The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-07-28
Subs erviency TO Party.

Tor Of the JaGe, sonian of his contemplate
r7iency to party. At one time he was an
talftionist of the most ultra schooi-in favor of
-ating the institution Of slavery in the States,
al inally Of ersdieating it from the land He
Avors the extension of that blessed" institu.
@ o all territory where the power OF the gov
Mt can carry it
q one time he wss awfuliy exer cised with the
i-' tina. the Know Nothings would drive all the
fo'isuers from the country claiming that the
mocrats were the only friends of the foreigners
that the Democracy would defend them in their
hts here and throughout the world. But the
party took another shoot, and Elder followed in
tLe wake Of power
Oaly short time ago, Gen. Cass wrote to
M. LeCleFc:
In reply, have to state that it ia understood
thai The French GorerHmeHk claims military
sersjce from all nafires Of France uho may be
fcpad uifhin ats Jurisdiction. Your naturazi
ton in this country WILL NOT exempt you from
that claim should you voluntarily repair thitEer.'
No sooner had this Infamous doctrine erana
tel from head quarters, than Elder endorsed it as
the true Democratic Misunderstanding that a
rBfarlzed citizen had no claims upon our gov
ogEmeut except within the limits CT the United
staics-that such had always been the policy of
the government and OF the great Democratic
party.
Public opinion, the truly great power in this
country, manifested itself and "old noise and con.
fusion Cass, feeling its power wrote another let
Ter. n less than month, qualifying his former
position but still conceding to foreign govern.
mcnts The right to impress American [ aturaIized
citizens, into their service. We IN axe the follow
ing extract from this second letter.
Most Of the Continental European nations
haze system Of military organization, by which
their citizens are compelled to n the army,
hy CONSUMPTION, and rot as in France, where the
du'y is designated by lot or draft In Prussia
ElgRY PERSON is required to take his turn as a
soldier"
he United States therefore maintain the
~ position that naturalized citizens returning to
a land Of their birth, not liable TO any dn-
= orpenahties ercept such as ,rere tn existence
al he period Of their emigration"
jurisdiction carnot. of course, arise in the
case OF the naturalized citizen who remains in the
United States 1t is only when he voluntarily
returrs to his native country that its local laws
can be enforced against him"
Elder endorses this too ithout the indepen
lcuce to repudiate his former position. This how
ever was not enough for the true national Amer
icen sentiment another letter had to be written
The administration had to come down to tina,
sentiment, as it does in the following extract:
Tie moment foreigner becomes naturaH-ed
his oH' glance is ssrered forerer. He experience
Ell q 0ew political birth A broad and impass-
che inc separates him from his naiire country
e 10 o more responsible for anything be NAV
DO or omit to say or do, after assuming
ew character than if he had been born in
United States. Should he return 10 his
r0untry he returns an american citizen
in other character"
.jer endorses this too. and swears it is the
cratic doctrine What toadyism--what
agz IKE servtude The slave who submits his
5y cal powers to the control of his master, is
free nan in comparison to the abject slave that
submits his mind to the control ola master. The
limits to the overpowering of brute force,
which is irresistible while the other submits that
which in an honest man the world with all its
power cannot conquer. The one is slave from
ne cessity. the other from policy The one may
bt man. the other is dog
We endorse the sentiment of the last extract
as being the true doctrine, and go further by say
ing that it is the duty of government to pro-
tect cur citizens, native and naturalized, in auy
part Of the world where their rights as such may
have been invaded.
This last letter from Gen. Cas-, hes more the
deuagogue in it, than any paper we have ever
read, as coming from high source. He
starts out with repudiating the idea that our gov
erna ent is not bound to protect the horse thief or
murderer because he had fed to this country and
been naiuralized subsequent to committing the
crime. No man ever conended for such a thing
No ran desires to make our country an asylum
for the scoundres of all the world Gen. Cass
simply put up man of straw, upon which to base
an argument, by which ne could repudiate his
form letter. without falling too suddenly, while
our neighbour came down like hog goes to its
waow.