New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-13

A h. hc,irp;pr am sure that we are 20 stop short of
ina end some whcroi my idta 10 stop at the dooro
sor Al H. oa,e have Heard any phO optical
rssrcr ,iven why there should DC is exclusion en- an
American citizen. So wrs my father bofogo me. Those
Who can tTrce their lineage Further than can, may be
h ,c ,b ow further back into antiquity the period when
rev by tser proscpitors, were foreigners and aliens
eInot certainly carry my geSnalogy back far enough to
know whether it was more than three generations. Why
.hould ex ude the foreigner TO dsyi He oly wis every
American citizen or his anct nie oiher
II be be ali he ia In the Of one tr
four or five years 10 become what all are-An,e-icr
c;tizens Sir something has been said about LOYALTY
deans TO know where and when the foreigners the aliens
- country, have shown le-s loyalty to this Govern
uspt and 10 lie institutions than the native citizens. But
Sir shall not pursuc that line OF argument further
desire TO look at it for moment question Of policy.
We are told that we are to discourage foregn immga
ton. Suppose had adopted that policy thirty years
ago what would have been The consequence 1t i now
twenynre years ago since the system Of internal in
provemet in this country commenced by the construc
ton Of the Erie Canal through tho State OF New York,
uniting the tide waters OF the Hudson vth Lake Erie,
and snce that time have perfected five thousand miles
Of canals at expense Of six hundred millions of dollars
extending inland igatDn from the Mississippi at its
mouth TO tts Hudson River at New York, and thus dis
pensing a ogeher with what OF the two great
national vents at the time OF the American Revolution
the nav alton Of the ST. Lawrence. How that done
mean whence came the labor that did it. know Of
but American citizen who worked with the spade and
wheelbaoyy on those works Doubtless there are many
Others but know only Of one and he glad t. coy
s now q member this Hoor-Mr. Wade Of Ohio-and
one Of its most able and talented members. But a
GEES of nsturalza alton. What have we done We
have made sst housand oils Of rail- Oad connect ng
the different paris Of this Union nseperaby together aud
thus overcoming the want Of Capitalization aGd enabling
ourselves look with pity and contempt upon the
who seeks 10 alarm with of doubtful merit
or vMue by threatening with dissolution Of the Union
hat labor made oil these railroads. think il was the
labor chiefly of foreigners Nov what wish oask s whe
thei thes roads and canals have costoo little Suppose that
the reathers had remained at home and native American
labor performed this work anybody te "nat the
car ss and railroads would have cost! Again what has
been the dimbaton OF the cost OF labor among ourselves
1t ranges from seventyfve cents to dollar day ithere
we're no foreign immigration here and Native Americans
had to perform all this labor, what would Dc s cost
Whst would have been the condition OF the country but
for this labor Sir think wo must take tne case az IL ~
fixed and unchangable fact II has its canse In the con-
don OF sooety in foreign countries Nothing conld pre-
vent the Of the population from Ireland when ihey
were beseeed in :heir native homes by famine end pct
lence. They here in obedience to law
which obliged them to come SO Il is OF these parts
of the population Of Germany and Contlnesal Europe
which here. SO it is Of the population from China
which is flowing in upon the Pacific coast IL canaot
remain nt bome-it must come here-and inasmuch as it
must here to treat il as If it justly and
wisely here. Regarding then this immigration as 70 con-
nue 10, what will be the effect Of the in
question pon the interests os society IN that respect The
foreign Immigration pours into the cities Just as 1t has
hitherto done. When enters the gate discrimination
found be made against and in favor Of the native
American Tho American citizen may go 70 tue western
countries TO the territories and occupy and cultivate
a farm. The aliens cannot. What then will happen
The American citizen will go, the alien must re-
main What il TO be the effect! is it not seen
ut once thai breaks society into two classes and dis
tributes them ACCORDING TO the laws of supply and de-
mand but according to an arbitrary principle OF policy
obll ing the foreigner to renain in cities aud upon
our Atlantic coes and sending large share Of the ma
tive population into the West. How will that operate
upon tho western portions of the country Do they not
want laborers Are they not engaged IN extending and
perecting the system of internal improvements DO they
not want their share of this foreign population theTel
Ia usef, 10 u.s. is it not useful to them Are we through
with all that We have to do in the Atlantic states that we
can dispense with foreign labor and resort to The labor
of American. horn citizens exclusively Those may come
IN this conclusion who in locking hrOugh the deren de-
partmepe Of industry in the cities believe wisely ana upon
we'll facts that there surplus OF aber IN the
different departments of commerce ana industry 10 e
Atlantic States but think they will find themselves ms
taken ard that il they send away the alien population
they will find the prices OF agriculture rse 10 NJ ad
Vance in the Atlantic States seriously injurious 10 those
States while corresponding injury will result to the
W. rr States for tile absence Of foreign labor Sir 1t Is
t.oud give the text OF this sermon. Here il is
ss We ,bs lug Of England has endeavOred to prevent
,h nonnIi;on % those States, for that purpose obstruc
Inc he law for natura on foreigners refusing TO
mass Others 10 encourage their migration p'er aug raS
Ing the conditions of new appropriations On '"'
Declaration Of Independence.
Mr. PRATT advocated striking out and strongly de-
poupced the portions of the bill which he understood as
giving the Amercan soil into the custody OF an alien pop
uatiOn. y..o
Tho bill was then postponed After short Executive
Session the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
On motion of Mr. LETTER., the Select COMMITTEE to
,naure whether improper have been employed 10
nrocure tho massage OF the bill extending Colts patent