Some Thoughts On the Present Dispute Between Great Britain And America
Some Thoughts On the Present Dispute Between Great Britain And America
Thomas Green Fessenden
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— Were it allowable that British subjects should be ta- ken out of American vessels on the high seas, it might at least be required that the proof of the allegiance should be on the British side. This we shall answer as we have before answered it. * If this reasoning be correct, certificates of citi- zenship, or protections, would in all cases be unneces- sary, because the burthen of proof being thrown on the party claiming the allegiance, the other party would have no need of evidence. The par...ty claiming a pri- vilege or immunity must produce his title. Besides the facility of procuring proof of citizenship, or a protection, makes it the duty of the person claiming the immunity, to furnish himself with the necessary evidence. Having now adduced our authorities, and cleared away some of the rubbish, which impeded our pas- sage, we pass on cheerily, chaunting with Cowper, " As one who long in thickets and in brakes Entangled, winds now this way, and now that, His devious course uncertain, seeking home ; Or, having long in miry ways been foil'd * In the New York Weekly Inspector ( 39 ) And sore discomfited, from slough to slough Plunging, and half despairing of escape If chance at length he find a green sward smooth And faithful to the foot, his spirits rise, He chirrups brisk his ear erecting steed, And winds his way with pleasure and with ease So I, designing other themes Have rambled wide.
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