The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-31

AN VHlSah III AuEA0ys
Those who are not cognizan, OF The laws and prn.
ciples which rule foreigners. we'll natives who
no, subjects OF Turkey. yet residing in. or travel.
ling through the Turkish donations. and who suppose
such persons 10 be under the rules generally adopted
throughout Chnstendom. may at p'nsa foeis notice Of
American interference 10 behalf OF MIR Costa, ask the
question whether he is an American citizens aud il he is
not, il is supposed question the proprely aud rgb
of the commander OF the ST. Louis 10 extend to him the
protection OF our flag. tH 1It affaAo 131 Il
We extract on this occasion, the following passage
from /" Sketch of the Laws OF Turkey" published
some time since by Francis Dsnaise. esq. late
sui Constantnope. in which the right, by Turkish
law, and usage Of every Christian power to protect both
against the local authorities against any other OF these
powers. all such foreigners, natives Of foreign ex-
traction, subjects Of Turkey, who may place them
selves under their protection respectively. clearly de-
mons,rated, both theoretically and practically. Under
these established rules. every American will only see
the proprcty Of Interference OF officers abroad in
behalf of Mr. Costa 80 long the latter nyokes Amer
can proecon but will also hope that further effective
steps have beea taken TO check the arrogant display oil
such illegal assumption OF power by the agents OF Aus
a. in nstral land. against persons placed under the
protection of our lag. Mr. Danaise says
In Turkey all natives whose parents from a
Euro country or from country not subject to The
Sultan we'll All fore gners residing in travelling
through, the Turkish dominons, have right to ve and
most OF them do ve under the protection Of the represent
alive OF such tosiga power they elect and by whom
they admitted to protection, when selected by them
rom among the representatives OF Christian powers
the court Of the Sultan The Turkish government fully
recognises the abovs right and oests asks the
70 become Turkish subecs though generously extends
its protection to them they apply for IT, Turkish proec
tion, say is seldom requested for the
that some among The Ioregn representatives have assumed
such great power Turkey that the local authorities could
not be security Tor those who happen become objects
political persecution from Europe lis requisite, accord
log to the Turkish regulations. that each OF the above
described natives, coin suitable defnitionTuk
sborn foreigners should place themselves under tho pro
lection of OF the powers above mentioned They OBJ
lain like protection by application the representatives
OF the mutton whence their ancestors originated to
that OF any other nation. whose principles agree with
those OF the applicant, and also by their to an
office of that nations and is optional with them when
they feel that they may become the victims OF the
caprice. desPos, hatred OF the nation OF the repre-
sentative by whom they protected abandon the
lection OF the said nation. its representative and ,e
place themselves under tho protection Of such ohers they
may choose, and who will grant them protection. Th
Temporary protection, granted them by the representative
Christian powers respectively does bind them
taxes duties towards these protecting powers oblige
them any Of the duties that every citizen subject
to his country IT, while under that poray protection
they have any official business through The ega
zion, the consulate by which they protected they
have simply pay the customary fees Of those Offices Nc
Formally permission, simple ntimaon TO The
Turkish authorities respecting the change, is requisite TO
the withdrawal from the protection OF Of those
and the that OF the other and Turkey recognise
no right to the former protecting claim the ren
quisheI from the hands of the other power which scua,
extends over him its protection. .#NH+#
The above principle is fully illustrated by the recen
events of 1879 Upwards Of three thousand refugees Ial
ans, Hungarian and others, fed during that year Con
Stantinopo their lives. they mostly
teced by the United States England and Sardinia who's.
the Turkish government them from pefsecu
lion OF Austria. There American minister Con
santinopo by that time, and my consulate the on
American office constantly aud daily accessible those
un fortunate beings but know OF instance when
agent OF Austria succeeded in taking any OF those whit
were under American protection few among the mum
Der arrested in the Of Pea by Austrian sol
diers and carried board the Austrian vessel, wa
then stationed in The harbor bur they neither unde
American, English, Ssrdinan protection. tina
they in charge OF the Turkish authorities who bad
the strength to resist Austrian absouism soil
"Russia. alone, has ueay fexrsdtion with the Porte
which treaty gives them reciprocal right OF claiming
political offenders, who are their Subjects who ma,
be found in their respective countries But In ih
case the surrender may be avoided by the fugitive
brscng the religion oil the country which he has fed
After the foregoing extract, and with the principle,
therein exhibited, the conduct OF The agents OF Aus,
in arresting refugee in Turkey may be regarded as al
illegal and arocious act OF despotism, and that il is il
accordance with the Turkish law ,ha, The victim in
voked the protection Of the American flag