The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-03-07
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After our paper of Monday mosning ha,
gone to press, we received, through H.
Baker, Esq, Chicago papers Of the 23d
containing the important intelligence tha
Mr.. Crows bill, which had passed the Hous,
to enable the people to form State Gov
ernment, also passed the Senate on th'
2lst, with one slight amendment in regart
to the qualification of voters. The House
will, no doubt, agree to the amendment
We copy, the proceedings from the point
where we left off yesterday 81. q
Mr.. Seward considere the question in
volved as settled long ago and for ever. L
Congress can permit all people in iCalifornia
and Texas to say a class of persons within
the United States who are not citizens. shall
exercise the right to suffrage on this which,
is similar occasion. He was in favor OF
admitting aliens to vote, precisely for the
reason that new states are to be chiefly pop
ulated by aliens and foreigners, or in large
degree by them, and he be 'ieved the class of
immigrants who come to this country, are, as
a general fact, intelligent, and capable of ex-
ercising the principles of self government as
our own educated citizens.
Mr.. Bell, of Tennessee, favored the
amendment and advocated such modification
OF the existing naturalization laws as would
provide additional security against gross
abuses which have been practiced under
them.
Mr.. Douglas appealed to the Senate
against entering into long discussions, else
they might lose important Territorial bills.
Messrs. Mason, Briggs and Crittenden
advocated, and Toucey and Wilson opposed
it. .[
Mr.. Clay entered protest against Stewards
doctrine that suffrage was coordinate with
the obligation, to submit to and support any
defined government that would allow infants.
women and colored persons to vote, and this
should teach the Importance of having some
limit attached to right of forming organic
laws. He was the first in the Senate to de-
nounce acknowledgement, but he would
vote Tor this amendment. He confessed he
erred in voting for the Nebraska bill after
Clayton's amendment was stricken out.
Mr.. Butler.-He too voted for Clavton's
amendment, but yielded from necessity of
the case to save the bill.
The following Was the vote on Mr.. Biggs'
amendment;
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Bayard, Bell of
Tenn, Benjamin, Biggs, Broadhead, Brown,
Butler, Clay, Crittenden, Evans, Fish, Fitz-
patrick, Foot, Geyer Green, Houston, Hun
ter, lverson, johnson, Jones of Tenn, Ma
son, Reid, Rusk, Slidell, Thompson, of N. j.,
Thompson, of Ky.
NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Bigler, Bright, Cass
Collamer, Dodge, Douglas, Durkee, sFessen-
den, Fitch, Foster, Hall, Jones of Iowa,
Nourse, Pugh, Seward, Stuart, Toombs, Tou-
cey, Trumbull, Wade, Weller, Wilson,
Wright-24.
So the bill passed and was sent to the
House for its concurrence.
DELEGATE FROM KANsAs-KANsAs LAWS.
In the House on the 2lst, the resolution
from the Committee on Elections,
declared that Mr.. Whitfield was not enti-
tied to seat as Delegate from Kansas,
was tabled by vote of 96 ayes to IS nays.
This is equivalent to a rejection of the reso-
luton.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the House bill
repeating all the Territorial laws now in force
in Kansas, was laid on the table-ayes, 80;
nays, 20. Mr.. Green of Mo-, voted against
laying the bill on the table, because he want
ed the bill examined by the judiciary Com
mittee. He had personal information that
all obnoxious laws had been repealed by the
local authorities in Kansas.