The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-07-23
Gen. Cass Backs Down.

The almost unanimous disapprobation
by the newspaper press and the
politicians Of the country, Of the views Of
Gen Caz~ in reference to the protection of .
na;uralized citizens OF the United states.
on returning TO their native country, has
induced Gen Cass to review and greatly
modify his opinion on tina; subject His
letter to Nr. Hofer and 10 Mir LeClerc,
Id. down the broad principle in plain
tsss1s Ike these;
10 Mn FELIX LIZ CLEEC, S,--Your let
ter of the 18th inst, has bt II received
in reply. ! have to state that il i under
I that the French Government claims
=. taly service from all natives of France
-. i, may be found within its jurisdiction.
car naturalization in this country will
exempt YOU from tbat claim il you
ould voluntarily return thither
] am. sir. Your obcdient seryt
LEWIS CAsS.
In a let II dated July Sth Ga month la
fer than the above,) to our Minister at
Berlin. Gen. Cass mobiles the above a.
follows:
The moment a foreigner becomes natu-
rallied his allegiance to his native country
Is severed forever. lie experiences a new
political birth \ broad and impossible
Inc separates him from his native coun-
try lie l. no more responsible Tor any
thing he may say or do. or omit to SLY or
do. after assuming his new character, than
if he had been born in the United States.
Should lac Tejsrrn 10 his native country, he
returns a an American citizen. ard iii no
other character IN order to entltic has
original government 10 punish him for an
offence. this must have been committed
whilst he was a subject and owed allegl-
ancc 10 that government The offence
! must kaYe been complete before his expat-
/ aiation Ii must have been OF such char
actcr that he might have been tried and
punished for it at the moment OF his de
parture A future liability to serre in the
army will not be sufficient; because, he
fore the time can arrive for such service
he has changed his ALLEGIANCE, and has
become citizen of the United States
1t docs not require the penetration of a
Philadelphia lawyer to discover the differ
ence liz principle between these two e,i
tracts The one says, that a natI,ralizeo
citizen of the {. S returning TO his nativ.
country, is liable to be pressed into the ar
my, and the L. s cannot help him out 0
the difficulty if such country claim militia
rv service whenever found within its il
risdiction. The latter extract says, tina
the service must have been due and actU
ally eXacted at the the time he fed iron
the country, TO disable the [. s. from il
terfering Gen Cass should row go jus
one step further, and take the GROUND tina
the L. 5. will not allow a naturalized cit
4 zen to be detained in his native country o
; account Of his failure 10 perform any mi!
X tary or other political service to that 90,
5 eminent This would be exactly up I
o the treat American heart on the subjcc
Pf-,,yfs-rrARy ITEMs-Four convicts
work on the walls of the Joliet penitcI
# tiary attempted to escape Oh the 9th lbs
y Three of them were shot and capture
II two of them being seriously Wounded
i The fourth escaped,
a Next day n man was chasel and ca
q tu.ed as an escaped convict, on account
= suspicious clanking sound which accoi
!. panied his footsteps He was found to
h, a returned Pixies Peaker, wearing hu:
Nerican spur His captors "caved al
~ "stood treat"
a. THE Pontiac ACCIpENT-Nlr. Strevell, /
! iured at Pontiac on the 4th by the eXpl
I'd sion of an anvil, has recovered the use
I'd his eyes, and tits not likely that he W
u ever be. much marked. Mr. Lyme
w w wounded at the same time, is likely to 10
d his right arm. So says the Sentinel of Il
10Th inst