Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-20

longer.
No mattG how We may regard AZ |
ricans or Indians, they were only regar
ded as property at that time, by the
fSauss ~ sAs Conseieatios. Thomas
Jefferson Who wrote the immortal
Declaration Of Independence in which
"all men" are declared free and equal
vas himself stakeholder, and did not
contemplate negro slaves - men but
as property, otherwise he would be Just
ly chargeabIc with inexcusahle hyPoc
licy. Twelve Of the thirteen States
that adopted that Declaration were
sIaveholding States, and did not regard
slaves ~ the "people Of the United
States" The Naturalization laws pas
sed IN sO2, commence the very mrs.
section with these words: Any alien,
being a tree white person, may be ~
n,ittcd TO become citizen Of the unr
ted States" and so that law stands to
this day. Blacks, Indians aud other
colored persons, aliens, cannot aud new
or could he naturalized under the laws
Of Congress. Every State Constitu
| ton, until quite recently, adopted the
same language, defining the class OF
voters TO be Stree whites 1t is evi'
ident tina, neither free or slavc'bonnd
groes can become citizens of the
United States. 1t viii be remembered
that in acquiring the territory Of New
Mexico, the treaty stiprlates that cIt'
zens of Mexico in that territory shall bt
citizens OF the United States, 1t they
make their election to do so. But thu
Courts of the United States have dcci
ded that the Pueblo Indians Of tina
TERRITORY, who formerly acted as ci,i
zens, cannot exercise the rights OF citl
zcns under the Constitution. They. ar
excluded. with the other coloaed pc,
of that Territory.
Thus we see that the Constitution
Of the United States does not recog
nize and cIothe with the sovereign
lights Of citizenship any class OF pei
/ sons. bat Gree whites" such is tn
Supreme Law of the land, and sue
; has been the decision Of the only IL
{ bunal which the people Of the Unite
!. States have created to decide that que
: ton. II is 10 lie remembered tha
seven of the nine Judges concurred
u this decision, while Nc Lean AN
!. Cur,iss disscnted from thi
! decision. Mclean was the prom
l inent candidate of large portion {
the Republican party for nominatio
for the Presidency in the late Nation:
Republican Convention, and has iaho
ed for such nomination for yesrs, All
k We do not know how much his polit
y aspirations, affected his Judicial deci
ION III this case. Curtiss has always LA
= hankering for the same exalted en-
3 ncnce, and coming from the State
, Massachusetts, that hot'bcd of AboI
! tionism il is not strange that his min
e should be affected by his association
. We do not intend to intimate that CO
rupt motives Influenced Mclean an
c Curtiss in this case, but choose to a
{ tribute their conduct to the farce
habit, upon minds easily biased. "
should be slow 10 charge the judges
the Unitcd States Supreme Court, wit
scr ility ~ ANY sectional preludices; an
+ do not admire the ,randalous assault
!; Of the Black Republican, journals
their efforts to create political capt.,
= by discrediting that exalted sanctual
! Of Justice. But such is the natural hab
u Of journals that keep alive sections
$ party only by exciting the passions
{ the people.
n l =
i, TAe New SENATE
The following is list Of the mcu
bers who constitute the Senate for Il
f present Congress gILa III
Odd Tsrm Tss
ALABAMA. .xptres. MICHIGAN expis