The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-24

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C0ngress.-Friday.
SENArE.-The bill making appropriations for the sup
port OF the Military Academy reported by Mr. Hun.
ter with amendments and the bill was consde red and
passed.
Mr. Mason submitted resolution calling upon the
President TO communicate the Senate all correspond
ence with the government OF Great Britain touching HE
subject of the North American fisheries and the xonyen
ton Of October 1885, and also nquiring whether the
Presden, has sent any naval force TO the fishing waters
10 protect the rights Of the American citizens there
After long debate. the resolution adopted
The bill granting additional school lands to the several
land States passed and then the Senate adjourned
until Monday
House. OF REPREsENTATVEs.-Mr Bissell made
Intellectual effort TO induce the House to consider the bill
to arm the frontier settlers in California New Mexico,
and Texas and Mr. Davis OF Indiana, endeavoed TO get
up The bill granting lands aid the construction Of the
proposed railroad from Tee Haute Indiana, 10 Spring
field, Illinois; but the House sustained the decision OF
the Chair by which that bill went the day before to
the Speakers table, The bill granting lands in aid Of the
construction OF the proposed railroad from Pontiac,
Michigan, to the navgable waters OF Lake. Michigan.
considered and Mr. Stuart addressed the House
in its favor after which il was laid the table by a
vote Of yeas 70, nays 67 The House then went into
Committee of the Whole The state Of the Union, (Mr
Odds in The chair) and taking up the river and harbor
precipitation bill, il discussed at length by Messrs
Moony and Seymour, of New York. and afterwards, in
ivemiDutes speeches. by many gentlemen. After which
the committee rose. and the House adjourned,
Cen SCOTS Record on the Right OF Foreign
born Citizens to Suffrage, and the Defence
OF 1t.
While the National Iatelligenesr by its silence
fesses that General Scott is the author OF the elaborate
of their naturalization, our foreg born population OF
the right OF suffrage, set forth and advocated in
it's columns in 1874. the Albany Evening Journal-a
leading Scott organ in New Yok-not daring TO deny
the fact. seeks as follows TO avoid its force by con-
Tossing that at time General Scott held the views
on tins matter which attributed to him. but claims
that now he has repened and recaned his monstrous
errors. The Journal says;
As last resort IN this of deception. thsy have
fallen back upon an anonymous newspaper article pub
shed in the National lntegcncer in 1874 They pretend
without any proof whatever thar this fugitive communca
zion Is 20 be attributed General Scott. Whetbes he
wrote the article or not we have knowledge do
deem Ii material 10 inquire IL Is enough for and for
The public know that his present opinions on the whole
subject Of naturalization liberal republican, and sound
that far from desiring TO make the system
ciive, he proposes expand and aneIiorate IL in favor
OF the foreigner We do deny General Scott, at
period OF his life, many ago, adopted mistaken
Of the practical operation of the la
tie advanced erroneous opinions the subject which
could not subscribe. In due time, reflection aud
Renee convinced him OF his error /"
= NJ " IT.
General Scot did formerly believe 10 view OF the gros
abuses OF naturalization laws and the violence the
polls In which immigrants from Europe conspicuous
the PRIVILEGES Of naturalization ought be materially
restricted, IL wholly withheld, in future. There is
conceament this hesd-no mystery about IT, General
himself say., In the only letter he for pub
location In his this subject. that he formerly
believed and protested but that experience and red
have convinced him OF his THIS he freely
admits and expressly In his letter accepting tho whig
ronhatou, that he would make change in natural
izston laws. excep, make them liberal those
Immigrants WHO have peried their lives in the military
fence OF our county"
The Tribune must look again at General SCOTS letter
of acceptance That document says nothing about for
egners who haze served in the army or navy speaks
only OF those who shall hereafter do So The Tribune
ntimates that General Scott did not write his native
American letter OF ls4l TO MIR Reed for publication
We know OF authority on which the Tribune can
base that statement The Reed letter is entirely public
lis character aod doubtless designed TO be pub
cly used Ii refers, ALSO TO another previous letter OF
General Scott, OF the same purpou, to Mr. Smith,
which was written "no, conideniially, though no
for publication" The fact undoubtedly is, that Gen.
eral Scott intended TO commit himself publicly and
did commit himself publicly and repeatedly, 10 all
the most extreme and prosciptive opinions OF ma
live Amsricanism in Isli In isii h. sssuber,
and proposed to make the vuy act of naturalization
forever bar the oreign-bon citizen from all right of sui
frage. This more and worse than anything which
The native American party had dared TO propose On The
updspuied record General Scott stands fully committed
% this most odous and proscripve policy up 10 isis
He tells himself that these opinions originated in bis
mind in 1885 On his own showing, therefore, for a
period OF thirteen years commencing when he
fifty years old he stands the foremost bgot 10 pot
ical creed more proscrptive and universally
odious than any other party creed in our history.
And now the defence--and the only defence-which
Gen. Scos leading organs make for him this point u.s.
that all this is mol material" II they urge matter of
moment that Tor thirteen years Gen Scott labored with
might and main for the total political disfanc Of
billions OF his ioregn-bon fellow citizens II is not
material" tina, while native Americanism was hateful
partisan phrensy General Scott the most phensied OF
native Americans II is not material" that be delivered
over his judgment and his Justice OF spirit for thirteen