Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-06


mat ate 'sS'd aud as ~ ne perods approaching To
those tunes We had no r'e o's, so we lind "a, every
: ep rights which are oblI.raied The coun-
system nas ov.rtun all Euioue il
has plunged hom The AZ ps and the Pyrcm-es into
the NO Peuinsul.s IL iE,s reached, the columns OF
iler uies, aud nothing Tor it to do but
Ia traverse the ocean to complete the
uon oi what passed away that ~ TO shy, annul all
Tree institutions. Bn she ireemen there are emio-
died as II ""''o", AMI i'ey proclaim 10 Europe that
she may not pass the ocean for the purpose of re-
placing the yoke at ier domination The e- |
det have declared themselves in accord with their
Younger brethren, aud II ANY power attacks them |
they announce thor intention of opposing them, Tor
iha; they are all al family all Of common orr
gIn. aud that the "a cause rs one.
Truly n IA Europe all the privileged orders unite,
may NOT ii'e nepeniences al America also he uuii
ed? Why should "a WISE and legitimate liberty, he
without concerI-withoGt union Wal not their al
ha"ce also lac :, holy one, and will II l'uly de-
serve thai iiie Wuh what dignity will that wise
aud '"d"sr'o os nation preside it, which duni ing
MY years he annually increased her population aud
her riches, and has never made but ueces-
sary Tor seii-defence nation which far from
SUNNI. the OF futuriy Tor the purpose Of
opp essns her neighhors, continues pay every day
te d' bs Contracted in The sruggeior inepe ndeIce
aud whon France should he proud Of having
aided IN he first efforts Tor that liberty she molly
CURED aud now SO useiuiy employs
AIR, GALLATIN.-The Editors of the Ma
tlonai lnteliISencrr have received the follow
ms further communication from friend in
Ctngis,ss, on the subject of the Eligibility of
Mir. GALLATIN TO the OlEce of Vice Presl
dent of the United States
The writer oi the communication in the Nation
al in'elleenoer, oil Fet. II, satisfied with the
iacts be, AS copied from the Journal of the Senate
they would only prove thar, in October, 1885, Nj,
uALLArIN took % an oah IF allegiance" TO the State
Of pHSmia. Would oath Of allegiance Ia
State, make him Citizen of " the United States at
The tame Of the adoption Of the Coastitutioa," which
SD requires conceive DOT. The articles of
| To- rain haftu al.
formed Tor them national and nde pendent guyetn III
men were ratified by Virginia, in June, 1918, and
by all the States, ON the I'd Of March, 1881. This
confederation ushered INTO existence government,
composed Of thirteen distinct States all united under
| the name Of, and called % The Uned Siaie,''-auJ
| when the Constitution of The 4" Unitrd States" re-
quires that the Wee President of the United STATES
should have been citizen Of =" The Unned States
the time OF lis adoption it clearly means a ci,,en
OF" the United States, under the confetierarion
which was made previous TO the time that Mr. GAL
LATIN took the oath OF allegiance to virginia If he
ever did take IT. also have my doubts VIII theI by
the laws OF Virginia, he could, bv such oah become
ehissH ~ that State | should he pleased 10 have
these doubts removed by "a reference 10 The laws as
Well as the statements IL is inporiant 10 the nation
We have ourselves examined this question,
with the aid of all the lights 10 which we could
have access, and entertain no doubt of tie
qualifications OF Mr.. GALLATIN, constitutions
al, as we'll as mental and political for the OF
fee, for election To which he has been recent
iy nominated, at a meeting of his Republican
fellow citizens. The two following commu-
ncations, however, supeTSede the necessity Of
any further observations on this subject from
US:
MEssRs GALES Il SEAToS: 70 prevent further
question the subject Uf Mr.. GALLATIN's ei,gibil
ny The Office of Vice President, please 10 publish
the following extract from the Journal of the Senate
hY winch II Will appear, that, al the period which
II refers the proceedings oil which have whoui being
understood gwen rise To this exception, Mr.. GAL
LATIN citizenship was NOT questioned. Tn" ground
nken was, that he had not then been IA citizen uiue
gears, as required lay the Constitution.
| % February 90, 1894
! " On motion tn adopt the resolutions, follows
i'eSot,ed, That the election Of Albert Gaalm
to be Senator OF the United Sln'es VAS void, he
" not during bee". citiss'l Of the Uried States tho
8 term Of gears required, qualification, to he
g Senator of The United States
" Ii passed in the affirm aiive-yeas H. nays L.
The yeas AMI nays being requ ed by one filth Of
" the members present.
I" Those who voted in The affirmative, are
" Messrs Bradford, Cabot, Ellsworth, Freezing
= huysen, Hawkins, lard, King. Livermofe, Much
ell, Muirls, Puus, Strong, and ViHing.
Those who voted in The negative. are,
! Messrs. Is adley, Brown, Burr, Butler, Edwards
Gum, Jackson, l.angdon, Martin, Monroe, Robin
sou and Taylor"
| TcoMMUSICATED1
hr. uALLArIN Wa, ~ IiGo, aud during the Re-
OF Maine, theu part Of Massachusetts, and, Al the
time the Constitution Of thai State was adopted his
residence IN other paris of Massac hmse is until
the preliminary treaty Of Nov. 1882 acknow ed
| the Independence Of The United States From The
part he took with the Revuhiionisis in hearing arm.
and furnishing supplies, the acknowledgment of our
Independence made hIm 10 all nIeHts aud purposes
a citizen, is efiecIually any E7gshmta who Join
ed US, any c0iO'sist. Mr.. GalIan is, therefore,
citizen Of -MIIae. No subsequent nalurazai zion
was necessary-nOne could alter the fact. HIS TAX
ing the oath Of allegiance afterwards the State of
Virginia must have been out OF abundant caution.
THE PRESIDENCY.
PORTr AND Epb. 0l--Nn nuLIi., lac