THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Bedford, July I, t £>9.
B. F. Meyers &G. W. Beeford, Editors.
DEMOCRATIC .NOMINATIONS.
STATE TICKET.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
OF PR 11. A DEI. PHI A.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL:
JOHN ROWE,
OF FRANKLIN.
CBPWT TICKET.
>OR ASSOCIATE JT*D*E,
WM. STATES, of W. Providence tp.
FOR TRBASCRKB,
WM. SCHAFER, of Bedford Borough.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNF.T,
GEO. 11. SPANG, of Bedford Borough.
FOR COVSTT SURVEYOR,
SAM'L KETTER.MAN, ot Bedford Bor.
FOP. COMMISSION EE,
WM. M. PEARSON, of M. Woodberry tp.
FOS DIRECTOR OF THE POOR,
JOHN KEMERY, of Schellsburg Bor.
FOR AT'DLTOE,
DANIEL FLETCHER, of Monroe tp.
PERSONALITIES IX POLITICS.
There is nothing we despise more heartily
than that false personal pride which so fre
quently stands between men and principles.—
For example, a ticket is nominated by one of
the political parties, which ticket, by imme
morial usage and bv the interpretation of com
mon sense, is the representative of the creed of
that party; a man is placed upon that ticket
who has made himselt some personal enemies
in the ranks of his party; those enemies in or
dpr to wreak their vengpance upon thaf man,
conspire together to defeat him, and in so doing
strike a direct blow at the principles they pro
fen to cherish. This is a case of frequent oc
currence in all political organizations, and
operates more effectively to retard the march:
of principle than any other internal opposition.
But such personal warfare against party nomi- |
nees, is not only a hindrance to the successful i
assertion of principle,— not only demoralizing j
and destructive to the party —but it is dishonor
able and disgraceful to the men who engage
in it. What! pour your spleen into the ballot
box, and, like a stealthy assassin, stab your
enemy when he is defenceless? No:
It is the duty of every man to forgive his ene
my; but if his ear be deaf to the call of Chris
tian duty, let him, at least, take his revenge
like a man. Who is there so cowardly that
he would not meet his adversary face to face
and settle his account with him manlully and
in the open light of day ? Who is there so
puerile that he must stand at some out-of-the
way election-place and, like an angry school
hoy, pelt his adversary with paper pellets?—
Let such revenge belong to cowards and chil
dren, but not to men —high-minded and hon- ;
orable men. To every voter who has identified
himself with a political party, we say, vote
with an eye single to the principles of your
party—throw aside your prejudices, and
especially your little personal grudges and
jealousies, settle your quarrels with your neigh
bor at any other place than at the ballot-box,
and when you come to make your choice be
tween the various candidates for office, think
of nothing but your own political sentiments
and the welfare of our beloved country.
SOME OF THE Fill ITS OF OPPOSITION'
TO THE PRESIDENT.
For the last two years, we have heard of
nothing in the political world but "Opposition
to the Administration." Every measure pro
posed by President Buchanan —no matter what
its nature —has met the fiercest and most un
scrupulous opposition. In the last Congress,
the Black Republicans and Know Nothings,
assisted by a number of traitorous Democrats,
did all in their power to embarrass and cripple
the Administration. They defeated the pas
sage of the Lecompton Constitution—defeated
the Cuba bill—and, to their everlasting shame
be it said, defeated the Post Oflice Appropria
tion Biil. Of course the combination against
the President, was made with ambitious aims
on the part of those who entered into the coa
lition, and doubtless, with the majority of the
conspirators, this fusion of odds and ends, was
a darling scheme to break up the Democratic
party. Well, they succeeded in many of their
inancpuvres, in fact they were successful in too
many for their own good. The people are be
ginning to feel the injury done them by these in
famous tricksters. For instance, they find their
mails cut off, on account of the failure of the
Postal Appropriation Bill, which as above sta
ted, was deteated by the coalition against the
President. The fruits of opposition to the
President, are seen even in our own neigh
borhood. The daily mail to Schellsburg and
Latcobe, has been changed to a tri-weekiy, and
that to Somerset to a semi-weekly. If the
Administration had been voted the usual ap
propriation for carrying the mail, this change
would not have been made. But "opposition
to the President" had its own way about the
matter, and the people are now called upon to
take the consequences. Let this item be re
membered on the second Tuesday of October.
OTP-SEE the Law- Card of J. C. DICKEN Esq.,
Pittsburg, in our advertising columns. Mr.
Dicken is well known in this community, as a
talented, hone9t and industrious young man.—-
fl to deserve success is to command it, our
tnend Dicken will certainly succeed.
THE KANSAS ELECTION.
Tempora mutantur The limes are
changed ! A few years ago, when Ihe
Abolitionists lorded it in Kansas, news from
that bleeding Territory came with lightning
speed. The telegraph wires fairly groaned
under the loads ot Abolition legends concer
ning the dark and bloody deeds of the Border
Ruffians. But now, how different ' Since
the Beecher rifle 3 have become rusty, and the
Abolitionists have ceased their drafts upon
Kansas for political capital, no authentic new:
can be obtained from that territory for month
after events have transpired in which the
whole Union is more or less interested, loi
instance, there is still no definite news in re
crard to the election for delegates to the Con
stitutional Convention, which came off som*
four, or five weeks a<jo. All this goes to show
th3t many of the Kansas stories with whici
the Abolitionists were wont to frighten people
were manufactured to order in St. Louis am
and other Western cities, and used as th
political market seemed to require. Ih
latest we have seen concerning the Kansa
election, was a letter in the Waynesburg A/es
sender, written at Leavenworth, which state*!
that "Leavenworth county and city wen
! Democratic by five or sis hundred majority
; and the returns from other parts, indicate <
i Democratic victory throughout the Territory.'
Kansas is, doubtless, Democratic. What i
I pity that "Lecompton" and the "English Dill*
| didn't give her to the Abolitionists!
A MAP OF BEDFORD COONTY. W
Maps have been made of almost every coun
! ty in the State, showing the location of all the
: roads, streams, boundary lines, mountains, vil
j lages, churches, school-houses, post offices
stores, grist mills, saw mills, ice., ice. Mr
E. L. WALKER, a gentleman in whom we havt
implicit confidence, having known him inti
mately for the last ten years, proposes to maki
such a map of our county, from actual surveys
in which laudable undertaking we hope cui
citizens will patronize him liberally. It i.<
an enterprise which most assuredly deserves
our countenance and support. It will enable
us to know the names of all our citizens, and
also where they live. It will show the oc
cupation of almost every man in the county,
thus answering the purpose of a card, or ad
vertisement. It will be finished in a neat and
ornamental style and sold at a very reasonable
price. As it is absolutely necessary, in an en
terprise of this kind, to have a sufficient num-
Der of subscribers to warrant the undertaking,
we would say to all who intend buying maps,
subscribe at once. We would add that it will
require a great deal of labor, time and means,
to carry the work through, and as it cannot
be finished under a year and a half, there is
none so poor that he may not safely risk a sub
scription to Walker's Map of Bedford County.
TRIAL OF MOW ING MACHINES.
On Saturday last, we witnessed an interes
ting mowing match between the Buckeye
Mower and Manny's Machine with Wood's
improvement. The match came off on the
farm of Dr. Anderson, immediately east of
town, the test being heavy lodged clover.
Both machines operated with complete sue- 1
cess. The Buckeye] is a beautiful little ma
chine, easily managed and an excellent mower.
It did its work perfectly.
The Manny and Wood Machine has a well
merited and fully established reputation, and
though it is not claimed for it that it is better
than ail others, either as a reaper or a mower,
yet it has thus (ar almost invariably carried off
the palm as a combined machine. On the j
present occasion, as all will admit, it did its ;
■ work as well as its competitor, though the
Buckeye, being so easily managed, was
pronounced the better machine, by the
Committee, which was composed and voted as
follows :
CHAS. COLFELT, for Manny.
JACOB BIDDLE, " "
J. LING EX FELTCR, lor Buckeye.
GEORGE SMITH, " "
JOHN ALSIP, " "
The Manny Machine, we believe, cuts 7 j
inchps wider than the Buckeye.
We are informed that the agents for Manny, I
have challenged the Buckeye lor a trial in
grain.
As some evidence that the farmers are be- j
ginning to appreciate this gteat improvement '
in harvesting-machinery, we need but refer to;
the fact that our friend Hartley sold five
Manny Machines during the last six, or eight
days.
POLITICAL SIGNS.
Every day bring 3 us renewed assurance of
the unity and harmony of the Democratic par
ty. Senator Douglas has declared that he will
adhere to the party, and support the nominee
of the Charleston Convention. The disappoin
ted office-seeker faction in our own State, to use
the elegant phraseology of one of its members,
it fast "rotting into the past." Governor
Packer's home organ, edited by the Governor's
son-in-law, has raised the Democratic State
Ticket and gives it able and efficient support.
If tl\e Democrats but do their duty—turn out
to the polls and work for the ticket—Pennsyl
vania will be again Democratic at the coming
election.
Run, at their recent election, chose the follow
ing officers :
CAPTAIN, Philip G. Morgarl.
FIRST LIEUT., Samuel Bender.
SECONr. do., Alex. Ridenbaugh.
ENSIGN, WM. Mortimore.
The "Blues" are a fine looking company and
in excellent drill.
WHAT'S IN A NAME !
The fallowing "good one" is going the rounds
at our Democratic exchanges :
•'What party do you belong to now, Bill ?"
said Joe, the other day.
"I belons," answered Bill, "to the know
no— American-no-tbe-tbe —hanged ef I haint
forgot, Joe. What sort of varmint was it you
ketched t'other night stealin' your chick
ens ?"
"It was an oppossum."
That's it, Joe, that's it. Op-op-what did
you say it was, Joe
"Oppossum."
"Welt, I belong to the' oppos—
"Opposition," said Joe.
41 1 know'd it was somthin* or other. My
party changes so often, hang rne ef I can keep
op."
A "WHOPFER."—it is said that a certain
Thomas Pepper was kicked out of hell for lying.
HTem's punishment was no more than adequate,
what ought to be done with the Abolitionists,
who beat Thomas "all hollow ?" And if corn*
mon Abolition liars deserve severer penaltie.
than Tom Pepper, what punishment should b
inflicted on the scribbler for Jotdan'sorgan,
last week ha 1 the brazen audacity to as-cil thai
the Democratic nominees have placed theue
.-elves on the "Lecomp.ton platform ?" There
is not one word oltruth in that assertion. Tire
Convention did not mention Lecompton, forlht
simple reason tha' that question is settled, ll
this falsehood of the Abolitionists is a specimen
of what is to come during the campaign, wt
may certainly expect some astounding feats at
drawing the long bow.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY. —The July No. of the
"Atlantic," is "filled to the brim" with good
tilings. The paper on "Torn Paine" is full ol
interest, and the article under the caption ol
"William Shakspeare, Attorney and Solicitor,' 1
is very readable, at least to ail who delight in
the pages of "Sweet Will." The "Professor
at the Breaklast Table," the lineal successor ol
the renowned "Autocrat," and Mr--. Stoue'.-
new serial, "Tn* Minister's Wooing," stil 1
continue their attractions. The reviews in
this number, are also very able. Every love:
of literature, should subscribe to the "Atlan
tic."
OCT I 'HON. RORKRT J. WALKER has becomr
reconciled to his old friend, President Buchan
an, concerning which the Consliluhon remarks
as follows : "We know that while the
President is deeply gratified that amicabh
relations with his valued friend and formei
colleague are restored, no terms were made
and no political concessions of any kind wen
either proposed, or agreed to, either by Mr,
Walker or himself."
OUR FOURTH OF JULY SPEECH. —On our firsl
page will be found the address of HON. JOHN
O. BRKCKINKIDGE, Vice President of the
States, delivered on the occasion of the remo
val of the l.'nited States Senate from the old tc
the new chamber. We give it as our "Fourth
of July Speech," for IS*)9, and heartily com
mend its patriotic sentiments to every readei
of the Gazelle.
TC 'We have another correction to make in
our report of trie Ja!e Military election. Il
turns out that Capt. Thos. W. Horton, of the
Hopewell Riflemen, has been elected Colonel,
and not ('apt. Compiler as at first supposed.—
Colonel Horton will, doubtless, make a first
rale officer.
TCF'Our old friend, M AJ. TALIAFERRO, re
cently spent a few days in our midst, being on
a visit to his family. The Major looks well,
as usual, and is as sprightly and vivacious a*
ever. \\ e were glad to see tire old veteran
in such good health and spirits. He left a few
days ago, for his station at Pittsburg.
CJr"A Major Central of the Division com
posed of the counties of Somerset, Cambria,
! Bedford and Blair, will be elected on (tie 4-th
of July next. Bedford county officers entitled
to vote, will have thp opportunity of doing so
by coming to Bedford on the day specified.
OMISSION. —In the list of candidates nomina
ted, given in the proceedings of the late Dem
ocratic County Convention, published in our
paper last week, the name of WILLIAM SCHAFER
ESQ., the nominee for Treasurer, was uninten
j tionally omitted.
DEATH OF HON. D. F. UOBISON.—HON. DAVID
I. ROBINSON, formerly Member of Congress
for this district, died at his home in Charnbers
borg, on Friday last. It is said his death
caused by the so-called "National Hotel dis
ease."
C. LEVIN, the well-known
Native American politician, is now in the in
sane asylum in Philadelphia, and it is feared,
is a confirmed lunatic.
AFPLACTED WITH BOTTS. — The "VVoollv'
Horse" has got the Botts. See Jordan's Abo
lition organ.
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]
Judge Douglas* Position.
WASHINGTON, June 2J.
Judge Douglas stated to-day to a v>ry promi
nent southern politician that he intends to sup
port the nominee of the Charleston Conven
tion: but that what was meant by the letter to
Mr. Dorr, of Towa, was that he will not him
self consent to run upqfrji platform that he*
cannot endorse. In he will adhere*,
to his party against the Ppjtyption.
lowa Politics—Demojfcalfe Nominations.
Bur.LiNcip|SowA } June 2f).
The Democratic Stalf- which
met at Des Moines on the&s "inst., made the
following nominations : For Governor—A. C.
Dodge; Lieutenant-Governor—L. W. Babbitt;
Judges of the Supreme Court —L. S. Wilson,
Charles Mason and C. C. Cole.
THE RIGHTS OF N \TL RAI.IZKD
CITIZENS.
A few weeks ago, GEN. CA-S, the Secretary
of State, wrote a brief letter to a Mr. I.E CLKRC,
of Tennessee, in which was announced the
simple fact that a native rf France naturalized
in the United Stales, is not, by virtue ot such
naturalization, exempt from uvlitary service un
der the sovereign he has renounced, it he
voluntarily returns within the dominions of
that sovereign. This letter was written with
the patriotic purpose o! putting on their guard
such French naturalized citizens of the United
States as may have intended visiting France
during the progress of the present war. It
will be observed that GEN. CA-s did not a-sert
any principle, but merely stated an existing
fact, for it is a fact that France claims military
service from all who once were her subjects,
iit by their own free will they return within
I ,
her borders; and what is more, there is no in
ternational law. treaty, or convention of any
sort, which denies France the right to claim
j such service of such quondam subjects. Can
j General Cass make a law that will bind France?
Will his mere dictum compel Louis Napoleon
to resign a prerogative which not a single gov
't -raiment on the face of the earth, has denied
| nirn 1 Nonsense! If this claim of France i>
to be disputed, it can only be done by setting
| all precedent at defiance and at the point of
the bayonet. Hut, notwithstanding these facts,
i Abolition newspapers denounce, in the most
rabid style, the venerable Secretary of State,
for making nis well-meant announcement. —
! They raot and storm at what they are pleased
to call the "new doctrine of Mr. Cass." Their
i object is palpable. Tney feel the load of the
j "Massachusetts Amendment," that odious
measure which disfranchises white naturalized
i citizens, whilst the Constitution of which it
forms a part, permits the blackest negro to vote.
Consequently they make a great outcry about
the letter of General Cass, for the purpose of
' diverting the attention of foreign-horn citizens
from their own iniquitous conduct in Massa
| chusetts. These shameless political scoundrels
—the midnight inventors of Know Nothing
; proscription—the bloody-handed participators
in the wholesale murder of foreign-born citi
zens in Baltimore, Louisville and New Orleans
—the relentless persecutors of every citizen
not to the manor born—now raise their guilty
palms in holy horror at the announcement ot
i Secretary Cass, and fain would make their for
mer victims believe that they, and not the
Democratic party, are their true friends. But
this desperate and unprincipled game, is too
fraudulent and wicked for even some of the
| leading Opposition journals. The .Yalional
Intelligencer, a paper which during the days
ol the Whigs, was the foremost organ of that la
mented party, and which at present, is con- |
sidered the fairest and most respectable Oppo
>-'! | journal published, lakes sides w;Tut Geo. f
[ r* ill the rr.cfct twph<iiif. maaiver, gne-;
I leri so far as to intimate that those who oppose
U .
It fie Secretary, in regard to the matter in ques
tion, are claiming the same rights in Fiance |
which Great Britain once claimed on the High
Seas, and for claiming which the United States
declared war against her in 1812. We sub- i
join the Intelligencers article. Read it, and j
! see how plain a tale (from their own side,
mark ye,) shall put these howling hypocrites
! down.
From the National Intelligencer (Opposition.)
THE LIMITATIONS OF MUNICIPAL LAW IN THE
MATTER OF NATURALIZATION.—Our readers
| are aware that, in answer to an application
| made at the Department of State bv a
| naturalized citizen, who, being a native of j
: France, desired to know whether his new
: citizenship would exempt him from the
! {ion of rendering military servic in case ot a .
voluntary return to his native country, Mr. |
Secretary Cass stated that "the French Govern- i
merit claims service from ail natives of France i
who may be found within it* jurisdiction," and
added that "naturaiizati >n in this country
would not exempt from that claim" in the case j
j of those who "voluntarily repair thither."
Though this decision of trie veteran Secrp- '
tary i.s based on well-recognized principles of j
public law, and is, moreover, sustained by
j. established precedents in our civil and diplo- J
| matic history, it seems to have provoked recla- j
i mations in certain quarters, and is criticised as
i implying some derogation from the imagined
! r '-''ti and immunities secured to naturalized
j citiz^s of the United States, who, it i.s con-|
j tended, by virtue of their naturalization, are :
' placed, in relation to their native country, as i
in all other respects, precisely on the same !
footing as a natural-born citizen of the United
; States. We believe this opinion to be errone
; ous ; and the attempt to confound the doctrine
Wilted by Mr. Cass with that resisted bv the I
| United States in the war of 1812 againsl j
Great Britian, proceeds on a historical mis- I
! conception of the real position assumed by our j
Government in denying, as it did at that time,
; and still does, the principle of "perpetual alie
' giance." It was maintained by the Govern
i rr.ent of the United States ttiat this doctrine of
'■ perpetual allegiance depends entirely upon the
municipal law by which it is defined and en
j forced, and hence a British Cruiser, in entering
j an American vessel in order to take from it al-
I leged British subjects, was in reality claiming
!to exercise, under the la-v ol nations, a right
which had no existence beyond the jurisdiction
:of British law. The ocean was declared to be
| the sphere of international law, and it was
' that any merchant vessel on the
' highJw was, by that law, under the protec-
laws of her own nation, and might
immunity from visitation or search,
fjßyjelsin-'cases allowed by the general consent
is3f nations. As *he dofctrine ol perpetual alle
t! giance formed no part of the law of nations, it
| clearly not present one of the cases which
i would j'the assumption claimed by the
/British*Gpjgirnnient. The duties and relations
prescribed ny British law were admitted to be
valid within the realm or proper dependencies
of Grpat Britain, but beyond those limits that
law had no force or obligation which compelled
its observation on the part ol other nations,
who were equally free to enact such other mu
nicipal regulations in the matter of citizenship
and civil allegiance as might seem to litem ex
pedient.
Hence it will be wen that tlie pretension ol
those who protect again-t the recent announce
ment ol Mr. Cis-*, inv Ives, in fact, the
worst features ol the very doctrine übicti was
made a ground of complaint against Great
Britain in the controversy* waged in th- as
sumed right of impressment. As the British
Govenmenl claimed force anil etfect Gr British
law on the high seas, an I thus sought to estab
lish an extra-territorial authority for the stat
utes of the British Legislature, so in like man
ner these complaint* demand tecognilion for
American municipal law within the jurisdic
tion of lomgn States, and that, too, when our
municipal law contravenes the municipal law
of those States. We have but to slate the propo
sition in order to show its groundlessness in
the light of rea-mn,as well as its palpable op
[>osition to tite first principles which lie at the
basis of international law. That itw assumes
as the condition of its existence and a- the
guarantee of its observance, the equality of all
civilized common wealths ; and no member of
the international community is entitled tuclaim
! for its enactments a respect which virtually
supersedes the authority of other States in tie
same premises.
In the ca>e under consideration it is obvi
ously the right of the United States, as ol every
I independent sovereignty, to naturalize foreign
ers and to confer upon them the privileges ol
! their acquired domicile ; but, as these pnvj
leges result entirely from the municipal law b
which they are defined and guarantied, it is
i equally obvious that they are commeosurat
onlv with the legitimate jurisdiction ol liie.t
law. To claim more is to claim lor American
i law an extra-territorial force, which, as ha=
been already said, is in contravention alike ol
| reason and of the principles which are tunda
j mental to tiie law of nations. The protection
! which this country allbrus to the naturalized
! citizens cannot be properly extended to defend
him against the municipal regulations pre
scribed hy his own country, and which, on fin
: voluntary return, revive in ail their obligation
upon him, if it be the will and pleasure ol hi:
! native country to enforce thesn. Our munici
pal law cannot avail to nullify the municipal
law of other sovereignties. Such was tb
principle announced Ly Mr. Marcy in the case
iof Tousig, an Austrian subject, who, aher de
claring his intention to become a ci'izea of the
| United States, voluntarily returned to his native
countrv, and sought to shield hi t.sell from tin
obligations enj lined by Au-trian law. T hough
i his case did not call fur a full enunciation 01
the doctrine applicable to the subject, in aI i it:
length and breadth, (as Tousig was net a fully
naturalized c tizen,) Mr. Marcy chose to defim
♦he principle appropriate to the occasion in ai
its generality. From his State Papier ol thai
date we quote as follows :
"Tousig voluntarily returned to Austria
and placed himself within the reach of hei
municipal laws. He went by his iree ac
under their jurisdiction, and thereby subjecter
himself to them. It he had incurred p-naltie
or assumed duties while under these laws, h
might have expected they would be enJoice<
against him, and should have known that tli
new political relation h" had acquired, it, in
deed, lie had- acquired any, could not ope rat
as a release from these penalties. Havinj
been once subject to the municipal laws o
Austria, and while under her jurisdiction
• violated VVVVS.VJS withdrawal from IhS
'jurisdiction and acquiring at different
character would not exempt him from thei
operation whenever he again chose to piac<
himself under them. Every nation, whenever it
laws are violated by any one owing obetiienci
to them, whether he be a citizen or a stranger
has a right to inilict ihe penalties incurret
upon the transgressor, if found within it:
jurisdiction. Tlie case is not altered by tht
character of the laws, unless they are in deroga
tion of the we! I-i stab I i sheil international code
No nation ha a right to supervise the municipa
code of another nation, or claim that its citizen:
or subjects shall be exempted from the opera
tion of such rode, if tti-y have voluntarily
placed themselves under it. The character o
the municipal laws of one country does noi
furnisii a just ground fur other States to interfen
with the execution of these laws, even upoi
their own citizens, when they have gone inti
that country and sufjected themselves to it
jurisdiction."
In like manner, and at an earlier day, Mr
Wheat on, while our Minister at the Court o
Berlin,was called to pronounce his opinion
upon the very point recently submitted to Mr
Secretary CA". In the year ISIO, one J. P
Knocke, a natural-born subject of Pitis.-ia, bu
a fully naturalized citizen ol lire United States
voluntarily returned to his native country
where he was called to perforin military duty-
Invoking the intervention of the Americat
Minister, he received the following response
"Had you remained in the United States 01
visited any oilier foreign countiy (except Prus
sia) on your lawful business, you would have
been protected by tlie American authorities, at
home and abroad, in the enjoyment of all youi
rights and privileges as a naturalized citiz-u ol
the United Stales. But having returned to tin
country of your birth, your native domicih
and national character revert , (so long as yot
remain in the Prussian dominion, ar.d you an
bound, in all respects, to obey the laws exactly
33 if you had never emigrated."
We may add that several of the Europear
States have 'provided by law for the expatria
tion of their subjects or citizens, and without
tiie consent of the civil authorities no such ex
patriation is admitted to be valid. In the cast
of subjects who have been formally and legally
absolved from the obligations ol their nalivt
civil allegiance, it is a question how far those
obligations would be field to reveit in the cast
of a voluntary return to their native country
! after the assumption of another nationality.
The following official exposition of the views
of the Government has been written since the
brief It tier to LE CLEUC, and will serve to
explain its meaning :
DEPARTMENT OF STATF., J
Washington, June 14-, IS:")!). J
Sir. : In answer to your letter of the 6th
inst., I have to inform you that tlie brief letter
from this Department, to which you refer, da
ted the I7th of May last, and addressed to Mr.
Felix Le Clerc, was in reply to an application
for information, and was principally intended to
recommend caution to our naturalized fellow
citizens, natives of France, in returning to that
country, as the operations of the French con
scription law were not precisely known here,
and might bear injuriously upon tnat class uf
American citizens. Most of the continental
European nations have a system of military oj
eanization by which their citizens are compel
led to serve in the army, by conscription, as in
France, where the duty is designated by lot, or
bv draft in Prussia, where every pTs,r>
requiied i> ink" ht- lurn i> ■ <:">l<Ji-r Tb<- <- n' ■
ditmn American n<i!urah/-d return"
ning < their native country, where the' V 't. ••
ol compulsory service prevails, and who left j, r
fore fM>rf truii rij* such M-ivs<- e has "
quently b-en Ih- suhiect of Justns-ion with - ~
of the European
Quite recently if ha- amen (-f. if,,, j
nited Stat-'s and Prtlvia.and flu- i-f>ier.-ntat, v ,.
of this country at the court of Berlin t
brought 'he matter to the attention of t|, e p r|j "
siao government. F.i tf„. instruction: which
were :vnf to him, May 12, 18f9, it ,
explicitly stated that this government j, „ ...
seci to the doctrine ol perpetual allegiance'an'|
maintains the right ofex;>a!riat ion and the r ie|,t
to form new political tier e|*ewh-re. U-V
this subject it is observe,llha, j n this a.,.' oj
the world, tlie i<lea ol controlling the citizen in
the choice of a home, and htm bv 4
mere political theory to inhabit for his tirr
a country which he constantly desires to leave
can hardiy be entert lined by any government'
whatever." The position of the Unitej State*
as communicated to the minister at Merlin f,, r
the information of the Prussian governm-nt is
that native-born Prussians, naturalize.) , n (fv>
United States and returning to the country r,( '
their birth, are not liable In any duties or pen
alties except such as were existing at the period
of their emigration.
It af any time they were in the army, or ac
tually called into it, such emigration and natu
ralization do not exempt them from the ieoat
penalty which they incurred by their desertion,
but this penalty mayi)e enforced against then,
whenever they shail voluntarily place '.hen
elves within the local jurisdiction of their na
tive country, and -hall be proceeded against ac
cording to law. Hut when no present liabili
es exi-t again-t them, at the period of their em
igration, th-law of nations, in the opinion of
this government, gives no right toany country
to interfere with naturalized American citizen
and the attempt to do so would be considered
an act unjust in itself and unfriendly towards
the United States. This question cannot, ol
course, ar,se in the case of a naturalized citizrii
who remains in the United States. It is only
when he voluntarily returns to his native coun
try that its local laws can be enforced against
him. I am, sir, your obedient s-uvansf,
LEW IS CASS.
LATER FROM RTROPE.
SANDY IIOSK, J#e '26.
The steamship Bremen from Bremen, with
dates to Wednesday the loth inst., passed lure
this evening.
SECOND DISPATCH.
NEW YORK, June 26.
The following are the details of the European
news brought by the Bremen :
THE WAR.
It is rumored that the Emperor Napoleon
will soon return to France, leaving Marshal
Pelli-sier as Commander-in-Chief.
In evacuating Placenza, the Austrians left
behind their provisions, ammunition and ca
non.
The Austnans quitted Bologna on the 11th
for M nlena.
The French troops passed the river Adda
without striking a blow.
G-neral Garibaldi had occupied Bergamo
and repulsed an Austrian force, 1,500 strong,
; who were marcif-ng agaiirst him from Bres
cia.
Five thousand prisoners had arrived at Mar
seilles and Toulon.
The allied troops lnd entered Piacenza, invi
ted by tbe Municipality.
The Anstrians had been reinforced at Bres
c.llo, a village in Modem.
I A popular demonstiation had taken place a;
Bologna in favor of the popular cause.
7 fore had also been a demonstration in
favor of France and an illumination at
Rome.
The French proclamation issued at Milan
to the people of Lombard) - , has had a favorable
I
the Archduke I erdmand Maximilian had ap
rived at Trieste.
I'he Auslrians have evacuated all the States
of the Church, including Ferrara.
The Austrian correspondence says that the
Austrian* at Maregnano yielded only to a de
cidedly superior force, and retired unptirsued
in perlect order.
The Emperor of Austria, it is ,-aiJ, lakes
command of his troops in person, acting on the
defensive.
The Austrian loss at Palestro, by the official
| account, is as follows:—1 officers and 513
men killed: I G-neral, 23 officers and S7S men
i wounded; 6 officers and 77-1- men missing.
Genera! Garibaldi's corps threafed Southern
Tyrol, from Val Canonica, Val Trompia ami
I Bagoline.
i he Frensli fleet in the Adriatic has received
i powerful reinforcements, and it is reported that
i troops will soon be landed bet ween Venice and
Trieste.
The Austrian head quarters are now probably
a! Mantua.
"CP"*Sufferers from Scrofula ami Scrofulous
affections, clean up! Why wear your PIM
; pies, Blotches, Ulcers and Sores ? Why hav< 4( ,
■ the life twisted out of you bv Dvspepsia Rheu
mat ism and Gout ? Why suffer Syphilitic and '•
Mercurial diseases to rot the bones in your
body, or the FL-sh off your bones? why let
your sluggi-h blood drag, and scatter its dis
tempers through your veins? Ayer's Comp.
Ex't of Sarsaparilla .cures these complaints,
and cleans them out of the system. Use it
: faithfully and you bring to society a healthier,
' cleanlier, and far more acceptable member. —
1 Democrat, Baltimore, Aid.
Steamship Muse* Tavlor, from
j Aspinwall, arrived at New York on Sunday
last, with §2, 0i1, 000 in gold.
SAVE YOi iS JIOAEY!
IIIE UNDERSIGNED would respeclfully
inform the travelling public, that he has established
a fri-weekly line of stages between Bedford and
I.atrobe. 'l'he route is that of the old Philadelphia
Turnpike, leading from Philadelphia to Pittsburg,
being one of the best coach roads in the (Jnton.
Passengers will RE AC II :>^S§2
trains of cars for Pittsburg as early
as by going to Hoilidaysburg ■
Johnstown. The fjre to Pittsburg on this route
is Four Dollars and Tu-enly Cents being
THREE DOLLARS CHEAPER
than on any other route from Bedford to that point.
Coat-hps leave the Washington Hotel, Bedford, eve
ry Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, at 8J
o'clock, and the Depot at Latrobe every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday morning, alter the arrival
of the mail train from Pittsburg.
JOSI'.PtI \. fJAKMAN.
July U'£9.