Nevada national., 1859-07-30
Csss-E.eefcrc E<serr.

Views Of General Csss in this l.tt.r.. aud 60
manufacture -ympsthf and strength for the
opposition. Il beeomss The nstarsl;zed citizen
to act With prudence. lest In fo,iswlng the
myth. the ssh.tsncs snsy be lost.
The Law OF nations 10 code erected by
wis' ssd good men 10 preserve the reses q
the wcsid-the tribunal 10 which N. kistc-
risn sili summons nations. aud the Usitsd
Ssates cannot ty lie csn sct abressts. alter.
or change. sry Of its principles. Otsdirrcs
tn THE V is taught 20 be The most important
duty or the statesman.
Experience points out the propricty and
Justice Of many alterations in thi. code. but
u would scarcely hs deemed consistent With
the principles Of ,h.re lses Tor nation to
lay down new theory. insist on it's fulfilmsnt
fneed lie, by force Of arms. without nrst
submitting the subject 10 = Cossress st na-
tioss. or Of least TO pacific negctistions An
instance Of this 10 to be found in the PROPOSE
tion made 10 the United Slater to abolish
privatssring. and The refusal ~ the latter to
sgree TO il; but. proposing that war should
be carried on beivesa nstionsi vssp IL.
Gen. Cas- Gays the positiou Of thr United
States ia that nsturalizrd citizens returning
10 the land Of their birth are not liable to
any duties or p-naltivs eIee Z such - were
existing at the period OF their emigration. -
fua!iy called into il, snch emigration and
naturalization does not exempt them from
the legal renalti-. Which they Incurred Ly
their drsertion.' ysitei cav. that =. d-ssrt-
ers merit severe and I'mrI.ry Tusi'LutEi,
and the sovereigs may. IL he thinks uecs.-s--
ry. annex the penalty Of death 10 d-s-rtion -
Al the present time. Ftsuee. Itaiy. and
Austria are in couie.t in which. before
long the whole Of Europe may be engaged
The principle. ~ the Law OF nations will he
enforced With rigor--sll the fac philosophy
of peace will be blown away ani every m
tion and il. citizens will be expected 10 face
the music"
Suppose cii'xss Of United States. to the
''inansr born. in the army. or actually cal.
led inio IL. duriag the Mexican war. or even
before Il, ds..rt-d and became . citizen of
Mexico. would or ought that to save him
him from the peusliy attached ~ Law tn HE
crimes Ard IL not. can the United States
insist upon Prussia or France fnlnl;ng . doc
trine che herself would r-pudiuts.
The constitution and laws of ibe Cnit-d
States have given To the nstursi'z-d citizen
specific and equal riEsn with sii o,hsrs II
has engaged .ua contracted to ,;~. him .
free voice in th, regul. tion Of its arsir.
aud representation when the voice Of The peo
pie has pronou aesd sny OF them msri,orious.
to receive 10. IL hss ensuged TO protect
lh'm on the high s~ss. II need be hy force. to
rescue them II the attempt 10 nsd- 10 arrr.i
or capture them upon neutral or foreign
soil. and is has agreed 10 place sronad thrn
for this end the military force Of the nation.
But IL csnnet, while IL claims the right TO
punish desrrtion IRON ito own army. be- .x-
pected. With any degree of Justice. to march
iis sruiss upon . foreign scil % protect the
dsseftsr. Itasrees TO proicc, ,hsm even In
this case anless they rsiuntsai,y repair TO
the country whoss militsry sods they hav.
violated.
The doctrine ofihs war Of 1912 only refer
red to the csee where the impressment sy.-
TEN took nsturalz-d from beneath the H.s
Of the country; and th. Kos,s ans,r only in
cludsd The csss Of the attempt to enfsrcr ID.
system on neutral soil. Gen. Cass snd Mr.
Buchanan have stood forward in defence I"
every conservative right OF ns,uraliz.d siti-
zens We all reeoilect with what pnm,
and circumstAncer IL vas proclaimed, IL
1858. that Gen. Cass had joir~d the Know
Nothing party, and how JOY fully the ronirs
dietiou Of this hy Senator Gwin was hsilst
BY the democratic party.
When John Minor Botts. and those OF the.
'ik. have washed their moutht FROM the doc
trins Of prescription they advocated. 'cloihe.
themselves in ssckcloih and ashes and wor.
mourning for tqirty dsys.' ve nsy b~giu u
believe in the sincerity of their desire for th-
protection Of nsiursliz-d citizen. But Unit
then the nsiursliz-d citizen may. With fu,.
faith and credit. rrpose upon that old demo
cratic party that did not desert him in H.
day Of trial.
IL might be proper for she United St t.,
10 submit. in . frirndly rpirit. to other NJ
tions that uatuvaized cit zen Of the Uniird
Ssatrs owes military allegiance to DO Other
power. and let them prevent the escape o.
deserters 10 they ean-,he United Stst-s
ssrssins e abide By the priseiple. Blu, un
sil 10 il mutually ssresd on. Il spp.ars to
me. especisily With rsf-rencd tn the prs.eut
sspte' Of Europe. that Gen. Case letter 10
justified " rrecsdsut the lev Of ns.ioss.
and wise and prudent warning 70 The d.
'er'er from military servies, hint il nigh,
be we'll ftr him 10 take. DxlrA.
Orleans Flat, July 24sh. 1859.