The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-13

geheus e'e.s Id similar 10 that in the instance just
mentioned and il is equally futile IA All bNs{ ~
Nbether rich or poor has the power or pri'ese, m
$500 Vim hermit hm--ofw which, as In other cases nc
4 f ~ be the iudgeot becoming an actul selisi ~ ny
public domain and thus paTgc'paqng aeS ~ @ mos,
nositye ana favorable distinction q this measure s
regnrds the cultivation Of new soil ana bringing
i,jzing influences territorytha y does dement, ho
lb ~ surely and decidedly because indirectly the ge
intsrsts Of manufactures and commerce, ana IN nls
degree than any other special measure whatever al
Another ground OF opposition, much insisted on ~ VIC
nushed senators is the favor shown by the OH 70 se
lean residents Of foreign birth But what Is the eonauo
of things under the existing sYstemf Foreigners, ho'
even citzens are allowed TO settle on the puohe ahos m
der the pre-emptiou laws Of 1880 and ls4I anu y n
been deemed sufficient If they have become auIens ~ wy
reception Of the patent for their iocauohs. Anu ~ ~,
r liberal provisions OF the graduation oi passed ~ 'he
last lesion and approved August 1884 ANY person w
occupants and settle upon the nIS AZ ats
0ure te and patent at the graduated ana reduced raves
npon What reasons Of policy, OF justice, OF humanity
should more rigorous conditions be Imposed upon any
die objects upon whom the provisions OF TINS OH WIN o
eraef Is 1t proposed 70 exclude foreigners alose',e
Then YOU a,- repeal the naturalization laws ana "uop
policy worthy OF ancient Egypt OF modern japan
e us BE careful in doing SO, that we Delie not ,e s
PRINCIPLES which lie the basis of our government ana
that We prove ungrateful to the memories OF our
tbers and 10 those noble and sefsacriheing spirits who
were prodga alike OF their money and their blood throug
out e two wars which scared us in the establishment oil
observation-disclosures and TO the thousands who since nave
come 10 cast their lots with ours incorporating themselves
with u.s. becoming assmiated TO our institutions anu
usagos ana nfpsing element OF incacuiaple strength
into our republicans system. ,o,,.
short OF repeal the naturalization laws and perhaps
even prohibition TO the exile OF a home and country
Won viii BE able 20 stop the influx Of foreigners The pre-
u IA held out by republican institutions w atlIac.
crowds ill the population of the continents shall AT last
be cquized You cannot stay this ressess wave % i
migration The over-crowded districts OF the Od ORD
will heave Il upward and onward and must struggle Tor
subsistence aud home. 1t is, then, far more phosopm
cal seek such disposition of it as from source Of
cheyous irritation shall convert IT into one OF pront 70
the State and while assimiating it to our institutions
shall make it tributary TO the general prosperity. 80
Ii has again. suited the purposes OF the opponents o ne
b 10 view ii rs designed offer bounes TO interfere WIN
the natural Of industry converting the followers o
commercial pursuits and mechanics INTO ianess anu
evils have been predicted follow from this disruption OF
ola pursuits The farmer it is said, viii not only have
his land cheapened in the old States by the Withdrawal
of uopuation but the price of produce will be reduced
by the competition Of the number of those who have
turned farmers. In this anticipation, however no ac-
count taken Of the overstockng OF trades professions
and business pursuits, and by the numbers Which me
advance Of each fresh generation is annually pouring
in their ranks Poverty and want the inevitable result
ia largo numbers By this bill only provide refuge
for this surplus where by the sweat of the brow they
NAV al least obtain livelihood for agriculture, AS a
pursuit has this favorable pecuarity that enables us
followers b obtain tile of living if does not ur-
nish them with any great surplus for exchange While N
other caDgs the ability of an individual to sustain nm
self depends upon the quantity oil his peculiar ptoauc
which may be wanted by Others, the aguculturlst car
live in great measure on what he produces sir II .h'
prosperity of the old States depends upon large Surplus
Of poor populations that labor shall be cheap ant
abundant and if we are called upon sustain this pros
pey by shaping legislation that the masses shall
be kept ground down to the Garth for one shall ever pro
test against the wrong prefer, rather policy IN accord
auce with the noble sentiment of the poet Rat 3Hstih
w cpiua-Let justice be done, though the heavens fall
But the argument against the bill on the ground OF inu
ry 10 the old States in the several phases in which we hay
considered it, is not borne out by the facts Is SHOWN
ncontroverthly by statistics that while the western
States been forming the progress OF the old States
wealth and population has proportionae An exam
inaon Of the facts thus collected discoses the interesting
truth that while in the last ten years the old States hay
Ia Nlulr
the most ourshag Of the European States the land State
have lie time received from them more than one
Upon one STATE + e create q
-GarahGsa~,s~--
4 senator from Delaware mr. BAyARD] distinguished
ahke ior ms learning and legal acuen has been pleased
10 term the measure an illusion mark the words sir
an Illusion there is nothing in it. he says it is all al
Illusion ! have no doubt Mr.. Speaker that to the Jaco
es q e seventeenth century the abdicaton of james
ana tne accession OF William of Orange seemed at frs
an lson but the secession Of one line of the Stuar
the throne Of England No doubt WHOM il was irs nrasa
the claim Of the Americans the RICH, SaAng them
selves seemed to the whole people of England Illusion
a did the plan Of Independence to the royasts in the
oluuont but this right has lately received formal ac-
acknowledgement by the House Of Lords with reference to
Canada and our Independence has long been firmly esab
lished Later STILL the project OF Catholic emancipation
was for years, deemed g Lord Edon, and other tory
leaders in the Lords as illusion but the Catholic
relief bill is upon the shtuebook law of the British
realm Illusions, too, were regarded doubt the pro-
jecs for reform lathe English system ofrepresentaton and
the corn laws yet everything necessary for the security
of popular rights IN regard TO these subjects has been YIELD
ed % the perseverance Of the people, supported by great
and juss cause.
distinguished senator from Pennsylvania MR. BRoD-
HEAD has been pleased TO plant himself decided opposj-
ton 10 the measure upon the ground Of constitutional diff
cuhes, and upon variety of other grounds which he
rather touches upon than develops Ny to the sem
htors speech shall be brief and to the point
On the constitutional topic WILL in the first place cite
The third section of the fourth article: Congress shall
have the power to dispose Of, and make all needfu rules
and regulations respecting the territory and other prop
erty of the United States will next refer the prac
hce OF the government under this provision and will point
TO the Incorporation of the homestead principle the bills
for the organization of the Territories Of Oregon and New
Mexico In illustration Of the exercise by Congress of the
general right to dispose Of the public lands would in
stance also the grants to railroads and for school purposes
FOR the construction of canals the Improvement of navga
he streams and internal improvements, &c- which the
aggregate are found TO have amounted on the 3Oh Sep
tember 1854, to than hundred and fifty millions
Of acres,
would next instance, in support of The power the
opinions OF the most eminent for ability and patriotism
and the most popular of statesmen living depart
e. would mention, which have sustained the
theory aud approved the practice those of Jefferson who
proposed the settlement of portion Of the Louisiana pur
chase west Of the Assisppb by conditional grants
dred aud sixty Of land Of Monroe and his cabinet
whom were Calhoun and Crawford who in $40 approved
he The cfIo