Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-05
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Naive AlIlhflCiin uuSllNchi al ' E.NtH' III W.
eignrrs,' that helped 10 make that Instrument, ANA
tia. fought shoulder TO shoulder with our fathers
from l71G to l1S3, had the sense and alignment 10 SEQ
that the Executive branch o! the Government Inn
is, umc-liIirG vi it rs n Legislative bralich,--whh ''
power uf executing. the laws besides. must hc " ia
1--WE" and they insisted upon it. They gave MA,
"nativc' executive the power III "r's,""'''S 49,"
making treaties. and :hev pHr III ms minus -" ,ho
IS tn" Army and Navy ut the tn''cd S'n'cs, a.;o,
militia Of the ssvora! States, when called mo n.y."
by rLc United States. The presiding officer al IN"
Senate mast II. A "ua,ivc,' tno,-that prrSia'h" on
Ger who presi;-- over that branch "t me s"'cln,
mcnt which raiifcs treaties, impacach,S iu"-te, %I'
makes nil .con,irnaii"ns' al office, and 'i'n7 NniN
INDIRECTLY NIL patronage and Federal power. oar
fathers, too, CAV, Congress the power t." maE' nm
form naturalization laws and 80 took from 'ie o'a'o
~ rive to tho Federal power ;he ric.!t o, iiinRihS' or
moi making, ci,iHrus "f foreigners N al. Upon TIE
notification of Senators and Representatives, IN con
gross, cur fathers also imposed CERTAIN "!ia'i'" e".'
meats, which 80 Il crch, ways 10 Keep '!i'Aof''! ih
Aui,ri:aI hands. Ni:.; i. worthy u! '"'c, ''rl'@'-
ers themselves. III l1S7, all SAW the justice "t, aiG thr
necessity az, these restrictions. Such foreigners IL.
Albert G.l:atil,, 4 Switzr! -men, c'ieeiliiy c"h'"'!."
in tayin, i!lou2l, they ~ aid GU! hi.i oil from pt'"s
Pr.>id.n, OF Nirc-Presilcn!.
So, thea, the American party i no ISM no ="
li.ht-n" uo,rliv-mo niditv-hui the Old "rcan."n-
ton ni Geo. Washington, Alexander llamlii"D' iitH
iaIn;n Franklin, Sc, oi lin1. Ii rc-hxeS the pu'iI'
uye u;on The polar star u! the Federal CONSTITUTIONS
These declarations cvince an isnoralrr, or gross
pcrversion, OF the history, spir,: and provisions nj '"r
Federal Constitution. Every portion OF that S'''er
instrument il characterized hy Inc saline WISDOM III"
patriotism. and demands the fullest popular SANCTION
While il is true That the Constitution provides "'''
tho President and Vice Prcsidrn: must be naive
born citizeis--it is, ut the same iiir's, no ie's f"c'
that il leaves every other office III the G"feri'''cf'
open aliko to tic ua;uraliAcl ana native citizcn. Mo-
dtrn Know u.hi.,S would frame Il very different III
s,riunart from what was handed down 10 us 10y suc!
m.n rs Washington, Mali,on. Franklin ani ltand'
ton. They woa.ld patch together 4 Constitution IN
nc,rriamre Nth tlr;r platform and their various CORR
demonstrations. by wlI;rh Grey Office IN the Govern
meat wnali be closed again.t naimGiiGod ci'ILr'''
In the Convention, which adopted the frder"'
Constellation, there was ore man who dV""'a u'''
tr;u.s similar 10 those Of modern Kn"w-N"ihlngs-
Gouverucur Morris. While the question OF l'c 4"""-
fica,:um Of Senator was under debate, h' ho''"'
insert fourteen instead %; iuu" years c'l'ZrhS"'
but The movement was s;remuou,iy rcpeiiod d ' """,
iiusirious men and patriots in the o"'s' y" -"
son I've G,o:c from the dcoatcl WIS "' wee
sam, restrictions on this subject, but eo"'u ~ "-'''
% IN. nroposed amendment. liz thought any '''
....;,, b,w.v,r, in the Constitution, unnecessary
and IMPROPER; unnecessary, because the na''o""' '-
rjs!aturu is 10 have thu right OF regulating hAturai""'
,;,, onJ can, bv virtue there's, fix different periods
OF. residence, a. conditions Of enjoying d!iiere;i; PRIV
lcgrs Of citizenship: improper, because II VIII give "
tlncture Of i!liberality 10 tho Constitution; because II
will pa; it uu: Of IN" power Of tn" national ie1''i"
turc. even bv the special atts oi naturalization, II con-
;er the fail rank of citizenship on meriturt"us strain
gers; and because it viii discourage the mos: dce'fa.
:, ~ .,> .p. ,-a .inTr IN 'm. n.ttHt
States. Should the proposes! Consultation nave inc
Intended rrfer: OF giving stability AMI reputation I"
our government, great numbers "t rc"pccta"ie Euro
beans, men who love liberty. anl wish I" pariakc IL"
! blessings, viii b.. r"r!" - transfer their fortunes
l;,ler. Al Sark ~y"hi feel Ne m1rt.ncGt'"r ri "thg
marS.d a,ta s~p<ysctoa$ ""!tctpf''J"S, ih"H5h the?
should no, covet the rublc horrors
DR.. Franklin spoke agains; tie morton OF G'u'
vcrucur Morris. The P2oy|' OF Europe sad t!r
rhnu,nplic Franklin, "arv friendly to this country
Even in III. country with which We have been LATELY
d. war, we have ROW, AID had during the war; "
srra, many friends, not only among the people ii
large. bu, in both Houses OF Parliament. In every
other country in Europe, all the .Heoy'r are "nrir'enas'
We f,uui in the course OF tic Revolution, that many
strangers served us faithfully, and lint many natures
,,,l; MARI nrair,t ,!,ir cnun,ry. When Foreigners
AFTER looking about AFTER some other country in which
they ran obtain HOT happiness, give The preference
for ours, i: j. q prn"f "f attachment which Ought I"
excite nur confidence aud a''""ii"n.'
MIR. Wilson said he rn.- with feelings which were
perhaps peculiar; mentioning tina circumstance OF M.
hot utIi3 {" mu.i'r, ur'i iIi- iro2a"i'iy' II Inc ihcaS m
Some gentlemen should oc pursued, OF his being ~
ca,acitat-i from holding n place under the very Con-
.s... -. .I;,I, L., HAL SIargj ~ tho tvnst pf nbl;lnr
lie remarked upon the i!iibcrul complexion which til"
motion would give the system, aud tho effect which H
good .,si"m woul! have in inviting mori'oriors f"
rcicucrs among liz, and tho Encouragement and NOR
,ifica.ion they must feel from the degrading discrIni'
nation now PROPOSED. He had himself experienced
this modification. On his removal into Maryland lie
| found himself, from deiec: Of residence, under CERTAIN
irrnl ;nraIa"iti-s which never c"naet I" produce cha
grin, thOU-h he a%,urrlly did not desire, and would
no; have accepted, the offices to which they related.
Hr cited Pennsylvania as Il proof ri the advantages
Of encouraging emigration. Ii WAS, perhaps, tn"
Youngest settlements: icXcrpi Georgia on tho Atlantic;
vet il was n, lenst among the inrciGns, in population
md prosperity. He remarked thnt aiu"St all the &C.
neral officers of the Pennsylvania line Of tn" late
army were foreigners, md no complaint hal ever
Dc'H iIN'V t-h''FN '''' '''s
her deputies TO the Convention, (Mr. IL. Morris, Mr.
Eirz,imnnSs, aud h;msciG) were also not na'ivcs.'
Mr.. Madison rl.v stated in The course If his re-
marks ~ the qau' HcH:i"n "i Foreigners, that '!hmcri'
( ca WIS indebted 10 rni=raiira Tor her settlement md
prosperity. That part OF America which had en-
courn.,l them nrs,, had advanced mos' rapidly in
population, agriculture, aud The arts
Wil"re i. the cnn,eniali,y Of these opini"ns and
sp:rit q; the rrea; men, vino framed the Constitution,
With Tho dnrir.uae t.. :ny,iern know-Noihlnsism
Cat": tn; Iro>"m: Constitution, every ",'i;u in the
Government, buttwo. il open alike IL the n,tnraliz:i
and "ativc r.,izr:;. tn" Memphis Appeal shows nnc!r-
s.v,!v thai this is ~ much II constitutional provisions
as that which ieritrc- that the President and Vice
President shall h" ari"'", only. N"w l"t us S'ipi ua.
u secret political organization q: !orci:u-hhyn cit
zcns in this cnui.t;y. banded together and sworn i"
vo,n for ~ ,nrn Tor prcshicn: and VIC: President. but
one Of their own ordrr-a fnrciYI-bcri! citi1rL-
What wcu.l we think If such al organization -
Wuui! il 10, be Gcnnanrc,i by lie whns country -
Dangerous to the liberties aud constitutional rights ri
TIE people Most a~,saicLly il w"uld, snl yet the
Nu,!in. o:d". is jl>i ,ach .n orcnnizn'i"n.-
# ia against the whole tenor, -fIrit aud drift Of the
Constitution. H.. I general rnl", npcrs ait "ficr>
10 all ciiIz0na. The ca,e "t ;!c lresiIcnt and We.
Presiiru, is The c~,.ryt,.r - tio general rule. Thu
~.in"w-N".hjn- nr"cr. w"ul'i convert the ''"""-
',oP inIo the General raic. and wise versa. And
vet, we NJ" gravciT ;oil, that "'the American
a::y presents $50 novelties in its creed" Why, had
IT'S "crcri' prevailed, Goa. Washington couli never
base made Alexander Hamilton his Secretary of the
Treasury, nor ronid Albert GalLa,ln have held 4.
i,rciSn mission under Mr.. Jefferson. Had its creed