Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-07-28
Coy. Wise on NaturaIization.,

uerf. Coy. Wise on NaturaIixation. lru
b Coy. Wise has written letter on the
, rights Of naturalizcl citizens. He sayS:.
Il The United States first established the
fright OF erpoty;ot;on and the solemn lcese-
emony of noturqtizaffn'e. Investing foreign
ers with citizenship binding them to oHeg-
ionte. and eonirasting to give them pro-
lection whenever by oath and residence
they should become as native born. The
old despotisn held TO the maxim, "Oncc
a citizen, always a citizen The new
repRblic set mp new refuge OF liberty. and
asserted that birth and nativity should not
limit the sigl,ts OF man. They establish
ell NATURALIZATION for those who chose to
,expafrate themselves; for this we declared
the last war with Great Britain. She
cls iiaed the right to seize her native cit
izrns on, board our ships. Tbiswe fought
to resist We said that when her natives
were once natura.ized here they become rs
al they were native born. That is in fact
the meaning Of naturalization. a Well. as
we cvnld not permit England TO seize our
own native-born, so we would not permit
her In seize the Natnralized citizens of
America, for the reason that naturalization
puts them on the same footing of native
born. "a s.... frt -+....
Again: Mr.. Cass may say that he lin
its the case 10 those who voluntarily 90 TO
France and arc natives of that country. -
But he admits (thosc within the iurisdic-
tion) The claims to military service. is..d
T. Now military service is political duty
belonging wherever allegiance is due; and,
inasmueh as we swear by an oath. the ma
tive Of France naiuralizcd here to renoun e
allegiance To that country anil to every
prince and potcntate Of earth, the citizens
OF France naturaiized here owes allegiance
by our laws to the United States, and has
renounced allegiance to France. = She
onghtnot to claim allegiance to our citi-
zcns against our laws. t., -rfi.sar II.
,as-Again: the naturalized citizen not only
rcnaunces allegiance by our laws to his
native cenntry, but by the same law we
adopt him as one of our citizens, to all
mtcnts AMI purposes. and We contract to
give him protection as we give it to our
natlve-born. Naturalization is thus "a
contract between subject and sovereign,
allegiance is the consideration on the one
hand, anil protection is the consideration
on the other. The subject swcars allcyi.
ance to the United States, and the United
States promises protection TO him. Irne,
the laws OF every country must prevail in
its own jurisdiction: Int this is the law as
to municipal anil criminal and commercial
relations. not as to political. A native,
or a naturalizcd citizen of the United
States made the same by their laws, may
be IN France. and must observe the laws
thcre-must pay, for example; customs
and duties Representatives for crime there.
But neither the one no more that the 9th
er is bound to do military duty there, be-
cause itsa political duty which relates to
allegiance. ansln to residence or soiourn-
ment in transition. In a word, the natur-
allied may be compelled to d. AMI OBJ
serve whatever the native citizcn NAV be-
compelled to do and observe in France.
but no more, and so the Unitel States
have contracted with him. And political
must be distinguished from other duties as
TO eitIicr class OF citizens. loisi asileI
Tho Old World has never recognized
these American doctrines, bnt they are the
true Ameican doctrines. anil the United
States Is bound to afforl protectio ION i'm the
case supposed by SIr Cass. lie is but
following Mr. Everett, and AR. Everett
followed the European code. That code
Is dramatically opposed to ours, and Il
think. both Mr.. Cass and Mr. Everett /
wrong. They have the European code, {.
and l have the United States laws for my |
authority. Iwould protect our natural /
lied citizens against military service of |
other powers to the nttermost ends. Of th /. !
earth.l sli ,s< Truly yours. T .nstn1 =, !
HENRY A. WISE. /