The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-01-09

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gro supremacy" .'the white maa's.
| Government, 1.-THE war Of races
will be aved and shamed into ST
lence Then liberty and justice t.
all, and equal protection for al. will
pc the lixel policy of the Govern
ment and the settled practice Of the
people; and the nation having de
creed liberty aud justice. will
move on, blessed and apI'lanlea, to
the accomplishment ofit5 high des
tiny.
Is S,lt; OF Nat lrs,iizaI Citizens.
Much has recantlY been said
about the rights of oar adopted eiti-
zans. Those devilish tyrants OF
Europe regad their subjects as
nothing III ore than common brutes,
and vet they Ii u | the Il brewer saD
ject t> their de;oicab,e will All
power. F,r in5talce. TIE GDv4rl
meat Of Itlly nev.: Ipla ID, U;
even So much as to ALLOW u, t) see
inside Of Il con- nDl sch) d lloIs2,
al vet the dirty Il .yiiish wratcha;.
wh) controlled it ten yetfi aso.
| drafte rs even atocI W. hll bee !
nm, years in this country, ha n,
idea Of ever returlia :. all hui Il
m )re respect for it than for n dog
because We hlt,l its tyrl1icl aal
oppressive G. ,veclnans an | laws.
If we should ever g, back 10 that
country, W. w,li r.sj llv obev it,
| laws while the y. bat We w,all want
it to be III l1rst) | Int We are Il cit
izan Of these great anl sl:rious
Unte,l States, that t. then. all
them only we we ailagienca, and
we sio i'd expect this Government
which we revere, to protect US fully
from al rno!estations fron whatever
source.
We hope this Government will
take a position which will give for
eign powers to ia ier5tan that an
4 erican citizen must ne respected
and protected in all his rights wler-
ever he goes. The age of foreign
tlictation must come to an enl. T-lc
Clevelan | Leader, speaking Of this
subject, says:
The courts OF Great Britain have
recently, in Il most often n5ive form
asserted that wherever they fad a
native Of England or its possessions
they will deal with him as a British
snhject, regar less Of his citizenship
elsewhere 81 every Fenian, found
i'll overt rebellion against the Efy-
! lish goveru neat, is, whether Il mt
uralizeH citizen Of the United States
or not, liable to trial for treason, In
case OF a war with Great Britain
every Irishnan, Engiishman, Scotch
man or Canadian in our army even
| if a natlrriiized citizen of tire United
States, is to he regarded bv British
law, as expounded '-since the DAYS
Of the Third Edward" as a traitor
to his sovereign, and to he punished
accordingly. This is a grave ont
rage, and an intolerahIe insult to the
dignity and authority Of the United
States, which must be at once re
! dressed
Let it be distinctly understood
that we do not at all advocate the
immunity Of the Iawless Fenians.
who, while the United States are at
peace with Great Britain, engage in
riot, arson and murder in British
dominions Even if recoyn;z,I as
American citizens, they are ;tnena-
bic to British law while in British
jurisdiction. The Manchester vic,
tins were liable to death as IA lAr-
ers, AMI we hope the plott-rs Of the
Clerkenwail atrocity. if disc ,vcre |
and fairly convicted. will meet q
similar fate BIT we Il, il,ist that
the worst of these citizens shonll
have all the protection ID which cit
izensllip entities him The SAM
difficulty arises in even a more az
gravated form in some Of the con
tinental nations. In Prussia an;l
other German states the law requires
of all subjects the actual perform
ance of military service for a num-
Der of years and these governments
persist in seizing the persons ofnat-
uralized Americans AMI exactiny of
them the fulfillment Of their military
service in foreign armies.
Another class of our adopted cit
izens, and among them some Of our
most distinguished and Influential
statesman, are political exiles from
their native lands. and do not dare
to go back to their o own homes even
with the mantle of American citizen
ship around them, without beiao
seized and imprisoned for old DO
litical offences.
All this ought at once to be
changed. These assertions of right
and power by continental govern
ments are totally inconsistent with
the dignity of the United States.
Our laws do not provide for the nat
aralization OF persons Of foreign