Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-08-10

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| try TO protect him againas his raspoasi
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States This gossFmmen& @amld not "a
. momant lissan 10 snsh an appeal.
Whilst thase princip plea eannos be son
tested, great care should be taken Il
their application, especially 70 our nat
uEaiixed cikixans. The mOmsnG q foreign
az haaomsa nAsagalixad, ais allagimnc
to bis native country is severed forever
he experiences new political hirtk.--
4 broad and impassahls line separate
Ihim from his native country. de il n
moEe responsible foT anyshing he ma,
say or do, or omit to sag OK do, afte
assuming his new character, than il b
had been born in the United Skataa.--
ShoaId he return 10 his nAti7s country
be Eesarns as 81 American eiEiSan, anl
in no other character. Ia order 30 IN
title his original government 70 punisl
him for an oifenee, this must have basE
eommit&ed whilst he was a subject ans
owed allegiance 10 khAa government
Tha aissa6s mnsA hare hsan eozaplsks be.
fore bis expaariation. Il must have beer
Of such 3 character that be might have
been tried and panishsd for it at tbs
moment sf hia departure. A faturs Ii.
ability to serve in the army will not b
sufficient, because, before the tins cau
arrive for such service, be has changed
bis allegiance, and has become citizen
Of the United statea. IL would be quite
absurd to contend that boy, broughI
to this country from foreign country
with his fathers family when bat twelve
years Of &ge and natnEaliEed hsre, who
should afterwards vislt the country Of
his birth when he had become q man,
might then be seiEed and compelled to
perform military service, because, IL he
had remained there throughout the in
tsTveaing years and his life had been
spared, he would have been bound to
perform military service. To submit to
such principle would be 30 make al
odious distinction between our natural
iKed and native citizens. For this rea-
son, in my dispatch TO you Of May IL,
1859, and again in my letter to MT. Ho-
fer Of the 18th uitimo, eonhne the for
eign Jurisdiction in regard 10 our natu-
rallied citizens to such Of them as Fswsrs
in the army or actually called into itH
at the time they left Prussia. That is,
to the care Of actual desersion or & re-
fasal 10 enter the army after having been
regularly drafted and sfbiisd - .Js Se 4 ts hS
they owed allegiance. IL 10 presumed
that neither Of these casea presents any
difficulty in point Of principle. II col
dier or sailor were to desert from our
army or navy, for which offence he is
liable to 3 severe puuiShment, and, at
ter having become nsturaliEed subject
Of another country, should return TO the
United States, 1t would be a singular
defence for him to make that he was abb
solved from his crime because, after Its
he had become a subject Of
another government. IL would be still
more strange were that government to
interpose in his behalf for any suGh rea-
son. Again: during the last war With
Great Britain, in several of the States
might mention Pennsylvania in partie-
ular-the militia man who was drafted
and called into the service was exposed
to q severe penalty If he did not obey
the draft and muster himself into the
service, or, in default thereof, procure
q substitute. Suppose such an individu-
al, after having incurred this penalty,
had gone TO a foreign country and be-
coms naturaliEed there. and thsn return
ed to Pennsylvania, is it impossible to
imagine that for this reason she arm Of
the State authorities would be paralyEed
and that they would not exact the penal
ty? | state these examples to show more
clearly both the extent and the limlta-
ton Of r.ghtful HanoVaFian jurisdiction
in such cases. 1t Is impossible to fore
see ell the varying circumstances which
may attend cases as they may arise; bat
it 10 believed that the principles laid
down may generally be sufficient to guide
your conduct.
1t is 10 be deeply regretted that the
German government aFinee 30 much To-
naoity on this subject. Il would be bet-
ter, far better, for them, considering the
comparatively small number Of their na-
tive subjects who return to their denim
ions after being naturalized ia this coun-
try, not TO attempt to exact military
service from them. They will prove TO
be most reluctant soldiers. II they VIC.
late any law of their native country da.
ing the visit, they are, Of coure, amsna.
BILE like other American citizens. 1t
would be q sad misfortune If, for the
cake Of an advantage 30 tEiaing to such
governments, thay should involve them
selves in serious diERcalties With eoun-
try 90 desiEoas as We are OF maintaining
with them the most friendly relations.
Ii is fortunate that serious difficulties Of
this kind are mainly confined TO the
German States-and especially thas the
laws Of Great Britain do not authorize
any compulsory military service what
ever.