The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-09-07

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existence sprungina great measure, from
a rigid discrimination 10 resist a Sranuieal
infraction n a doctrine, alike dear iolhe
bcuerporion Of our English ancestors and
10 The Ipalriols Of '76, that taxation should
not he imposed without, representation ] he
history o. England herself, is frequently
relieved by manifestations of this spirit. on
de part Of some uf-iter liberal citizens, Of
whom she may well be proud. 5 And the
history o. America is full II memorable in
stances where, her people have brated dis.
~asier, Danger suffering or death,S to main
tain iheirrherished principles. They look
nm TO The immediate issue involved, moi To-
[tlie Enmber Of dollars in jeopardy, or the
plumber Of lives at stake, but to the sacred
principles in danger, end 10 the conse-
qiRences which infrac,ions Of those princi.
pies may head. BE- Our revolutionary ances.
tors would have found il a much easier
task TO have paid the duty on tea, and even
The stamp duty, which the British Parlia-
menl imposed for years than to have under.
gore the danger and incurred the expers Of
an armed resistance 10 those acts for months
We they saw the question in its proper
light, viewed il not merely as an issue in.
vINing a few ral,ry pounds, but as siri.
king at a great principle, as boldinyasion Of
their dearest rights, as presenting tho al
| tentative Of freedom or s%lavery-an1 they
met il as rreemen should. Without Gie
adhesion 10 principle, this spirit Of ilhety,
This unyieldiDg devotion TO abstract doc.
lrines Of freedom, this determination 10
guard individual or national righls-noi
merely because Of the magnitude ofihe in.
mediate results prolved, hut beCaWse their
IRE righis-no nalinp can be permanently
free. This spirit of watehlulness and rcso.
luton, or call il what you will, is to Free.
dom aud Liberty. what air is TO human
lIile-ir il ever brGome destroyed, our best
insiim iORs an1 The most s%aiutary features
of our gov, r ment will perish with it.
Among tie current topics Of The day, is
one which involves the integrity Of Ameri.
can citizenship, the inyiolabiliry Of that
mgis Of protection which the flag Of our
country should extend alike over he great.
est and The h9nrblest Of her sons. il IS
indeed a proud privilege, TO feel that the
guardian care of our government over those
II represents should extend 10 every cline.
and know no limits but The confines Of the
globe; il isa mortilyin Ing reflection that this
, protection should have been so often with.
/ hrld-lhal American c%ilizens shuRld have
r been 81 frequently injured and inspIied, in
different regions abroad, without redress or
satisfaction. ltis high time that all sirh III
stances should be thoroughly inquired into,
! and that in every case Uf wrong or insn.
$ lence, the offending party should be elIrc'
lively taught that the panoply of our CHI
r z%ensl,ip must be held sacred, and that its
violation will be met u with Indifference,
bu, with the severesl punishment i'll our
power To iultct.
: The particular case We sllude 10 is that
e of kozsia, formerly . Hungarian, who
came 10 our shores and "derldred his in
t%enliun" to become a citizen; of couise re-
nounring in ihJt declaration, all allegiance
c 10 other powers, and especially IL Austria
after which, KoZsta, being in Smyrna, a
p neutral part of Turkey, was seized by a
hired gang of desperadoes in the pay 0I
the commander of an Austrian brig, upon
which he was imprisoned, and from which
c he was rescued, for the present al least, by
,rl the courageous and patriotic conduct oil
,s Capt. lngraham, Of The American lrigalc
ST. Louis. The extent 10 which Kuzsla
Z is entitled 10 the protection Of onr govern
menl, is a question which has me- will
d some discussion and very able anhleng,hy
y article, showing as We think, couClusivrly
that he is fully eniile to il.,,aud hat the &C,
tion OF the Austrian officer was an outrage
" alike upon The laws Of neutrality and The
d Inherent rights Of American citizenship
h has recently appeared in the Boston Post
The writer says he unhesilatingly pro
pounds /" The dUcuine that an alien who
may have declared his intentions accord
" ing Ii legal form. becomes Instantly, and
by That act, entitled to every protection
O against Outrage which American arms owe
TO the CITIZEN"
In support o. this proposition. a variety
- Of powerful Arguments are presented, which
"nr space prevents us giyir g entire. The
c following instances of The conduct Of Ma.
polenn, aud Of The British Government, in
d cases somewhat similar, are adduced -
"Sume Irishmen. Montmorenci Harvey
= Morres, William Corbet, aud Culone'
, Blackwell, by name, implicated in The re
y belllon Of their native country, in 1898
u subsequently became officers in the lrgior
y and armies Of Napoleon, and being unfor'
iunaie in an expedition, for their invasion
Of British tertiiory-having actually invad
ed and Landed on British errilory-escapeC
10 Hamburg. There, on that neutral ter
rilory, an English agent instigating III,
authorizes Of Hamburg, The later seizel
@ the lugiliyes, delivered them to The EnglisI
- officers, who took them 10 England, AM
subsequently, to ireland, where Of co lrsC
, they we're liable 10 death. Napoleon
au,ucrai aud worse as he was, with not
Y particle Of republicanism about him, de
.e minded their instant release, as member
a . his family who were seized on nealra
ground, warned the ~lIumburgers Of lhci
y DOM, made war on the point, procurev
,r their release, in despite Of every difficulty
aul atiho subsequent peace tlS02) ex1eiel
from the authorities u Hamburg a fine q
N twu million sterling for the outrage pcrmi
ID Ted and carried out by them. The I'm.
lish doyerumenti itself uptnlds The docirin