Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-14

right TO demand that foreign Nations
shall agree that their citizens natural
lied here. shall be relieved Of their orig
inal allegiance. No Nation can inter-
fere in that way between a Government
and its subjects. No Nation would con-
sent that another should do it. The
United States can not rightfully demand
that 3 new principle shall be incorpora-
ted into the law Of Nations, against the
will OF other Nations. England and
France have no right to insist that the
United States shallreIinquish their right
to the allegiance OF their citizens. No
one Nation, nor any number Of Nations
can interfere in respect to the relations
between another nation and its subjects
OF citizens. That can only be dene by
1 NEGOTIATION and our Government has
never undertaken to negotiate on the
subject; which it should have done at
the beginning, If it did not intend to
vindicate, if necessary, the right Of its
nstur2lized citizens, by arms, against
their mother-c0untries. 1t should have
been foreseen that, ID leave the whole
matter open and undetermined, was to
make collisions and wars inevitable, IN
less we mesnt basely to abandon those
whose allegiance we had accepted.
Is not our Government, nevertheless,
bound TO defend our n~aturalized citizens
in the possession Of aI the rights that
belong TO the native-born, even vindicat-
ing these rights, If necessary, by arms?
We think E5s.
True, the United States have not ex-
pressly promised to do it but the very
acceptance OF the allegiance Of q native
Of another country, and imposing OF the
~naturaIizsd citizen the duty and obliga-
ton Of bearing arms for us, wen against
the mother country, entities the party
so n~aturalized, 10 ample snd complete
protection, and 10 ali the rights, privi-
lecss and immuuities Of s citizen, native
born. The Constitution aud the Statutes
co not say or hint that the native born
citizen shall have any larger or other
rights than the nataraIized one and
therefore. when one is made a citizen, he
necessarily possesses al the rights Of
citizenship. Nothing limits them. We
. REQUIRE the foreigner, first of all, u re-
nouace all allegiance to the Monarch or
Government Of mis- native country. By
accepting that renuuciauoa, VS. give
him solemn and ample assurance that
he 10 longer owes that allegiance, but Is
released and freed from it. It IS a pledge
Of protection and that he shall be main
tanned in the possession Of his rights at
81 hazards. If we permit a party born
a subject Of the British crown, but nat
urali1sd here, to be arrested, tried snd
! condemned ia England, as guilty of
treason against the crown OF England,
eur solemn pledge is violated and the IA
ton ia diggraeed, and becomes among ma
lions what s coward and liar Is among
men.
Il is time, therefore, that Congress
should declsre ~ Law what are the rights
Of u~sturalized citizens, and thst the Gov
eminent should ~endeavcur, 10y the most
efficient AID vigorous means, 10 induce
foreign Nations to assent to this change
in their own established Law. II it per
mits one n~aturalized IrishmGn 70 be con-
victed and hung, as guilty Of treason
against the British Grown, it is dishOn-
CURED beyond redemption. When Rome
made those whom it Conquered and IN
uexed TO itself Roman citizens, it pro-
tected them IS such, against all the
world, and each could say, as confidently
as II he bad been born il Rome, Cfrjs
RoU11auR sum-" When we engaged in
the work Of naturalization, we did 50
with our eyes open, and assumed al the
responsibilities which the Measure in
v0lved. We cannot shirk them OTsneak
out Of them. If we do, We had better
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