The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-17

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- ,he fact and they would do II win
ret nsturalization laws, and with, no references
N',S, slightest, to those prejudces, which had beg
lO'ndered against this class of our citizens. Ht
ee"f,r, trusted the reference would be made
pecommtee on the Judiciary, and that the rails
NC ~ select committee on this subject would b
lady and positively refused by this House
sSIbat this incipent step towards producing ex
n ,.msnt and towards DISTINGUISHING those men wh'
'nh, This country from the promptings OF thel
ss internal love of liberty, would be promptly une
os .pocallv dscounte nanced and rejected.
Mr. DILLINGHAN wished 10 make a few re
" with direct reference to the question befor,
ra aTouse He did not stppose there was mar
WV M House who would vote TO lay these resou
.u u"I on the table All agreed in The propriety O.
u .s,rinr them to some committee; and the gentle
e.n from Massachusetts, Mr.. WINTHRoPl who in
.'oJnced these resolutions had moved, OF his owr
.D.ord 10 refer them to the Committee on the Ju
iiciary; aid he understood that that was the gen.
ssnsSs opinion STILL .
ue Ma WINTHROP begged leave to State to the
.aLsnan that he had waived his right to the floor
81 he presentation of these resolutions for the ex-
~ Wv nnrnose of giving the gentleman from Pha-
g.inh;a mir. LEyNl opportunity to make his mo-
VT - refer to a select committee For this motion
~ n"| pWr W. should first vote, and that falling he
sSculd vote to refer to the Committee on the Judi
tiary. ,,,,. ...,
4 ., remark on that part of the case. The gen
Z ,,mon himself, as he now stated, thought
the Committee on the Judiciary the proper
l committee but the gentleman from Penn
syIyapia asked select committee, and the
,snIeman from Massachusetts, very readily
,ned TO the request and consented to the reference
70 select committee, if the gentleman from Penn
,vlyania would take the charge Of the resolutions,
nd serve on the committee to be raised, very pro-
boby at the head of that committee. He had been
,Iiue surprised that the gentleman from Massachu-
se,is had taken that course. To be it had been
charged that that party to which the gentleman
b.lO5ged, had some affinity with this native Amer
Nan movement but he had not expected to see these
Individuals so cheek.by-owl, playing into each
others hands; and the moment the identity became
TOO papable, receding from their position IN order
TO prevent exposure.
Mr. WINTHROP rose to a point of order, and
made an explanation, which was not heard by the
r,porler, but which was understood to be, that he
considered the remark of the gentleman personal to
himself and that from considerations which he
mentioned but which were lost to the reporter) the
Gentleman himself must be satisfied that he was mis-
AIKEN and that justice required him to withdraw the
remark -,...
Mr. DILLINGHAM; resumed. He could not be
supposed 10 know anything of the matter, except
from what appeared publicly before the House;
and il was far from his intention to do injus-
flee to the gentleman from Massachusetts. But
with reference to the question to which of
these committees the reference should be made,
he wished bear his approval to the remark of the
gentleman from Pennsy from the Pittsburg dis
hct, who had told them thts morning that this was
NOT necessarily personal sectional question; but
aqueson of generalimportance-a sort cfhirthright
question: question Of citizenship, and as broad as
the right of citizenship in the United States---a
question which affected every county, every town,
and every hamlet in the whole of this Union They
had the regular Judiciary Committee selected from the
representatives from various sections of the Union;
and now when question so broad, So universal,
came up for reference, it said Oh moi do not
fer this committee but refer it to select COM
mitee." Why select committed For what rea-
som O. say the gentlemen in favor of it, that this
peculiar subject may be in the hands of its peculiar
friends Send this little sheep, this darling child, to
II he understood Alright, all who claimed paternity
to il were from the cities of Philadelphia and New
York; and they asked this House, and particularly
that portion of it who were supposed to stand in
peculiar connexon and confidence with the friends
Of this cause, to refer it to select committee. He
trusted this House was not prepared to write down
such vote Of disapproval of one of their own
sanding committees as would be implied in taking
from them this question, to whom it appropriately
belonged, and referring it to a select committee.
Mr.. L. H. SIMMS was one of those who be-
ieved that there was in the bosom of the American
people Above Of JUSTICE and he believed that there
would be found this love Of justice in the bosom of
the gentlemen who had seat on the floor OF the
American Congress, and in the bosom Of those gen.
lemen who made up the Committee onthe Judiciary.
And when he heard gentlemen wishing their favorite
subject to be treated with justice he disposed to
ask where would receive greater justice than at the
hands Of SO important standing committee, as the
Committee on the Judiciary, which was the appro.
pirate one to consider this subject Our constitution
had divided the government into three great depart
menis-he executive, the legislative, and the Judi
tal-and why, he asked, should not gentlemen
content with the reference of the subject to that
which was peculiarly the representative of the Judi
cary IN this House, the Committee on the Judi
ciaryI
When the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. PAYNE1
had been called order, when pointing to Lafayette,
ne Mr. 81 had felt emotions in his bosom, which
nc wished TO carry to his grave and to nst into the
BOSOM OF his children; and he wished TO meet and
Wecone to these shores the exile from Erin, the OPP
pressed Polander, or the emigrant from any other
aa'on who seeks this government as an asylum
rom oppression. Yes at st. Louis on the banks of
ne Mississippi, or the Missouri, hundreds of these
5'""'' "eio ualy aTTlVlug, 10 Hnu Tor themselves
home on the fertile shores of this land of freedom;
ana ne would have them distinctly to understand
ha' their fond expectations should not be disap-
polhled-that here was found home for the OBJ
pressed for those writing under the expressions Of
nonarchs and despots. Mr.. S. concluded by re-
peaung the expression of the hope that this subject
would 60 to the proper commttee-the Committee
% .ne Judlcary-where it might receive that i'm
PaI'Ial investigation it deserved.
Mr.. JAMES THOMPSON had not risen for the
purpose OF making speech, but to ask for the read
ns o. these resolutions he thought their purport
a1 n, peen misconceived by the House.
read by the Clerk
Mr. JAMES THOMPSON said, that the reso-
Suens' IT he rightly understood them, complained
" frauds which had been perpetrated on the natu-
saaion laws, and did not propose any restriction
:, nose laws. They complained of frauds which
SauaHy Affected all portions of the country. They
.ue therefore, not peculiarly the care of gentlemen
.um pennsylvania; but should go to that standing
Iamml'tee-thc Committee on the Judiciary--than
.ach, none was more fitted to detect and bring to
"sn' 'he frauds alleged, if such frauds had been
S.nn'l''ed Gentlemen misunderstood the object of
".se Iesolutons and if they asserted that Pennsy-
ua wished the naturalization laws restricted, they
Ie,e mistaken as to the sentiment of the people Of
",a. safe They asked no proclamation to the for
s smeN VINO arrived on our Shores " this can never