New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-24
AMERICAN cIrIzENsHrp.

It would appear that these two words constitute
the whole sum and substance, are the alpha and ONE
60, are the beginning, amount and ending, Of tn,
grand and paramount principle Of governmental
policy Of which they have been blndly considered
merely to be the indicative title. It would appea
that American ctzenship consists of ct preteret
nihi that ali the patriotic defamation Of Off
cials touching its sovereign inviolability is word
and nothing else that it is the text of bravadt
when dangerous opponent is concerned and pretex
Of assault when . feeble one is involved.
We are inevitably led to this conclusion by th,
pronuncamiento Of Mr.. Secretary Cass, which is tn,
most authoritative endorsement Of the saw discre
ton Is the better part Of valor" which has yet bee,
given to the world as a precedent exemplar = tn,
endorsement Of the high official of the great Ameri
can republic, who proclaims, in the name of the ma
ton BY which he is empowered, that constitutional
law and solemn pledges are only worth the papel
they are written on, and may be set aside, evadet
and nulliied at discretion Of those to whom is com
mtted the duty Of enforcing them, when peril NIGH
be incurred by the attempt. Congress has promul
gated naturalization laws which pledge the protection
OF the Government to men Of all nations who shall
assume the obligations and thus become entitled te
the rights and privileges Of American citizenship
Ere now Democratic Administrations have practically
ignored these high obligations Of the Government,
to protect both naturaixed and native citizens but il
remained for the Buchanan Administration to avow.
edly, deliberately. officially and in SO many words
proclaim, through the medium of high officer OF
State the nulity Of the solemn compacts provided by
the charter which exists between the Government
and every man who comes within the domain of this
Confederation and complies with the conditions which
expatrate him aud at the same time make him citi-
zen Of this country. It remained for the Buchanan
Administration to repudate the covenant of RESPONSE.
bity and to announce to the world its own turptude
and pusiAnmity by refusing to recognize the claims
OF naturalized citizens upon it for protectionto
fuse to appreciate the whole papabIe spirit Of the
statute, BY adherng closely to its letter. which could
not have been framed to particularxe every contin-
gency.
By the laws of certain European nations, every
man is born soldier and is bound to serve out
specified period Of military service. Many persons
have emigrated to the United States and become
citizens, not having previously been drafted into the
service Of the countries Of their nativity and by the
recent proclamation OF the Administration it refuses
70 protect such citizens who may be seized and i'm
pressed into the service made foreign BY the act Of
heir naturalization. This is the monstrous malad.
ninistration Of which We complain, and under which
numbers are now suffering and many more will for
here are thousands of such persons now on visits to
helr native land, who may be compelled to submit
the tyrannc power OF compulsory service asserted
y their governments and humiliatingly acknowl
dyed BY ours. Appeal has been made to Govern
nent and it has been answered as above. Verify the
ation has taken long step back from the just and
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