Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-20

until tomorrow and NIT. Clay addressed the
Chamber on the Indigcnt Insane bill and the
Presidents veto; when, Mr.. Toucey obtaining
the floor, the further consideration Of the sub
ject was postponed until tomorrow
In the House, the bill granting lands to Min
nesota, for railroad purposes was passed. An
angry and exciting scene was enacted, grow.
ing out Of the practice Of members supervising
the reports of debates in which they partici-
pate.
a RECKLESS ASSERTION - RIGHTS OF NATU-
RALLIED CITIZENS.
"FreeSoilers and Abolitionists are thor
oughly hostile, even to naturalized foreigners
They constitute the main strength and are the
chief directors Of the new organization which
would exclude even native-born citizens from
Office, If their parents were foreigners"
JVdsh. Sentinel.
lie Abolitionists aud Free-Soilers are thor
oughly hostile to naturalized foreigners, it will
be easy to show this Will the Sentinel quote
resolution ever passed by one of their Conven-
tions, sentence ever uttered by any man they
have sent to Congress or recognised as an ex-
ponent Of their sentiments, o paragraph ever
printed in one of their sixty newspapers ques-
tioning the rights, disparaging the character,
or proposing restrictions on the privileges, OF
foreigners naturalized or not? Let us have
no quotations from Native American, but from
Anti-Slavery or Independent Democratic
sources We affirm that it can produce moth
ing of the sort Now, watch and see whether
it will attempt it.
Again: it asserts that aAbolitonists and
Free Sellers" independent Democrats) Coon
stitute the main strength and are the chief d.
rcctorsn of the Know Nothing organization.
It's editors, then, must know the adherents of
this now Party. OF course, they will name the
Free Sellers and Abolitionists who are its
chief directors" Point them out, neighbors.
Nobody but yourselves is in possession Of this
important information. Ii is the general I'M
Outstanding that the late election in this city
was carried by the Know Nothings-but ac-
cording to the Sentinel, Free-Soilers and Abo-
Iitionists constitute their main strength, and
are their chief directors" Think Of that
Abolitonists and Free-Soilers in the ascendent
in Washington City, and electing its Mayor |!
Now, we submit that this astounding disclosure
Of the Sentinel should be accompanied by the
proof Will the Sentinel furnish it?
As to the sentiments of Anti-Slavery men
towards foreigners, the Southern press has
hithorto accused them Of showing too much
favor to aliens, for the purpose Of attracting
them to the free Territories of the Union, and
cultivating their antipathies against Slavery.
That is not all. Ii aliens will take the trouble
to examine the proceedings of Congress, they
bill, which excludes from its benefits all for
egn immigrants who may arrite in the coun-
try from the date Of it's passage till they shall
have resided here five years, was inserted by
Pennsylvania; was voted against by the In
dependent Democratic members Of the House
and that Mr. Wade, an Independent Demo-
cratic member, was the man who moved to
provision. They will find, too, that the Clay
ton amendment in the Nebraska Bill, exclu-
ding foreigners from the right Of suffrage in
the Territory was supported by twenty-five
Southern Senators--the whole number pres
ent-irrcspcctively Of party, and by Mr. Brod-
head, an Administration Senator from Penn.
sylvania, whom the Sentinel praised for his
independence. And il they look further they
will find, If we mistake not certain editorials
in the Sentinel and plenty Of them in the pa
pers Of the slaveholding States advocating
this proscriptive amendment while there is
not an Independent Democratic paper in the
country that did not condemn it.
Bot, it is cruel to the Sentinel TO pursue the
subject further.
As to our own sentiments, we affect no
mawkish fondness for foreigners During our
whole career as an editor, here and elsewhere,
we have held that AZ God has made Of one
blood all nations to dwell upon all tho face Of
the earth, men have an absolute right to free
locomtoion-to seek fortune and happiness just
where they please that no nation has q right
to exclude from its territory any human being
guiltless Of crime: that immigrants from all
climes have n right TO come to our shores, and
dwell with us, and that on sufficient evidence
Of their intention to become citizens they
ought to be admitted to all the rights Of citi
zens: that not only the highest policy, but
strict justice and the fundamental principles
Of our institutions, require this. Only through
this policy, can the assimilation Of races in
this country be carried on, and only through
this assimilation, can we, the American PEG
pie, become and remain one nation.
The policy Of the Know Nothings is excep
tionaI, local, and temporary. II is folly to ex
pect that il can become National or permanent
SO far as we can learn, It was provoked by the
attempt in certain localities TO organize Catho
lie Irish voters as distinct body, with peculiar
interests, and for tho purpose Of securing Ger