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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 December 2015
The law of the South American states with reference to nationality of origin remains to be noticed.
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Nationality: or, The law relating to subjects and aliens, considered with a view to future legislation (London, W. Ridgway, 1869), 17.
In December 1841, voters in Sonsonate (El Salvador) elected Frenchman and long-time resident, Luis Bertrand Save, as their alcalde, or municipal judge, for 1842. The governor insisted that Save accept the office. However, Save convinced El Salvador's president that he should not serve since he was not a citizen of the country, citing French and Salvadoran laws to back up his argument. French law mattered because Save could lose his qualité de français, or “Frenchness,” by holding office in a foreign government, and Salvadoran laws limited office-holding to its own citizens. In 1843, Save was again elected alcalde and again protested because “the law requires for these positions that it is indispensable that the elected be a citizen of the country. While I am a vecino (for I live in Sonsonate), I am not a ciudadano (citizen), and as a foreigner, have neither a letter of naturalization, nor am I naturalized de facto.” That is, Save acknowledged the importance of local citizenship and accepted the status of a Sonsonate vecino, or community member, but pointed out that he lacked national membership because his domicile did not make a “foreigner” a citizen, and he lacked the institutional change of status, naturalization, to overcome that foreignness.
1 The author would like to thank the anonymous reviewers, and also John Savage and the History Department of Lehigh University, Lauren Benton and the New York University Atlantic History Workshop, Bernard Bailyn and Harvard’s International Seminar on Atlantic History, and Monica Henry, Marie-Jeanne Rossignol and Lucia Bergamasco of ReDEHJA and Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, for welcoming and questioning a work-in-progress.
Archives Diplomatiques Françaises, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (Paris) (MAE), Correspondance Consulaire, Guatemala (CC-G), Vol. 2 (1844–1845), ff. 240-240v. Bertrand Save to Governor of Sonsonate Department, 26 December, 1843. All translations are mine.
2 MAE, CC-G, 2, ff. 240v-241 v. Governor of Sonsonate, Santa Ana, 8 January 1844, to Alcalde Constitucional Primero, Sonsonate.
3 MAE, CC-G, 2, ff.263-4. José A. Jiménez, Ministerio General del Estado de Salvador, to Consul General Jean-Marie Baradère of France, San Salvador, 29 November, 1844.
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19 My italics.
20 Vattel, Law of Nations, Preliminaries, §1, For Vattel, “Nations or states are bodies politic, societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safely and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.” In other words, he uses ‘nation’ and ‘state’ synonymously.
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28 Constitución de Guatemala (1825), Article 46; Constitución de Costa Rica (1825), Article 18; Constitución de Nicaragua (1826), Article 17. Guatemala defined “citizens” as being comprised of inhabitants; Nicaragua made inhabitants with vecindad “Nicaraguans.”
29 Vattel, Law of Nations, Book 1, Ch 19, §212, “… in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; for, if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country.”
30 For France, see Constitution Française, 1791, Article 2 and Code Civil (1804), Articles 9 and 10. For Spain, Constitución Política de la Monarquía Española (1812), Article 5.
31 Constitución Federal ( 1824), Article 14.
32 Constitución Federal (1824), Article 15.
33 Code Civil (1804), Articles 7, 17.
34 Constitución Política (1812), Article 24.
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38 Constitución Federal (1824), Art. 18.
39 Constitución Federal (1824), Art. 17.
40 Constitución Federal (1824), Art, 15. In many respects, these requirements follow Spain's Constitución Política (1812), Art. 20.
41 Tulane LAL, CAPE, Box 1, Provincias Unidas del Centro de América, Decreto, 25 May 1824, Guidelines for Naturalization of Foreigners. The decree cites a more extensive 23 April 1824 act I have not found.
42 New York Public Library, Rare Books Collection (NYPL-RBC), *KRK+ Central, República de Centroamérica, Decretos, 16 and 27 June 1825.
43 Archivo Histórico Arcediocesano Francisco García de Paula (Guatemala), Tl–105: Cartas, Decree 64: Reglamento Provisional para levantar y reclutar la fuerza publica del Estado 29 October 1825, Art 20.
44 NYPL-RBC, *KRK+ Central Federation, Decreto, 16 August 1825.
45 Spanish-born municipal councilors included Damaso Angulo, Pedro José Arrechea, José María Cambronera, José Coloma, Candido Corzo, Andes Espada, Miguel González Saravia, Juan Matheu, Diego Payes, José Petit, José Basilio Porras, Miguel and Regial Ruiz Santiestaban, Eusebio Tejada, José María Urruela y Urruela and Julian Villega. See Archivo General de Centro America (AGCA) Guatemala City Libros de Actas, 1821–1838, for their years of service, and Jordana Dym, “Database of Guatemala City Councilors, 1775–1850” (unpublished) for documents proving nationality.
46 Archivo Municipal de Sonsonate (AMS), Libros de Actas. Save was syndic in 1835 and alcalde in 1836, 1842 and 1844. Varchand was alderman in 1835–1836 and alcalde in 1841.
47 Archivo Municipal de Tegucigalpa, Libro de Actas, Ciudad de Tegucigalpa, 1843–1847, 25 April 1843.
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58 AMS, Libros de Actas, Sonsonate. Campo had been alderman (1811–1812) and alcalde (1814, 1820). Two sons followed him as city councilors and state congressmen. One, Rafael Campo y Pomar, became President of El Salvador.
59 AMS Caja 2, Juzgado 1821–1829, Sobre insultos q reclama el Sr Consul de Chile a D Pedro N Riesco, a los hijos del Sr D Pedro Campo.
60 Tulane LAL CAPE, Box 1, J.Y. Pontaza al Secretario del Gobierno del Estado de Guatemala, José Francisco de Córdova, 9 August 1828.
61 For Mexico, see Sims, The Expulsion, esp. Chapter 9. In Mexico, many states issued separate expulsion decrees.
62 AGCA B 2434-51319. Jose Santos Arriola to Sec Gral del Gbno del Estado, Totonicapán, July 8, 1829; 2434–51348, Rodriguez to Government, July 13, 1829. On the same footing as Spaniards, Central Americans including Tadeo Piñol and José Perfecto Azmitia, sought and received “pardons,” claiming they had served the illegitimate government under duress; others who opposed the new authorities,including Juan José Aycinena, asked for and received passports to leave. 2434–51486 (Tadeo Pinol, 1829) and 51496 (José Perfecto Azmitia, 1829); Passports (August 1830): 51481 (Fdo Naxera and Mnl Rubio, Belize); 51483 (José Antonio Palomo); 51484 ( Miguel Asturias); 51499 (Antonio Aycinena), 51505 (Francisco Angulo).
63 Biblioteca Brañas (Guatemala), Guatemala, Colección de los decretos y de las órdenes interesantes… (Guatemala, 1830), pp. 18–19, Decreto, 23 November, 1829, Art. 2.
64 NYPL-RBC, *KRK+ Central Federal naturalization decrees for Juan Matheu (29 September 1829), Pbro. Ignacio Barnoya (18 November 1829); AGCA B 4126–92809, f. 24. Manuel Jonama (16 October 1829).
65 Ibid.
66 AGCA B 2434–51412, 23 July 1830.
67 NYPL-RBC, *KRK+ Central, 9 June 1830, Decreto. Preventing Spaniards from holding office followed Mexico's 10 May 1827 law; Sims, The Expulsion, p. 19.
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72 MAE, CC-G l,ff. 109-13. Cochelet to FM, 20 December 1830. Despite his appointment, Cochelet never traveled to Central America from his Mexican post.
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77 Vattel, Law of Nations, Book 1, Chapter 7, §84 Jurisdiction, “excepting in cases where justice is refused, or unless palpable and evident injustice done, or rules and forms openly violated, or, finally, an odious distinction made, to the prejudice of his subjects, or of foreigners in general.”
78 See Robertson, , The French in Mexico, pp. 228–232.Google Scholar French demands included removal of specific Mexican government officials identified as abusing foreigners.
79 The consular correspondence is filled with discussion of French citizen claims, consular investigations and interventions. Perhaps one reason consuls were reasonably well received by state governments was their frequent investigation of claims before raising them with the Central Americans and pursuit only of those found valid. See, for example, MAE, CC-G, 1, ff. 436–441, Albert Huet to FM, 25 January 1843; CC-San Salvador (1833–1843), ff. 134, 212, 242, Auguste Mahelin to FM, San Salvador, 1 March 1838 and 1 April 1839; Guatemala, 5 November 1839; CC-G, 2, f. 11, Baradère to FM, Guatemala, 20 February 1844.
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86 Constitution of Nicaragua (1838), Art. 20.
87 Constitutions: Honduras (1848), Art 10; El Salvador (1841), Art. 6.
88 Constitutions: Nicaragua (1838), Art. 48; Guatemala (Decreto 76, 1839); El Salvador (1841), Art. 7; Costa Rica (1841), Art. 2.1; Costa Rica (1847), Art. 35; Honduras (1848), Art. 12. Quote taken from El Salvador.
89 Guatemala (Decreto 76, 1839), Art. 4.
90 Pacto de Chinandega (1842), Art. 13.
91 Constitution of Nicaragua (1838), Art. 15. My italics.
92 MAE, CC-G, 2: ff. 275v-276v, Baradère to FM, Guatemala, 23 December 1844.
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97 See Notes 1 and 2.
98 El Salvador, Decreto 5 (Naturalization), 7 March 1844, in MAE CC-G, 2, ff. 65–66.
99 MAE, CC-G, 2, ff. 68–9, François Baradère to FM, 30 March 1844.
100 MAE, CC-G, 2, f. 274, Baradere to FM, 23 December 1844. See ff. 275-276 for the letter by Frenchmen, Andres Benard, François Satre and Nicolas Goussin.
101 This reference apparently applies to Central America’s 1824 or 1835 federal constitution, which both offer letters of naturalization to foreigners with 5 years' residence (Article 15.3). I have not seen Nicaraguan legislation that adopts El Salvador's tactic of naturalization without consent, although it might exist.
102 MAE, CC-G, 2, ff. 275v-276v, Baradère, 23 December, 1844.
103 MAE, CC-G, 2, ff. 264-5, Baradère to El Salvador Minister Jiménez, 13 December 1844.
104 MAE, CC-G, 2, ff. 473-v, Perrin to FM, Granada, 25 September 1845.
105 MAE, CC-G, 2, ff. 477-v. The law was repealed 7 June 1845 due to “the Consuls’ reclamations.”
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108 Ibid. While not retroactive, the law required existing residents to observe its provisions in future.
109 MAE CC-G, 2, f. 471v, Perrin to FM, Granada, 25 September 1845.
110 France, Code Civil (1804). Article 17, Section 2, held that French nationality was lost by “non-authorized acceptance of public functions conferred by a foreign government. Article 21 revoked status of a Frenchman who undertook foreign military service without government authorization.
111 MAE, CC-G 1, ff. 369-V, Victor Cornay to Huet, May 1842.
112 MAE, CC-G 1, ff. 367-368, Huet to FM, Guatemala, 13 May 1842; Huet to Cornay, Guatemala, 11 May 1842.
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