New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-04
unrsF nF REPRESENTATIVES,


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The Touse went into Committee the private calender
When the ComBttee twenty six bills were passed
Tie SIEAKLR laid before tie House scTeral comm /
rimtIaneo oS With The olucn Of the 3o6 ut requesting
lin 10 cornmur cate TO the House, ii compatible with tie
ribc interest pordcnce hot yet published "a
may hove occurred between the State Department and the
American Charge Ahuilcs az Austria with reference T.
persons claiming the protection OF this GeYeInnent
Among the dispatches j. document from our Charge.
Henry Jackson dated Vienna, NOV. - 1853, in which
he saws 10 Mr. Marcy:
Ill wond not be improper for me TO remark that the
recent difficulties between the GOvernm NJ Of the United
States and Austria are evidently affected for the time being
bvtle intercourse between American citizens and the Aus
tIau authorities The former have become, perhaps nat
uarnly enough suspicious and to greater extent tlan
usual Jealous OF their rights paaker OF tns ieehn5
NV se may be permitted to say that cannot but OBJ
eerve IL In others IL becomes necessary for me- however
~ di-ect vour attention 10 still another Of COM plant
made TO this legation. and which may demand m IRE
seIious consideration IL has been presented in q
letter from Simon Taussg, copy Of which IS here
with forward d. II VIII be perceived ron le Psal d
that letter that the writer represents himself as oen an
American citizen, and as having D.eH inrished WIZ
passuort from your Depa tment ~ GshngtOn ana yet
would seem unless he has erred with reference = date OF
his Going America that he had not emained ih ient
tine in the country 10 become citizen accordance with
The law have addressed note - the Minister Of For
ecn Alfairs OF which Forwarded cfiV prea ng the
circumstance of the case to ms notice, ant expressing the
hope that this individual may be lorm:-t - oave the
,,stron douiriors j. IS barely possible that may b.
glafod in this hope and that The cas my present no
further difficulty. IL more tuli pro Ole however a.
tte present time, that th Cow rnuie D. wa "e tciafly
sensitive uuon matter touching the ciz' n-Lip OF one
Yhowas formerly Au.r.sn subject acquired under our
,s,nrazeon laws and that i. viii insist upon aiming
scn IorsOD Should the fcs OF The case, there
irc a bcy sy hereafter he developed confirm tue state
ment Of Nj Tau X sim le and uunretendng a: these
are serious question may are for consIeIa'ion ana
In November s53 Mr. Taussig addressed letter to oar
Chance dated Prague, setting forth that III the year le9
lie wtnt win passport to tie United States and settled
,r.tI0 in
ccrne citizen Of he United states In 1873 he obtained
q uessuort from the State Department aad went ba to
Au.tria to conduct a helpless family. widow and FIVE
small children, to their relatives IN Prague Inc ponce
Obtsnld csiO OF his passport ana refused 70
ii to lin hat lie mi lit come home and they soii 10 nm
on arc uIeWiul emgran ana ought 10 Dc pIhlsheI
fr hnt or must be; and secondly, yOL cannot become
citizen OF any country before you get leave oil your
"so,ericn He relates his troubles in the endeayor 10
Obtain Iae lis passport and appeal, 10 our Cnare ipr an
iut,rrcsion Of lis official authority. Oar charge al
dressed letter to Count Buol Shawensten, dated Nov
80 1873 respecting the statement OF laussis concluding
with he words With this statement OF tle cifcul aiie'
OF the case OF the humane motives which brought ms
Individual into his Imperial Meestys dcmnions Of the
90 fact that lie received under passport nom ts
American Government. ard that il is important for Inn
"to leave Prague at very early day venture 20 eA
"press he confident hope your EAcelenCy W dFc' H'
"autLOrtCs III Prague NOT 10 Vp.SO' - "'1 'FS-'' U
Our Charge on the Sd of December, again writes to NJ
Marcy stating THAI the Austrian Minister on Foreign A..
fair said that NJ IausEg an Austrian SUBJECT L-l NC
lad Left Austria moths ago with passport Simply
for Eurole that somehow other he had found his way
o tie Tilted States but Tat he was MT the less an Aus
hiect and that his American passport did not make
him an American citizen From some ex Tesson ne en-
ployod in the Of his remarks our hare gre" ne
h Grepce that in the view o!the Austrian Government MI
aussc had rendered himself crimlnay an naOIe 10 inc
laws Of Austria and would be dealt with accordingly. II
appears, Charge ga! tha' WINE iho lh'ile Is "Lns
n to the time when Mr. Taussg let Austria ne Is rslt Is
ia The character of tie passport which authorized MN 10
leave AID right N lis assumption that W ahssS Is nos
o. VI naturrized citizen of the United states, Inc
A.. :
transfer his ale Glance without the assent OF h Sovereign
first obtaned and il would 81 EN- - folio" as eglaie
crroepco thai II the Austrian law 10 control the de-
Cision e Ills question, Mr. laussg - Sun an as'
sul,ct and bis initiative character Of an American cay
zen IS absolutely void To interfere Iu-lne tneIe'oc'
would nc attack the law OF AustEe regulating tne ma
trro ard Obligations Of lesionce. 80 -, -, ~
Mn Marcy writes letters 10 Charge, dated Jan TO-
1854 il which he Gays he has carefully et'aea n' a.'
b!dis ole which viii not authorize more eeGtYe IL
r,oo than that which Charge had afeaIy maze
In s behnf Il is that the socretay Of STATE says
M Taussic lef, tbs country win p pol. s'eI o
tie state ;aftme n but Is he w-s ieih.F me- o5l
or rbtu allied citizen, lie wss nor eni.51 10 Il : en-
a. cizens n ar thCEe passports are Issued ~ hf ausss
T6 % II rr,osr 70 ascertain he means by which he
rroculec t. On exsUiuug the records ofthe Department
he Secretary finds that obtained by perjury or a.
at tv gross fraud. An affidavit IPring 10 nave De.h
rofc IT, Su9u Teussig the -Ch OF ll25f is IN
Which lie declares oath, before notary IN New y.
CIV hat was born in Iowa and that be 5 native en-
zen Of the United states was eu'ei 20 tAe
On The lit Of October thereafter and upon TINS evidence
vhh was ocrrobIaied by The oath Of aCthef Ar
Edgar Donuely, passport Is gwen 10 Aiu In 0oHN
sion Nr Mercy soys; .,:L.L;,
DO Lot d5cova- any principle by virtue Of which tn;
Government can claim matter cf right the release o.
NJ Tcrssir He has voluntarily placed himself within
tie ct Austria and 5 suffering as appears oy
The case s YOU Vreen. H. FOR the acts he has done ~ "
lation OF those laws while he was an Austrian sa2ec.
Thouch vou are not instructed to demand As release a.
matter OF right YOU viii extend 10 lin such assistance l'
can u,orery be given shorten the period Of h' coAle
rsn aid enable him TO return IL he Is 50 dPosed' - ''
United States. I,-,i
several documents were laid the table and ordeFei
f. BE printed, when the House adjourned III A1oA1A!'
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