Washington telegraph., 1855-08-08

mark upon the absurdity of such position,
it IS sufficient to say that the brand is al
ready fixed by the constitution. 1t is upon
him now. and will remain upon him until
I that instrument is torn out from the archives
of the nation. The second section of the
first article preScribes that no one shall be
a Representative in Congress who has not
been seven years a citizen Of the United
States" He may have been twenty OF more
years a resident Of the country before his
naturalization papers were taken ont. and
yet he must remain seven years longer be-
fore be can occupy the post of Represen-
ta.ive. Here is a distinction, and broad
. one. 1t is idle to talk about the degrees of
inf1my If exclusion for life renders a
man Infamous, exclusion for term of years
must have the same effect Both alike
+ pre>uppose differences between the native
and the foreigner Both have the same
/ operation, and both, whether justly OF un-
justly. give preference to native born citi-
Zens-
The third section Of the same article pre-
scribes that no person shall be Senator who
has Not been nine years a citizen of the
| United States Here the distinction is
broader. As the office rises in importance
as the danger arising from ignorance. or
precnnceived opinions, becomes greater, the
more careful the trainers of the Constitution
we're to secure the services of native ci,i-
zens, until at last in the highest of all Off
ces foreigners are excludei entirely In
the first section of the second article the
natural born citizen" shall be eligible TO
the ofice of Presid mt" aud the twelf. h
amendment declares that no foreigner shall
be eligible TO the office Of Vice President
|. thus appears that foreigners are absolute
Is prohibited by the Constitution from ELL
iug The only two Offices which eInanaie cli-
rectly from the whole people, whose iuculn-
bent, are elected by the whole people. and
who are III an especial manner the guarJi-
aus Of the rights CT the people What
stronger distinction Is it possible to make
between .he native and thc foreg-. born cit
zen? L the declaration of such pur-
pose by those vino are called Know-Noth-
ings. Is OdiOus, unjust, Infamous and tyranni-
ca. what will you do with the Constitution
we all profess to revere From that green
AMI living root they extracted the essence
Of their creed. Wha,ever Of wisdom
ahatever o. patrioiisu.-whalever OF sincere
devotion 20 liberty and the country NAV en-
circle them, is drawn from The same health
ful source. Strike them down and you aim
a blow at the supreme law of the land.-
Suike them dO&n ard you prepare the way
for smeudDents to The Constitution which
-
vas~al- IN name 10 those who grew ty your
hospitality. and fattened upon your charity
| am NOS unaware that il is customary to
ridcale the idea of danger frcm foreign in
huence. Afe are exulsingly pointed to the
fact that there are but three millions of for
eigue:s. while there are twenty millions of
natives. These figures are not accurate, but
We viii take them as they are given to Us
1t must be remembered that of this three
millions of foreigners very large proper
ton are voters. L Is the unvarying Law os
immigration that much the greater number
of every body Of Immigrants are males
/ This was The case even In Cal:fornT.. 4 hen tie
emigration was oDi J from one portion os our
/ territory TO another ali OF US can call to
mind cases in which the head Of family
( alone i q foreigner. while the wife and chil-
! dreu are natives. These go to swell the
I number of natives on the census book,
while the voter.-the efficient aud con-
trolling power.-iS set down as ONE for
+ eiguer
Now. let Us look at the other side OF
the twenty millions of Americans about one
half are females. This disposes of ten mil
lions. Of the remainder at least two-thirds
are children. and boys too young to vote.
That disposes of bear seven millions more,
and brings the humber of voters down much
nearer to al equality than is at all agreea-
I Bile. or than our oPpOnets are willing TO ad-
nit These facts have not been unknown
or unmarked BY politicians. There is not
an aspiring demagogue in al the land wbo
has not. time and again. made himself con.
sptcuous as the advocate OF Foreigners
VIM. II. Seward. with his cold. calculating
heartIess sel6shness. is the leader In this
race # adriation 10 whatever is of forc.-x
extraction; aud many better men who ought
rs.t 10 DC named in the same breath, are
fastening in his footsteps Even the yete
ran soldier, whose life had been passed
among bullets-who>e strong nerves had
never been shaken in The deadlie>t conflict
when candidate. quailed before the vas
influence these strangers had acquired. anG
the foreign accent became as music to hi:
ear Two public acts in the recent history
of the country. exhibit still more strongl,
the dangers of forei gn influence. and admon
isil us to check it while We have Yet tie
power.
In the autumn of 1919 Father Matthew
an Irish Priest. who had acquired great ce
lebrisy as Temperance lecturer. paid
visit to the United States. He came t.
Washington and resolution was at ono,
introduced to ALLOW him the privilege of th,
floor Of the Senate. This was opposed b,