Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-07


TIE BaasT spraks Ct Nj FnIEozE, Mr Eve
srrr. and ar WzBsrzR So Asviag joresdF For
sn Geye7nments 70 askzoVleaee tie rights Of
american citizens, in cases similar ID the supposed
case put to Gen. C4ss The Raassr il not correctly
informed Neither Of the gentlemen ever forced Or.
to the hest Of knowledge, ever csEsd decision
adverse to tho oiain spoken Of By Gen. Cas-.
Although Consul under Mr. FItIxoRr asked FOR
a nsturaI1ed citizen exemption from he French
military Jaw, We have no cvidence that he acted
under Instructions from the Administration. On
the cher haad, shave tae authority Of Mr. WISE
secretary Of the Legation 10 Berlin under the Admin
It ration Of Mr.. FtlLMoks, that Mr.. BAESASD,
v Meter under that Adninistratloa 70 Prussia, re
fused interfere sor the protection % naturalizsd
cit Esn Of IA United S ates doing forced military
service 10 tae Pfuss 81 army Neither MI. WEB
STR nor Mr. FllLxoEs. SO far as We cen find, ever
,ald or wrote ard on the sahjeo.; and to talk
sha. they ..Jors.d" foreign eOvsrnnsnfs to do Is
all bosb.
Iftse sympathy foEthe PooFfoTsignsr, NV profess
ed blythe Kaou No hi8gs ~ers real, veshOuldrejOiee
20 chronicle Ii. Bat We ctnnOt 80 soon forget that
when nssurslizea cit zsns we're shOt dosn BY Know
Nclhiae bugies In Bsltimore. New Orleans and
wsssiassou, their plPers hsd nOfynpaiby for the
ufsrsgss We 40 nst Tsooilset WoFd Of reprOha-
ton in oBe &C them Of that .'iniease Ansriesn
fsciipsp Which, n Louisville, not eonlsat Sisb
kiis neB frfis crime Of ts.ng foreigners, burL'
zo7aea and ei.sldssn for the E2Tas OsiEse. All We
have NJ c5tf IeBoe whetsysr ia hat mock symPs-
tay fer q pesss6. eass Of hardship under the mum
cipsl law CT foreign 6tsis coniog as such sJmpa-
thy dsos ffom those who ksye iste1 on sah 10 deny
hese same natural ed citizens the rights Of eitiEent
hs,s; sworn 70 prescribe them from ofios; e
prOsOribe thtm for their religion willing even t.
pyoscrlhs them Cor tle religion Of taer rsss; aus
ybo, if us sbls TO obtain an abrogstiou Of all tbs
naturalization laws, l4bOred tc effect their exteusol
. a period Of twenty Oae yeaEs In religion, tina
uiaa would be set down as az agEEnt hypOcrite whe
while 1t king up collection" to send.blsnkets ant
warlning pans to the negroes of the coast Of Africa
could kick s,srviDg and freezing white wO@sl
fccrn bic own door IA politics, the case of thos
Who have sworn 10 proscrihe The foreigner, VIII
baFe tradneea him, refused him an ssylum here
aud even, il the extreme Of taeir hate, butchere,
his wife and children and nads funeral pile Of b
Iseiline-- he case Of the men who have done 81
his, aui jet are protesting great fear lest tn
poor foreigners may DO badly treated Vhe1 they 6
baek 10 their native country, IS an extreme OF in
iaoerity which finds no parallel In facts and sur
passes all .ticn. Tosuppcse The .naturalized citi
ze1s capable Of being deceived BY snch clamOr is I
suppose them mere ignorant and degraded than eve
KnoW Nothingisn has Unsigned them. So far a
this city is concerned We know that the effort I
deceive the natutslised citizens on this question
/ received with contempt.