The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-07-06

We copy from that very able and highly re-
spectacle paper, the New Orleans Bulletin, The
following article:
This is said Of the letter Of our venerable
secretary Of State as to The rights Of naturailsed
citizens abroad. BY the said citizens. We should
not be surprised if it should turn out that The
powers that be at Washington have, in this re,
spect, committed a grave error" At any
rate, there is already great hubbub about Il
I and we are prepared to see it grow greater IN
stead If smaller, and exercise no small lnhu'
ence in the next presidential election. One
thing is pretty evident, we thing, and that i
/ that tile naturalised citizens Of the country are
greatly dissatisfied with the doctrine that gen
/ Cass lays down. They consider it complete
surrender Of our government at the dlcta o
European powers, and without striking blow
and making the least show Of resistance. They
consider that they are surrendered up to the ten
der merces Of their own native despotism when
ever they chance TO fall within theirpower, The
natura'ised citizens Of the Union number hun.
dreds Of thousands; in some OF our commercial
cities they constitute majority Of The inhabit-
ants; in some OF the States they exercise pre-
dominating influence, and in many others they
hold Tie balance Vi power. Il they generally
take ground against this position Of our gov
eminent, touching the rights Of naturallsed cit-
zens abroad, as il seems not unlikely they will
do, the results will be more important than at
first was anticipated.
Some thirty Or forty naturalised citizens, We
ion, who happened TO be in New York while
the hon John NJ, Bolts was stopping there, ad
dressed him a short letter upon the subject, 'as
representative Of those conservative national
principles upon which the opposition" might
combine and after stating the explicit OBJ
jurgation" Of The duty to protect naturased
citizens abroad on the part Of the admins
tration, propoundeI to him thefollowing ques
lions:
First-In this aforesaid ofeiul letter has not the
secretary Of State misintepreted the bond naturs
alton and the duty of the government under il?
spirit Of ma ursation involve in the same absolute
degree the reciprocal engagements Of allegiance and
protection?
The letter concludes as follows:
Entertaining the opinion that the foreign born cit
Of this country Of ali natiyites VIII hencetorth
be unit upon This issue between allegiance and pro
tecton have the honor to subscribe ourselves your
obedIent servants.
The signers, by their nalYities, representGer
many, Ireland, England, Scotland and Poland
Mr., Bolts devotes column 10 the question,
which he groups together, and in his slap dash
ing, open mouthed out and out style, answers
them in substance afirmatiycIy, and scouts the
doctrine that citizens Of The United States ma
turaIised Or unnaturalised, are to be surrender
ed Up g The power Of any government upon
earth, upon any pretence, unless for crimes
other than political. He declares that the po-
sition now taken BY the government suren-
ders the whole ground which caused the war
Of 1919 with Great Britain
The following passage from The Virginians
will afford good idea Of Its general
tenor and spirit
When one plants himself under the protection of the
American eagle, which he is pledged and sworn to
protect and detend-when he enrolIs his name upon
the ample folds Of The and stripes Of this great
American Union he is free 90 wherever the winds
and waves may carry him; the eagle watches
head, whether he upon land upon water, i'll pal
ace in dungeon; and the power that dares to in
tertere with his personal liberty whilst he is engaged
in lawful enterprise, and no. offending against the
criminal penal code Of that power, dlshonors that
hi he fD uh he tCP
his deliveanee, lift does not afford him prompt relief
and redress.
Some Of our Contemporaries denominate This
a 'spreadeagle" passage. Well, what ifitis?
What objections have they to the eagle, spread
o. with wings folded? We confess to a liking
for him. He j. proud fellow, with nothing
sneaking Or groyeIing about him. and rarely Or
never misbehayes. His scream, it is true, is
some what startling to weak nerves and deli
cate constitutions, but it is evidently Of a good
and a blunt, plain, honest, nsonly'na
ture, if We may So speak, and we cannot, for
the life Of US, find it in our hearts to speak
lightly Of him, much less TO denounce him, on
account Of the strength Of bis voice or the quail
ty Of the notes he sends forth No, no; not a
word against the eagle, the great American
bird Let him fold his wings when it is too
cool and spread them for airings when it gets
100 hot We should dislike extremely to see
him imprisoned OF in the least deprived of his
liberty. We are not willing to believe that he
will deserve TO be.
But, seriously, we are not quite so sure as
some people appear to be that very grave OBJ
ecdons may not lie against gen. Cass's doc
.rine. Because the governments Of Europe take
he position Of ''once a subject, always a sub
ect, = is that any reason why we should voun
ariIy acquiesce in its justice. lift be conceded
hat they have the right 10 take that ground, |
have We not just as good right to take the
ground Of ''once citizen Of the United States,
always citizen Of Tie United States, unless
he shall himself elect otherwise? But these
5wo rights will Be antagonistic? Ofcourse they
will, and they can be harmonised only by time,
argument and circumstances.
This much we are free to concede and siren