Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-07-28
THE REPUBETGAN..
The Naturalization Question.

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lzca Citizens, "'whieR we coryn below ifol
the purpose nT 81 letting our 'a aaippted fellow
citizens see the positions Of that paper anf
itsipartt ON this question. sd1yc ask then
.toigive itaa careful perusah and ithen read
the letter 81 Gov, Wise, Which follows az
ter, opd the same question: ,Goy., Wis
DISCUSSES the question like a statesmap pos
sessing too much spirit and patioaah prid'
toyieM to'tlic arrogant and degrading de
'inanis Of European desPots,- contrasting
I, ,in, q. striking. mapner1 with the cowarlicl
and trucking exhibited by Granny, Cas-.
anil the iDemocrm Here what oou
neighbOrssid, With a few comments Of on
Own enclosed i'm brackets:rm. ,dT -
lsi.srhs RspaU;oas of 4 ast week Publishes
a long article sfromI the Indiana oJourna
aoeat Gen. CAss' : letter I'm relation to pro
-teetpg naturalizeI citizens. 1t is ,lisgust
ing to scetlte mranness Some of tle,repnb
lican prints exlsibstsnrelatIeR to this ques
ton. The facts are, that a Frenchmar
left Fnihces camo, tor { tbis country, got nat
luralizefly anil rctarResgi !1he, FpncI Gov
ernmcnt drafted him into the army, and he
apTJiesfoi oaH1 go We eminent to- release hin,
or fight for him, and bccausou tSen.7 & ASS
Ii,i reply refuses to do either, IstirIl a pin
here, reader. and remember the admission
.----liEP'S.. ON ihe igroupds ofrsexissing' lila
l,1lr IL
.torial icourtesyl as, usual, ana ask rs to
show tlic. distinction bet wcen nat lrralize,l
and native citizen, or what ,sexi,tiug liza
6ilities5 mcanIorsl ni II m,Ins,ildaqsd
ne .iEbis whole thing is in a nutshell and
onlv,ilse ignorance or knavc,y fI,ow cour-
ptcadsl ofinen Who write as tile .Ioafnal
artivlelisrwritfen ean excuse any man for
I lrepadiaiion ofithcl position of, Cen CAss
Attorney General Bhcls rppu.liates it, anil
Gen. Cass himself has been forced bv the
almost universal qp,blicrcomlcn,natioa to
back down a peg or two. Il 1t is so absurd
ami dI<yrarciul'to MS a nationn that 1far-
pcr's Uestiy for three consccntire weeks
contained imaginable acatreatnres Of il,
which it would not have done had Il, not
known the ,unixcrsal centem pt il excitcdl I
Every boiy knows, aor Ought ito know,
that France and every ut her county of Eu-
rope, all births are registered, and the off
GERS OF government know the existence of
every person in it by the registers of births.
deaths, Immigration. &c.---in many of
them every male is bound to do military
duty, anil liable to be drafted for service.
When a foreigner person or individual, il
iintenelrd TO say. we suppose. wishes to
leave his country. it is his dutv 10 get a
passport II ie wishes to travel, one is
issued accordingly, III he wishes to emf.
CRATE, one issnes for that In tile latter
e,se his name is erased OF checked on the
register, anil he is notj.liable to do mill
tary duty, but is looked on as ciyilly dead
in his own country. If he leaves without
doing tis, or gets any other passport, his
name remains rs though I've WAS still at
home anti aiciiizen. aud ialhe to- all that
any other resi,lcn. is. anil when other drafts
are nla,le lie stands as thongh at home
This is tho 'exisiing liability referred to
by Cen CAss."lai .a.ts =. .fo~7 - .a
ae Now. admit llthis for sake of the
argument, what does it amount to-
We know that European Kings and Des-
pots have set mp some very absnrl claims
in this particular res pect, which all but oil
Feleralists in this country have hitherto
refused to recognize. Oar government, on
the other hand. claims the right to natural
ize foreigners who cmigratc to our country,
without enquiring whether they complied
with the emigration laws of their native
country before leaving. not regarding that
as necessary at all, according to our doc
trinc of the right of an individual to expa-
triate himself, and in consideration of their
swearing allegiance to the United States
promise them protection. and place them
on an equality, with single exception, of
native citizens. Who shall yield? MIR.
tass and the Democrot say we must. We
say they must. because our position is
Just and right and theirs is nntenabIe. We
deny that the original right of expatriation
depends upon the consent of the natural
sovereign. hence we cannot Admit that our
nafuralized citizens can be Justly held to
perform military duty to their native coun-
try in ease they should voluntarily return
either on business or for pleasure. They
may be arrested for a debt previously con-
tracted or crime committed, but the .ex-
lst'ny liabilities, to perform military du-
~ Is another thing---it is political obi
CATION whiclino government bnt the one to
which they have sworn allegiance has any
right to exact. This is the American doc.
trine. Cass and tho D<p,oora take the
Ewopean code for their guide. s>No@
: "Our Fwnehman" the Demo-raf rocs On
to say, "ba,l never taken an 'cmivrant.s
passport, butremained citizen of France
His taking the bath Of naturalization here
could not absolrc him from his liability.
because he hsd not complied withtl laws
which Ibis government recognizes, and Is
bound to recognize. fThis statement
shows that our neighbors even 60 farther
than the Know Nothings did in their hos :
tilify to naturslized citizens But il Is not
true that our government cver, until re- Z