New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-27

When the founders OF the Republic Invited To these
assist in building up nation where every human right
should be recognized and ypdeaed they assured those
whom they thus addressed that in return for their aleoi
to the Constitution OF the country they should Be
made partakeTs of its benefits and be secured from the
vengeance OF those whose authority they had
| TO renounco ere they could be invested with
the character of citizenship On these conditions millions
OF men left their native homes, adopted this as their
country and assumed the responsibilities and burdens Of
the @ III n IcgfsdS d e d
complaint That the cannot be said OF the second
is at once the cause and the Justification OF this appeal
when is addressed TO you men interested IN preserving
the honor Of your nation invioate, and yndcangits
sovereign dignity The incony enience the insults the
ndignities TO which American citizens have been sub
jected by foreign particularly Eneland-pain
down by the founders Of the Republic In thls they give
evidence OF Jealousy with which they regard liberal nsti
tutions the readiness with which would iOn in
crushing them on the slightest prcext. America IL
TO her credit as free nation to her dignity to her
her adopted citizens the promise Of projection In honor
she is bound bound to observe the obligations it in
business pursuits and ayocaations compel them TO
abroad VIII 6e exposed 70 the nnia,Sns anu pun
ers may prompt the infection, thus insulting the national
dignity which It has ever been the pride OF our czen:
TO maintain at home and abroad When the promises of
nation dsregarded and its citizens are tamely al
VeTy uncertain founda aiG The daenty With Which
the Republic has had TO cOntendts youth its weakness,
its desnies-have to some extent been fairly pleaded
for past apparent apathy indifference IN urging this
degree Of reason this argument pology may have had
previously, there none for it now The nation is
ump unparalleled IN the history Of the world so that
It were possible that the power most criminal In its dsre
gard OF the rights Of American citizens should refuse to
conform 70 what regard ioT justice end It's
sort Of outraged natious-war--should become
| the inevitable alternative, we should have no
fears for the result Our confidence In the ability OF
America TO bear herself through the ordeal bravely
and triurnphanty a. she bore herself in her former
struggles with the same power is firm as is our faith
the justice OF the and the correctness Of the
principles OF which she is the natural champion. The
truly loves his eounry but there evils still more to be
deprecated. The peace whose maintenance only be-
sacrifice Of national honor and dignity dangerous
than the hazard Of battle, since IL at the conf
try while by the apparent promise OF impuny inviting
renewed and aggravated aggresons ON the part of hos
the United States is happily free and DO not appre
bend that any difficulty will be experienced IN seeurngs
peaceful and satisfactory settement Of this tooOng
yexed question Already France, ever prOmr
foremost ranks Of civilization and progress has given
renewed proof Of the long and well tried andy existing
between her Government and that Of the United States
by relaxing, in behalf Of our naturszed citizens, the
strngency OF the code which exacs from every native
born Frencbman military service from which evasion
had heretofore been tolerated Prussia too, has made
large concessions in the direction The advanced
obsolete boundaries Of feudaisIn and with irresistible
power thrusting aside the WORKOUT ideas which, ignoring
the free will and inherent dignity OF man, would make
him for life the slave, not merely of the SOIL but of the
evervaryDg systems into which the necessities Of state
craft are fast resolving all the forms OF monareh-nOt
less than the repeated declarations OF English statesmen
|
room for reasonable doubt that the claims OF this
satisfactory arrangement Of the mat er in dispute But
should it prove otherwise should those friendly and
yduas should always precede as their failure can only
Jnstfyl the resort to more stringent measnrcs-and
compel final appeal TO Tar-then the Republic would
not be the sufferer BY IT, and would ma that her SdSp,e s
past would none the less yaanty defend her nag when
advanced the protector OF their rights aud the symbol
In claiming protection for American citizens we demand
no than England sxacts for her subjects in every
part OF the universe To-day her armies cOBcentrat
Ing in Eastern Africa TO chastse the Prince OF Abyssna
for doing 70 English citizens what she doing to those OF
America To andavenge the injuries OF few OF her
people she is about TO desperate war; aud satisfy
possessions Of the potentate whom she charges wtha
violation Of international comfy Here lesson and an
us not be unmindful Of them Who citizens in
% sS s' f. s the
In most instances they are men who when the RepuDho
| regiments and commanded them through the struggle
which ended in the yndication OF the authority OF the
many bloody field they have testified their fdehtyto
the land OF their adoption from the opening OF the Ke
Of the ARpo%at9 9S:,, By their TS Ss Vr sasy
TO the vengeance Of English magistrates, Judges and
would be inagde q the dnrT nsoy
character. We do not ask that American citizenship
shall be urged for the protection OF men who may DO
do fsk that yhen American citizens go abroad ana make
no breach OF the peace they Shall not cease TO be pro-
acts done alleged to be donc within the sdicton q
her her despotic dictum that "a SUBJECT once Is
s9bjets alysys" Is Reputation ana t denial
II this decision o: despotlsm is TO prevail then tine s0s
eign claim OF the United States to make citizens by ado
lie become mockery serving only to betray the foreign
born immigrant. by drawing on him tho ven
! 70 abure, without receiving any return Of protec.
ton from this country II Is time that this state OF things
posed Of by the men Of the Revolution Any attempt to
enforce upon the nation or It's citizens now b riey
apology demanded for the acts perpe,rated under It's
assumption 1t is the duty of Administration to take
cognzanoe OF it, and maintain the laws in this as IN otner
Instances The conduct Of England in her recent treat
ment OF American interests relieves us from all oDnga
difficulty she treated with injustice insoence and IN
timidaton Her attitude toward US was uniriendiy n
the extreme There why we should not de-
mand what she justly owes u.s. II she cannot eonceao
this our duty Is plain ana We snO1 mot of Millions OF
citizens counsels immediate action Let the voice Oh
Government be assured that in securing the rights OF or
citizens they will receive she appreciation ana supporter
every true American vvso,rr,oxs
The Government Of Great Britain has IL VIOLATION Of an
aacson seized on per.Ou citizens both nss, bern
an IGg 1s 1S az & and Ss & month. detained
prison. without legal accusation Or sspssa some 81
dcton ignonpion convicted criminals are nsaV
dore While said Government has in defiance
Of American and condemned others British subjects r eS
done limits Of the United States dsregng Their Amesn
reiasng
them the privilege depryug then Of right which
Bsh law n Who claims to BE- citizen
az an alien No adequate the
protection citizens abroad to the yindeaion Of the noeh
dignity this respect have yet been taken BY the government oil mo
United therefore, he
ssR,,olsd arrived when longer consistent
the dignity ofis Republic the rights Of ~ Iens s, an, M
egn should be tolerated claiming eNaepg allegiance OF "
whom the character OF American citt1
been conferred by the Consultation ard laws OF the Nas
Britain the immediate and
illegally