The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-18
-ao17y,oy HCMBUGs EXPLODED.

,,,.-r..nonaeut Of the New York Times has made a
, exclamation Of the extraordinary paragraph N ohs
:, ~ 80 special dispatches which We eommsn'ea
.go he SAYS that in the haste Of getting on ms
- 4 committed himself to the views and opinions
n usssrs Benton, Campbell and Mace whereas rs Is com
nsJsd 10 differ from them materially These hono'"D''
g,nsmen discover an astounding fraud N inc
hlthe TIMES correspondent communicated tns uis'0'sI'
"a bs papor and endorsed the opinions and views % ua
.bovs-uarnea Congressman. He now backs square OUT
from his endorsement and leaves the whole honor Of inc
.,ovs,y 10 Mezrs Benton, Campbell, and Mace But be
,oa. further and erpodes another one OF the aeohuoh
humbugs, as follows
rhe most serious objection Is based on the following
clause, via L.,,;u,,
@. Provled That the right of suffrage and Of holding
s ba be exercised only By citizens Of ae Uh'fea Sfas',
49, - han Aaps declared on oath heir Indication 10 be-
- ,ek and sha have taken an oath to support the con
on u the United States and the provisions oil this aet
On argued that the declaration Of ntentoa referred 70
hs mentioned in the naturalization acts, ana the o~lh 70
rt the constitution is that taken at the end OF 'e
IL, reaenes after declaration OF intention; that none
~, eitzeps-those who born in the country or, oy
@ sar have become ctizens-swear 70 the
nstituon and that the judges who viii be appohleu WI"
rauestiopaby 50 hold and exclude all others from the p
Tbi. seems 10 me to be violent presumption Any clear
headed honest jurist must see ana SO aeeae' a S f
ouotd above provides for oath 70 support the con-
lection Of the United States to be taken rhea the deetard-
~ f Intention Is made, which is even now administered 10
many az the States including If mistake not, the state OF
Ii the contrary were the case, the clause quo
"a ~ would not have needed the Insertion OF the words
and those who shall have declared on oath their intention
- booD,e such If the oath required as prerequisite to
he exercise of the right Of suffrage is in reality the oath
taken at the expiration years residence in the coun-
w the moment is taken the alien becomes citizen and the
term ctizen in the quoted clause would have completely
covered the case Ii will be clearly SEEM therefore, from the
phraeoogv Of the disputed clause that 1T was the object OF
ii, trainers the law not only to extend the right OF SUI
ge 10 citizens heher aatire adopted, but also to all
en who choose to take the preliminary step of decara
p Of intention and the prescribed oath to support the
constitution Any other conclusion than this to in
rove gross absurdity."
The Times correspondent makes amends for bis hasy
under by disposng Of still another abolition hubug
that which assumed that the intercourse act of 1884
in force and applicable the organized Territories of
Kansas and Nebraska On this point he says:
"As have already minated the law of 1884 excluding
foreigners from the Indian Territory of Nebraska, except
they have passports from the War Department is not main
tanned BY the Nebraska BILL but is essentially defunc be-
cause il locally inappeabe, the Nebraska bill having
opened the Territory settlement and provided for the
tension over only of such laws of the United States
ro locally nappeable To show that this view is correct,
have only remark that if the view asorbed to Col Ben
ton correct nobody whoever 60 into Nebraska Kan
all except he be Indian government agent
licensed trader passported foreigner because the old Law
rOhbiting all others from going into the Territories
repealed than the law prohibiting foreigners, and is
Just exactly locally applicable But the whole spirit and
tenor Of the bill look the settlement Of the Territories
and there is nothing any existing general special legi
aon which can by implication, make any distinction
IN the admission Of aliens and citizens"