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Lorsque Ie document est trop grand pour itra reproduit en un seul clichA, II ast film* A partir de Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche k droite, et de heut en bee, en prenant la nombre d'imegee n^ceaaaira. La* diagrammea suivants llluatrent la mithoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 TO THE PEOPLE OF T Friends and Neighbors : — The newspapers in somo of the Atlantic cities of the United States have o'' late teemed with articles having reference to British Recruiting in this country, in which it has been throughout assumed that Her Britannic Ma- jesty's agents were doing something which they had not a right to do, and in violation of your laws. It is due to the Government and People of the United States, and to all the parties concerned, that this matter should be fairly understood. It is due to those who may desire to take service under the British Crown that they should understand it. A lew brief explanations may therei'ore be useful at the present moment. The British Parliament passed, a few months ago, what is called the Foreign Enlistment Act. By this Act, Her Majesty's (xovernment was empowered to raise, either in England or else- where, a Foreign Legion, to serve with the British Army abroad, under the same rules and regulations : the officers and men to be cutilled to the same pay and allowances as those received by l?iitish troops. Parliament, I presume, had a right to pass this law, and the Uueen to give her assent to it. British Ministers have the same riaht to act upon it which the American Secretary of State had to draw into the army which conquered Mexico, English, Irish, and Scotchmen, Frenchmen, Poles, and Hungarians. A few weeks ago, His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, was duly em- powered to raise, in Halifax, the capital of the Province which lie governs, regiments to be incorporated into the Foreign Le- gion. Sir Gaspard is himself a soldier, the sou of that (xCneral Le Marchant who won the battle of Salamanca by the splendid cavalry charge which Napier so spiritedly records. Sir Gaspard has seen much .service, and is the old companion-in-arms of General Sir De Lacy Evans, under whom he served as Adju- tant-Gt'inTal in Spain. Instructions, based on an Act of Parliament, and to be executed V'ithin the limits of British tenitoi /, it is quite apparent that Sir Gas])ard was bound to carry out. He did so, in lio furtive or disguised manner, but in that straightforward and manly style which best comports with his character and that u'' the Government which he represents. He issued a public notilica- tion of the nature of his instructions and intentions, expressed in the Ibllownig terms : MEN WANTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. which it was not right to do, or an of the British Empire. When adi this country for recruits for the An the right oi your officers to issue th( find their way all over the world what nalion the Recruits belong ? persons wanting to enlist frcm lei Provinces, or France, or Germany pose ? Who would think of proven neither enlisted nor enrolled, but inti from leaving Manchester for Liver{ for the United States ? I quite ad matter, if any attempt were made the British Dorr' ms for shipmen intrusion on a friendly power. Th; England, and I trust it never will people of this country, although me have sometimes most unaccountal frontier, without producing half tl States that has been caused by the ish American gentleman at a fashi So far I trust that I have made tions of the laws of this country h Majesty's Government, or by the I Scotia. Their acts have been leg; strict accordance with the frier dl) tween two grjai naUons, that can and each otliers laws, wluMever t have been. But there is another explanation, fliirness. When it is given, 1 trus and their Authorities, general and tie there is to complain of, and ho^ ous has been the clamor raised upc A number of letters had been Provincial Authorities, from Britisl eers, and irom other gentlemen n either had seen or were desirous i these gentk'uicn not only staled Foreign Legion, but expressed the of persons, Ibnd of the excitement c of em])ioymenl b\ the dejjressed si this country, would follow their ex These voluntary oilers of service 1 by peojile living in this country, wl were tlieir own, a.id that they h F THE UNITED STATES. 4?^ do, or any act beyond the boundaries When advertisements are published in or the American Army, who questions o issue them ? Who complains if they :he world ? Who stops to inquire to 5 belong ? Who attempts to prevent : Inm leaving the British Llands cr Germany, to come here for that pui- of preventing poor men, without arms, id, but intending to take service abroad, for Liverpool, or Liverpool or Glasgow [ quite admit that it would be another ere made to organize and arm men in shipment abroad, or for aggression or rver. That would not be permitted in [lever will be permitted again by the hough men, fully armed and organized, accountably been thrown across the ig half the excitement in the United ed by the appearance of a single Brit- at a liishionable hotel in New York, ave made it very plain that no viola- country have been committed by Ker • by the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova been legal, and constitutional, and in e frier'dly relations which subsist be- that can aflbrd to respect each other, hr.Lever their by-gone dillerences may jlanatioR, which I ought to give, in all en, 1 trust that the American People, iieral and local, will percc've how lit- f, and how unreasonable and urigcuer- raisod upon this subject, lad been sent in to the Imperial and om British othcers, from Foreign otii- itlemen residing in this country, who desirous of seeing service. Seme of ! y staled their own desire to join a I essed tlie opinion tliat great numbers ;itemeiit of military life, or thrown out pressed siate oi cuiumerciai aiiairs in V their example. of service neither the Britisii Govern- M »••»••/' TU „ w: . ' . luntry, who supposed that tlu;ir swords it they had a rii:bt to go out of the pect, however, is — that a good deal has been done and said by unauthorized persons having more zeal than discretion ; by ras- cals sent to deleat the object ; by spies and informers — treated, as all such persons should be treated— -with perfect unreserve. But let us look at this matter from another point of view. The profession of arms is an honorable profession, and has, sinc^ the eaJiest ages, presented to the young and active irresistible attractions. Again, the veteran soldier is rarely, after a certain period, content with any other mode of life. Shall it be said, then, that Republican America will deny to her own sons the right, if so disposed, to see a little of the world, and to win dis- tinction in the civilized armies of Europe ? Shall it be said thai when an eld soldier drifts, by the accidents of life, or with the storms of revolution, within the charmed circle of this republic, ne must never serve even his own country again ? That " who enters here must shut out hope" — must give up ambition, all<<- giance, country, the pride of race, the noblest leelings of our na- ture ? God forbid I Would you deny to i Frenchman the privilege of joining tin- gallant band who in the Crimea are illustrating the gayety and valor of his nation ? Would you restrain a Pole or a Hungarian from lifting his sword against the Northern Despot whose irin hand prostrated the liberties of his cpuntry ? Again 1 say, God forbid I I think more highly of t^e American character. I have more reliance upon the elastici'.y and freedom of your infiti- tut'ons. On the causes of the present war I do not wish to dwell — nor on its management, which we may a.ssume to have been defect- ive. But look at the magnificent battle of Alma — at the splen- did charge of the Scotch Greys and Enniskillen Dragoons at Baiaklava, who scattered the hordes of Russian cavalrv like chaff before the wind. Look at the fight of Inkermaiin, where eight thousand noble fellows held their ground for half a day against an army f sixty thousand. Now, shall it be said that an English- man who vvishes to leave this country, to fill a vacant place among the Coldstream Guards, and keep up the reputation ol' that distingui.shed corps, who crossed their bayonets with the I'lieiny eleven times in one battle, shall not go '.' Suppose that an Irishman sees a vacant saddle iii the Knniskillens, and thinks tliut hj might as well fill it lor the rest of his life, with good pay and rations, as to be sweeping the streets of Nevv^ York — siiali iie iioi go : Suppose mat a Scotchman, dreaming of thai thin line of Highland warriors, who won the admiration of the world at Baiaklava, dreams also that he might, if he had the ,1 , -,,. - '' .1. . ' ,'• .1,,. * '■• ... ;. '!'--'- t^ •f late the example of their leader. Sir Colin Campbell, himseU' a poor widow's son^-shall he not go '.' Shall not a British Amrri- ,1 4t,..* 4lw. r,!.; I |..t,. U,. r /»r ill. .11' Li'iilfir St l\ilin ( Si n ) ii Itf «1 1 II E K M ,\ J h J5 I ! rs M-. i; V 1 u t FOR HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. Pkovincivl Skckktary's Okfick, Jlalifux, Nova Scotia, March 15, 1855 rpHE Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia having been em I by people liviiijr in tiiis country, wii were their own, and that they h; , United States as I'reely as they c i under the impression that, even bei procity Treaty, they rnijiht have go ' to enhst with no more violation ot t if they had gone to get a wile, to i-p^wered to embody a FOREK^ ^^^^^I^^'/'^VVr' ' ' ^Slese C-ions were natura Ikitish Regiments (or service m the Provinces or abroad, Notice , _^^^^^^^^ than that the L.eutenan i« hereby given, that able-bodied men, Wtween the ages ot U ^^,^^^^,j ^^.,„^.^ ^ p^.^,^^„_ j.^ ..^om he Preference wdl be given to men wiio have already •''C^'" j ^i' ^^^ ^,„,,j„pIoyed classes here wer army : Surely His Excellency hai person so selected had a right to < has discharged his very delicate di and discretion of a geuilcman. It must be confessed, hcwever, t .sii Government or by the Lieut(;riant-(Tovernor of Nova Scotia. | was iUmt- and said, m ignorance c So far, it will be perceived that neither have done any thing t the United S'ates, I am not go Sbw Vokk, April 3, lHo5. 1)1! ■re natural on tl-.oir parts, what more >ieuteiiaiit-Govenior of Nova Scotia whom he had coufideiice, to come into ■rtain whether tliese oilers of service ri"^ht to come. Let us hope that he ehcatc duties with tht. common sense untry, wliu supposed that tlicir swords] late the example of their leader, Sir Colin Campholl. himsolf a t they had a riijht to iro out of the ' poor widow's son — shall he not go ? Shall not a British Ameri- as they came into them; who were lean, if he desi. .0 do so, cross the frontier into his own pruv- , even before the passage of the Reci- i nice, or take passage in ono of his own vessels, without loiiiir t have gone into the Britisli Provinces | called upon \^ declare whether he does not intend to enlist when lation of the laws of this country than ^ he gets home ? I wife, to buy a barrel of mackerel, or But above all — shall French, or (lerman, or Holstein gentle- men — shall the gentlemen of Hungary and Poland, thrown out of their true positions by the convulsion> o'i Europe, be condemned forever to teach music, or fencing, or dancing, ibr a livelihood, when honorable service is oliered to them in the professions to which they were bred — when their rank as oflieers, and thr whether the parties were gentlemen j social distinctions to which they have been accustomed, arc again jacity. and experience ; and whether within their reach ? Shall these gentlemen not be free to go for their belief that a large number 1 into Nova Scotia, if so disposed ? And if they do, and many of here were disposed to join the British | them have gone, who can prevent their countrymen, who have Ueucy had a right to do this, and the tbugiit under their banners, and have conlidence in their leadn- .ships, from Ibllowing their example ? Surely, surely, it has not come to this — thnt the United Stales are to be converted into a great eel-pot, that lets every body m I'ut nobody out. That a ring fence is to be made round Unelc Sam's farm, so contrived that though all the produce of the farm can go abroad, tlie laborers can not. All this is too ridieulour to be supposed possible, and yet stime people are sanguine enougii to hope that it will turn out to be true. 1 do not believe it ; I have too high an opinion of the intelli- gence and common-sense of the American people — too much n^- liance upon the free spirit which pervades their institutions, to believe this possible. Let the (piestion be fairly stated in any drawing-room in 15oston, New York, or Philadelphia, and every American lady would say — ' Let them go I'' State it fairly to the Democracy of any large city of the union, hi their wildest mt^ ment of excitement, and the people Mould say, " Let them go." Pu *he (j'lestion to any gallant regiment of riflemen in Kentucky or Tennessee, and I much mistake the character.-; of the men \\ the answer would not be — " Let them go!" 1 have the honor to be, with great respect. Your obedient servant, A Burn.sii AMbiuiCAW. [iian. (. wever, that the duties were delicate y were confided tliought that he was lus. He lived in an open and public Alio called to see him — and explained d other gentlemen as had made lenders Tas])ard Le Marchant was now eniuow- a their Ocifii; rcntind lu him zathi/i n rravincc. Nor did he disguise the belief that any number of able-bodied 1 Nova Scotia, in the terms of the Ad- e Provincial Seer 'tary, that umj Mcr- mastcis t(iki))'j, Stvi'r(mc Passoii^ers mplicitbj (»t tin: hovur and txmd juith )ncnt. If a gentleman from North 1 do all this in the dated States, then ,-as done and =aid. If any thing more norance or in violation of the laws of not L^oiiiu to defend it. What I sus-