The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-30

" hts,rioos stranger who leH io'e'sn 800
?, "ur battles, and TO mature WIN us uo =, -
CIV. Would to God that nc hau "'~
,,fuits ~ ,,.r, and he could ina
wes LII rl,n,or against foreigners arose
PC, % w lie country, slan6in5oyer the grave
h fS'ne, II nan. tpon which no monumen
~ ".",o ~ ,be spot, and looking far ahead int
~ c, ~ he saw his country, aided by foreigners
t.Sng proudly among the nations OF the ear'h,,
~ me cbise led Apoo--ln the face OF the wofd
road imagine him star'led oy me so'oe " sne
anas,icons. CRYING 'down with the foreigners.
W. s'nor was useless. IL there any Danger 'c
lA' Soheraed to their institutions Il lay not uefe
~ ia moi come from that class. He nnpeu h'
wy No, in what he would say, lie considered a.
@o s a,h the subject; but when fe heard all tha
,s against foreigners, he wpa ioreioiy fehiiilaeo
CSs ,necdcte Of certain reS'eo'apie olu laayl who
"a been, all her life, in tte haolt OF borrowing
was0'.IO ssll we'll, have been all this time bor'
she saO, .,sh.tuh but please God, for the future,
o"ms ~ hsrrow nor lend" He thought there
wiz "s, n,S,gy between that and the case OF those
was az srs excaiming against foreigners there was
w, .o time when they required to borrow, but now
Wv had tub of their own, they would do so no
on5er but Diogents.like creep into II, ana neither
arrow nor lend. That conduct conld mol prevail,
.rs som. men there might be among ns-and
J'orant ,bey may be few--who, IN the eloquent
.an,ge Of writer "would not hesitate to plunge
~ dscOers into the heart of the country, dragging
Wv Lae3ino victim 10 the shrine of their own
.,,,on.n but if such there were, they were not to
Il ;. found among their naluralized citizens.
n The danger was not Nf It came at ally to be APP
rsbended from that quarter, but from that party on
!.Licb foreign influence works wonders; that party
,%o continually cast their eyes over the water, who
TIsr 10 the growngs Of the British lion, and trem-
~ al his every start; that party which, when Great
main dared 10 infermedde in the concerns of this
n,,ry, and interfere in the negota,onslof sover-
.so Safes found nothing wrong IN the act; aparty
sIieb should Great Britain choose to cram pol
s,osd drug down the throats of millions of people
s,,;pst their will would see nothing but justice in
i, act 1t was to that party the eyes of the Amer
I'm reople should be turned, for from it would
anne the danger if il came at all He would not
s1her trespass upon the time of the House, but to
ie that he would oppose all reference of the reso-
ttlOns
Mr. A. D. SIMS followed. He commenced by
ayog that he had listened with great delight to the
,couent speeches of gentlemen; but it became his
rSrence to De Kab. That illusrious man slept
within the limits of South Carolina--at Camden
where his remains were treated by the people for
vhom he died with proper respect. A monument
had since been completed; and the people of South
Carolina had proclaimed the futility Of that new
taught doctrine of native Americanism: Being up,
he would make one or two remarks on the subject
before the Housc--,he resolutions from the le-
pislature of Massachusetts,. From careful perusal
and study of the phraseology of them, he had come
10 The conclusion that 1t was improper to refer them
ataI They were what would be denominatcd res
oIutIons Of instruction. The first resolution, after
statng what was regarded mischief in our nat
vnI cation laws, was followed by the second, which
ayescrbed NE mode of remedy. 1t was not a case
BIN. which they could require an answer; and the most
the House would be asked TO do would be to read
hc resolutions, and lay them on the table. Upon
The main subject he would not indulge in declana-
lion, but answer the argument of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, which was that foreigners should not
be admitted into rights Of citizenship before twenty
oie years. because they composed the ignorant pop
nation of Europe, and because they were not intel
gent or wealthy The whole argument consisted Of
hree heads; lst, they were ignorant I'd, they were
poor 3d. they were foreigners. Let them be ex-
nned Now ignorance and poverty were as much
Incident 10 our own foreign population; and to
bay that because a man was ignorant, he should not
ave the right Of citizenship, was an old exploded
alacy; it was TO do was done in Europe-to
raise property and education over the masses; that
WAS certainly the necessary induction from the arr
Eument of the gentleman from Pennsylvania--that
Ne masses of the people were ignorant, they were
10 be made subordinate, and science and property
Saled But the gentleman's argument was that
hey foreigners, and az such could not be made
forget their native land and the scenes of their
childhood. That charge might he true; he did not
Doubt it, but totally incapable of perceiving in
En attachment to the scenes and associations of
youth anything disparagng or unworthy. 1t was
he teaching of nature 10 those associations;
and the man who would disobey that teaching, and
forget his early years and the of his brightest
BAYS would indeed be unworthy of citizenship
rrl would he oh n uae tho ster
tilIts of life, the necessities and wants to which
Hn were subject, that compelled them to enter into
Dce,y, and 1t was the same operating cause that in
duced foreigners to come here and assemble under
nc broad agis of American liberty which protected
hem The argument Of the gentleman from Penn
Evana was founded in total misconception of the
fundamental basis Of government. The argument
navor of an extension Of the term Of probation
vas met by this--the man who will not cease to be
foreigner at FIVE years. would still be one at the
aspiration Of twenty-one years.
The motion which he proposed to make before
skmg his seat emanated from no disrespect to the
.nteman from Massachusetts, nor to that State.
Eohlm there would be many delightful associa-
lions connected with 1.-THE landing of the Pilgrims,
the battle of Bunker Hill, whose monument, now
marking the spot where the first blood Of American
patriots was split in the cause of freedom, was
aeaa to the country--an honor to the people which
anund lt;-no, 1t was not upon such grounds as
nose Of dsrespect or unkindness towards Mr. ssa-
'ausels that he would oppose the motion. As one
athe sovereign States of the Union he would hear
isr, she made such request. But she asked no
hch thing; she sent instructions to that House, she
poke as though it were to her SERVANTS she direct.
g them what they were to do but did not demand
nearing therefore, all they had to do was to read
We resolutions.
Mr.. WINTHROP explained. He was desirous
saying that the form in which the resolutions
were drawn, and which the gentleman regarded as
MA to herreception favorably, was that in which
massachusetts, had always been in the habit Of
waving such instruments; and he never knew of
~ instance in which they on that account dis
nsnded. The gentleman spoke of them as instruc-
uGs That was not the. case; they were not in
naed as instructions or advice nor were they in
lnQed as such, but in the form usually chosen for
Memorials Of that nature
Mr SIMS, in reply, observed that it was their
ivy 70 hear them out of respect, but farther than
ma'hey had no concern with them. They did not
aA 80 much as to be read, and it was nothing de-
Nsaory to Massachusetts to lay them on the To-
!, inese resolutions had been brought before the
mouse, and now if the representatives from Massa-
use's had any practicable plan to effect the object
utea let them submit it to the House, aud il
~ouN no doubt be candidy considered but he
one01ed after SO long discussion-aftcr il had
eth demonstrated that this House had M consti-