Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-08-17

In our release from the absorbing Issues OF th
past canvass, we desire to take tAa lirgt nprprtu
nifty oI recording uu5 ssutmout0 ou the eu,s. io
oi repatriation, as involved ia tho recent cases q
adopted citizens ut the United States bJiug saiz
ca by the country from which they eApaGiute,
themselves, and compelled TO 10 military service
On the broad question Of tho right OF oxyatri
alton, wa nave but one opinion It l. the Iiph
OF every man 70 offer his l.i.aure To any conn,
try, and % withdraw IL wheucger il may gutt
him. Allegiance is % contract bgtwoon parties
and Tor beneficial consideration. Tho srcignet
vino becomes TN American citizen, does sp be-
cause lac desires the protection and the priv
which arc guuAotisd by our government. In
receiving these, he agrees to perform csrtoil du.
! ties which are considered as full compeneatiur
'oG tue enjoyment Of these privileges and thal
protection. III he wlthIrawS from the United
states, aud becomes II citizen Of another country
be ceases to perform the dutieE and obligation i.
cguce.d on hDth sides iis hasu further cllim
oa the United States and the latter no clam rp
/ On him We hold this uuc,rIng TO lac true with
Tue ciUasna VI every country ya tA5 face OF the
earth,
lAls would soem II very simple proportion
ID Is so IN the abstract. aud should be equally 50
when applied. But it appears there has been
some GuuDG expressed IN regard 10 the power Ui
the United States, to interfere in behalf Of TN
adopted citizen when tha country from which he
emigIated claims from him political services on
Ills return. " appears tn Us chat the only prn.
| llpIe laSuiSed 10 tue question whether the said
adopted citizen possesses all the yghtc Gul priv
!.eg!s Vi an AInercNn citizen, when ho IS made
tCne uuder the existing laws. II ne is and glprs
pro grauu Ur uIBJlnGtlOn IN Chc political rights
! uL native and adopted citizens, then the nation
/ from which the adopted citizen hug migrated
ceased TO have any power over him, the moment
that he bestowed his allegiance upon our govern
! md l,p Ia, It
lean citizen while temporarily sOjourning ia his
iolmCr country Gs an American citizen would be
who had never put his foot on n foreign SOIL
And II this is untrue, it Will be necessary to
show, 10y our laws and institutions that the in
veetiture OF American citizenship is not thus
ample and complete This cannot DO done.--
There is no law On our statute book, nor is there
clause in our federal constitution which admits
ot less rights being guaranteed to the adopted
than the American citizen, except the inability
OF Il citizen Of foreign birth to enter the Presi-
Dental chair.
IL may be supposed that the position of our
government would be rendered embarrassing by
guaranteeing protection over the world 10 ev-
cry adopted citizen, but ii was precisely this diff
hculty which led U8 into tho war Of 1872 with
Great Britain. England contcudad that once a
citizen, always Il citizen, and she claimed the
right of entering our vessels, bearing the Amer.
lean fag, and Selling British subjects without
asking any questions about thoir adopted citizen
ship in the United States. We contested the
right, and went to war with Great Britain to
sindicatc the, doctrine OF eSpatliltion, for she
never would have forced American vessels to sur
render British subjects had she admitted thoir
right to throw off their allegiance.
We are the first government on the face Of the
earth to set up the doctrine, that citizen not
a subject. lie gives his services to his govern.
ment for its protection-the government has no
claim to him beyond that extent. Monarchical
governments consider the citizen portion Of the
property Of the state, ind as we cannot be diyest
ed of our slaves, so mouarchical~ government
claims it's subjects under oil changes OF demicile
aud allegiance. lhis is not the doctrine of our
republic, where all men are acknowledged to be
free and equal. They have no superior The
government only commands them by virtue OF it's
powers received from the people.
Political rights ann obligations are then TO be
regarded in the same light as all other contracts,
where there are reciprocal rights and obligations;
and these must always 80 together. In other
words, il Il government is no longer responsible
for the protection of citizen, that citizen Is no
longer responsible to the government In tho
spirit Of this construction OF the doctrine OF tx
patrlation, the United States has steadtastly re
fused to surrender any person for merely political
crimes, and in the case OF Martin hosta, Mr.
Marcy indicated the protection OF an adopted
citizen abroan, even VIXEN his ties OF allegiance
were not complete.
II the doctrine be true that we have asserted,
that is, that citizenship, so far as political
rights are concerned-it is matter of contract,
capable at any time of being terminated by the
citizen transferring hs allegiance to another
government, and that there IRE no grades OF cit
izenship, but that once citizen always an Amer
lean citizen, until the allegiance is thrown OFT,
then we can we'll understand why it is that every
adopted citizen is entitled to the protection of
the American flag wherever he may so, and that
his native country or any other to winch at some
time he may have owed allegiance, can have no
claims to him by virtue of any law of said State,
while said adopted citizen, continuing to perform
his obligations to the United States, claims its
protection.
In regard 70 debts or to crimes other than po-
litical, vi course, nothing absoiye native or
udopted citizen, by The act OF changing his ale
f.ianoe.-StGie Gd=eite.
SnoorfS0.-A difficulty occurred here yesterday
-to,,os Ettlter and Green II fiasgn Ia