Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-10-20
Correspondence.

Of the time which has heretofore prevailed In
your party. And understanding, also, that your
uamr WILL or may be presented to TIE General As
sembly as a suitable person TO be ell cted to this
station, would very respectfully solicit from you at
as e,rly hour a. convenient, definite answers TO
the following Tut rrOgatoues:
lst Has Congress the constitutional power to
confer upon foreigners not natEralized, the right
of suffrage in ell ctions for members OF Territori-
al Lrgs nture, of delegates to Convention to
form State Constitution.
I'd. Have the Legislatures Of the States the con-
stitutionaI power 70 confer the right of suffrage
upon foreigners not uaturalized, TO be exercised
in elections OF members of Congress or OF Electors
of Presid mt and Vice President, or to confer upon
foreigners all the privileges of citizens of the
Uutrd States.
81. Are you of opinion that the naturalization
laws should be so modified to materially extend
the time Of residence, now prescribed by Law, as a
prerequisite to the admission of aliens to the privi-
ges Of citizens OF the United States; toprOhibit
the importation aud immigration Of the criminals
and paup,r5 of foreigr States; are you willing to
provIe stringent and adequate enactments, to pre-
the cOrruptions, frauds and in positions, known
to obtain Extensively III the administration OF the
nAturalZitloI laws by tne OOurts.
4th. Do you hold that Congress has or has not
the constitutional power to distribute the proceeds
of the public lAnds among the several States.
9th If il your opinion Congress has no such
power has it the power to make to any of the
Stat =, donations of the public lands within their
imits to aid in the construction Of rail aud other
roads, aud canals.
9th. If in your opinion Congress has the power
TO make such donations. when it is believed that
such donation would enhance the value, aud expe-
dite the sale and sett ment of the residue of The
public Jonah lying within the Stats, which
such dOnat made, may not similar donations
be made upon the same principle 10 States having
public lands within their limits, aid in the con-
struction Of roads passing through them add in the
direction of and in line of emigration TO the States
10 which the public lands are situated.
7th. If the public lands may, in any case, be
cOnsttutionally granted to a State to aid in the
construction of roads aud canals, may not the pro-
csrds of the sales OF them be granted under the
same p,wtr of the Constitution.
sth Are you in favor OF re-opening the slave
traue2
srn. Are you in favor of repesling the heutrality
laws?
10th Admitting the reVolu tiOnary remedy or
the natural right of resistance, by force of arms of
intolerable oppression or aggression upon the
rignts of any States people; DO you maintain the
doctrine OF the ght OF State to secede or with
draw from the Union, and to set aside any all OF
her Constitutional obligations or responsibilities
when the people of such State shall cOnsiier them
selves aggrieved by tn policy OF the General Gov
eminent; or, in BRIEF do you believe in the right OF
secession under the F deral Constitution.
18th Do you believe that the Legislature has
the right instruct Senators in the Congress of the
Uited STATE 8, and they bound to Obey such in
strucIionsl
l2tn Are you in favor of amending tue Consti-
sutton of the Unit States, TO bring the cleo
tiOus OF President aud Vice President directly be-
fore the people, aud Of limiting the term Of service
OF the Judges of the Supreme Court.
Very Respectfully,
MOSES WHITE, H WELCKER,
JOS. L. EWING, w. L. hCCONNICO,
Ed GoLLADAY, JJ ROACH,
J. B. ALGEE, J.. w. RICHARDSON.
NASHVILLE, Oct. II. 1851.
GENTLEMEN We are 10 receipt OF your several
communications OF like import, addressed to
verally, assuming that We candidates for the
Senate and asking our opinion various political
questions.
We Lave, ca consultation, agreed, that, as our
names not st present submitted 20 the LrgisiA-
ture candidates, aud as We expect to abide the
action of our political party in regard to nOmina-
ton, is unnecessary for Us respond to your In
trrrogatories.
II any Que OF US should be selected the eaudi-
date OF party for the Senate will then be bis
duty well his pleasure take such action your
communication a. he may deem propsr.
Yours respectfully,
ANDREW EWING
A. o. p NICHOLSON,
10. c. GUILD,
GID J PILLOW,
W. q. DUNLAP.
Hon. Il. J. weleker, w. L AeConnIco, J. }.
Roach, J. w. Richardson, NOSES White, J L. Ew-
ing, Z. J. Goladsy. J. b. Algee.