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Our fathers, in their great declaration Of
the rights Of man, repudiated the monarchioal
doctrines which prevailed in Europe and as
serted the rights of man in opposition to the
prerogatives of kings and the exclusive
privileges of o titled aristocracy. For many
years the people of this country gloried in
the principles proclaimed by our fathers, but
recently the interests Of Shareholders have
excited their hostility to these doctrines, and
now there is a general prejudice prevailing
in the Democratic party throughout the
country against the broad principles Of lib
erty and equal rights proclaimed in the
Declaration of Independence.
These views have also penetrated the high
est departments of our Government, and
now the judicial and Executive departments
no longer stand upon the principle of the
God given rights Of liberty to all mankind,
but they adopt the despotio doctrines OF
European sovereigns, and illustrate and en-
force them by comparisons drawn from the
tyrannical slave codes of the Southern
States.
We have already made extracts from sew
eral Southern papers asserting, in effect,
that the cases of the naturalized foreigner
and the fugitive slave Of this country were
identical. We now give another extract
from the Norfolk (Virginia) Herald, en-
dorsed by the Washington Inteliigencer, to
the same purport. 1t will be seen that to
give force to the argument and illustration,
that paper puts it into the mouth Of for
eigner:
A shrewd though unpretending foreigner
in our city, whose name it 10 not necessary
to mention, in discussing the question as to
the obligation OF our Government to absolve
naturalixed citizens from contracts existing
between them and the Government OF their
native country prior to their citizenship,
maintained that no such obligation existed
These Governments required three years.
military service from their subjects, and
those who left their country without render.
ing that service knew that, whenever thew
went back, they must be compelled to fulfil
their contract, and had no right to call upon
the United States to annul it. To illustrate
his position he made very pertinent cita-
ton. The Constitution Of the United States,
he said, recognized a class Of individuals
who, although not citizens, were held to
service, and those to whom suoh service Is
due have right, under the Constitution, to
arrest them in any part Of the United States,
when they leave the service which they sowe.
Now, suppose one Of this class should 20 to
Canada, he would become British subject
at once, entitled to all the benefit Of British
laws, and the protection, II need be, oil
British cannon law, as any native Britop
world, except that country where he slowed
service" before he went to Canada. Now,
again, suppose this individual TO have soms
call, no matter whether to look after his owr
interest, or-a very extreme case Ito vi ri
his family connexions, and come over Thu
line from Canada into the United States
and the citizen Of the United States to whom
be owed service, armed with power by III
Constitution of the United States, should ar
rest him and carry him back into servitude
would the lax and thu power Of the Britis
monarchy interpose 10 restore him 10 his DO
sition as British eubiect2
This is the argument of foreigner VIII
boasts that. before he left his native country
he rendered his three years. military duty
and left with, as he expressed it, ga cea
bill OF health"
Now, 1t we admit the "Divine right 0
Kings" and deny to men any rights excep
such ~ are conferred upon them by earthl
rulers, and if We adopt in full the doctrine
which our fathers repudiated, and dsny tina
mankind have certain inalienable right,
amongst which are life, liberty and the pu,
suit OF happiness, then this argument and i
lustration are pertinent and convincing. b,
il, on the other hand, we hold that the ecu,
rights Of man are the gift OF his Creato
that earthly despotisms are not Of 'Divir
right" and that Slavery 10 not the norm
condition OF mankind and Is not sDivil
institution,o then this argument and illu
tration have no force or relevancy what's
ever.
Ii ID fearful and melancholy evidence
the decline Of the spirit OF liberty in OF
land that our Government and the newsp'
- press Of the country should seek, in Il
dostrinss Of the despots OF Europe and Il
practices Of the slave drivers of Americ
tho principles which are to regulate and col
troll the policy Of the United States upon
great question affecting the rights and libe
ties OF millions Of American citizens.
Il
0W. A. Scott, prominent citizen
Des Moines City, died at IT. Kearney fe