New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-25
DOMICTLLa7Y0N.

DOMICILEfTY0N.
Men shonld. II strikes us, mot be in hurry to
lay down, for themselves and others, new enact
ments of National Law There are several OBJ
iections to this practice, that may prove rather
serious ones. In the first place, the hasty en-
actments of to-day, however convenient. may
prove troublesome to- morrow. For if you enact
such laws at your pleasure, you may not be al
lowed to repeal them at your liking and if the
rest of the world allow you to set up the like
for your benefit, they will certainly, in their
turn, exact the same rule of you, for their bene-
fit. But, secondly, will the nations submit 10
your statutory authority of passing laws ior
them all And, thirdly. how is there 70 De any
Law of Nations at all, if each country Is to pass
its own'
When. of late, therefore, Mr.. Secretary Mar
cv in order to meet the koszta case, set up, to
answer the momentary turn, new provision oil
the Law of Nations, by which man, once OBJ
tanning domicil in country. Though not citi-
zenship) carries it with him, wherever he goes
and draws all over the world with him your OBJ
legation to protect him as one of your people
we we're, we confess, taken with q misgiv-
was n popular one: but that did not alto
gether ease our mind. For what is popular
to-day may be unpopular tomorrow; and
nothing but what has been tried and found
good can stand We said, therefore, in ourselves,
Here is. no doubt, beautiful doctrine, new
and glossy but how will it wears May it not
get us into troubled May it not get Mr.. Marcy
into trouble His doctrine of the spoils did
His doctrines, therefore, may not always be the
thing" In short, we could not help wishing that
somebody else had tried this thing, before our
country was pledged to it. "'F For" said We, in
one of those conversations which we often hold
with ourselves about public matters, 6 this thing
may not work well. We have known many
agreeable doctrines that didn't" There were
several ugly doubts that struck us. For"
thought we, " there was Louis Philippe who re-
sided long time among us: did that bind us TO
protect him, wherever he went and whatever he
did There's his present Satanic majesty, En-
peror Louis Napoleon, who also resided here :
are we to protect him There's his cousin,
Prince Murat, and several of the Imperial fami-
ly, who are even citizens of the United States ::
are we to protect all these princes and princess
es! Or are we to protect some and not TO pro-
tect others Or suppose a man has resided in
q dozen countries, besides our own: are all of
them to protect him Then they might have
to protect him against each other, and protect-
ors fight protectors.
Such were our doubts We are glad to see,
however that they are about to be cleared up
Mr.. Marcy has got new case; and they'll soon
give him plenty more So we shall soon know
what to think about the matter.
The NewYork Evening Post records the fol-
lowing among other proceedings of the &c Ingra-
ham Committee" at their meeting of Thursday
evening last:
The meeting then resolved itself a meeting of the
Society Of Universal Democratic Repubicauism. Th
report read from the committee directed to inquire
into the OF Henry d'Eneh the person who though
under the protection OF the United states had been
rested at Hamburg and is imprisoned by Prussia Il
happened that he had been origin lily the proprietor OF
printing office in which place had been printed the Gov
eminent Gazette and likewise the Democratic paper By
some means the Government crept 10 the demo-
cratic press and the Government being suspicious that
he cognizan of the proceedings prosecuted him lie
however escaped and to this country where he has
brother, who has been for many years naturazed aud
is established in Sc. Louis Mr. Henry dEnch took out
his first papers of naturalization in 1850 In the 1852
he returned to Germany settle his private affairs
having collected all the property and the money he pos
sesse passage return to the United States
But before the vessel sailed he arrested by Prus
sian police officers in the city of Hamburg and carried
off forcibly to Prussia, where be is now 10 prison
The committee observed that this proceeding of the
Prussan Government is in direct conflict with the letter
of the secretary of State Mr. Marcy and that there
be doubt that the Government at Washington will
take energetic in the matter The Government
Of the United States had two of compainttht
against Prussia for having illegally seized the person
and property Of under the protection OF America
the other against the free city of Hamburg for having
permitted the arrest in its confines The German
meeting at Tammsny Hall directed letter to be written
to the Secretary OF State this matter aud had
communication to the Ingraham Committee that effect