Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-04-11


the whole body Each ftipulates to y'eid
obedience to the laws, ard 10 ref'a'n
from acts deftructive of The cxiftcnce OF
the itats-while the commuoitg as tuch
ftipula;cs 70 iecure to each Individual the
cnjuymen, Of his rights. Ere dura-
ton If tuch an afociation if not .dcilned
by the onginal compact is necefariiy UNI
lipited. When any of its members is
defiIous to free himf.if from MS engage
meats il is manifeit that he can OF do il
by his own act, ar HE own pleaiurr, for
iuch power would be utterly incon-
fiitent with The notion of an obligation.
Hecan be released from his contract orly
upon the occurrence Of fome event which
BY the terms Of the aAociarion it is ft,pu-
lated ihaIl have fuch efrcf, OF by the
co:,icnt OF the community to which he
was bound AS is the fate of the osigi.
nal parties to the anociation fuch is that
OF their defendants. Children in every
political community mat be viewed as
tueceediag to the rights and with them to
the roniequent obligations of their par
ents-But for this principle the great
irducemrnt to the focal fate, the deiire
of providing for the fccurity and happi-
nefs Of family, would be annihiIated,
and the trammels Of government never
would be fubmitted to. But for this,
that perpetual fucceflion which keeps up
the identity Of nation, although ils in-
diyiduals are all in fate Of decay and
renovation, which gives it corporate be-
ing ehen,ial to its action, Is at once def
troyed From thele principles, or prin.
cipIes ike thefe, it is thar all iurii:s e.
gree that when 4 political lociety i
formed The fundamental laws Of that 70.
cie,y may prefcribe when and upon whae
terms only any individual Of j, hall be
freed from his engage nent to defend It.
rhas each !ociety pcaesses this riehs is
a principle Of uniyerial law--No dictnm
can be found to contradict it How fuch
RICH, ihalI be cxercifed nun of courfc
depend On The w.tdom and virtue OF the
focioty itlclf, or OF thofe Who enact iss
laws. II mutt be perfectly obvious that
in any cafe where The funian,e n,al laws
OF the foc.ety do not pesrit the indisniu-
al to releaie himfelf from bis eneagemcnt
the inservensiess. Of third party cannoe
effect this relcafc. 4 promifc Of A t. B
cannot be diicharged oy al act Of c The
effect therefore which the naturaiz stion
in any country Of the fubjec, Of another
has upon the original obligations Of has
fubject to his native country mutt depend
upon aslaws. psefcribing to whAt ex,enS
and under what circumstances theie o.
riginal Obligations NAV be leileaed or def
troysd. The initi,utIons Of diGerene.
countries vary from each other in this
rcipect, fomc are more rigid &otaers more
indulgent. But know of but one it.tc
on earth, the fate of Virginia. which
allows the native fubject or citizen 70
completely to diveit himfclf OF his origi-
nal character as to raife asainH her with
impunity the hand ofparricide. Virgin-
ia BY ltatute Goes PERM, citizen BY
a formal deed executed before win f1.s.
acknowledged in court and recorded to
quit claim and renouncc his birth right.
and thenceserth to be deemed as though
he never had been Of the ,rate. All OH
er ftates in the civilized world impofs.
this reftraint, thar their original fn5iect
ihall never wage war againit his ceun-
try.
With the fundamental laws of Epp-
land inrelation 10 this fubjces. we have
a perfect acquaintance. In general every
man is there at lihessy to quit The k'ns.
dom, to purdue abroad iuch occupat,ens
and enter into tuch engagements as ,e
may find beneficial, but on the exprels
condition that lac lhall not violate his
faith to his foversign, the FRI great duty
of which, is not to invade his territories.
and war againa his tuSjeels. was fur.
priied to hear = gentleman from Ken.
lucky, whole good Tense and independ.
ence much refpect (Mr. Montgomery,
argue that the permiilion to Briiilh fub..
jecs to leave his country was an im3i;,d
content, that he might throw OF all ATE
glance to it. Such an implication is done
away by the very terms Of the perniiI;on.
The law is as old as Magma Charsa. and
hac hsen ,c;fovrn do.,~ -