Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-06-17


in the facts to Justify any impeachment of either the
tves or actions OF any present at that meeting The
point upon which those who present Got iRc'nng
the senator from tennessee, as it now appea did ngree
was the repeal OF the Missouri compromise line The
bill, as II then Stood afterwards amended and in Two
very important particulars by the proposition of the
nator from North Carolina and also by that which sub
mitted 1t became very different bill from that which
was before us ut the meeting. pledge vote for the
latter did not require for the former and vote
for the one might have been held violation of pledge
TO vote Tor the ether was then and for the
peal OF the line OF 36o 30 but on the terms of this
bill, because the bill is not true non yention BILL
as demonstrated former OCCASION and think the
amendment made shortly before the passage of the BILL
on motion OF the Senator from North Carolina repeal
the old French and Spanish law in this territory for
which amendment did vote changed essentially the
character OF the bill, and made precedent which may
prove very embarrassing those who sustained in
Cuba should ever be annexed this Union On the prn
cples explained and indicated by in the speech de-
iyered before the passage Of the BILL have steadily
cd from the time was introduced and shall still continue
20 act nave therefore. nothing now to explain or to
shall now address myself to the single question of the
amendment before meby
have heard an anecdote Of very able and learned
gentlemen who argued O case of repleyin about some
pigs While engaged in the argument they forgot the
pigs and entered into personal alteration which lasted
throughout the trial. and conducted with signal abil
ny on oo'h sides At the close Of Of these gentle
men said to his client, are you satisfied with my
speech! II was very well spoken" said the client,
but should have been better pleased to have heard
something said about the pigs" Laughter. Now sir,
about the amendment which moved by my honorable
friend from Maryland and which is the amendment
that moved to the bill called the Nebraska bill when
passed by the Senate This amendment proposes
strike out that part Of the bill which allows foreigners
to vote without naturalization in the Territories Of Ne
braska and Kansas.
Here, sir in the outset, before proceed to the brief
discussion which propose, let premise that am
about to nothing with the expectation of changing
the opinion Of any here know very well that the
Senate intends to reject the amendment without reference
to its merits because gentlemen here afraid to trust
the House Of Representatives with this bill again. Hon
orabe Senators have expressed this in debate and
just well informed Of the fate of the amendment if
the yeas and nays had been called upon it. know too
very we'll that honorable gentlemen intend pass the
bill tonight: and when shall have done my duty,
shall submit without to the will of the mao-
rity only desire to vndicate my position in
ference to this particular amendment because it ORR
gnated with me, it has been identified with my name
and stand, it were, godfather to it. although my
honorable and distinguished friend from Maryland r
pEARcE has also adopted It by moving 1t again, and
thank him for having done
II very much to be regretted that the House Rep
resentatyes never came to vote this amendment.
The matter was adroitly managed in the House
avoid it. After referring to the Committee Of the Whole
the Senate bill, which, as it amended my notion
contained no provision allowing aliens to VOTE the
mittee with it, and by motion to substitute for
another bill allowing aliens to vote and calling the pre-
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vote on the amendment separate proposition. We,
therefore, have knowledge of the real sentiment of the
House on this question We only know that its enemies
were afraid to suffer 1t to have fair trial. that
OF its secret foes afraid to show their hands And
it is not to have fair trial here because it is conf
IDENTIFY said by than twothrds of its friends that
though they conscentousy and unalterably in it's
favor yet the Nebraska bill will be defeated the House
of Representatives again entrusted with the power
it which they would have by returning it them
with any amendment to it, If that be true the bill ought
net to pass because there cannot be real majority its
favor The Senator from Indiana mr. PETTY asserts
ALSO that if the bill does pass it never will pass
because there will be another majority for it. But
fact is there certain members of the other House
who are afraid If the amendment goes back to them,
they will be compelled to for it be ruined
home and they labor with their friends here who are
also friends Of the BILL to defeat it in the Senate
pretext which will save themselves from the danger of
being held to be enemies Of the principle contained in
are grave and weighy considerations arising out
Of this proposition II presents ordinary question
Importance of the repeal Of the Missouri
mise and the amendment but, without undertaking tc
draw comparisons between the wo suffer me to say tina
few questions present themselves here of more i'm
portance for the consideration Of statesman than this
very amendment.
Sir the Territories to which this amendment is to be
applied not like any other Territories which
ever undertook to extend laws. They computed
to embrace within their limits than FIVE hundred
thousand square miles Both together form territory
capable of holding the population of immense empire,
*.
The principles which Congress shall establish for that
territory In the ncpen stages of the there
formed will probably nay almost certainly be perpetu
atcd at least may expect they will last for ages to
come. Whatever may be the principle adopted now on
the subject of the suffrage of Aliens rely upon that
same principle will govern in the establishment Of con-
stuon both for Kansas and Nebraska because if aliens
be allowed vote under the Territorial governments
they will assist in the formation of the constitution and
will provide for the votes Of aliens under the
State governments Whatever principle you adopt now
in relation to this matter will be Incorporated the
constitutions of Kansas and Nebraska when they come
States, certainly the principle was ncor,
in the constitution of two of the Northwestern
States in consequence of similar provision in the
organizing their Territorial governments-an will
prove it to bethe gross Of allowing State to come
into this Union with clause in her constitution permit
ting aliens vote. The unconstitutionay of such
provision think shall demonstrate before have done
with it, II would have been incorporated in the
State constitutions of any of the Northwestern States
the blunder had not been made originally when the Terri
torial governments were organized.
For another this is vastly important subject
Have you noted sir the of the exodus from Eu-
rope to this country within the last year, Why sir it
is stated confidently that day within the last week
Il think last Friday Saturday, twelve thousand four
hundred foreign immigrants were landed in the city of
New York, composed Of Germans Irish, and men from
nearly all the countries of Europe The statement also
is that in about days than twenty thousand such
immigrants were landed at New York
Mr.. SEWARD. Twelve thousand landed on one Sa-
turday morning believe, and all went to church the
next day.
Mr.. CLAYTON. No matter where they went or how
they bestowed themselves twenty thousand arrived at
that single port in ten days: and it is further stated that
this is the rate at which the immigration has gone
several months It has even been said that recently
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