Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-06-30

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sian or Austrian common soldier Except
imprisonment for three years, regular
soldiers life is probably the worst possible
way in which SO much time could be usc,l.
To this fate the position of the Democratic
party dooms every foreign citizen who re-
turns to his native country, for.every such
citizen is liable to be taken as a soldier.-
The Democratic party says it is the duty
OF our Government not TO interfere, and
the unfortunate citizen must take his fate
without hope Of relief from the country to
which he has sworn his devotion, and from
which alone he has the right of protec-
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This doctrine we have combatted when
ever it has been presented. We hold that
no distinction 6ctreen citizens is riqhf.-
The law and the Government should regard
all alike. If a man is natnralized he is a
citizen. If he was born here he is cit
izen- By whatever process, birth or nat
uralization, the level is reached, it is a
level. on which all men stand equal. This
is the purpose Of the constitution in per-
mitting naturalization. 1t is the spirit of
all our institutions, except slavery. 1t is
the impulse of our wonderful progress
.No distinction among citizens What
one IS entitled to in virtue of citizenship,
anywhere on earth, the other is equally
entitled to. We can't adopt any other
principle without shattering the very foun-
dation stone Of our Government. The
practical results may never be serious, but
the flaw will be there nevertheless. five
treat one class of citizens differently, from
another, at home. the whole world would
scout our professions of equality, and
laugh at our folly live treat one class
of citizens differently from another abroad,
do we not Just as clearly violate the great
fundamental doctrine of equality? What
is the difference, in the application of that
doctrine. mAere citizens may be? Has it
any reference to location, or points Of the
compass? No. The Democratic policy,
therefore, whatever may be its effects,
however few or many may be the victims
of it. is just as directly hostile to the great
principle on which this Government is
built. as is the principle of monarchy or
aristocracy. 1t recognizes distinction
among citizens. 1t asserts that. abroad
one class shall be protected and another
shall not.
We have uniformly contcnded that il
was the duty of our government to insist
on its right to its own citizens, and to
maintain firmly the right Of naturalization.
We believe. we ought to put our foot
down distinctly on this one great right and
stand by it against all the Kings and Pot
cntates of the earth. If we cannot keep a
citizen whom we have made. we cannot
legally make one at all. If, in naturali-
cation. we do not remove all other ale
glance. we can get none. A man can I
swear fealty to our government. There
fore in conccdins the right of former
government to reclaim a citizen of ours.
we concede that we have never made a cit
izcn of him at all. We give mp the very
soul OF our great distinctive policy asa ma
ton, that of naturalization. And rather
than maintain this policy. with It's ne
eessary consequences, before the Kings of
Europe. the Democratic party gives way.
surrcnders the rights of naturalized cit
izens, and establishes the first legal dis
tinction ever recognized here between cit
izens. The time will come when this pol
icy will be maintained fully and boldly to
the face OF every King who denies it, and
its consequences will be dared and endured.
Our Ministers, instead Of being instructed
to let citizens go to foreign armies, without
help or care. will he instructed to demand
their. release. and the government will be
ready to back the demand. There is not
sovereign in Europe who would not give
up the little advantage he gets by reclaim
ing soldiers rather than endure a war with
this country; but our government does not
even try 70 see, it some security for onr
citizens may not be conceded. II lets then,
go without word, without any interfer-
ence," as llr. Cass expresses it. If it were
a native born citizen. now. who should be
taken, probably the government would
show some resolution. aud demand his
release. But naturalized. citizen. in, Eu-
rope is nothing. in Democratic policy.
and no. effort viii be made for him. We
say such a policy is abominable,i and it is
cowardly. 1t backs out Of the presence of
Kings with trembling accent and whin-
ing tone to come home and admit that it
does not regard Rafurai;zed citizens as en-
titled TO the same rights and protection as
ndtipe cifisens. Such is the position ofthc
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. k9- The Hon. and Rev. Owen I,ove-
JOY aof ILL.,. maac a speech in Congress a
few days before adjournment, in which he
answered the question whether he had ever
assisted fugitive Slaves to mekc good their
escape. in this way:
If the object isstos ascertain whether /
assist fugitiveG slaves who come to my
door and ask it, tho matter is easily dis
posrds Of i march right mp to the con
fossional, and say,eI DOs.s ssss,ss sz s,es
Il recollect the case Of yeune woman.
who come to my house, who had not a
single trace of African descent either IN !
feature orscoaiplexions or according TO her
own story, she was ubetroihcd to arsulan of
her race, though not Of her color, and was,
before her marriage, sold to liberfine
from the South, she being in ST. Louis.--l
She escaped. snd, in her flight from q life
Of infamy, and . fate worse than death,
she csme aud impiorel aidh Was i to
refuse il ? Was i to betray the wanderer9