Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-19
No. 79.--VOLUME XXXyII.

h",e now placed upon them ny the Senator from Mem
lucky. Now, said MIR. B., desire TO make polfti-
cal capital out of any question of this nature wish
only TO act towards those foreigners who may have
ueo OF shail se'lie upon our public lands, upon the
principles OF eternal and immutable Justice Nothing
more From the beginning it has been our uolicy 10
permit foreigners to purchase and settle upon the public
lands, and shall now, for the first time establish
IN odlons distinction against them, in pre.pmpton
bill will not now, at this late day. repeal the estab.
ished policy OF The country but in this particular shall
pursne The system adopted by the wisdom Of our prede-
cessors
| But the Senator has asked me why am so willing
to accord these privileges, and yet $50 jealous Of
foreigners holding little stock in petty little bank"
This question | shall endeavor o answer, Sir, said
Mr. Is, this is the class foreigners no do not produce
alarm in my mind, they excite my terror iMr. b.:
yes the monares. These not the men who fly
from poverty and oppression abroad settle in our
country TO share in lis tolls well lis advantages
lhey are not the poor pre- .emponers of the West
who have ndissolubly fixed their fate with ours, and
have no other human hope but tn live and die upon
our soil No, SIR, no. Very far from it. The foreign
stockholders in our banks have intention of broom
ing American citizens Their objrct is to inceas. th.ir
fortune by the spns of our land TO suck our yaln
e blood Tor the purpose OF Strengthening and ms
rating the decaylng institutions of other counr rs
They seek to acquire political influence over w. that
they may turn II to their advantage and our de-
structlon VI such foreign influence | confess that
am jealous. firmly believe that the day on which
you shall establish National Bank IN this conn
Try, with capital of one hundred millions of dollars
and with the power OF spreading lis branches every
portion of the Union, and more especially IL YOU shall
permit foreigners to hold the stock will be the darkest
and most portenous which has shone upon the Re-
public From that day shall most probably forfeit
not only our liberty but Independence You will
then concentrate and fOrtiy central money power
foreign and domestic this country which Will excr-
cse controlling, or an overwhelming influence over
its destnIes Senators themselves may i've 10 rue the
day when they called such vast such an irresponsi.
bic power, into existence. 1t is such foreign lnhl-
-nce that dread, aud that of the "log cabin men
Of the far West Il thought never should have used
the exprcsson,) whose fortune and whose fate
cess?rly identified with that OF the country. 1t the
foreign millionaire, who seeks TO control the politics
Of the country for tine purpose Of promoting his in
teres and increasing his own fortune, Of whom Repub
leans here and every where ought to be Jealous.
The Senator had said, and he appeared TO place some
stress the argument, that vast country beyond
the Rocky Mountains might be settled By foreigners
under this law, and they might sell il out every
body and any body they thought proper. But this
country could not hr settled under The provisions of the
prrscn, b, until the Indian title should BIZ extnguisl-
ed; and when tht Indian title hnll be ey,inguseG
that region, Congress may then establish such laws Tor
lis settlement as may be suitable To lis condition. The
Senator has zone far away for this argument il Will
long time, notwithstanding the sanguine expec,a-
ton Of some Senators, before this can brcnme pracii-
cal question. Before that day, it is probable that both
The Senator and myself will have passed from the the
are of public action In regard TO this remote cues
ton, which has been invoked argument 10 affect
the present interests and policy OF the country he
would answer in the words of the other Senator from
kentucky MIR. Clayl on late memorable occasion.
When he appealed TO few days ago 10 inform the
country what he intended 10 introduce n substitute
Tor the Independent Treasury, in Inc should
coed in repeating it, his ''suifricn fer lie
slay IS the evil thereof We must not look loo .ar
ahead. When the time shall for considering
the Oregon question, hope there viii BE- sufficient
wisdom in Congress 10 settle It Alright We yet
"a on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains and
hordcs of Indians occupy the Intervening space.
Mr.. CRITTENDEN SAID If course il must be- natural
for him to desire escape he could from
any contest with the Senator from Pennsy lvania;
was enc in which of he could hope to gain but
little Yet he did not admit 10 have been such very
bad logc that he should have imputed TO him the
tiinent of precrrng settlement The public lands
written declaration before magistrate Us test on
the part Of n foreigner of intention 10 become
American citizen True, it not SAID IN terms that
he proposed u alter the law, but the Senator certainly
did tina, the afforded better evidence than
the other and il so, why not substitute the for The
other The Senapr would not, Of course, oppose The
Obtaining Of the best evdencr: and as hr esteemed Tie
cutting down ni some trees on the publ lands aud the
erection Of log cabin, that thereby compton right
might be obtanrd as better evidence OF Amerlcan;Sm
than all the forms winch naturalization could fur.
ns why should not the weaker evidence be- dispensed
WITH and the stronger established, That the difference
between the Senator and himself simply tbs: the
Senator willing to put The foreigner who made no
declaration of n purpose be naturazeI the
footing with who dd-on the same footing with one
who had actually become nanralIzed and even with
the native-born citizen. He (Alr Crittenden) did not
He was ready to give TO foreigner who should be-
come citizen, according to law all the rights aud I'M.
mnnities Of born i'll the land. He would allow 10
one who had signied his intention to become such,
greater consideration than 10 one who had not The
Senator for giving every thing to foreigner who
II. H..
of war we did employ foreigners in our armies nor
there in thus the least dcgrada,lon lie was vii
ling they should minge with us IN battle, but lie was
not willing TO invite them here that they might protect
US Oh no. this not the buwark on which he would
RELY for protection. We had other and stronger de-
fence to RELY on: and not until reduced TO The
last extremity would he consent 10 tell the world that
we looked To foreign aid the bulwark of safety.
The Senator OF opinion that our protection against
foreigners getting OF the country beyond Inc
Rocky Mountains was the unex,lnguished Indian title.
Would the honorable gentleman tell Inn that all tnat
country actually under the Indian title lie
not that such the fact; he had not till
supposed that those regions covered by even the
yapusst Indian title We had heard of some entire
tribes beng cxtermnated BY disease and other causes,
and certainly the whole country was not occupied by
Indians. The gentleman however imagined Indians
to be- buwafk agaIns. foreigners, and in the same
breath was for granting TO foreigners the right of pre-
emption.
The gentleman had told the Senate that this was not
the Of foreign influence which he feared Neither
did he fear it, II not from fear that he had intro
duced his amendment; but a matter of principle and
sound public policy. The Senator, however, vas Ter
bIy afraid, indeed, Of those formidable European mil
ionaries who among only TO drain our
strength and suck our blood While the Senator was
speaking so cengly this subject, he could not but
be reminded of the Spanish proverb: :" Many man
who comes for wool goes away shorn.' lie thought
that some of the European Capitalists could perhaps
tell him The gentleman was much terrified at
the thought Of the millionaire who sat in his spen.
did palace in London, the owner of some stock in
an American bank. The Senator seemed to appre-
bend that, like electric rod, this little amount
of American bank stock might prove the conductor to
such amount Of foreign influence would cccrify
the whole land, and threaten to blow up all instl,u
tons: and yet the honorable Senator going 10 vote
for a bill which would place Englishman, proud
and naughty Englshman, who considered that allie
glance 10 Queen Victoria his chief glory, and
her authority the only one to which Brlton ought
to bow, the footing with the native born