Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-08-30

his name to the Declaration OF Jndepeh-
dence, risked more wesl.h then one half the
other sieners Of that glorious ins.rumea,
Wss be not 10 be trusted There ere still
others alive, who, sl,hough no, psriaksrs of
deeds 90 far remote, serve TO connect The
brillisn. chain of olden time with the pre-.
sent. You have smones. you one whom
Maryland deligt 10 10 honor, whose name
and character, public services, and high or
der Of intellect, fitted him 10 Gil The sea,
once occupied by q Marshall, . Washing
ton. and q S.orer. in the person Of q native
Of Calver. county, Roger B. Tsney, Chief
Justice Of the United States. He is q Roman
Catholic. Is he not to be trusted
Shall we, some Of whom are in aighi Of
The spo, consecrs,ed by our Pilgrim Fathers,
whose civil and religious liberty emsns,ed
from their councils, desecrste the soil on
which we stand, BY commencing efforts
which strike Of the foundation Of all liber,yl
No true American will. Upon this poin,
shall soy no more.
Il is believed tho. the naturalization laws
are defective, either in form or in the exc
cu,ion Of them. A learned Judge has said,
,ha. he who would colec, End reduce into
system oil the laws passed upon the subject
Of naturalization, so ,hs. they nigh. be un'
ders,ood, would deserve the thanks IF his
coun,rymen. Now If this be the fact, then
is something wrnng some " here, TO which
remedy should be applied. Had the laws.
40 they now stand, been properly executed
and the innumersble frauds committed un-
der them been prevented, i, is probable that
there would now be no necessity for dis
,urbng them. !. is not the foreigner who
is to blame for the vioIs,ions Of the natural
ization lave. Il. is the American citizen,
who, in his party zeal 10 promote his We've,
delude the foreigner into belief that he i.
entitled to the RICH. Of suffrage, though he
may have just put his foot upon American
soil. For Ibis crime of violating the laws,
The leaders Of the political parties are respon-
sibe. Wi,hou. their aid and connivsnce
few ilegsl foreign votes would be gwen
Il now too notorious 10 concesl the fact,
The. as the periodical elections take place,
especially 10 the Atlantic cities, hundreds,
If no, thousands. Of illegal foreign votes are
polled TO the prejudice Of the ns,ive and pro-
perlv nstnrslized voter. In The Southern
States, in The rural districts, few cases Of this
description occur. A variety Of suggestions
have been made TO correct those abuses; a.
mong others a registry law for the whole
State, a longer period Of residence before
naturalization, q continuous residence in the
district or county where the application is
made, &C., SC. Amongst the platforms in
hume, able, a. the presen. lime, the follow
ing, suggested by distinguished Roman
Catholic gentleman, remarked for his strong
discriminating mind, Of much political expe-
rience and scrupuIous adherence 10 princi-
pie, merits consideration
Il. The Constitution Of the United States,
as j. now exists in record to relig ious liber
|iy be held snd preserved inviola,e, both in
theory and practice.
"2 Uncessing hostility to oil secret po-
lisicaI associations, Us being an'l-repubican
in their tendency and dangerous TO liberty
and The existence Of free institutions.
"3. The naturalization laws 10 be SO a.
sidence in the country by foreigners, ihsn
10 now required, previous to becoming ma
luralized. This reqnisi.ion no. to extend TO
persons who have already arrived in the
country, by virtue Of the invitation and in.
ducemen.s Of The present laws"
The privileges heretofore extended to
foreigners, BY the governmen. of,he United
States, in foreign countries, bsve been re-
mark able and so palrable were the abuses
commi,,ed under those privileges that the
last Congress be d 10 tske the matter in hand
and totally ares. it's further progress. M.
Perkins, of Louisisps, . warm advocate OF
the presen, administration, from the Com
mi,,ee Of Foreign Affairs, reported bill to
the House of Representatives reg ula,ing the
Consular system Of the United States in for
eign countries. 10 his speech, in supper.
Of the bill, he made, amongst others, the
following rcmsrks. He said: Sin 1852,
there were in Europe one hundred end
twenty .ive subjects of other governments
acting 90 American Vice Consuls, and in
European colonies, two hundred and fifty,
exclusive or those in South America snd the
Pacific. Those men exercised oil the pow
ers Of regular Consuls. They granted A.
merican passports TO almost whom they
pleased, and taxed Americana and American
commerce for ,heir support, 10 almos. every
imaginable FORM" Agsin: "Wi,hin the
last Eve years 'nnumerable passports have
been granted to persons no. pretending 10
be Americans. One United States Vice.
Consul said he had himself signed three
thousand, and that all in one year from his
Consulate, was four thousand two hundred"
Now whs, was the remedy for those abom-
Unable imPosi,ione The one reported in
the bill, and with great unanimi,y passed
both houses Of Congress, simply thu. ''none
but american citizens of the United States
shall be enabled 10 hold Consular sppoin,-
men.s abroad" Have foreigners any RICH,
to complain Of this, because i. was hereto.
fore permitted? Certsinly not. Nor can