, 1865-02-05

Much indignation has been bestowed upon
the expense and Inconvenience TO which our
citizens arc subject from the necessity Of sup
plying themselves with passports Tor visiting
The United States. But what. shall HOW bs
sa!d of the position Of large, Industrious and
most respectable class Of our citizens, who are
absolutely deprived from tho privilege Of Oh.
taining o passport on any terms, and under
any circumstances whatever, and who from :
this very fact are shut un within the bounds
OF Canada, at least tii spring? an o5ner IS
sued by the Provincial Secretary, Mr: McDou-
gall, directs that ut the instance Of the Brit
fsh Minister In Washington no passports will
be issued In Canada to naturullzed citizens,
because naturalization in British colony
does not confer upon the person naturallzed
any cl4im TO British protection beyond toe
limits Of that colony"
This principle, as laid down IN the official
dispatch, creates uncasiness and painful
surprise amongst the numerous citizens Who
have become naturallzed in the province;
and they begin to ask themselves what Can
adlan natu' alizatlon can be good Tor, i II en-.
tails the loss Of some Of the ordinary rights Of
citizenship. Our naturalization must be a
perfect delnsion If 1t does not give one the
Character Of @ Canadian outside Of Canada.
When it becomes known that such Ia the po-
}itical Status forced for q H!atima upon foreign
residents in Canada, 1t Will absolutely stop
the emigration ii I'LL not British born, and
divert Ii to the United States. None will
feel this denial Of justice moro keenly than
the Germans, who are the flower Of foreign
emigration, ind Of whom we harc already
some thirty thousand settled IN the Province.
We sec that the Ca1.Gaeschts FolkS6lnt, pub
lisled at New Hamburg, in Upper Canada. .e1-
i Of that class in reference to the measure, and
forshadows its sad conse4uence5,-as will be
seen from the following extract, which TIC
| translate: -. -.
sThosc who refused to believe that thero was
| naturallzcd and the 6orn subjects, viii ind now
| all their doubts dispe11ed. Truly this Is ane
country for Us to lire int While the natusalized
Of the natives; while their taxes are cxactcd 70
t an equal measure with the rest; While tuey ~
called npon t. n he eT % ars fess
he falI en,oyment Of tie rights to which the as
has Justly entitled them. WIN not his u9seaFd Or
lion OF which Canada stands IN 80 much need! !
| The Germans, who form the preponheEating part
Of tls natqralizea citizens, oagnt t9 = lpsGs. ~
to call attention to this evil and to Insist upon II
| removal. Moreover, they must In tho future 40.
solutely refuse their vote 70 any candidate VINO
sclentlUusly hle uluostas the champion Of taa full
acknowledgment Of the rights to which they are
We particularly recommend this German
protest to the immediate attention Of the
minister who has charge Of the Departmental
emigration. He must not let it go to Ger
many that eu,igrants here are denied these
common rights Of citizenship which are SO
readily conferred upon them in the limited
States. Il viii stop emigration to our shores
ftom a11 parts Of the continent Of Europe.
both Catholic and Protestant. Not only
viii 1t deter from coming many now in the
United States who thought Of seeking ca.
madam home, but 1t will surely cause US to
1 lose some Of the present settlers. When they
obtained Canadian naturalization, they re,
nounccd their foreign citizenship, and are
therefore unable to obtain d passport from
any quarter. They are virtually prisoners
foS1iie in Canada, unless they abjure Canadian
citizenship. This is certainly q hard and IN.
deserved tate for our German citizens, and
others similarly situated, aud the Province
will in the end be heavy loser By the Unjust
ice. For these unfortunate results VIC have
once more to thank onr Southern sympathlz
ers and their mischievous oxGans, especially
the twin Contederate papers Of Montreal
Had it not been for them, there would have
been no encouragement here for the raiders
and little or none Of that bad feeling which
has led to the hostile attitude Of our neigh
| bora.