The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-12

OF national glory and national renown.
We have been told by the honorable gentleman
on my night that the territory Of Oregon will be
speedily peopled by immigrants from China; so thai
while Europe Is flooding our country with her re-
fuse population on our Atlantic coast Asia may be
pouring her myriads upon the Pacific! IL may be
so, sir; and II so, trust that they will not be en-
dowed with the political rights of American citizen
ship the moment they land upon our soil; for the
entire history Of the world, from the very capital Of
China TO the shores of the Baltic, is but solemn
illustration of the great principle Of nature, that two
distinct people-natyes and fOreigners-eannot sub,
sist together without one obtaining and maintain
ing an ascendancy over the other. Americans must
rule America, or foreigners will. Besides, sir, what
motive have we in aiTording privileges to the alien
v hch we deny to the native-born, a means Of in-
dueing foreign immigration Our unbounded terri
tory is longer all untenanted wilderness, signing
for the embrace Of the coy inhabitants OF other
hemlspheres. Already, sir, native reputation OF
sufficient density presses its mammoth swarms up
on our western States, filling every vacant space,
till the heaying wave Of life oyerows upon the soil
of Texas, fnging its bright spray into distant Ore
gon, and cIestIng the plains Of California with
the jewels Of hardy lreemen, bold in heart, undauHt-
cd IN spirit, and glowing with patriotism.
The West, sir, has grown into a fountain that
can people the West. Man, born in the lap OF Ia.
Dor, educated in schools Of hSrship, and with whom
courage and generosity the natural elements Of
warm hearts and clear heads, abound the pio-
neers OF remote lands. The natural impulse Of the
natire pioneer Of our own States is onward; il is
his destiny To improve, and his passion TO seek, the
wild untauled land that lies beyond the reach OF his
axe, and the bullet of his rife, that he may reclaim
the one and enjoy the game procured by the other.
Sir, We have more than enough ia any three OF our
Oldest western States, to people more land than We
shall ever acquire. With natural elements Of set
clement such ms these, which form our boast, while
they prove our blessing, what motive have for
extending facilities either to Europeans Asaucs
to come over and take possession of the country
Sir, we object not to immigration, when II brings
with II a useful or industrious class Of foreigners.
Let them come and let them be content with the
enjoyment of every civil and religious privilege that
can emanate from free and republican government,
restricted only when they attempt TO enter the pOltl-
al circle. At that circle, SIR, hospitality ends.
Cpil rights the common property of emancipated
man. We protect al IN the enjoyment and pursuit
of happIness, the acquisition Of property, aud the
security of person. Why should We grant priyi-
lege to aliens, which we withhold as a right from
our own sons who in every way better qualified
TO become the responsible sovereigns Of a great
rcpubllc and when we know by ample experience
that the grant must polute, and eventually over
turn and destroy, our glorious system Of govern
ment so famous for its symmetry its solidity, and
its GRANDEUR Need point TO the tnaiersl out OF
which universal suffrage would make the sovereign
electors Of a selfcreatcd government whose stabili-
ty depends upon the intelligence and virtue of the
peOpleE Neeu L point 10 IT'S influence
upon Americans who, frgetful Of their country,
are found making bargain and contract with the
foreign voter, to secure him in honor and Office, in
preference TO his own brother-thc son Of the same
soiI-the child Of the mother--and nesting on
the same maternal bosom'
After all the importance that reasonably at
tach the effort being made to arrest the allen
influence from undue participation in our polti'
cal system, let forget that the principle APP
plies much to the heart of the American TO the
person of the foreigner. An alien heart in native
bosom is the great monster" against whose unnnt-
ural ferocity have to combat. Ii is thus "mon-
ster' which has invested with such overwhelming
power the intrinsic political insignlfcance Of the
alien cabals, who combine with alIen-hearted Amer
leans to sell their birth-right for the spoiIs of Of
fee, and compared with whom the foreign stranger,
with all his ignorance, his passions and his preju-
dices clingDg about him becomes, in the eye OF
the patriot, a pardonabe culprit. Whatever the
offence Of the alien, II s in nitgated
by his early attachments to his native birthplace
by educaon---by the habits Of infancy-hy the
force Of associaon-and by his restitution Of knowl-
edge. But for the American, who becomes in heart
and deed an alien, by making alliance and common
cause with foreign faction. organized and nourlsh-
ed by the crowned heads of Europe, there does ex-
ist there exist no circumstances Of apology, ex-
tenuation, or excuse.
BY what power is it, sir, that we find foreigners
swarming over the land, and covering the Offices
which after ALL are the gift of the .4nerican people
need not enter into details to show the millions
nuay drawn from the treasury OF the United States
and paid to the "forelgn gaurd" a reward foi
their ''PuBLIC sERyIcEs;' nor shall inquire what
portion of the sum is forwarded to Daniel O'Con-
nell to enable him to accomplish ''lrish repealn
means of ''bringing down the American eagle in its
pride of flight" As an American, turn with loath
ing from such picture, to the consideration of the
subject Immediately before the House, and which
equally involves the preservation OF our rights
: Al, .,,l
claims to Oregon far north as $40 40', without re
cession of any sort. The principles Of justice sus
tain in this claim well fidelity to the genius
| and spirit Of our free government. The fact men
toned a day or two ago by the honorable gentle
man from Indiana, that the English were buying of
American settlers at the rate of eight hundred dol
lars a head, amounts to conclusive proof that Brit
aims claim even in her own estimation, is at leas
doubtful; and if doubtful far how it have ex
istence over that principle of progress expansion
and settlement, which the laws of God ordaln to 9
contiguous people in their natural homestead. This
principle hold to be paramount over all others
save the DEGREES Of the constitution, whose behests
are supreme over all other laws.
| If we have rights sir, must dare to assert and
maintain them; for look ut Brliains policy and tel
me when, in her entire history, she failed to
! upon q peoples fears? While would avoid prec p
itation on the hand, would equally oppose tina
vexatous delay which is the next thing to defeat
and which too often passes under the name Of dclib
Grafton.
Sir, am no advocate for hostites There il
but one party in this country that covets war; and
! that war not for the purpose of maintaining the
honor and dignity of this nation but because they
think that conflict with Great Britain would enable
them to accomplish Irish repeal" The unanmty
with which they ask for war, shows the Tremendous
power exerted over them by Daniel O'ConneIl, who
is the secret spring Of all their movements and
who, in the event Of struggle, would recommend
their withdrawal some forty miles beyond tide ,oaier
mandate which they would obey with equal una
nimity!
If, however, war must come, sir, it will find US
defending the integrity Of Ameri an soil, which NJ
foreign monarch must ever be permitted to pollut,
| by his daring tread. When once our stars anc
stripes have hoalcd over the land they consccrae IL
freedom, there must that flag continue to wave a
every peril in defiance of all treaties that may have
been concoced in a spirit Of seeming concession
Let it not be imagined, sir that desire tc
reflect upon the venerable gentleman from
Massachusetts, whose name is associated witt
that treaty. | would not, if could, fling on,
shadow on his pathway to glory Since have hat
! the honor to occupy seat IN this House, hav