Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-02-19

but as a matter OF prlnciplcU
The Senator, however, was tern
deed, Of those formidable EuropeaN sf0h-
aires who come among us only TO drain our
strength and suck our blood. While the Sem
ator was speaking so feelingly on this subject
he could not but be reminded Of the Spanish
proverb: Many man who comes for wool
goes away shorn." He thought that some Of
these European capitalists could perhaps tell
him SO. The gentleman was much terrified at
the thought Of The millionaire who sat in his
splendid place in ondon, the owner of some
stock in an American bank. The Senator
seemed to apprehend that, like an electric rod,
this lille amount Of American bank stock might
prove the conductor to such amount OF foreign
influence as would electrfy the whole land
and threaten to blow up all our institutions !;
aud yet the honorable Senator was going TO
vote tor bill which would place an English
man, proud and naughty Englshman, who
considered that allegiance to Queen Victoria
was his chief glory, aud her authority the only
one TO which Briton ought to bow, on the
same footing with the native born American
citizen. OF the influence o6Such men here on
our soil the Senator entertained not the small
est apprehension, but seemed, on the contrary,
rather disposed to cherish and increase it. to
iorllty il by privileges, and nurture it with all
aids and appliances which law could supply.
Such men he invited to enter the bosom Of our
land 10 become lords of the soil; but the man,
who. kept at three thousand miles distant, with
all the broad ,Qcsap he,ween him and us, him
inc SENATOR feared greatly. Well, hca Mr..
CaiTTENDEN) would not dispute the matter
Some men were so Constituted that that APP
peared very formidable to them which gave
other men no uneasiness at all, and one might
as well dispute about tastes as to argue with
men's fears.
As 10 the question Of a National Bank with
capital OF hundred millions, which the Sem
ator told them was to subyert American liberty,
and make US all the slaves of great moneyed
power, he would not now enter: but he might
as we'll tell the gentleman at once that he should
rejoicein the day, and he believed the day had
come, when great and overwhelming MAJOR
ity Of the people of the United States had be-
come satisfied that a National Bank was the
only etfectual remedy against all those suffer-
ings under which they had been groaning for
the last twelve years. He (Mr. CRlTrENDEN)
was for bank of the United STAGES; not for
a Bank with capital Of hundred millions,
governed BY English Millionaires, but Bank
made and constituted by the people Of the Uni
ted States, owned, regulated and influenced by
themselves; but he repeated that he would
no: now 90 into that subject. The question,
and the only question at present TO be decided
was, whether we would put the foreigner, who
made no declaration Of his intention to become
an American citizen, on the same footing with
our own citizens. He required some evidence,
and he asked only for the smallest modicum
Of evidence of the mans intention 10 become
an American citizen. Give him but this pre-
liminary requisite, and he was willing at once
to include that man in all the benefits Of the
bill.
Mr.-BuCHANAN said that the Senator
fiom Kentucky shonid not transfer this battle
to the west of the Rocky Mounssins. With
his good leave we shall Keep for the present Oh
this side OF them. The present contest was
Gu the Indian frontier, and regarded the rights
which foreigners ought to acquire By settling
and cll,ivaiing lands within the limits q our
existing States and Territories, and not beyond
the Rocky Mountains. And now, after all this
discussion, what was the difference between
the honorable Senator and myself! Why, sir,
he has come more than bali round. He has
now become a good pre-enption man. and i
in favor Of granting the right Of presumption 70
all foreigners, provided they have declared
their intention to become American citizens.