Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-07-09
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s. The pdsi6de Esunsds - Gen. Cas- VIM We
think, BE- found the true one. The opposition yin
Of course clamor; that is their vocation. II Gen.
Casss had taken the opposite ground they would
have clamored At that and would have protested
great alarm at the prospect Of war between the
United States and the beigerant nations Of Europe
Is it not strange that John N. Bolts John W. Syme,
and other Know Nothings should have become al
At once the peculiar champions Of foreigners and
naturalzed citizens?
The Tribune says:
"The opposition presses are striving to make no
tical capital out Of the letters Of Gen. Cass relative
to the jurisdiction Of France and other European
powers over naturaized citizens who return to their
native country, and render themselves amcnable to
its laws.
If We assert that our naturalizcd citizens have
right to claim protection from the United States
government when they voluntarily place themselves
IN position to become amenablc to the laws Of
France, Austria, &c, it is tatamount to declaration
that those powers have no right to any system Of
jurisprudence Of their own, that comes in conflict
with the pleasure and whms Of the expatriated In
fact, that when a man becomes a citizen Of this
Republic, he has right to 60 where he pleascs and
do as he pleases everywhere.
1t is attempted to sustain the charge that this
procedure, that is, failure to sustain and defend
them makes the right of the naturalixcd and native
citizens unequal. They arc equal wherever the
jurisdiction Of the United States extends but be.
yond that it is impossible that they should be, be-
cause We cannot legslate for the antccc,icnts Of
man born and partly raised in Germany. or clsc-
where abroad. "A citizen Of Poland, under the Ian
ov H. Al 4 ~
may become a citizen Of the United States, but Il
he wilfally puts himself under the jurisdiction oil
those authorities, he has claim upon to protect
him against the government which lawfully places
him in the attitude Of a rebel Common sense will
not surely admit the absurdity that his oath oi
allegiance here abroga,es the guilt Of treason there
1t is not for US to say what is treason in Grra,
Britain. France or elsewhere; it is enough for u.
to attend to our own business in this matter We
have not the power and will never have tic right
to dictate to other nations to their internal laws
and municipal regulations
We who have set up quasi jurisdiction over al
America, and assert that foreign nations shall moi
acquire territory therein. though it is not pro
perty, or under our jurisdiction, afford to lei
the other great nations Of the earth make their owr
laws in regard to their own subjects and admt tina
each one Of them knows better than Others what i
best for their own security and the pcrmancncc o
their government.
Dothosc who entertain this view Of hcsuhcct SC,
the evils to which eshould he objected were We
sert the doctrine and carry it out in practice that al
naturalized citizens should receive our protection
under all circumstances? Any individual Of thi
class would involve this great country in the horri
bic embodiment Of Europe by putting himself II
the trap and making an cutlery. Spectators an,
war hawks and fillibustcrs and robbers would the,
hold the destiny Of empire, and control the fate
our beloved land. Enough could he found to act i,
this drama, and at very little cost, to change n
honorable neutrality and peaceful prosperity. int
hostile demonstrations Of blood and carnage TO tn
inter,ninable hatred Of many Of the most powerful
nations of the earth.
We shall do other nations wrong by ASSERTING
and maintaining our own rights. neither do the
wrong us by asserting and maintaining theirs"