Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-10-20
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

NASHVILLE, Oet. -, 1901. 2
Sra: The underdgnsA a committee appointed by
the minority party Of the Legislature, understanding
that the majority hava introduced resolution to
elect Senator to the Congress Of the United States
for six years, from the nth Of March, 1852 to the
18th Of March, 1885, two ysarsin advance Of the time
which has heretofore prevailed in your party-and
understanding also thit your name viii, or may be
presented to the General Assembly as suitable
person to be elected to this station would very res
pectfully solicit from you at as early hour as
venient definite answers to the following InterrOga
tories:
LIST. Has Congress The Constitutional power to
confer upon Foreigners not naturazed the right of
suffrage in elections far members of Territorial
Legislature of delegates to Convention to form
State Constitution.
I'd. Have the Legislature of the State the COnsti-
tutiona power to confe. the right of suffrage upon
Foreigners not natUralzed to be exercised in cleo
lions of members of Congress, or of Electors of
President and Vice President, or to confer upon
such Foreigners all the privileges of citizens of the
United States.
Sd. Are you of opinion that the naturalization
laws should be modified as to materially extend
the time of residence, now prescribed by law, as a
prerequisite to the admission Of Aliens to the prv
leges of citizens of the United States To prohibit
the importation and immigration of the criminals
and paupers Of Foreign States; you willing to
provide stringent and adequate enaetments, to pre-
vent the cOrrupdOns, frauds andimpOsitions, known
to obtain extensively in the administration Of the
Naturalization Laws by the Courts
4th. Do you hold that Congress has not the con
stutiOnal pewer to distribute the proceeds of the
public lands among the several States.
9th. If opinion Congress has nOsuch power,
has it the power to make to any of the States dona
tions of the public lands within their limits to aid
in the construction of rail and other roads and ca
nails.
9th. If in your opinion Congress has the power
to make such donations when it is believed that such
donations, would enhance the value, and expedite
the sale and settlement of the residue of the public
domain lying within the States, to which such dOna
tons are made, may not similar donations be made
upon the same principle to States having no public
lands within their limits to aid in the construction
of roads passing through them and in the direction
of and in line of emigration to the States in which
the public lands are situated.
9TH. If the public lands may, in any case, be
cOnstiutiOnally granted State to aid in the con-
struction Of roads and canals may not the proceeds
of thessles of them be granted under the same pow
err Of the constitution.
sth. Are you in favor Of reOpening the slave
trade?
9th. Are you in favor of repeating the neutrality
laws?
10th. Admitting the revolutionary remedy or the
natural right Of resistance, by force Of arms of in
tolerable oppression aggression upon the rights
Of any State people, 10 you maintain the doctrine
of the right of State to secede or withdraw from
the Union, and to set aside any or all of her Con-
stutional obligations or responsibilities, when the
people of such State shall consider themselves ag
grievedby the policy of the General Governments or,
in brief do you believe in the right of secession un
der the Federal Constitution!
1lth. Do you believe that the Legislature has the
right to instruct Senator's in the Congress of the
United States, and are they bound to obey such in
structions?
18th. Are you in favor Of amending the Consti-
tuition Of the United States SO as to bring the cleo
ton of President and Vice President directly before
the people, and of limiting the term of service of
the Judges of the Supreme Court!
Respectfully,
MOSES WHITE, H. 1. WELCKER,
JOS. L. EWING, W. L MCCONNELL,
ED. J. GOLLADAY, J. J. ROACH,