knight. Sir Ikerander Coch-
rane, and Str Thomas Hardy, who unfor;u-
| nateiy (according TO this mans notioD) for
them, have married American women To
| be sure, one may rather pity than blame
.nem--For to go to America without a wife,
and 10 come away unmarried, argues that
man Is not made of flesh and blood Now
I .
gallant officers, to whom, If / had time for
inquiry and recollection, could, doubt not,
! add couple OF score--wiil the reader say q,
that II either Of them were made prisoner
| by the Americans, these latter would have
a right 10 consider him as a traifor
! Net, II this doctrine OF unalieuable allegi
ance, as applied to the American soldiers,
is to be received without any modification,
why should not these officers, lin such case
| be considered traitors, and treated as
such '--hgain, as to children. is there not
| aoother great exception to this law of un-
sleuabie allegiance A son, born in a 70
lreign country, of English parents, is an En-
gAsh subjects And beg the reader to
6serve that the rights and the duties Of al
egiance are tnsehaTabic. Such a son,
hnugh born in America, according to this
-
| There is a curious distinction made by our law
With regard to the children born abrosd the parents
Aeing subjects OF the king. r. relates TO the rspabi.
y Of holding places Of profit or trust, or OF ren-
5ions under the crown. II che parents be either
Scotch irish or it either fa,ber or mother be
Sco,ch }iSh, Of their children can ever,
eOrding o,sw, hold any such place &C pension but,
II the parents be, English, then the children rnsy
hold suo' places or pensions. have often thought
Of ayai'ug myself Of this law and Of ecus aud rdu
ing out Of their Offices and PENSIONS all ths Scotch &
Irish, coming under this description, of which viii
engage there are many scores. The truth, IT, how.
ever, that there foreigners, real aliens who emo,
such AustiOns, aud while this Is the cgss IL would be