The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-08-18
Washington, August 9th, 1912


FORElGNERS.-iti is astonishing to US
how any naturaIzed citizen can give his vote
10 elevate to power men who, if they could,
would deny them even the privilege Of exer-
clsIng the highest privilege of feemen, "a
right, without which, they would be nothing
more or less than detes,abe slaves We cl,p
The following from the Globe:
FEDERAL HATRED OF FOREIG NERS.
Mr.. Walker, in pursuance of previous no
ice, asked leave 10 introduce a bill TO reduce
from hve two years the term of residence for
the naturalization of foreigners. Mr.. Archer
rose, and opposed even leave to introduce the
bill; and expressed his surprise that a Senator
so respectable and intelligent should introduce
such bill; and. without intending any per.
sonal offence, he desired TO stigmalze the bill
Oy refusing the leave asked. Mr.. Walker
said 1t was so unusual to oppose the mere in
PRODUCTION of a bill, thai he was not prepared
for any debate; nor did he expect any at that
time. But, he said, in sugmaEng this bill,
the Senator was stgmatzng the Isl Congress-
which passed just such a bill, and General
Washington. who approved it on the 26th of
March, l7SO, fixing the resdeneeprec c sely as
now proposed-at two years. Mr.. Walker.
said, The recent effort made in the Mcleod
case to exend TO aliens the Federal iurisdic,
tlon IN all criminal cases, had alarmed him.
and the increasing number of civil csses in
which aliens were parties, and of which the
Federal courts took Cognizance, was one a.
mong the causes which had so enlarged their
Jurisdiction, that at the last term of The Sus
Preme Court ofthe United States, i, did no, 90
more than halfthrough the docket. But MIR.
Walker had higher reasons. The Number of
ALIENS arriving here did not now, as formerly.
stop chiefly in The great cities, but proceeded
10 the West and Northwest, and became in
dusirious farmers. Their number in several
States was so great. that the right of suffrage
had there been conferred on them preceding
naturalization and in case of war. it would be-
especially improper that there should be so ma.
ny aliens, whose allegiance would be- claimed
by foreign powers. England was endeavorng
10 divert from US this emigation which strength
ened US, and send it 10 Canada and Austrel-
ASA; and we ought to encourage, by all fair
means, this emigration 10 our shores; 10 well
come the stranger and emIgrant 10 The home
oil his adoption; 10 shake off, at The earliest pe-
ROD, the chains of fforeign allegiance; and an
'eoa'e Inc ePoch when the wave Of population
now moving westward would carry our free in
slitutIons TO the shores of The Pacific,
Mr. Archer moved TO lay the motion 10 in
troduce The bill on the table.
Mr. Walker said, as he wished to ascertain
who were 10 favor 'stigmatlzing' foreigners.
by pursuing this unusual course in regard IN
lhIs bill, he would ask the yeas and nays on
he motion to lay on The table, which resulted
as follows:
IEAs-Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates.
BBayard, BeHleD. Clayton. Conrad, Gratis,
Dayton, Evans, Graham, Huntington, Miller.
Morehead, Phelps, Preston, Simmons, Smith
'f Indiana, Sprague, White, and Woodbridge
Nays Messrs. Allen, Benton, Buchanou.
Cd'hburt, Fulton, Kerr, King, Linn, McRob.
,,'s' Mangum Smith of Connecticut, Sturgeon
IapPan, Walker, Williams, Woodbury., and
Noung-lS.
strict party vote, excep' Meesrs. Kerr and
Nangum. '''0