The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-07-13

HSuSuENtEZeSs NlAlZeHSs
On the outside of te-days' paper will
be found All article from the Indiana State
Sentinel, the leading Democratic journal Of that
State, and as able State paper as there is on
our exchange list 1t will be seen that Mr.
Marcy, whose diplomatic knowledge was not
excclled by that Of any man who has ever
brcathed the air of this Republic, lays down
substantially the same principles that Gen. Cass
does. Tho authority of such men as Marcy,
Cass, Buchanan and Gushing is a little safer to
follow than that Of partisans who are often in
aucnced by their immediate surroundings and
their fancied necessities. - .
Below will be found the opinions Of three
able Republican journals-we give place to
these, not that we regard them with intense
respect, but We are DESTROYS Of showing our Re-
publicaa neighbors and friends hcrcabouts that
their State Convention has slightly missed the
mark in dumping SO high" to crush the impreg-
nablc position of Gen. Cass. The N. Y. 7ri-
hume in an elaborate article on the CAss letter
to HoFER (Which it npprovcs) says:
On the other hand, our Government has con-
coded that naturalizcd citizens returning to their
native country, thereby subject themselves to
the fuliillment of any obligations Of military
service, which existed against them at the be-
Rod of their emigration. Mr.. Cass, however,
in his latest announcement OH this subject
makes the distinction that, though if actually
in the army or drawn for service at the period
of emigration, the obligation to serve still re.
mains good against them they are not, after
their return, liable - any new enrolment, but
are entitled to plead against it their acquired
American citizenship. n.
The Evansville journal says upoa - kaAcsa
tion -. :
To our simple common sense view Of the
subject, the question Is very plain one, that
can't be mystifed and perverted so as to mislcad
any great body of sensible men. Our adopted
citizens come here under obligations to their
native country, from which they Cannot be re-
lieved by any construction of International law,
if they ever return within the Jurisdiction Of
their native proviaces.
II is natural that the rights and duties of the
citizen and the government should be rccipro-
cal If the citizen receives protection and edu.
cation in youth, his country has right to pre-
scribe what return he shall make for it. No
other power has q right to demand an abro.
CATION Of these acquisitions within her jurisditH
ton.
~ cOiOtCc tAc cATeU1e uOCtt1nC commended
for by the opponents of General Cass, would
practically put it in the power OF every natur-
allied citzcltto involve the United States in war
with his native country. Ho has but to come
here and become naturalized, and 20 back to his
native land, and call upon the United States to
shield him from all the obligations of his native
citizenship. and this country would be bound to
| fight for him.
Mr.. Cramcr, the able Editor of the Milwau.
kec Wisconsin. in a recent letter to his paper
from New York, says:
The Republicans seem delighted with this
letter, a. they believe it will throw the whole
foreign vote into the political scale, and turn a
large balance in their favor. But when Cass
comes TO enlarge upon this subject, with his ex.
plantations and public documents, it will be found
that the principle, which he briefly touched
upon, is sound, and the only one that can be
sustained by the American government, and
will be acceptable to all reasonable adopted
citizens. Milwaukee goes in for the largest
liberties to white folks; but OR country must
respect the rights OF others, if she expects her
owR to be respected.
The leopard cannot change his spots, nor the
African the color Of his skin, nor foreigner his
nationality. The Almighty implanted the
love OF mother country in the human breast
almost as strongly as the maternal love for an
Offspring. 1t is true, circumstances NAV some
what change and weaken the passion, but the
''old Adam will rise up when the airs of his
| native land strike his car and touch his hea,t.-
II is natural-t is holy, and l honor the man
who rcvercs the houle OF his birth. Then why
will man undertake to change what God has
fixed and consecrated Ii a foreigner does
mt like the government of his country, let him
| revolutionize it, AZ we did the government I'm.
der George Ill. X ln is in the minority, and
cannot succeed, and prefers our country to his
OF our institntions--we will receive him with
open arms, and protect him as brother SO long
as he remains good citizen with us. But if
Inc returns to create mischief in the country
which he left for bis own and his country i good
yet TIE shield of American protection be with.
drawn, and he be left to suffer accoriin. to the
laws of his native land To be an American
citizen is the highest position a man eau occupy
under the sun. To attain it cost our fathers
treasures and blood. Their sons have held cit
izenship too cheap, and the discussion which
will spring out Of the subject no doubt will lead
us 10 appreciate more fully and prize more dear
~ the boon bequeated to US by our revolution
airy sircs.
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independence Day.
Ne do not remember time wlic, the Fourth has
been 80 generally observed in 1862 Every village
We can hear from had its procession Its orator. its