The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-03-30

faith, human rights are appealed to,
and especially when the truths de-
clared in the opening sentences of the
Declaration of Independence are in
voked as guides in legislation to stig-
matize those who make the appeal as
sentimentalists. incapable of dealing
with practical affairs. 1t would be
easy to demonstrate the falsehood Of
this notion. The men who erected
the structure of this Government were
good. practical builders and knew we'll
the quality of the cornerstone when
they laid it, When they put forth
for the consideration of their contem-
poraries and of posteritv the declara-
ton which they thought a decent
respect for the opinions of mankind
required of them, they weigh d care
fully the fundamental rroncsi-ion on
which their immortal srg me1t rest
ed Lord Chatham's f, nous sentence
will bear repeating aga n:
When lnrdships look at the nspnrs transmitted
hrmness. and wisdom. you cannot but respect thsir
sssrd s"a w. an ak' T. I d
servatinn-and it has my f.v"rite study: have
msster states of the World"h"t for sodtT Of rea-
under :nch cnmniication Of diff"nit M circnmsances
the and m ii
The doctrine that the pursuit of
happiness is an inalienable right with
which men are endowed by their Crea-
tor, asserted by as religions people
as ever lived at the most religious Pc
riod Of their history. propnunded by
as wise. practical. and far-sighted
statesmen as ever lived as the vindica-
tion for the most - omentous public
act of their generation, was intended
to commit the American people in the
most solemn manner to the assertion
that the right to change their homes
at their pleasure is natural right of
all men. The doctrine that free in
stitutions are monopoly of the favor
ed races, the doctrine that oppressed
people may sever their old allegience
at will. bnt have no right to find a
new one. that the bird may fly hut
may never light, is of quite recent
origin.
California herself owing her place
in onr Union to he first victory of
eedom IN the great Contest with AT
rican slavery. is pledged to repndiate
this modern heresy. not only by her
bsptismal vows. bit by her share in
the enactment of the statute of 1858
Her Constitution read thus until she
took D nnis Kearney for her law
givpr:
Of to its o
| do establish this constitution.
DECLRATIoN OF RIGHTS.
SFCTIoN 1. All men free and indp
p-ndent, and have certain fnaienahle rights amons
liberty acquiring. p4ssessing and defending pron
erty, and pursuing and obtaining safety and happi
ness
T. ds Enn or 9S s wsa "
the same rights IN respect tn the possession; enjov
citizens.
Tn the Revised Statutes. section
1899, Congress in the most solemn
manner declare that the right of ex
patriation is beyond the lawful con
troll Of government:
nanTal ana inherent right Of All neope
to the ero, of the rights of life liberty and til
Whereas in the recognition of this principle thi
as"S asip anu 'nVe''e' '"@n -" '' ''''NF
This is a re-enactment. in part. O
the statute of 1868, Of which Mr.
Conness. then a California Senator
of Irish birth, was, if not the author
the chief advocate.
The California Senator called VI
the bill day after day. The bill
originally provided that the Presid-n
might order the arrest and detention
in custody of "any subject or citizsl
of such foreign government" as shoul
arrest and detain any naturalized citi
zen Of the United States under th
claim that he still remained subjec
to his allegience to his native SOW
ereign. This gave rise to debate.
} But there was no controversy abou
/ the part Of the bill which | hav
read. The preamble is as follows:
of is
Of aG". he Fight! ibertT the
ine;s for The projection Of which the Cover
whereas in the rec"gnitcn Of this rrincisle ale III
ship. etc.
MIR. Howard declares that
The right nf expatriation is the great leat
ing American principle
Mr.. Morton says
That mans right to withdraw from his, natl,
himself off from ali with his native cour
hs liberty Tf is d. defec,iVa We claim that the right
liberty is natural. inherent, God-given right, an
his liberty Is fmperfect unless 1t carries with 1t tf
right of expatriation.
The bill containing the preambl
above recited passed the Senate by
vote of 80 to 5.
This doctrine, planted forever in tn
fundamental law Of the Republic b,
the very act which gave it birth, i'm
bedded in the constitution Of nearl,
every State was solemnly reaffirme'
in the most important act of our di
plomacy since America assumed he
place as the principal power Of tn
Pacific The treaty of 1868, know
as the Burlingame treaty. is the frs
occasion when she appears in the di
plomacy Of the oriental world in thu
character which belongs to her. Be.
fore that time the American ha(
been known in the East only as {
feeble and inferior EngGshman
American No. 2 Englishman,
was the Chinese proverb. 1t was fit
ting that in that treaty we should
affirm our traditional faith and incor-
por te in the first great act WI ich was
to give law to the nations of the Pa
cifc this great unchanging truth
The flag bore the same legend. wheth-
er seen from the east or from the west
The Burlingame treaty was wholly
our act. The commissioners who ne