Washington telegraph., 1856-07-09

enough. reckless enough. to defend that
portion of TIE Kansas Nebraska act which
admits alien paupers and conuicts-the
outpourings of foreign asylums. prisons,
and penitentiaries-to mould the domestic
institutions of the Territories If such
there be, stand forth We demagogues, and
show yourselves ''aoorthy of your hire
Speak out, if ye have the courage to defend
the political rottenness oe this overture to
Popery and priestcraft Hold up your
heads and proclaim that the ''cargoes of
crime, folly, and recklessness, yearly ship
ped off TO America" from Europe are made
up of the proper materials to shape the in
stitutiOns and WELD the destinies of the
embryo States of the American Union
| We do not mean to underrate the courage
and the cbivalry of the politicians generally
of the South-far from it. We know that
they dare do anything that honor or duty
requires, but We know of no man who will
have the effrontery to stand before the people
of the South, aud controvert the positions
taken in the Sd resolution of the Staunton
Convention, which reiterate the principles
/ of the 9TH section of the American platform.
| And in order that there may be no misun-
derstandiDg as to the issue rendered to the
administration party on this point, we here
repeat the provisions of the Kansas n ebraska
bill, and the provisions of the 7th section in
contrast Herewith. The Kansas Nebraska
bill permits aliens who have simply ''de-
clared their intention to become citizens
and who have taken an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States" qcithom
naturalization, or any term of residence
in the country, or any otlter qualification
to vote and to hold Office in the Territories,
and the bill also leaves the ''pe0pie'' OF the
Territories free to form and regulate their
domestic institutions in the Territories in
their own mode, subject only to the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
On the other hand, the 18th section of the
American Platform limits the right of suf-
frage in the Territories to the native born
and naturalized citizens of the United States
permanently residing in the Territories. E"
and it gives such citizens the right '-to
frame their constitution and laws and to
regulate their domestic and social affairs in
their own mode" in Mus framing their
constitution and laws, subject only to the
Constitution of the United States
Under the Kansas Nebraska bill, there
fore, aliens. even though they be paupers
or convictS. fresh from the prisons of Europe.
and brought bither feueScd and hand
ca6ed, are at once put upon perfect equal
i,y With American born citizens in the Ter
ritories The 9Th section ccciudes such
classes of men from suffrage until naturalized
under the laws of Congress.
The Kansas Nebraska bill also gives The
power to the '.peopie." (not citizens of the
United State<,) inh .b;iing to, Terriiorie
to form and regulate their domestic insiitu-
tions as they please. whilst in territorial
condition, and thus inaugurates alien and
squatter 1oo,eer in said Territories.
On the other hand, the 9TH section of the
American platform contemplates the e1er
else of the right, by the native born and
naturalized citizens of the United States
permanently residing in The Territories. ~
to regulate their domestic institutions,
in the formation of their constitution.
and In the enactment of laws to carry said
constitution into operation.
Which of these principles do the people
of the South, the North, and the West pre-
fer? VIII the Richmond Enquirer respond
TO this inquiry