M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-14

| ITy " hrn proceeding lMlh~r Win pdssVOrI
from this Department. In repv, have Ia
info m ,uu lhot il, us is unters ond 10 b. the
fact. the G,yrnment at France d,es not az
know gp the ri-ht 'fnaii,es OF TINT cnun-
Irv Ia Ienuuncr their allegan e, il my law
fully claim their serv ces when Iund with
IN French juris lirtlon.
am, sir, vtr, respectfully,
Your bed ent servant.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
ToJ. NoEEs. E'q.. New Yo'k.
The lelirr from Mr. Evtr,tt was addressed
to our minister at Berlin, under date Of the
| Il4lh January, 1853, in relerence to s'vcruI
wlich hid been presented bY tn I min,
itr. The Qucsi'n raj ed,'' Mr.. Everett
writ, 8, has received th4 pariicu ar at entiou
f the Prc,denr.' The following extract,
state the dnc rim:
n. then Pmssinn 81 bjcct born and liv-
| ing under this state of law. chnnscs 10 e al,
crate TO n f. rciln country w,thuut obtaining
| the Certificate viii h alone ran dis harge
him lr, m he blsaIiun Of military scr, ice
hr taxi, 5 that step At hi, oNnr,k lie cl-cts
TO 90 abroad under tn bur len ola dur,
hi h he owes To his g vcrnmcn'. His d.
pirtur is Of the nature of an escape rom her
laws; Ond IT,, at ant sub, equpnt p'riud, he is
indi,crrel enough t. return tD his native
c, Il, try he ctnn I t,Ompltin il thns' laws
are executed t. h dsa .ntagr, His rase
res mbleS that nl Il sol lier ur slilor rn iSte,l
by cun,crpDioh or 9th compulsory prnres'
Ia the prnly ,r navy. II he ShOu d desert
tie service Of h'stuuniry and lh-Irby reud !
ilns-li Bm-nable to IN Iiar law. no nne
would expect III he could lctuin 10 his n !.
tive laI doni bill d ti,We to its laws. be'"use
IN The mt nliWe he h1u lICtnIe d
natural 2ed citizen ora foreign State.
Now, the po itons Of Webster aud Ever,
eue recognize the right of European govern
ments IL &c re our nat'ra re citizens and
mike them perform militia y duy. il they
have not sew Il the require time b fire IN
igratnI to Am ca; ard here is the differ
ence O'tw cen C s. and h' pred ccs s,ors. -
Gcn. CaSs sa,s tht i srructiuns h W been
senl TO our Minister at Ben opposing the
doClrinu VI pTp,tuIL all glance, &c. IL
lays:
The condition Of American naUr,zed
{ tzens rttu ming to ihrlr native country
whtrt the system Of cohpuls r, service trt-
rui >. aud who had Irl before ,u,h scrvi e.
has consrq enry been the subject .! discus.
sion with INK of Ihs European powe,s -
Quite le emily it h r,sen betWe cen the Uni
led SttCS and Pfussia, AMI the representa-.
tive Of iii sc unity, at The c ut OF Berlin
has brought the IN itter to he uttrntlO ul
the P,ussldn Gtvelnment In tn iusuuc'
tuns sent ~ in. NJ y IL, 1859, it was tx
pHClily sta ed tnat his Cove nment proseC
The do,trine Of perp tGol lhglance, ant
maintains III right oi cXpu;rlaltun and the
right 10 IUrm nrw political ties el-ewhere -
Upon this subj 'cl 1t Is observed, that in tins
az U the W. |, tht i lea vi CIntrull ~ the
at I'm N tie choice Ufa IT, m, uld binding
him by mere political the, ry, to inhdbl
lur Ills lifetime, cOun ~ whcn lie desires
t leave can hardly be entertained bN am
Government. TIE United StiteS therefore
III inlain' lhs prop siion that matur'l I'D
,it Gus, re urnung 10 the country "f thrl
birth are not liaJ,s 10 any n tSOr peaGt@S
ercelt sue as iCeJe IN tT.Skn-e t n; pr %,
Oj h u engrn.iJL.
! 1t Tat ne. til wete i the army. Ol
actually ca !e intu IT, sl,h en- grL III a :,
ualuru zau do not except them from the
/ legal p'uulty Whirh they iWureI br Ihti
ocs ruon. Bat tbs peuuty may he enlurc
I'd az ms, them whenever h.v sIdh vol IN
turi y place themselves withiL tie lOyul irl
/ r sdlctIun Of their native cotniry, AMI shLl
be prose did og INST ncco ding 10 Law. Is
when 10 pers nal lab ticS exist again
tn IN Ut the per od OF their cmi ration. tn
law . na;i r., in tie Opiui III OF ths Gov
ernmen, Nv no right to any cuu TRY
inler ere wi h ne natural 1rd Amer All riti
2 MS, al lne IL t'mpl tU do 81 Won b. coL
,ider'd an uct unjust in Ise /. uId unIrie adj
luwad u>. Jur.sdi tiIh con no.. OF course
arse III tue Mt ual Eel ritz who rem,in
ia the United Sturs 1t Is ON y when h
yu,un drl returns to his n.lIve count y tllO
its IIcal laws IAN b. rn ore, against hn.
] 'm, ST., yul. obeI!ent servd, /,
/ lSl,n.d. LEW Is CASS.