The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-14

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j Mr.. PUGH. Let us what the ordinance of 1857
says:
as shall been citizen Of
United States three years, and be resident in the
years in either he shall likewise hold in his
right in fee simple hundred Of land within the
the district having citizen Of Of the States, and
being resident in the district the like freehold and two
residence in the district shall be to qualify
a man as elector of representative
If that Is alien suffrage confess myself unable TO
understand the English language He may be citizen OF
qualification is superadded and certain residence re-
quiredless residence for citizen than alien That ia
the ordinance of lTs7 which extended Ten
while she Territory and when formed her
constitution aud applied for admission it formed by
the qualified electors mentioned in that ordinance
Mr.. BELL of Tennessee. | ask the honorable senator
again. it, up the time when the uniform rule of natura
zaton passed by Congress under the constitution,
aliens admitted not ut pleasure?
Mr.. PUGH. There was uniform rule Of naturalization
at the time the act constituting the territorial govern
ent of Tennessee was passed There was dis
tncton. s4t a4
it. was mere extension of the provisionB of the ord-
nance, with nothing excepted but single clause.
Mr.. PUGH. The senator is right in saying there
question about t but it purpose to show that the
question has been raised of late years Tennessee in
with it. The ordinance OF 1857, with the exception
of the ansavery clause was extended Louisiana,
and Alabama and they came in with it. Ii extended
over Arkansas and Missouri and the famous Missouri
Compromise Of 1920 expressly admits alien soiIsgs
to authorize the people of Missouri to form constitution
and State government: @
'That free white male citizens Of the United States
resided in said Territory previous the
day Of election and all other persons qualified TO for rep
elected and they hereby qualified authorized
to choose to form convention who shall be
apportoned among the several counties as follows"
Who are authorized to vote All persons who, under
the ordinance of 1851 could vote That the only
rtoria law you had Your whole territorial legislation
was in applying the general principles Of the ordinance Of
1887 excepting the antislavey clause to all except certain
Territories 1t applied with the ansavery clause to
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. 1t applied, excepting
down. believe to the case Of Florida and do not know
but that it extended Florida. Therefore, when
say the senator from South Carolina has said that
here is proposition different from thing have heard
OF before say that until the year l846 when the provso
was inserted in the Iowa and Wisconsin bills have
been able to find in which such prohibition that
put upon State. That is all have to say
that point. g
Now, one word to my friend from Mississippi mr.
AMs He refers to the taken in the Senate at the last
session the Kansas paccation BILL and says that the
Senate by it's vote struck out the permission to aliens to
vote in Kansas. voted against that; but l think
the will recolect the argument which he him
self stated What was ii? In the Kansas-Nebraska
bill authorized aliens to vote at the first election;
but thereafter they were to not the territorial
which said to have represented the proslavey party,
voted the aliens out That the action of that branch
of the people The Topeka constitution which said
to represent the freeSate branch Of the people, voted
them out too that said to be the unanimous
of the people of Kansas both sdes that aliens should
vote and therefore, although voted against striking
it out in the Kansas pacicaon BILL did not think it Of
much importance tG al6s
Mr. ADAMS 1t 10 the vote of sensible men everywhere
Mr. PUGH. do not know that it is The senator may
think So In the State represent undoubtedly In the ter
rora organization aliens entitled to vote under the
ordinance OF 1885, and the first constitution Of the State,
by its proper language would have admitted them though
in practice they did any great extent Ry-and
by the legislature passed election act and excluded
them. The present constitution excludes them. 1t is
question in which have any interest because there has
never been actually alien suffrage in my State since it has
Here is the point. You passed. in s49 law organizing
territorial government in Minnesota and followed nine
tenths OF the precedent overrung the exceptional
OF Iowa and Wisconsin and you sad to every body Go
there and SETTLE and you may be citizen Of the Territory"
They have gone over lived pcaceby and elected local
Legislature You have had disturbance trouble there
You have not had to proclaim martial law in other Terri
tories. You have never had any disturbance. Still
abstract proposition propose to condemn these gentle
men in the lump My friend from Mississippi said they
paupers and criminals; and believe his colleague
Mr. BRowN the other day said they led up in body
to vote. do not find it so in my neighborhood. find
they about much divided in their votes and opinions
as native-born citizens.
Mr.. ADAMS My remark was not a general one I said
paupers and criminals here and Congress refused
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BILE portion of them but said paupers and crmi-
mails came here. ~.
Mr.. PUGH. The criminals will never find their way to
your Territories They will go there to SETTLE 1t
is peaceable who 90 there The criminal nfess your
cities There is danger of his voting under this bin.
As to pauper, gentlemen by that term who
has great amount of property instead of considering
him injury to the country consider him great bene-
fit and hope they will all come
Mr. STU ART. We are pretty the end Of this day,
and pretty the end of this session. and therefore sim
ply ask the Senate to proceed to 1t to
ought to proceed to take vote on the question.
Mr.. BUTLER am not to be called to vote suddenly
on matter of this kind when other people introduce it,
and If gentlemen have mind to introduce this
again it is not my fault The time of the Senate would
have admonshed not to have taken it up; but rs they
have taken up the from Michigan mistaken IL
he supposes will not probe it to the bottom.
say my friend from Ohio is In error; and when
tors undertake to force matter deeply affecting
u.s. shall against the admission of Minnesota il they
refuse to put in this amendment intend to put myself
right before the country in relation to what said for
do not like lawyer to say anything that is main
tainable by the statute The act in regard Alabama
provides
"And be further enacted, That all white male citizens of
that excludes women
who shall have arrived at the age Of wentyone years.
that excludes minors
nd have resided in the said Territory three months pre-
vious to the day Of election"
that excludes all who did 90 there and not there
within three months-
and all persons having other respects the legal quaca
ons TO vote for members of the assembly OF the said
Territory, be, and they hereby, authorized"
hat nd; and