We have always taken the position. as a nation. that the might and power of the United States accompanies each American citizen in all his legal and proper activities and travels abroad. Above all. our Government has always maintained that it was not the concern or the right of any foreign government to make any distinctions. as among American citizens. in any way. shape. or manner. Thus. one of the underlying causes of the War of 1812 with Great Britain was the British insistence on seizing American naturalized citizens. former British subjects. and impressing them into the British military service. We fought a long and difficult war with Great Britain on this and related points. Our very National Capital was attacked and seizedand this very Capitol Building and the White House were burnedby British forces in the course of that war.
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