Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-30
NaturaliZed Citizens Placed on . Pal
with Runaway Slaves.

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A Nut FOR Mr.. Boris TO CRAcK.-"If a
male slave Of Virginia were to escape from his
owner, proceed to Prussia, there become q
subject of the Crown, and subsequently re-
turn to Virginia, is it likely that he would be
restored to Prussia upon the demand that he
is Prussian subject? The notion is too alb
surd to be entertained by rational being
Old Virginia would surrender her existence
before she would surrender him. The cases
are identical. So long as the slave remained
out of the confines of the United States, so
long would his master be without a remedy
for his wrong, and so long as the Prussian,
who owes military service, remains in the Uni
ted States, or without the confines of Prussia
and the Germanic Confederation, so long is he
secure from the exactions of the sovereign in
whose realms he was born."- Washington
States, " ..
The Albany Journal remarks on the above
eve do not know how our naturalized fellow
citizens will relish this comparison. Itstrikes
US as neither complimentary nor just. For,
however meanly this organ of Democracy may
think of them, they neither occupied the chat
tel attitude of southern slave cat home, "
nor stand IN that relation to the Government
of their native countries now
1t is admitted, we suppose, that ifa fugitive
-lave, naturalized in Prussia, should return to
Virginia, he would be liable to arrest. But
the negroes have no rights which white men
are bound to respect" Are we to infer that
Gen. Cass and the Democracy hold the rights
of naturalized citizens as equally unimpor
tant? They have not been so taught. Or
the contrary, when their votes are required
(and without their votes Democracy would b'
weak indeed) they are always told that nj
class Of men have rights more sacredly re
garded or more sure to be defended by thu
Government.
Now, however, since General Cass, Presi
dent Buchanan, and other leaders of the De
mocracy have got their feet in the grating '
on this question, these naturalized citizens art
gravely told, that as runaway ''niggers" can
not free themselves from the plantation lash
by becoming naturalized citizens of foreign
Governments, naturalized emigrants from
Prussia must not expect protection from com
pulSory enlistment should Prussi, get hold o.
them
While slave laws were confined to slaves
the mass of our adopted citizens have SCENE,
to take very little interest in them. Perhaps
now that these laws. and the principles upol
which they are based, are to be extended t
themselves, they may deem them worthy Q
a little more attention. If, because natur
alized ''nigger" may be lawfully caught an,
Gagged if found in Virginia, a naturalized Prus
sian may, if caught in Berlin, be pressed int
the Prussian service, the fact itself should no
only be clearly understood, but the reason f.
it also.
Slavery has gone great way in forcin
combinations of the Constitution and tn
laws, but this is the first time that, to rende
possible the reclamation of few runawa
slaves, such construction is to be given t
the law of nations as may result in seriousl
impairing the rights of millions of white men.