Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-09-03
ional Democracy Of the United States Sen.

When the Democratic National Administra- |
ton aided the South to dragon the Lecomp-
ton Constitution upon the people Of Kansas,
against their will, the Convention of Demo
Gratis and Border Ruffians, the tools of the
South and of the Blue Lodge of Missouri, who
framed it, inserted provision in it demanding
tpenty gears residence in the United States, be-
fore a person from abroad could be eligible to
hold the Office of Governor of the State!
This Lecompton Constitution, when it came
on to Washington, it will be recollected, was
supported by the whole force of the Demo
cratic administration by the entire Demo-
cratic delegations in Congress, except half
dozen or so; including our Senator, Henry
NJ. Rice, and our reputed members OF Con-
gress elect, James NJ. Cavanagh, w. W.
Phelps and George L. Becker J. the first now
a candidate for Congress, and the last the
Democratic candidate for Governor! This
fact about the Leoompton Constitution still
further shows that the high professions OF re-
gard for adopted citizens, which now form the
staple of articles in the Democratic presses
and speeches, are entirely hollow and insin-
cere,
GENERAL CASs AND NATURALIZRD
CTTSZENs ABROAD.
But what record does the Democratic par
ty present on the question of the treatment of
naturalized foreign-born citizens when they
travel under the protection of our flag in
to other lands Let us ask first, fellow
citizens, what is the meaning of Govern
ment? A Government is power organised
by the consent of the governed, rising from
the governed, and intended exclusively for the
benefit Of the governed. Men enter into them,
so as to afford in the consolidated power of
the many, protection against the expressions
of the strong. 1t is for this we submit to
them; it is for this we support them by our
taxes. They are great shields, wrought by
our own hands, and held over us in the hour
of danger. Only as they are powerful, are
they respected; only as they protect their
subjects are they fulfilling their object There
is no subject so humble, none so poor, none 80
insignificant, but he is entitled to the full pro-
lection of his government, equal with the
highest
The United States is such government
The United States recognises two ways in
which citizenship may be acquired. The first
is by birth; the second, by Naturalization
This last is mode emanating from our govern
ment whereby the foreigner is enabled to for
swear allegiance to the dominant power
of his native land, and to swear allie
glance to the United States Government
Common sense will tell US that the OBJ
legation, if it amounts to any thing is reciprocal;
that when the foreigner swears fidelity to the
Union, the Union by receiving that oath
swears fidelity to him and agrees to protect
him in all the rights OF citizen. How harsh
and unjust would any other view of the case
be We invite the wanderer to sever all ties
which entitle him to the protection of his mo-
Their country and we give him no protection
in return ! Such reasoing would be absurd
There can be no doubt that when the for
eigner complies with the full requirements of
the naturalization law, he is as completely, to
all intents and purposes, citizen of the Unit
States as the native born.
Being a citizen, therefore, differing from
other citizens, merely in the mode in which he
acquired his status or citizenship, he is un-
doubleday entitled to the protection of the
government. as fully as the native born-to
the protection of the government at all times
and under all circumstances; within the linn
it's of the Union, or outside of the limits of
the Union on sea, or on land in peace or in
war; wherever the American flag waves
wherever the American government is repre-
sented. Yet how have the Degenerate De-
mOcracy interpreted this important question
Hear Gen. Cass, the Secretary of State of the
United States under the present Democratic
administration
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Washington, May II, 1882 I
To Mr.. Fslir Leclerc, Memphis, Ienn.:
SIR:-Your letter of the 18th instant has
been received. In reply have to state that
it is understood that the French Government
claims military service from all natives of
France who may be found within its iurisdic-
ton. Your naturalization in this country will
not exempt you from that clai N if you should
voluntarily repair thither
am, sir, your obedient servant,
LEWIS CAss.
What is the meaning of this Why that
if the Government of France processes tyran-
nical power over the bodies of naturalized cit
liens, the government of the United States
must succumb to it? That although we may
give protection to foreign-born citizens while
within the limits of the United States, where,
as has been well remarked, the laws would
protect them even if unnaturalized, that pro-
lection ceases the moment they pass within
the boundaries of any other nation That q
wide distinction will be drawn between the
treatment of native and adopted citizens
The first is followed up, shielded, and protect
ed in any part of tine world, the latter is
abandoned as soon as he really requires as
sistance. What pitiful position in the eyes
of the world are we reduced TO, when such
doctrines are put forth by the nignest authori-
ty?
When England, and other European ma
tons, claimed the right, in their pursuit of
slave ships, to visit all vessels bearing the flag
of any nation, not with the intention of vio-
lating that flag, but simply to ascertain if the
suspected ship possessed the right to carry
it, or whether it was raised for purposes of
deception, the administration was ready at
once to proceed to the most bloody and war
like extremes. Why was this? 1t does not
seem reasonable that when all the nations of
the world had agreed by treaties to aid each
other in suppressing the slave trade, that slave
ships, by raising the American colors if they
approached English men-ofwar, or English
colors if they approached American men-of-
war, should be allowed to prosecute their pro-
scribed business with impunity. Nor is there
anything derogatory to our national honor in
having suspected vessels required to exhibit
their papers and establish their national char
acter. But the matter was regarded as an
Infringement upon the peculiar institution"
as reflection upon the morality of slavery,
as an inconvenient interference with the i'm
portation Of slaves from Africa into the West
Indies and the Southern States Hence the
tenderness of the Democracy on this subject.
Hence the uproar that was raised Hence
the readiness for war that was manifested.
ARE FOREIGNERS FUGITIVE
SLAVES?,
But when the foreigner and not {" the mig
ger" is at stake, how mild and peaceful is the
tone. What ready acquiescence, not in
plain principles of right, but in the most flag
rant demands of tyranny do We find. And
how earnestly Democratic papers defend this
Democratic measure. Listen to the follow
ing extract from the Washington States, a
Douglas Democratic paper at the National
Capital:
"For instance, if a male slave of Virginia