Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-05-22
MASSACHUSETTS LEGIsLATURE.


the House amended by substituting a resolve
providing thar no person shall vote or hold
office in this Commonwealth, unless he shall
have been born in the United States of Amer
lea, or unless he shall have resided therein
tweny-one years, and been legally natural
lied.
MI. Hail, of Plymouth, opposed the sub
sdtute, denounCiAg it as q virtual abandon
ment OF the principles by which the Amera
can party came into power.
Mr.. Baker, of Iiddlesex, said the true doc
trlue was that Americans should rule AmeIi-
CT. Foreigners had no rights that Americans
had not granted them
Mr.. Libby, of Suffolk, said foreigners had
no rights here whatever; he would prefer
that the term used should be privileges"
Mr.. Andrews, of Franklin, knew Of no
school of Americanism that req uired this pros
scription of foreigners. He was astonished at
the introduction of this extreme principle
He understood the object of Americanism to
be to Americanize foreigners but this eternal
warfare upon them would tend to keep thC1l
forever foreigners, and they would be nothing
but curses to the country.
Mr.. Albee, of Middesex said he coulduot
go for shutting out foreigners forever from
voting, instead of attempting to naturaiize
this article Of amendment because 1t would
continue them foreigners forever. Children
brought to this country when three or four
years old might become as thoroughly imbued
with American principles as though they we're
American born, and why should they be shut
out simply because they happened to be born
on another soil. Besides there were many
foreigners more truly American than some
Americans, especially south of Mason and
Dixon's line.
Mr.. Wright, of Suffolk, contended that this
resolution embodied the only legitimate Ma
tive American doctrine. The American party
was formed to oppose foreign influence as I'M
planted in the souls of foreign infants, drawn
from the breasts OF their parents. This IN
tuence was in direct opposition to the princi-
pies Of Republicanism and Democracy, and
could not be eradicated from the hearts Of for.
eigners, by residence Of 10 years, d years.
or even Of lifetime.
Mr.. White, OF Norfolk, said the party cou Id
effect something by standing upon the ground
Of q years and hoped the Senate would ult-
mately adopt the resolve as it came from Tie
House.
Mr.. Baker, of Middlesex, would prefer the
original resolve as it passed the Senate, but lie
did not believe in "squizzliNg out of the en-
''A~ PH'ASN+i VI tksC ljtll anu iLil5 tS
miserable milk-and water thing which comes
from the other branch.
After further debate the resolve, as be-
low, passed to be engrossed, several amend
ments having been adopted =
"No person shall be entitled to vote in any
election in this Common wealth, or be eligible
to any office of this Commonwealth un,ess he
shall have been born within the jurisdiction
OF the United States of America, or unless he
shall be the child Of an American citizen born
during the TEN porary absence of one or both
of his parents from tile United States, Pro-
ptded, that persons of foreign birth who may
have been duly and legally naturalized before
the adoption of this amendment, shall be en-
titled to vote in this Commonwealth
Nh. Warren, of Suffolk, on leave, intro
duced bill to incorporate the Ame,ican Pat
riot Newspaper Company which, under
suspension of the rules, was passed to be ell.
crossed.
The bill in relation to the Ftchburg and
Worcester Railroad Company came back from
the House, with the Senate proposition 10 re-
fer it to the next General Court non concurred
in. The vote was reconsidered and the bill
passed to be engrossed.
The motion to reconsider the vote whereby
the Senate indefinitely postponed the bill to
establish the county of Washington, was ia
ken up, and, after brief debate, reconsider
alton was refused
AFTERNOON SEssIoN-The Senate met at 5
o'clock
The House bill, in addition to an act to au-
thorize the Boston and New York Central
Raload Company to Issue preferred stock
was passed to be engrossed
The resolve for the amendment of the Con-
stltnton relative to eligibility to Office came
from the House with Senate amendments non
concurred in.
The Senate insisted on its amendn ents, and
the resolve was sent to the House. Suisse
quently it came back referred to a Committee
Of Conference.
a bill to incorporate the American Crusader
Newspaper Company was passed to be en-
crossed.
The bill in relation to the election Of Com
missioners of Insolvency, Clerks of Courts,
&c., was rejected.
The resolve and amendment to the Consti-
tuition relative to representation, were re-
jected.
Passed to be Eagrosscd-B BILLS to secure de-
cennial census; relative to State paupers; to
establish State Reform school for Girls
The bill to regulate trials in capital cases
was indefinitely postponed.
HoUsE.-Tho bill for the better protection
of orchards, gardens, Sc, came down from
the Senate amended, so as to impose fine Of
500, or Imprisonment f)r three months, and
the House concured.
At the time the resolve in favor of the
Worcester Medical Institution. granting it
$4,000, came up for enactment, Mr.. Slack,
of Boston, moved to indefinitely postpone the
same.
The motion, after discussion, was cut off by
the previous question, and the resolve was
then rejected by vote of los to l43. A mo-
ton to reconsider was made and rejected.
The Senate bill to incorporate the American
Patriot Newspaper Company came up, and
was read twice under a suspension of the
rules.
Mr.. Griffin, of Charestown, opposed this
bill, and said that it would be as infamous
measure to incorporate this weekly newspaper
published in Boston, as it would be to incor-
porate the " Lille of Boston," He said that
he spoke by book, and that he had corrupted
his own taste by reading this infamous sheet
for the past three weeks 1t had teemed with
abuse of gentlemen of the House, and had
stigmatized members of the Legislature as
knaves and traitors, and been loaded with in
famous lies-les, said Mr.. Griffin, as | know
them to be. Why, it had charged a committee
of the Legislature with corruption in their ac-
ton upon the Hiss case. The man who sells
peanuts in the Doric Hall will next ask for
an act Of incorporation, and is better entitled
to it, for his business is vastly more respecla.
bic than that of the publishers of this dirty
sheet exhibiting copy which he held in his
hand. 1t had been said that the Leaiglature