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Jcnersom's opinion.


Thomas Jeffersep, TO John lay dated. r iris \
yember IA, Theletter 8 Iauna in Jeiier.
sons works, vi . pp 81 1T yTe taks the
italics from the book
with respcctto the consular appointments,
|ft is q duty on me to add soms o1servasinns,
|whichmy situation here has enabled me to
make. think It was in the spring Of 17S4 tllat
Congress tharassed by multiplied applications
from foreigners, of whom nothing was know.
button their own information,or Oh that Of Others
as unknown as themselves CINE 70 resolliii n
that the interest Of America would mt permif
|l9e naming any person not d citizento the Of
bee ofconsul, vice-consei, agent Of comniissa-
Try. This was Intended as q general answerto
that swarm Of foreign pretenders. II appears
TO me that it Wi be best, still to preserve part
/ of this regulation. Natlue cit zens on several
valuable accounts, are preferable to aliens, and
toctzens aen-born. They possess our language.
know our laws, customs, and commerce; shave..
generally, acquaintance in the United Suites;
4give better satisfaction; and are more II BIZ re-
lliedon, in point offdelitv Their disadsanta4ss
are, an imperfect acquaintance with the Ian
lguage IF This country, AID an ignorance of the.
orgaAiz<<lon Of it, judicial and exet utve powers,
apd consequen awkwardness, whenever appf-.
cation to either Of these is necessary, as it sfres
lquent yis BIZ ithapp ms, that in some ofthe
principle e1porl France, there is not single
Amesican as il Mafsei1es, L'Orienta and Ha-
4vre jim others but olls las in Nantes and Rouen),
and in Bordeaux only, are there two or three
Fortunately for the Present moment, most of
these are worthy of appointments. But we
should look forward to future times, when there
may happen to be no native citizens in = port,
but such as, being bankrupt have taken asylum
in France from their creditors,or young ephem-
eral advanturers in commerce, without sub
stance or conduct, or other descriptions which
might disgrace the consular Office, without pro-
tecing our commerce. To avail ourselves of
our good nat,Ue cifiSetfs, when we have one in a
port, and when there are IpEe, to have yet some
personto attend 70 our afIaiFs, it appears TO me
advisable todeclare, bya standing law, that ne
person bnta nafira citizen shall be capable of
the Office Of consul and Tint the consuls presence
inhs port should suspend. for the time, the tuac-
tions ofthe yce-consul This IS the rule Of IL
"a, restrained to the Office of consul, ard I'd ma
tire citizens. The establish ng this, by stand
ing law will guard against the effectof particu-
I lar applications, and will shut The door against
such applications, which will otherwise be nu-
merous. This done, the office of Vice Con-
: sui may be given to the best subj ect the port
i whether citzen or alien. and that of consul be
It kept open for any native citizen of superior
qualifications, who might come afterwards to es
!, tablsh himss IF in the port. The functions o
: Athe Vice-consnl would become dormant during
!. the presence of his principal, come into actiyit,
: a4aincn his departure, and thus spare us an
h item the painfulsope ration of revoking and re
Z viving their commission perpetually. i'd Z
this, that during the presence of the censG III,
IS be valuable counsellor to his principal, new i
: the office, the language, laws and Customs of th
country. Every consul and sTicesconsul sheul
; be restria in his Jurisdictions the Port afo
/ which he is named; and tie territory nearer
that than to any other consular or vice consula
port and no idea be permitted to arise that th
grade of consul gives right to any authorit
whatever ever vice consulor draws on any dc
pendence.
. Pretermit.
i The administration presses nlakea great nois
:, over the apretermitting clause in the America
!. platform. Has there ever been platform Of an
) national party which did not pretefldit an e
preston Of opinion upon the power Of Congre
y to establish or prohibit slavery in any Territory
% Hasahy Wing or Democratic platform DEM
rs that power, or admitted its If not, they prete
as nit an expression of opinion on the snbjec
Our platform goes 50 far at least as to say .th
es Congress ought not to legislate upon the subje
q. of slavery within the Territories, Such tn
- is the doctrine of the great national Americ
party. Or the other hand, the aUnion,' the i
s. honaIs organ Of the administration. declares I'll
Y national party must ignore the slavery qu'
) ton altogether This indicates the line Of poll
%, which will probably be pursued BY those who {
rogate to themselves the name OF the Democrat
- = party.
rsl Douglass Jarrold ON the Arnericn
tad Party. ~
Inzthe columns of fsLleyd's Weekly Reviq
= edited 81 Douglass Jefreld; ;@one of the. abl
!, writer's Of the age, We find the following inc
MA nj esting article. = -
at Hitherto America has been refuge for
to outcasts Of all Nations the home OF all u
Al fed from debt, from tyranny from starvation,f
for justice. Il has received all--rejected none
FOR This.was grand experiment but It has o
ity partially succeeded.
h0 Some Of the ,mmig rallls especially the
tbc ish, brought mische N viih them evil passi
ana Bad habits; and as all were admitted
power 3 vote at eleetioI public men haf
Il stoop to Their baseness 10 get support and he
tian lower style Of public morals became the mi
the large towns. The Know Nothings. who q
mise the most intel ellectual and prosps rous /
lot the American Democracy say this q
aare s bo stayed Their cry Is America for tie
par Imericai,s And surely this cry i IS reass
g of bic as AItaIy for the Italians, Of E Hungary
4 as the Hnnrarians. The new party is 4 pro