Polynesian., 1844-08-03

were not permitted to reside in the proper
dominions of the Pharaohs. In Palestine
the captured C%aananites were reducedto SER
vltude, and made hewers of wood and draw
ers of water to the Jewish nation !; and the
whole tenor ofthe sacred page shows this dis
tinction:-'Me stranger within thy gates, &c."-
Dcut. v. ii, Lev. XIV. 45, Isaiah lvi. 9, sc.
SIN Greece IN the time Of Demetrius Phale-
rius, there rere 10000 strangers in .4Hica that
had not the rights Of .Ahenian citizens. Nit
ford's Hist, 354.
"Tne Romans mere noted for their JEALOUSY
Of The jus c%iritatis, or rights Of a Roman Cit
iacn. II was at first, limited TO the PoMKRIA
OF ROME, and was extended gradually to The
bounds Of observation-disclosures Hist, 268.
This distinction, whether the result of fan
cy, early intuition, habit, (Which is second
%nature) or Divine impulse, is the same in all
men towards the country of their nativity, no
matter what may be the form of Government
or the name and title of it's executive func-
tionary, whether Emperor, King, President,
Duke, Landgrave, Elector, Stakeholder,
Doge, Pacha, Grand Signior, or Imaum -
Man looks with veneration at that august
parsonage, even though he may be, in fact,
far from immaculate, who impersonates the
sovereignty OF the nation where he is born,
or where he resides and, who is placed by
his position above the municipal law-ac-
countable only to God and to his peers
the sovereigns of other nations. Hence
the Jure Dirino doctrine of the common
law and hence the doctrine of St Paul, sIet
every soul be subject unto the higher po,ers,
for there IS no power but Of God the po,cers
that be are ordained of God,"-Romans xiii,
| ; and the whole chapter in e~xtenso.
Neither does it matter what is the size or
relative strength of the government claiming
our allegiance. 1t is equally due, whether
the ruling power be great or small, strong
or feeble. Nations are equal in respect
to each other, and entitled to claim equal
consideration for their rights, whatever may
be their relative dimensions or str D 9th. or
however greatly they may differ IN govern
ment, religion or manners. This perfect
equality and entire independence of all dis
tinct states, is a fundamental principle Of
public law."-l Kent, 92.
Allegiance is founded in reciprocity be-
tween the government represented by its
chief magistrate and the subject. The king
or his synonem, is in all countries, the foun-
tain of honor and of office. He can ap-
point and remove at pleasure, or in accord
ance with Legislative provisions; and ~legisla-
tive enactments only become binding with
political exceptions) after his signature has
been affixed to them, so that the means ofob-
tanning protection and security are in contem-
platlon of law, all derived, directly or indi-
rectly from this AWFUL SUPREMACY. This is
the foundation of allegiance as a reciprocal
duty, in which reason and ideality are har-
moniously blended. But, while the strong
est attachments of the human heart cling
around the country fits nativity, man is mi
gratory, the world is to be peopled, the hap
piness of society requires intercourse and in
accommodation, and the internal laws of
all nations guarantee to the citizen and sub
ject the indefeasible right of locomotion.
This will lead me, in the ensuing number,
to consider the nature and extent Of allegi-
ance, how far a citizen or subject can
throw of his allegiance, and whether the ma
tive country can exercise any authority over