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r,u,, AND REVOLUTIONS.

adopted:
AND RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, Naturalizcd citizens have been
arrested, tried and convicted, by the English
Goyernmcnt for words spoken against that
Goycrnmcnt, within the limits and jurisdie-
ton of the United States, which it alleges to
be treason; and, whereas, also: the English
Government maintains and holds to the doc
,rine that "An English subject cannot, under
any circumstances, throw oil his allegiance
to that Government" Now, therefore, 1t
is the sense Of this meeting in convention as
sembled n
ResoIred, LIST, That i, is an inherent right
OF every individual to shake of the al
l~cyiance which he may owe to any Gov
ernment, aud transfer his allegiance to any
other Government, by complying with the
the laws OF that Government to which he
unitcs himself, and that the mere accident OF
| birth cannot bind 4 subject perpetually to the
| country IN which he was born.
Cd. That the doctrine Of ineStinguishable
and perpetual allegiance from the subject to
the Government claimed by the monarchs OF
! Europe as a part Of the international Law,
is a dogma established BY, and peculiar to
! Monarchial Institutions, which has never re-
| ccivcd the sanction Of the Statesmen or poo
pie Of the United States, and which Is
wholly incompatible withc the theory,
practice, principles and history Of our Re-
publican system.
"a. That i. being the right and privilege
| Of every individual to throw off the allegiance
| which he owes to the Government in which
he was born, whenever he exercises this
| right and unites himself and transfers his
| allegiance to any other Government, it then
becomes the duty Of that Government to give
| him the same protection which it would to
citizens born and reared beneath its flag.
4,h. That il was the intention OF the franz
| ers Of our Government, and the laws OF nat
| uralization to confer upon the individual TAX
ing the benefits ofthese laws, the same right,
and privileges Of native born subjects, and
not 10 give q delusive show OF protection.
9Th. That it is the bounden duty Of our
Government to protect the naturalizcd citi.
zen in the enjoyment Of life, liberty and
property against the claims or encroachments
of that Government to which his allegiance
,ras due, but which by his act has ended At
the time Of the transfer Of his allegiance to
his adopted country.
9th. That in view Of the present relations
now existing between the Government OF the
United States and that Of England upon this
subject, We deem it to be the duty OF the for
mer Government to open negotiations upon
this subject with that Of the latter, and to
maintain, ina respectful and dignihed man
ner, the rights Of her naturalized citizens.
that her Minister, resident in London, should
be instructed-and the release Of all natu-
rallied citizens demanded from the English
Government, except for crimes and misde,
meanors committed within the Territory and
jurisdiction Of that Government. or upon the
high seas within tho rule OF international
Law.
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there should be no longer any uncertainty
upon this natural and equitable right exist
ing in the subject, and it becomes the duty
Of the Government Of the United States to
insist upon and (f need beg compel the re-
coguition Of this rightly force Of arms, from
any and all Governments which now refuse
to recognize the Jane as q principle OF In
ternational Law.
Resolred, Ssh, That a copy Of this pream-
bic and these resolutions be forwarded ut
once to our Senators and Representative
now in Congress.
The President now read q note from
Judge Baldwin, regrctting his inability
to be present, and expressing hearty
sympathy with the sentiments ard OBJ
jects of tho meeting. He was decidedly
opposed to the idea promulgated and
endorsed by the British Government, OF
"once q citizen always u Citizen" and
| strongly denounced the recent action OF
that Government in imprisoning Ameri-
can citizens on charges of Fenianism,
and keeping them confined without
bringing them to trial. The reading Of
| the note was received with much ap-
plause.
The meeting was addressed BY G. E.
| DeLonr, Col. Thos. II. Williams, Col.
John A. Collins, Thos. Sunderland, H.
X. Mitchell, ". F. Anderson, ]. 5.
Pitzer, d. o. Addison, and VIM. Wood
burn, all of whom made sound, ringing
speeches., taking strong grounds in
favor Of the resolutions which had been
adopted by tho meeting. They were
unanimous in the idea that the British
theory Of "once a citizen always n
citizen" must be effectually set aside
henceforwsrd and forever. An Ameri-
can, whether born q citizen or natural
lied MS such, should be respected as an
American by all the nations Of the
world, and the American flag and Gov
ernment should protect him in his just
rights wherever he may be. This prin-
ciple We must vindicate. We must an
nouncc it to oil the nations of the world,
and enforce it. If war is the result, let
it come, and we will "6ght it out on
that line" The power Of our Govern
men. is derived directly from the peo-
pie, and therefore ut this time the Gov
ernment calls for and needs an express
sion of the opinions and will Of tho peo-
pie relative to this question, and then
will know how to act. Seward, too,
directed by the popular wish in the
matter, may become inspired to prove
| himself not to be moro Of an old granny
than q statesman.
Naturalized citizens having worn al
~legianco 10 this Government, renouncing
ali other, are entitled to the same pro-
lection by Government that nativs-born
| citizens are, otherwise they W no ALE
| glance to it. Whatever may DO the
faults of Johnny Bull in other respects,
he certainly protects oil his faithful sub
iects, wherever they may be. In order
to rescue English citizens imprisoned
by the Abyssinian king, England has
declared war and is invading Abyssinia
with her armed legions, and should we
not act on the same principle relative
to American citizens imprisoned or