New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-07

,op,jde,ea ss an &C. Of inj1sies tnd unf,isndli-
ess to~srd .hs Uhited S;atss, % which no renoh-
,,rsree, no l,ote.' 10 rs's,s1ee would 20 offered:
"Roman" be. an Am ericsp citizen travels abroad
Carries be WITH DIN 30 protecting arm Of his own Gov
enm.ptf Or dOee the Secretary mean TO say hst FOR
the naive ci1zep, whose peronal liberty ms2 be as
SAILED he would If necessary sppoal ~ arms and that
for the adopted citizen be you'd approach the aans-
eressipg Government o. in bond.iDan key, witt
bsted breath ard whispering humhlebes-" and AJAX az
favor, bis knees, Sc al act Justice and Of frent-
tbIp % the United Staies that he victim Of s Djus
tic. might be spared
If.l the Secretary ;hs. the people Of this country,
tie democracy Of the country, Will never be satisfied,
and will never subni. TO the degraiiyg position u
which tbese doctrines would place hem, though all .
piesses and politicians ID The nsioa should come . his
aid; they viii agree that 10 the event Of ~ar
those Of baiurszed citizens who stand shoulder 10
shoulder in tie contest with them shal bs surrendered
by our GUysrnmeDt If csp.ared, 70 the lnHsmsn
butcleIy Of their oppressOTs without re.aation nor
will they acknowledge the obligation Of those men 20
turn their arms upon .ner brothers 10 war On the
groupG OF Superior allegiance % the lard Of theif Ia
ivity, and sithout being held responsible, Il retaken,
10 tie pensfes Of peIjlYy and treason. The manner
of Their return VII, her voluntary by conpdl-ion,
canDO. in any sffsc: the right of the mother
country. u exists il does not ex-t does, they
can eLlIee It; if il does not, they mlst sosndoD y.
The q5esiion involved = simple one There is no
becesiy for outside is-oes equiv ocai expanatons, or
toItuOu- iDcoMprehensble cIcumloeation on the sub
ec II Is the Dsturazed citizen enti'Ied TO toe
s.me protection um his ADOPTED coontry that the na
tive Claims is he not That s the question, the
OILY out st'on. l cay he is. The Administration, OF
which the Secretary Is the orgsr says ne no. Let
the people decide between us
There ar. three difficulties in he way Of unanimous
verdict. They are let tba, one portion Of the Press
looks TO the question With view TO Sustaining its
party. ID ba' another portion cf the press looks TO
ihe suppVsed feet il may have Dpon the prospects Of
Ne preferred candidate for the Presidency. While,
al he tsu,dit ity of N l.
quences ha. may result rather than 10 the merits
Of the question which alone involve the Legal status oil
the adopted citizen. This last might have besn an
aIguU ebt against the policy OF adoption, but can.
LOT weigh against fair snd legi, construction Of
ue la. Remove these difficulties and there would be
bnt one SIDE TO the question
Ihis is no new question With the Secretary; it is
one upon which he has given opinion before. |
have bad placed in my hands correspondence between
e temsn OF this city aud the Department of State,
which eubOin, in which the doctrine OF the lie Cerc
letter s advanced net as matter OF csnton, for then
there war eystibg Lot as ia ce1e wnere the
liability existed az the tia OF emgratOn for here the
party bad eUieraed four years before he liable TO
be called for military service-and yet ne was de-
MED the protection OF The Government, and was told
T. at biz passport certificate of citizenship did not
eDtitle him 10 the protection of his own Government,
but only requested tDe protection OF foreign Govern
ueDts ard that bis naturalization here did not exempt
hn from the obg alton TO his native country, which 10
this day has deferred him from going abroad. lsnbmit
the correspondence without further comment, and wait
10 zee wba; explain will be oe ed by the Secre
isry for this letter. which written it seems, by hs
direction and a. the time Will furnish oppor.
tuDiy for more wrgghDg, twisting, and squrmlDg on
the part OF those presses to escape the responsibility
eready resting upon the sdmibitrsti of ther seize
ton, or Of that which they disposed TO support.
THAI king you once more gentlemen, for your kind
ness and generous proffer OF hospitality, remain
Your obedieht servant and fellow cit zen,
JOHN NJ BOTTS
To M.ssIs w. b. BARBER H. Ash, A. Talmsdee, E. L.
I. u,
Ban Ho:aing Louis kszn,k John schoenfeid, Com
mi,tee