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CHARGE TO GRAND JURY. 483
but also expose them to hostility and insult. It
is the duty of both to cultivate peace and good-will
and to this nothing is more conducive than justice,
benevolence, and good manners. Indiscretions of
this_ kind have given occasion to many wars.
/if in this district you should find any persons
engaged in fitting out privateers or enlisting men to
serve against either of the belligerent powers, and in
other respects violating the laws of neutrality, you
will present them. Doubtful cases may arise ; on such
occasions the attorney-general or the court will afford
you the necessary assurance.
But the belligerent powers owe duties to us as well
as we to them. They may violate our neutrality and
commit offences. If you find any foreigners in this
district committing seditious practices, endeavouring
to seduce our citizens into acts of hostility, or attempting to withdraw them from the allegiance of the
United States, present them. Such men are guilty of
high misdemeanour.
A novel doctrine has been propagated and found
some advocates even in this enlightened country—
viz., that as citizens have a right to expatriate, so
they have a right to engage and enlist in the military
service of one of the powers at war, provided they
at the same time declare that they expatriate. I
make no remarks on this ridiculous doctrine—its
absurdity is obvious.
Of national violations of our neutrality our government only can take cognizance. Questions of peace
and war and reprisals and the like do not belong to
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000518 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHARGE TO GRAND JURY. 483 but also expose them to hostility and insult. It is the duty of both to cultivate peace and good-will and to this nothing is more conducive than justice, benevolence, and good manners. Indiscretions of this_ kind have given occasion to many wars. /if in this district you should find any persons engaged in fitting out privateers or enlisting men to serve against either of the belligerent powers, and in other respects violating the laws of neutrality, you will present them. Doubtful cases may arise ; on such occasions the attorney-general or the court will afford you the necessary assurance. But the belligerent powers owe duties to us as well as we to them. They may violate our neutrality and commit offences. If you find any foreigners in this district committing seditious practices, endeavouring to seduce our citizens into acts of hostility, or attempting to withdraw them from the allegiance of the United States, present them. Such men are guilty of high misdemeanour. A novel doctrine has been propagated and found some advocates even in this enlightened country— viz., that as citizens have a right to expatriate, so they have a right to engage and enlist in the military service of one of the powers at war, provided they at the same time declare that they expatriate. I make no remarks on this ridiculous doctrine—its absurdity is obvious. Of national violations of our neutrality our government only can take cognizance. Questions of peace and war and reprisals and the like do not belong to |
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