, 1859-06-28
Il CONCEDED RIGHT SClkREND-
Erred.

1t nowaprcars that tie Fr.;N:a Government.
iu 1852. conceded 10 the United States tho
point which Gen. Css Ias 50 readily and p,,si{-
linimously surrendered, in Ills famous Lc Clcrc
litter, Here is I: history of the ease
Francis Allibcr, Il native Of The Department
dc Var, in the snu;1l Of FRANCE. left there during
the drawing Of the cnn>criltion in 1>%'. and
was ncinallv drawn a. Il c"l@cript, and wa>,
therefore, an tc1"<u IL Ii .o"scrtl'''o". liz AZ
rived 1T New nrleans, made :hc nsliul aPplica
ton for citizenship, und WAS ulv natuFalzcI i1s
l>4:'. Hc WIS successful in business In I.n*i:-
na, and in July 1>.. alter absence Of nearly
fourteen years, he returned IL visit his talv III
his natiyc villayc and nudcr the vigiant p.'llcr
in France, he WAS arrested in tweuty. fou,
hours utter his return. lIe Immediately wrnte
/ to sfr. Hodge, the nearest american consul.
The lutt =, that lie III: :ht the better attend
| tn the case. Immediately requested that Mr..
Alfibrrt might be brought 10 Marsci}Its.
| which request was promptly acccded I" by :1t'
t;encrnl-inChief commanding the military aivi,-
| ion. lIr was there brought bef"re tfr Jrid"-
/ rat de GHsrse IS an insn"m'F. and condemned.
/ Mr.. Allihrr, was willing t" pay four thousand
| fsacs for substitute, bnt Mr.. Hodge would nnt
! allow him evcn 10 make tue otler, hut obtained
rei'eaTins ef his CASE. appeared III AI'ersn hr-
| fore the Is1h"hal 1t Gnff9e. and pleaded the
Case; and after two trials and detention IF six
t months, he was at -nnN1 dyed Ill AMERICAN
ctizrsl. and orders can'e from The Minister O
War Ut Paris. dir citing his release. Mr.. llodg.
gare him u passport, which WAS yise.l by III.
po1ict, and with Which llr remained SOME week,
with his family, Travelled through France. ans
/ embarked ut IIavre on Ills return tu the Gnitct
| States,
The correspondence IN lie in the pepartmcn
| IF State gives the full details Of the casr, AMI
Mr, Everett, the Secretary of State under Mr.
Fillmore. IN the id u( Marcl,, ls53, lthc las
day he was in otficcl wrntc comrintntar,
letter To Mr. Hodge in which be says:
"The Department was gratiticd I" learn tia
VI. ALBERT, whose arrest and Imprisonment a
an lnso4'n;s. although natufal'zed citizen "
| f'1' United States, Us mentioned in your conl
munications, has been ,clcased. This is III
/ houltedly dur 10 tie fi.m and decided stan
| maintained throughout tie long controversy, il
your official correspondence with tho au'horl
| ties on the subject.
"lt is nlucl, tr bc desired that this ease ma
he considered us Il precedent. us You intimate
and tf.ut hereafter naturalizcd citizens Of Il,
| United States may visit France without .1angr
| Of arrest for military service. III this event,
hurtful source nf irritation and unfricnLly fee
ing will bc avoided"
l 1t will l,e observed Tint in this case I'll
| party not only owed military service aecordi1'
tn the laws Of Frnncc. hut that he was act,al
drawn as a couseripi about tue time Of his q
+ parture from thu country. II is therefore
strong a case as can possilly arise. Ncyc
c thc!css hy the Administration then in power
that Of MlLlrd Fillnore-tllc rights y,uftrrt
Ivy American citizenship were res''l1stely mai
taiilcd and the point was finally conceded
( tic French Government. The position ef t.
Il prcscut Democratic Administration is tllcl
:. fore. a voluntary surrender tn France Of vi
d SHE had formally abandoned. Such i s,1rre
y der would be rusiilauimous in the flcc 0
s. rcsolrtc stand on the part of 4 foreign sovc'
C nent: hut the English language has no tc
,l.at will titly characterize the course Of t
II" Administration on this subject in view et I
II facts above cited.
Or A Candid Estimate.
r. The Ef&ni1g Pos: cant see the frankn
he which its cufempnr1r,es find III the Little Gia1
letter. and remarks:
''Thcrc is u seeming buldness in It. US ii,