Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-01-13
NUMA-No. II.
The Negotiation Of Peace.

Another point of great interest and OF
some diiMcuty which Must be settled,
relates to the effect of naturalization, and
this is inseparably connected with the
former. When the rules shall be reel
pre- cal, neither nation will have cause to
complain of any injury. The maxilss
Of public lay oH this topic are toe same,
whether the government be republican
or m.uarchial.
Ii is maxim OF public law that soye-
reign nations are equal in their rights,
and aest especially in whatever regards
their native subjects or citizens. A re-
public can no more receive subject
Of monarch and cascel his obligations
to his natural sovereign, without lhs
consent of ssch sovereign, than the mo-
march can receive citizen OF repnb-
lie and cancel his obligations 10 his ma
tive coustry without its consent. In
state of peace emigration is permitted,
and this permission implies the assent
of the sovereign to the act, and therefore
such emigran:s ars never brought to the
strict and rigid rules Of law.
But i, it competent for one nation, 10
expa,riate the subjects or citizen. Of a
bother This question arises naturally
in considering tae effect which ought to
be given, to the ADMINISTRATIONS which
have already taken place IN hnerica s
10 England. According TO the constitu.
4 ions aud laws Of the u STATES, within
the last twenty years many 3rIush SUD-
iects have been naturalized here or in
ether words have been Amerieanized-
They have DRAINED eli the rights and
privileges ct .s;nerioan citizens, which
ccuid be conferred by Congress-cou!J
Cong .esi, or can Congress do more
than adopt native subject OF France
or Ens l,nd IS one of is citizens; sa-ing
or excepting all the rights aud claims OF
the native and original sovereign, unim-
paired and liable to be asserted in all ca
ses as such sovereign shall decm just
and necessary Congress by our consti-
tu;ios has power to prescribe an uniorm
rule OF naturalization, but when the Mi.
form rule has been prescribed and CONF
piled with, the naturalization can only
have limited effect according to the
maxim, OF public law--it cannot extend
to the effect Of depriying another nation
against its consent of its natural claim
and right to the services OF the hmeri-
canized foreigner, ia all places and un-
der all circumstances, and the nataraii-
cation is to be confined to the. effect OF
comforting American rights and privi-
leges, to be enjoyed and exercised UNI
der the Limitation of his natural duty to
his natural sovereign. The uniform
rule to Be established by congress, was
designed to take away from the state
governments the power of na.ursiizing
foreigners their rules being various. l.
was mere domestic regulation, bind
ing the several states who assented to
il, but not binding nor affecting to bind
the independent nations OF Europe. l.;
it true and not to be doubted that the
people of ore independent country can.
| not be bound without their consent, oy
the acts of snother independent country.
Upon principle like this, the-revolu-
ton Of America was founded. Who re
fused to be bound BY the acts OF the
British parliament, to which the assent
of the people Of America was not given
either tacitly or expressly.
| In free country the rule oush. ne.
to be drawn into question, that as an H.
disidual cannot be legally bound by lazy.
to which hi. assent is not actually or by
his Representative given so the sore
reign of one nation is not to DC boeDd
by the acts Of another sovereign to which
the former has not assented-lheir G.
quality a. well as the social principle
establishes the proposition.
However let the enquiry here termi.
nate, and If different doctrine IS en-
tertained by any, let The delusion be en-.
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