New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-11

', .oor;rad the alien 10 be here but FIVE years,
,;nc VII ch tine he oosld cult ate the ands and become
sen The nssveooIp s couId rst |" "a,eo, The alien
lust landed could get his patent ne soon as the
live horn citizeDe. He was not IN favor OF repeating
hs pocy of naturalization but be was opposed 70 cheap
ne The right Of citizenship by offering bcuntes to tue
ses Of The world to come here and be equal to our
people in ell respects
M Preemp,on acts Of % and 40 contained il this
IN Durinc the debate the act OF D SIR. Merrck of
Maryland moved the amendment restricting the right Of
,smpton 20 citizens ard that restriction opposed
and defeated then. He defended earnestly the foreign.
horn population of the Northwestern States and said that
they were honest industrious and frugal any other
cIss Of citizens II warwas TO be made upon the foreign
bern population he wanted the struggle to be open
one. e did not want it to take plac upon single pro-
vision in this any other bill He desired them to offer
come direct supposon which the issue could be fairly
met. lie asked the most courageous Of the opponents
aDi enemies Of the population whether they
willing to propose repeal of the naturalization laws
DID they desire repeal Of those laws He did not be-
heve any Of them did, except perhaps some members Of
thai miserable faction that contempt6ie org nzaton
called Native Americans or know-Nothings. lie then
advocated the passage Of the bill: >,
Mr.. BROWN opposed the striking out He said that
he sew ne objection TO allowing aliens 70 occupy and cu
citizens lie saw objection to giving the right 10
labor and improve the coil by cultivation, when by the
recent Territorial laws the Senate had nearly unanimously
riv them the right of suffrage. The labor Of
GRITTY ang the soil was Of the value to the country
sther performed by native citizen or one who wCQld
Mr. DAWSON advocated the striking out. lie was
utterly opposed, American Senator to vote prior
iiy OF privilege to aliens. The naturalization laws
regarded alien five years under age and for that time
denied him the rights Of citizenshpyet this bill allowed
alien Immediately upon entering the country to take
Possession Of farm while it excluded all the native-born
citizens between l6 and 81 years the right IL was
unjust and outrageous discrimination between the
alive and the alien in favor OF the latier against the
former He for settling the frontiers with the nafive
citizens who had defended the country against those to
whom this bill offered the land for nothing. He was utterly
opposed to the whole bill. 1t made unjust discrmin-
ton against those engaged in mechanical anu other occu-
patons These could not go 10 the West and cultivate
the land for they knew nothing OF agrlcutme-yet
they 10y their personal services in the field OF battle,
and by tter payment Of taxes had acquired this Territory
which be given away to Foreigners While he dis
approved of the whole policy of giving away the public
lands be woud feel forced in justice to the rest of the
people to amendment giving to each male person
Ia the United States twenty years, and 10 each
unmarried female, maids aud widows over eighteen years,
one hundred and sixteen Of land This proportion,
be xgued just than the pending, which
denied the bounty extended to aliens to people of
both sexes who could not migrate to the West.
The bill was then postponed.
After short Executive Session, the Senate adjourned
of 40