The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-07-04

~ not citizen and owes no allegiance to the
Government may plot against it with inn
punitv, and cannot be compelled to defend it
and the L dag he is transformed into fu |
blown ciliun with the right to dictate to the
natives who shall he their President.
This is directly contrary TO the spirit of the
constitution: for it is giving tn foreigners I'M
mcdiaittv. b, fore they have been citizens Il
day. the right to govern the country while
the constitution of the United States, 81 far
ms it rOpii. in determining the qualifications
of President, Senator and Representative
was careful TO intcrpose period Of ploba-
ton.
As to President, II fo,tids any but native
to he President.
As to Senator. the Article l, sec. III,
says: mo person shall be Senator who
Shall not have attained the aye of thirty wears
and been nine years tt'-en Of the tndcd
States.
AS to Representative. the Article |, section
| II. says: mo person shall he Repre- sen
tativc who shall not have ATTAINED The age
| Of twenty five, and been screen gears citizen
attic Umied S,Mes.
We STE, therefore, how careful the consti.
| tuition has been TO continc the power Of APP
pointncnt to native Influences.
The Constitution has thus cTlrd Mr prin-
e'N%: 1t has aprliedit as fcr as 1t co"tl to the
Legislature aud the executive and appointing
power, 1t could not apply it to the elective
| franchise: for that was the prercga tive Of the
SAFES: but we IN the State must now do it
in order to bring the law Of suffrage in Mary
land into conformity with the spirit and words
of the Constitution of the United States.
1t is vain for the constitution to cnlcavor
70 exclude foreign Influence BY requiring 1t
Representative to have been seven years n
citizen, if tl,at Representative should get his
scat 10y laundering To the prciudicrs of the for
ciSn crowd naturaliz.d only y day be
fore his election. He is the representative of
he very foreign influence the constitution was
'r,ins to exclude.
And in vain will it have required nine years
citizenship to free Senator from foreign in
liucncc in his executive functions, of appoint.
m'n'S and treaty making if he go there from
State Legislatures elected by foreign votes
to whose spirit lie must bow if he would sc
cure his place.
And in the State the people ore nor the d.
rect appointing power as to the Governor.
Judges and every oihc" important oiii'c: and
yet we arc in fragrant conflict with the spirit
OF the United States Constl ulion, which con-
fines the nomination to native the PrcSi
Sdcnt, and the approval to the Senators who
have been mae yedrS citizens, while ne, in
our State allailS allow foreigners. Just natur.
a'lzcd, both to nominate and to appoint G,vr-
norS, Judges, ShrriilS, Clerks, and all our Off
GERS without any limitation at all!
lhc AmcTcan party ale penetrated with
til" wisdom Of those provisions Of that immor-
tai instrument, and they mean to incrposc
similar restrictions hire on foreign inaucn ;e
N appointments which can be done oniy By
NE clcc''re franchise requiring all persons
who vote for the appointment of those officers
to have been citizens for five years.
Jhts the American party of Maryland mean
to do. They do not mean to wait for any
change in the naturalization law; fol it is n Vt
necessary to enable them to protect thcmSclvt s..
and after it may lie passed. the State Copsti-
tuition would still have to be changed IN order
any real security. They will the er re strive
to get the naturalization l,ws changed: but
they will not allow the fixture of Cong, rs,
to do its duty, to subject our State To foreign
influence of Irish and Germans manufacture
ny democrats INTO citizens, ON the day Of
election.