Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-25
.our country should drink I'M the blood of its

"6dndS-it may be between discipline" ee?tV"S'
NATIVE AMERICANS
" on the one side, and
FOREIGNERS
supported By NATIVE rAcTIoSlSTs Oh Inc
'other. =,
Observe These 4" odious and monstrous
sentiments were addressed to an excited Know
Nothing meeting and rot only this, but that
thew we're subsequently written out by
Mr. Bell himself and circulated in every
Dark-Lantern Lodge and turbulent hnow-
Nothing community in the State. 1t would he
difficult to find in the shocking history OF the
French Revolution, L speech more likely, I'M
der all the circumstances, to stimulate Inc
thirst for 6l0od. We tell the Hon. Mr.. Bell to
take this to the secret lodge OF Conscience,
and put the solemn question to his soul, how
far his terrible language made him an accessory
before the fact to the subsequent outrages II
may have stimulated.
Dark as are the annals of the know-Notlilhg
party, we know Of nothing in them more re-
pulsivc to humanity, patriotism and ChrlstiaH
charity than this scarlet page in the Fccoru o.
the Hon. John Bell.
propress of The Good Work I'm Georgia.
4 CORRESPONDENT of that most spirited Demo
cratic journal, the Columbus (ia.) 1'meS' gives
the following cheering account OIL a recent
meeting in Cuthbert county, in that state II
il one out Of d number Of similar accounts
which v,o find in our Southern exchanges:
The friends of Breckenridge and Lame met
in the Court House at Cuthburt, ia, on lueS-
dav night, the 18th inst, in large numbers i"r
the purpose of forming 4 club. I!icy llau Il
rousiug time of it. Clement a. Evans, our
gallant alternate, made one OF his W
Speeches, showing the unsoundnesS ol john
Bell, and calling upon his Opposition ir'ehds
to rally TO the cause of truth and the eqnally
Of the States. Hon. Thomas K. Stewart, i
prominent member Of the Opposition, e!ectcu
by them last year Ordinary OF the county,
made a telling speech, giving his reasons WHY
he could not 20 with the "MonStroS!ty party
Of John Bell. Our Opposition friend Colonel
David II. Jones gave his reasons Tor refusing
his support to Bell, and planting himself fairly
and suuarrly with the friends OF the Union with
Equality. DR.. John lIammil gave his reasons
for giving Up his former associates, aud sup.
porting Breckenridge and Lane. Coz. Alfred
NJ. George, a prominent member Of the Oppo-
sition, was present, cordially cooperating with
the true friends Of the constitutional rights OF
TIE NOulu, OcSluCS OlllCI VI Jun SlIo"'''
friends. Roll on the ball the great power Of
principle must prevail over the ties Of parties
We hazard nothing in saying that more oil the
true men Of the Opposition will support our
| ticket in this county, than former Demo"I'Hts
who will support Douglas.
This is the way the Bcll-Evcrctts are gainirg
strength everywhere, orsr tie let. From all
parts of the State and the South, says the Co.
lumbus (Georgia) Times, we are receiving daily
intelligence, from the most reliable sources, Of
the abandonment ofJohn Bell, and his '~'lrec.snil
aftinitieS" by the flower ofhiS parry. In almost
every county away from the larger cities, the
places in the ranks of the Democracy made va
cant by the secession Of Douglas, will be amply
supplied By the accession from the Opposition.
There is no necessity for Bell to come down, h
will be but little in anybody way.
American Affairs i'll France - Rights Of
Saturalizcd Citizens VIndicatcJ.
The French Government, At the Instance OF
the American Minister, Mr.. Faulkner, has just
ordered the discharge from the conscrip,ion OF
another naturalizcd American citizen, Mr.. Pm.
voou, Of French birth. The previous discharge
was of Michael Xeitcr, Il native Of France, bat
an adopted citizen OF the United States, who
had been seized Gy the French military author
tiles, rs It dcScrtcr, in consequence Of having
failed to draw in the CONSUMPTION. The facts
in the case of Mr.. Puyoou are given by 4 Paris
correspondent of the New York Express rs fol-
lows:
\ few weeks ago, during the month OF June,
Mr.. p. Puyoou, q native Of France, hut 4 natu-
ralized citizen of the United States, ami a resi-
dent Of California, returned to France on Il
visit TO his former home, and was arrested At
Bayonnc, the place Of his birth The circum.
stances were precisely the sHme rs in the cX
ample Of Michael Zcltrr.. Puynou had failed
TO appear when called upon t. draw in the
CONSUMPTION If his department. ana he was
therefore marked, according to law, as 4 dc.
| serter. The Young man at ouc6 exhibited his
certificate of naturalization, but no nktice was
taken of his claim 10 be discharged asa citizen
of q foreign coul.try, aud consequently 10
longer amcnable to French military laws. lie
was ordered before military commission, de-
clared fit for service, and incorporated for a
term of seven years, into the 18th regiment Of
the line. Immediately after these summary
| proceedings, Puyoou was sent TO Toulouse,
where the regiment to which he had been at
tached is garrisoned. From Toulouse he adj
dressed q letter to Mr.. Faulkner, Minister Of
the United States at Paris, asking interference
and protection.
Mr.. Faulkner promptly instituted an cxarni-
nation into the merits Of the case, and, as 4
preliminary measure, advised Mr.. Puyoou to in
s,itute proceedings before the tribunal Of first
instance in the department in which Toulouse
is situated, with q view 10 the establishment OF
his American nationality, and to obtain the re-
| q ..1n. 80 ,ln a., ;,,,r1,-tt 49,,
dlcated in the trial OF Zeiter. 10 avoid the is
sue the Procureur Imperial, or States .Attor.
ney, took exception to the jurisdiction Of the
court, upon the ground that such a proceeding
could only be instituted at Bayonnc, the birth
place of Puyoou, and the town where he had
been enrolled in the army. AS soon as this in
cident was reported to Mr.. Faulkner, that gen.
tlcman called upon the French Government 10
discountcnance the plea in question, relative to
the jurisdiction of the tribunal at Toulouse, or
to send Puyoou, without delay, to his native
department, and cause his nationality to DC
tested there.
The Emperor's Minister Of the Interior in.
structed the prosecuting attorney not TO plead
to the Jurisdiction oil the Court Of Toulouse,
and the case was tried fully upon its mcritS.-
The Court, following the precedent established
in the case of Ieiter, admitted, without II.
serve, the right Of repatriation and naturaliza.
ton, as claimed by the Minister of the United
States, and ordered Puyoou to be discharged
from the military service Of France.
This is n second vindication Of the principle
so properly asserted in France by Mr.. Faulk-
ner, as the diplomatic representative Of the
great Republic, and its result will strongly con.
firm the acknowledgment previously obtained
from a French tribunal, giving entire effect to
the naturalization laws Of the United StateS.-
For his energetic attitude in the treatment Of
this delicate question, which has hitherto been
considered a mere matter Of personal courtesy
between the French Government and the
United States Minister, Mr.. Faulkner deserves
every cncomium.
Pennsylvania Politics.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Sept. 22.-The Douglas