The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-11

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Inns was the provision OF the ordinance of 1887 enact
ed before the formation OF the constitution, and after
wards confirmed by the Congress of the United States,
George Washington signing the bill which confirmed it,
IL ought To be more Objectionable to the opponents of
alien suffrage than the provision of the Kansas act in re-
laton 10 Suffrage BY the provision OF the Kansas act
citizens who were allowed to vote at the first election,
and aliens ho had declared her intention 10 become citizens,
and tcod take an oath 10 support Tie constitution Of The United
Sas oad The Kansas act by the provision Of the ordi
nance OF 1857 citizens of the United States resident
in the Territory, and owning fifty acres OF land,
were authorized to vote, and We're allowed to vote
who had resided in the Territory for two years and
owned fifty acres of land. These might have
been aliens ~ heia well in fact, for they
not required the electors other than ctzens by
the Kansas act to have declared their intention to be-
come citizens and to have purged their condolences OF
allegiance to foreign government by taking the oath
which is required in making this declaration Of intention
well oath to support the constitution of the Uni
ted States and the Kansas The aliens authorized
vote by the Kansas act nchoate citizens of the Uni
ted States those authorized to vote by the ordinance of
81 aliens in fact who he'd not abured allegiance to
the governments under which they born, and who
never might ALLURE it, but might remain forever aliens in
fact, and be forever aliens in heart. Mr.. Stephens
having thus shown that the provisions of the ordinance
was further departure from the doctrine of citizen su
frase than that of the Kansas BILL proceeded to show
that 1t had been reenaced by Congress in $780,
Washington still being President) in the bill or
panZing the Territory of fIennessee In 1913
bill organizing the Territory of Mississippi and af
forwards at various times in bills organizing the
Territories of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. In
the Clayton compromise, flor which Mr. Calhoun voed
In tho Oregon bill, In the Minnesota BILL and in the
Washington BILL thuc deviation from the language
of the ordinance Of 1887 the language used upon the sub
ject Of suffrage being identical with that employed in the
Kansas act In the bills for the organization Of the Ter
rltories of Missouri, Arkansas New Mexico and Utah
the elective franchise restricted to citizens Mr.
Stephens commended from this review of the action of the
government that the weight OF precedent was IN favor OF
AMEN surage ana that the principle was older than the
eottuUo!i itse, aitloush hir. mn aa cohtehued that
~ was originated ny MI. buchanan IN 1851 ne iurther
uie 'nefc was no dager In TINS prncpie 10 the
oouu .hae aiehs were not so much 70 pc dreaded as
eat the foreign vote IN tne last presidential
Fremont and thet s,reioc, world lr 40 witb th
emocmtic Marty and With tbe snuth baco;,se the iht
wore a,np,oni ,non to ,ointanarco onJ etriot -
stcton 81 the constitution 70 which tle demncratic
nart,, and The Sontb wore oIeaoed
HE of +bnI
American nortv asserted was racogniaad h notion ~
the democratic Marty in tLer constrct;n, ~ AZ Ko
act Mr. stanhens sid That tho a No d;ranc ~ a.
constrnction Given IN tbot b;lI Nv its no,lan oa h
ern sunno,tars tbot whatever 9;fare,no xstca too
tb.,, mo, ,bo dootrr, az sn,,,+tor ;,
ted in di1aranco of corspntion oo, 81 H. I'm INF ns
the CONSTITUTION Some contenaad thot Conaross ra
the constitpton had tbe novor 10 Ioosloto ,,non a.
sniect of slavery in tbe 1arito,ss and b,;n ~ bd
orantod II Nv he lin n tba ,,ao,o If u Ta;tn,, 4;
s tt, as = 1arr;tor, Other, dnn;cd hat Conroos haa
tbis nouer and of course dsTi,o tLot II hod ~ 4.
Mod tbnt II w,s Granted 10 tbs neonIe I th Nil r
Question was one of corstit,t;onal t;or nd III
S,nrcne Court had dte,inod i i; liz Drod stt aaaa
Inv decarip, that congres dd NOT have 10 noyer 20 To-
eisIotc slavery into or ont IF Trr;to and cnn,d not
Grant Il Sonatter sovcreiontv yns now
n,posslity Mr. stepbens IN this connexion referred
ia resolution ono 81 q ecr;ee III r,co ~, ,Lo An,r
can candidate for governor Mr. Hin in n nub,;c meet
nq Mt Iaonnpe on the 27tb of June 1887 in which n
was declared "7-
-
nav m!"' - huo"h as 'ne p!eu ocott Dec,sioh S
put luoic. apifhcc Oh 'le posion occupied Dy the
neiio ay " uccisi" rom .ue pcsihhs ana 10
y '.o oi' its Pio.
M I ip . GO . az. ~ 0"i',oious asi'h.oi' ~
800 sho 119 ~ noss a'iu oh1 u ING
'oo'' '''' o..o'' ~ 'o's' anu o'i'y 'o'os'
He showed the impudence and etrontery of this
luton, in claiming that the Dd Scot decision "a
judicial arnance Of the position occupied by the Amer
lean party from the beginning and direct condemna
ton OF the kansas-Nebraska act when the fact was
that it had taken from that party petext of opposition
TO that act which it had used ndustriously. He
showed, too, that Mr. HILL in dcnouncng the plotters
and supporters OF the Kansas Nebraska bill set of
clamorous asitators dividing the country Tor nothing