The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-09-21
American Neutrality Laws.

American Neutrality Laws.
Some Of our German friends carried away BY
their yearnings for the Fatherland- talk about
raising regiments for the war. IL one or two Of
the Germanized wards in this city, We hear Of
fa-ds contributed. enlistnents made aud organ
nations perfected for this object. Perhaps all
these efforts viii come to nOught A little re-
FICTION viii convince all reasoning American
TeutO0s that King William does not need the
loan Of their arms The few meu who could be
sent 10 hin from the United States would count
for nothing 10 bis vast armies, and might arrive
AZ the scene Of war after the fighting was all
over. Any money that the New York Germans
have TO spare could be much better laid out in
subscriptions to sanitary funds than in shipping
fen handfuls Of soldiers to PruSsia-Ehieh would
be much Ike sending Goals to Newcastle. IL
this connection, it is proper to call attention to
the state Of our neutrality laws about eulistments
IL this country, 10 serve against nations with
which We are at pesee; though We regret that
the President OF the United States should have
left the subject to newspaper exposition instead
OF Publishing proclamation Of neutrality. which
would make everything officially clear. and put q
stop 70 enterprises commenced in violation Of
those laEs, whether BY Germans or Frenehmsu,
citizens of, or residents in this Republic. These
statutes, f0r the full text Of which see Brightys
Digest, Pp- 63s, 6Ss and $780, prohibit, first,
any citizen Of the United States, within the ter
ut0ry or jurisdiction thereof, from accepting or
exercising commission to serve foreign prince
&c, On land or sez, against any foreign prince,
&c, with whom the United States are st peace,
and any person 50 offending shall be fined not
more than $1,000, and imprisoned not more than
three years second, any person within the terri
tory OF jurisdiction Of the United States, from
eulstibg or entering himself or hiring or retain
ing any other person to enlist Or enter himself to
90 be!Ond the limits of the United STATES with
intent to Be enlisted or entered il the service of
any foreign prince As s soldier, or marine, or sea
man, under penalty Of q fine Of not more than
81 900, AMI Imprisonment not exceeding three
years There Is proEisO, however, that any
subject Of foreign prince, trznsie1tly within the
United States, nay enlist himself, if be pleases,
on board any vessel of var, letter of marque, or
priSateer. belonging to such prince, add being in
United States waters. if the Uuited states are
al peace with the government owning the vessel
1t has also been decided. United States V. Ka-
zinski that it Is not crime to leave tbs country
With Intent TO enlist IL foreign military service.
nor to transport persons out Of the country With
their oEu consent, who have an intention Of so
10 constitute q crime under the
statute, such persons must Be hired or retained
TO 90 abroad ~ith the intent Of so sulistiug. F.
These are all the important provisions Of oar
usutrslity lass touching the business Of enlist
meats here either by natgralizsd citizens or
foreign residents While they impose no re- /
strziut upou Germans or Frenehmen. unnatural /
lied. existing for service on board any German .
or French nan-0f-Ezr il American waters. thgT
distinctly prohibit tn enlistment Of s1ch persons
On American soil all other persons violate the .
laE if they enlist anywhere within the jurisiic-
,iou Of the United Ststss. O. land OF sea, or are
hired OF retained here to enlist, or leave this
country for the purpose Of existing, except at
her own expense 1t & clear that the raising
II money to pay for such snlistmeuts, or the
7fsring OF Inducements to enlist, or the accept
ines OF the sane or the organizing Of regiments
r companies in the United States are violations
II the neutrality ia=z- into which our local ad-
nirers ct King William Or Napoleon ziH Be
iksly to bz1dsr through ignorance Of the statutes
lPon the subject Some tine ago, it vas gwen
at that the President would not issue a pro-
anation Of neutrality until after hostiities shall
ave co1msuced on a large scale. Il seems to
: that h0stilItiss have 20 commenced and that
io= L the tine Tor the United States to sneak.
the President salts until one or two great
attiss have been foGght and msanzhils- the
s1tFaItE AVS are grossly violated here ze nav
nd ourselves 1uPlezsantlF situated zith one or
fhsr ct the eontsuding nations We are nov
peace With both. and shouid strive % preserve
EitH each The most suiczbls rslztious-E z
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