The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-27

psep almost without money and without price and free
Lrom AL litigation and strfe about boundaries titles
sre We SAID 70 the Oppressed and poor OF all nations
sHo come and settle down TO rest-here Is vine
"a hers = ZIG uee !" immigration thus called and
tne nations began to CONS ard they have not ceased TO
come. And the constitution o. land Was the hrs
IN conjunction ~tn this ordira nce 10 provide that Con-
grese sh.A have p wer TO esabush uniform Iuls OF
srairit the maxim Of tyrsnts-"Onoe q citizen always
cNiEtp The land laws bade the people come and TINS
ooumsne.d hat thAy 81 oali be naturssed-thA they
should have the right OF expAtri.on-hA. they shonld
not always be saves-tha they thould have legal way
10 be Tree and thai I'm h.r they should AMI the
projections Of American laws The naturalization ACT Q,
1S02 passed. and In yssrs the
Desie under the claim to i'm press Ensish sssmen In
service, by force OF the maxim-"Onoe citizen Always
rights Of commerce al ~ last after hard struggle the
second with Great Britain WAS declared for fres
trade and sailors rghts This meant nothing else and
than that the United States would protect
their people born wherever they might have been
born at home and abroad, the and the land
ahat they shou have right Of expatiAop and the
right Of American naturalization 1t 10 enough to say
the last discussions bstween the two
ofGIeat Britain and the United States pat that
forever The right OF search has vanished ana ia
renourced the right Of natui Aviation is recognized by
the most Po.ssu q Christian nations in ,very
Tor Great Britain web for tine United States that
the latter have maintained the glorious privilege OF nde
pnnderce In protect immis ration every way TO tnese
sacred shores i cite the instance upon newspaper
authority OF the highest respeStAby that in the last
ak years Irish immigrants here have sen. back 10 their
poor distressed End des tuts kindred in unhappy Ire
land the sum OF four and half millions OF pounds sterling
OF relief How glorious in every Christian sense Is this
return Of good to the Old World FOR he past evil to the
N,wl
But though the question has ceased forever az between
Great Britain and United States yet the issue OF pro
lection TO people arises various forms throughout the
gobe, linn graiion u from Germany Is opposed in
every FORM Cases are araing In Prussia for example,
which may call to look further behind the status
Of Stizenshi than we we're compelled to do in tbs cass
OF Kozss To the oatusts who object to- the pro scion
afforded to him, can put puzzle which hope may
have to solved ome Of these days Oar policy
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people; and institutions, contend which embrace,
and ought to embrace, world ss well as continent
Prussia throws every obstacle in the way Of her citizens
ninigrstpg to the United States. AS yet her po
Ice confines ts oppression TO her limits Notwith-
standing the vigilance of her authorities, thousands O.
Ter subjects in the emgant ships and land here
safely 10 enjoy freedom. As long she confines her
opposition 70 her own limits we cannot BY tae iaSs OF
grafton TO But suppose she should go farther and
Sand ed force to there the highway Of
lions 10 arrest and search emsrant ships and to sszs
and send back TO military srvce her subjects who had
already retired from her jurisdiction The vail OF those
longing for liberty comes TO us nournfuy across the
ocean: ave would emigrate-ws, too, would be natu-
1Alized-ws would that thy country we're country,
and thy God God! but seized the high soas
and sent back 10 native bonds &C. because simply
we were born slaves
The tyrsnt ssys:-orce q citizen always ctzsn' and
We shs never onSngs lot-the burden shall always
be upon psl" Suppose say that this wall should not
only come across the ocean bat even hard BY
American man OF the high seas; that OF
our frigstes should witness seizure and search Of
emsrant ship nder flag except that OF Prussia III
sA~' AsooA We oASePssaV VI ssno oeso'
ALLOW the and the search aad the
arrest Of emigration to America out of the jurisdiction
OF Prussia or other power esrhf No By the Ia
o. christianity, sno America has the right among
nations to have the escaped oppressed to come
the high seas and on:e there, the emigr.nt shall
be safe-safe by the duty ourselves we'll the
rest OF mankind to give as much as We can OF ou' free
heritage OF Gods earth to many Of his children Of
man a. win CINE by our invitation 20 our homes ard our
affairs Where is the nsrshsm or the Rousseau of our
navy who would not interpose and take the RESPONSE
billy OF gett ps msdals courts martial for his pro tee
ton of Americas rights? Aud yet here is where
there is no nchose right OF citizenshp The ruth
that national rights multiply with national re,
spoDsibilities that magnify in Importance In du
ties and oblgati ms, grow too in all the and
necessities Of to discharge duties ard obugA
ons The rights reciprocal with the responsibility
have discussed the subject of protection TO
that it has . practical and meaning to
people. The extent OF protection which gentlemen
seek comes far short, mean to say, Of what are
bound to extend to ourselves The pillar Of clou BY
day, and of Are by right did not wildly proclaim
history declare the Christian Deity to Us The Revo
luton shout all its phAsss anececentsits Con-
sress Of l77o its Committees OF Safety its State LegsA
and resolves, it's people and their meetings. its
mics and Washington it State papers and dipo
matte oorrespondsnce, its avslss OF confederation, its
what followed Its fruits Of land avs-oi const ution
of wAshlpgton's policy OF peacs-of federal ja-
of Indian warsof the voodmsns log wood axe and OF
the pioneers rihe-of common school-of pulpits and
-of printing presses-of laws and learnins-tf aud.
don growth and expansion-of public domain from
Atlantic to Pacific seas-ot proves In wh-ot
unparalleled conqusstof sudden acquisition Of gold
OF wealth In produ cton of human clothing and foodo
Slips OF commerce and all this BY reliance upon civil
and moral power slone and not upon standing armies
mkn-it comes alone from God sndthe Saviour OF man
kind people ought to be were obliged 10 b.
Christian people order to mastAin II cir liberties,
sheiE franchises, their rights and their strength, We
ought TO Be Christ an ia our faitb hopes and 10
our practice This s all need to do-to keep in
remembrance divine oris aud divine end. God
i our strength and he alone is wise enough strong
uuh in AZ "a
Is already The Christian law IA the purest republican
law and departure from wsskness to us espe
ciAy, ration The stern, unberding Christian viz
tues best become people in our national as well
In individual relations to God and man We must
Humility and peace are our policy and strength. Tne
patriots will guard from the accused thirst for
gold from the Avsrice Of commerce. from the msteTism
and rapid rush OF the progress Of the age The schools
viii tepch and the usis viii preAch Testament tenets
an updefled moral philosophy which came out OF NaLa.
reth. Civil engineering ana mathematics, and che1iis
try, DssessAry to develop the giant physical proper
tons OF this promised land OF must not be alo we'd
to make new godSand nston.l idols for our worship
and not entitled to be proscR In The privileges
Gods foctsoo Of earth We not have the rights of
oonstience-tbe right OF worshpptg God-the right OF
footstool eIcep, In the l,ud we call our souutry,
In tia spot We call cur home And, X we
nay we not treat hsnthens pupils Of nation.
al laws aud II We may persuade them TO bs Chris
tians may We not much more sobey 90 70 the Powers
which profess be civilized and confess Christ ~ ask
them follow his divine example, Surely govern
ment wll need csnstrsint from public sentiment to
compel 10 administer the very sirit OF our civil ns
tutions that spirit in which they must live and moye
and have thsir being "
have, gentlemen, hastily written this reply TO yo1r
lnvitson, and goes TO You without being Transcribed
or properly corrected It ID bu, brief OF my vi,ws
ard bat impulse Of my feelings the topics touched
beg you you think Il wor by OF publication at all, to
that it printed correctly, andsto accep: It as the
last responte which my engagements will permit me TO
maize to your hind and complimentary invitation. an
heartily with you In your plan OF American protection
and, very truly your fellow citizen, HENRY a. WISE
Letters were also read from Hons D. D. Barnard and
Robert c. winthrop, Rev. DR.. Durbin and others
Professor CRoeBY then read the following resoutions
Resolved, That In the Judgment OF this meeting,
ahe duty Of the government of these United States to pro
tsct fellow citizens residing travelling in foreign
ands In their rights Of conscience and religious worship,
nall riahta narson and OF propertI ADD