The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-07

The gentleman had also forgot one thing--name
w. that one great ground of complaint against IN,
king Of Great Britain in the Declaration of indie
pendenee--was, that he had INSTRUCTED emigration
| yiye the obsolete idea---more 'sobsoletsn than
that Of bank Of the United States, in direc
conrayention TO this complaint Of our forefathsrs
The next question was that Of policy. Mr.. d. op.
posed on this ground the proposition of the gentle.
man and his party 10 refuse TO admit aliens TO the
rights of citizenship until they have been in this
country q years. BY SO doing he contended that
we would parcel them of for 81 years. giving them
no rights, and melting them to disturbance and TO
combinations IN order 10 gain the rights Of freemen.
The best way when they had left their own country
and adopted this as their home, with which they
Identified their feelings and interests, TO ncor-
porate them as speedily could be into our family,
as bone Of bone and flesh Of our hesh and not TO
keep them distinct class of prescribed men. He
referred TO the reinyigonatng influences Of emign-
ion upon the Roman republic, and maintained It's
beneficial effects upon our own country, as ac-
knowledged and sustained by the declaration Of
Independence, well as by the constitution of the
United Satisfactorily contrary TO both which were
the gentlemens arguments.
Some conversation took place between Mr..
WOODWARD and Mr.. DR0MGQOLE, as to the
power Of the States to confer suffrage, and upon
other points. ...
Mr.. DRoMGOoLE considered 30 clear the want
Of power in Congress 10 interfere with the right OF
suffrage ofthe States to wonder that anybody ever
could have dreamed to the contrary. He referred
TO a case which arose in the State of Illinois, in
which the question had been settled by the Supreme
Court Of the United States The power TO pass
uniform naturalization laws, and regulating the
right Of suffrage, were entirely dstinet-the latter
belonging 70 the States clearly the former 10
tho general government.
One fundamental contrast between the English
constitution and our own was, that while they dis
oouraged and laid checks and restraints upon for
eigners going there, we opened the door to them.
He would like 10 have the gentleman [Mr. LEvNl
explain, If his principle had been adopted, how our
revolutionary war ever would have been fought,
and how We, any OF US, would have become citizens
ofthis glorious republic
Mr.. LEVIN repeated what he had said that his
principles were in accordance with the order given
by Gen. Washington at Cambridge.
Mr.. DRoMG00LE. Did General Washington
ever advocate the principle by which every alien
should be excluded from the army
Further conversation took place on this point,
between Messrs. LEVIN, DRoMGooLE, and
CAMPBELL.
Mr.. DRoMGooLE, resuming, said, all the gen.
tlemen had read from Washington was a mere letter
admonitory TO his officers TO select men in whom
they could conhde' This touched merely the point
Of discretion with reference TO the selechoa Of wor
thy officers and did look to the entire exclusion
Of foreigners He alluded the valuable services
dered US by foreigners during the revolutionary war,
and mentioned in terms Of high encomium the
names Of Lafayette, Kosciusko, De Kslb, &c
Among all the foreigners who had served in our
army, who had come here to make it their home,
and Identify their fortunes with US, he dehed them
to point to one foreigner who had proved a traitor
He could point land he did il with sorrow) to the
traitor Of the revolution, and of the last war-Bene
dict Arnold, and Hull, both Of whom were born
in this country. He said not that foreigners are
more trustworthy than natives; he maintained no
such doctrines but he said let the discretion Of selec
ton be left TO our commanders, both military and
naval.
Some conversation passed between Mr.. LEVIN
and Mr.. DRoMGooLE, as to the place of Arnold's
nativity, Mr.. L. stating his impression that he was
an Englishman, and Mr.. d. reading from a bio
graphical work Ito substantate his previous state
ment) that he was born in Connecticut.
Mr.. ID. was proceeding in this conversation, when
his remarks were terminated by the expiration Of
his hour.
The committee then rose and reported
And the House adjourned.