VATTEL, B. 1, Ch. 19, §223 —There are cases in which a citizen has an absolute right to renounce his country and abandon it entirely -a right founded on reasons derived from the very nature of the social compact. 1st-If the citizen cannot procure subsistence in his own country, &c. 2nd.-If the body of the society, or he who represents it, absolutely fail to discharge their obligations towards a citizen, &c., for if one of the contracting parties does not observe his engagement the other is no longer bound to fulfil his, &c. 3rd.If the major part of the nation &c, attempt to enact laws, relative to matters on which the social compact cannot oblige every citizen to submission, &c. they have a right to quit the soil and settle elsewhere, and if the society suffers and is weakened by their departure the blame must be imputed to the intolerant party § 225.-The right to emigrate is a natural right, which is certainly reserved to each individual in the very compact itself by which civil society was formed. If the Sovereign attempts to molest those who have a right to emigrate he does them an iujury, and the injured individuals may law fully, &c. P.S.-The circumstance of the Compiler residing at so great a distance from the place of publication (96 miles) will account for many typographical and other errors which he has in consequence been unable to correct as the sheets passed through the press. PUBLISHING IN LONDON, AND EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE COLONY BY FIRST VESSEL, THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, RECOMMENDED AS AN IMMIGRATION FIELD. "I speak of Africa and golden joys." CONTENTS: PART THE FIRST: Sect. 1.-The Discovery and Occupation. 2.-General Description of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 3-Description of the Eastern Province. 4.-History of the Origin and Progress of the British Settlement, estab- lished in the Districts of Albany and Uitenhage, on the Eastern Sect. 1.-Present state of the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony as PART THE THIRD: |