The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-07-21
Gen. SCoiI's Position oD the Subject of Nat

Ger. Scoit's Position oD the subject OF Nat
usali.aiiuii.
H. Gen. SCOTS letter accepting tbe nom:n
ton, he lays down the following new principle
upon The subject of naturalization.
ga single aIterafion in our naturalization
laws, sug4estedhy my military expert, nee viz
Giving to all Foreigners The right of citizen
ship who shall faithfully serve, IN time Of ,ca,
one year oil board Of our public ships, or in onr
land torces-regalar or v,luntstr-on Meiy
rcceiring Aom0rajie discharge from tie ser.
rtcc.
In all sincerity and candor, let US enquire
what would be the natural result Of the adoption
Of such principle in government 1t would
! be partial, unjust, unconstitutional and odlous-
| Partial, because it makes an unwarran,abl.
distinction between foreign born citizens, by
admitting portion of them to the rights Of
citizenship in one year, while i, excludes the
greater portion probably for life because it is
small portion of the inhabitants Of any coun.
try, who enter the military service, from choice.
Unjust, because its tendency would be, either
to make soldiers, where soldiers are not needed,
or exclude a large por;i IN Of our foreign born
Va
both of which equally and directly opposed
to every well settled principle of our Repub
can system. Unconstitutional, because it is
positively forbidden by the 4th Part Of the Stli
Section, of the list Article, of tnc constitution
of the United States, which says-that, " Con-
gress saaH estaJiisa an uniform Rale Of
.Nataraii-a,ion.' Oli,us, because it is ant,-re
publican, in principle and if adopted would be
oppressive i'll its operations.
1t is a most odious prop ,sition, emanating
from either weak head, or an unsound heart,
and deserves to be secuted by every patriot in
the country, both native and foreign born
When men, appealing to the people of the
United States, for the highest position of pub
lie trust, within their gift, lend themselves to
the prejudices Of classes DIS, which is most
palpable in the present case, they merit the in
dignant condemnation of all Just men in the
country.
There is an other feature in this case, which
1t Will be well to observe with some care AMI
important condition in the above extract from
Gen. SCOTS letter, is, that the foreign born in
habitants, shall serve the specified time, during
''actuat car This Is practically worse than
the old doctrine of extending the time of natr-
rnlization TO 81 years. and would amoun. to an
act tual prohibition to the great majority of emf !
grants. From the peace Of 1888, to the war Of |
iol2, was period of 80 years and from the |
peace of 1911 to the war of 1916, was period
Of 80 years, and it may, aud we have no doubt
will, be as long again before other declaration
Of is made. Is it possible that the emi-
grant class desire the rights Of citizenship to de-
pend upon such remote and unhappy contn- |
gency ths' That they desire to hear the doleful
prophesies and amen'a ations of war, pestence
md famine ringing in their ears, to justify wish,
IRA hope ofcltizenshp p-of occupying the position
ot men, as contradistnguished from brutes p
ct if you would be saved from this humi!ia,ny
position and save the country Of your adoption
rom being sold into the hands Of hearess poll
.cians, never give your countenance to the
nan VIII proposes such 4 measure.