Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-17

who occupy the proud eminence Of royal
or popular favor, cannot be douo.ea.
There is one quarter OF the ~oria IN
which We look with hope. Those VINO
have evolved from the labyrinth Of Ger,
man politics, which have been 70 al
students of history in one sense q N.Y.
terry and In another a puzzle VINO rom
the elements Of anarchy have In an IN
slant, and by . word, called into being
q new creation, already Recognised SIS
permanent empire, and which promises
at a day not distant to unite . race long
divided, and to cement . power In zen.
trail Europe long needed. that may num-
Der sixty million peoples to those whose
genius and success Is due the North
German Union, we have . right to turn
for the Justice We demand. In the foun-
dation Of q new Power, she has Wisely
submitted her plans to the approval o.
the people. She has made petty inter.
ests that formed petty governments sub
servient to grsa. principles that are tho
only basis Of great nations.
She has united the people who speak
the same language, and who revere the
same historic past. She seeks to hold
them together BY consent, not BY force.
The constitution Of 1867 10 rsdolent OF
the future. The republic Of the new
world might adopt With profit many OF
its wise and just provisions. She knows
how important emigration 10 to ciyiliza-
ton, and to liberty. She felt In the
great struggle which terminated at Sad
owa the priceless advantages of the Ger
manic emigration to the North which
gave her . friend and an ally in Prussia.
She counts not less than two million
natiye-born children In the republican
family Of the United States, aud OF their
descendants nearly elk millions more.
She will understand how dearly they
cherish tho glorious memories Of the
fatherland she can comprehend the ad-
vantage Of an ally and friend In the
New World equal in spirit and strength
to that which supports her in the old.
| Tho concession we ask 10 not worth to
| her the parchment upon which 1t 10
| written. Her conventions and treaties
closely approach 1t. The legislation OF
some of tho lesser German States, as in
terpretsd by their rulers, required but
tho definition of . single word to secure
to Americans all they ask Of Germany.
But whatever may DO her decision, or
that of other States, the point We make
must be conceded. That the rights We
| claim can be permanently denied, that
the question at issue will DO settled
against us, that It is to remain long un-
settled, are impossible.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs
have entered upon the consideration Of
the question only by the direct order Of
tho House. II has received the consid.
crate attention which its great lmpor.
lance demands, aud the result Of its de-
alterations 10 embraced In . bill here
| with submitted for the consideration OF
the House. Nothing can be more sp-
parent than that legislation does not
alone furnish remedy for the evils Of
which the country complains.
Local legislation is as powerleis to
effect the reforms We desire as It 10 to
Justify the wrongs inflicted upon Amer
lean citizens BY other nations; but 1t 10
indispensable, a. . 6rst step, that .
statute declaration Of the rights We
claim 1hould exist. It 10 also important
that distinct proclamation Of the limita.
lions to the rights We claim should DO
made. The project Of . law, which 10
submitted herewith, seeks to accomplish
this result. It also proposes that when
all the resources of the Government
shall have failed to produce q reeogni-
ton by other governments Of the prinei-
Piles Of public law so long maintained BY
this, in regard to the rights of natural
lied citizens, the President shall be In.
vested with the same authority within
our Jurisdiction as to subjects Of other
Governments that foreign States enforce
upon American citizens within their
jurisdiction. In case Of collision, re-
prisal, or war, . State 10 justified In de-
tanning . foreigner against his will.
won Martins Law Of Nations, 87.) But
It is not anticipated that such proceed
ing will be required. It can not be that
in this age, when all the political tradi.
lions Of the middle ages are tumbling,
that Europe will at this day rush to eI-
tremities to sustain . claim re%pudiatsd
by every authority Of law, humanity,
expert snce, civilization, and justice.