Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-06-01
H.. KIRGGI IA UEsDAY JUNE II 1858 LII. NO. s. Il

specific paragraph intended 10 regulate
the matter was omitted inthe transcript,
And, indeed, OF 50 little importance was
this omission considered, thai when at d
subsequent period various amendments
were made TO the constitution, nobody
deemed il Of sufficient importance to red
tify i by restoring the paragraph referred
to. Yet, Sir. in the lace Of these facts
the gentleman from Ohio seeks 10 base
an argument upon this. as authorizing
him 70 reject the application bf Minnesota
for admission into she Union. Az
!. But another object which The honor
able gentleman from Ohio urges against
the admission Of Minnesota Under this
constitution ii. that the constitution al.
lows annatuialized foreigners to vote,
which, he alleges. conflicts with che spirit
Of the constitution Of the United States,
if it does not conflict with the constitu-
'tion Itself Now, sir. / am very much
astoaished that the gentleman should
have brought this forward as an objection
to the admission of. Minnesota into the
Union as Ia state. Will the gentleman
from Ohio rise in Misplace and tell me
that the sovereign stateSof Ohio cannot,
if she pleases, permit unnaturalized for
eigners io vote for members ofltheslegis-
latufet2 II pause for q reply The gen
tlenan does not reply, and I4therefore
conclude that he is not anxious 10 com
NIT himself upon that propos itioa.
think the gentleman ought To commit
himself upon that proposition before he
makes that as an objection to the admis-
sion 81 another State.
Mr.. Sherman, Of 0hio-ohio never
did allow unnaturalized foreigners to vote;
and never will.
& Mr.. Jenkins.Th gentlemaH does not
answer the question. He says Ohio has
not but he does not say she tdnaot, il
she sees proper, admit whom size pleases
to vote. In my own State wedo not per-
NIT unnatnralized foreigners I'd Yote.--
No man is more opposed TO that than my
self. IL | had been a citizen Of Minnesota,
or "a member Of Che convention which
framed her constitution, I should have
opposed il to the last. + do not believe
that any unnaturalized foreignsf should
be allowed to vote even for member Of
the legislature Of the various States 5xi
hot Is & matter resting nth ne iipdiitiiaudl
States Themselves. 1.-THE peepleIof Ohio,
orttAe peoPleef Virgiaia, ehopss topper
MT anaatafalizsa foreigners, ID yote. tEsa
may DIP sol TAe people Of 4l1aassota
choose b alotc uRnaturafi;zed foreigners 10
rote, they ran 40 so. And zoe hare no
right 10 urge asda objection agaiinst It'd adj
mission of Minnesota under her present
constitution, an argument sehich we would
not apply u our oun States.
But The gentleman from Ohio became
very Humorous. in that part of his speech,
and compared the admission of MinnesoF
t. to a wedding. He says he does not
like to seq our younger sister playing
pranks In this way. He wants TO see her
welded to the Union decently and re.
specially. All I have to say il regard
to that is this that If The gentleman
wanted her TO be welded deceptiy into
the Union, he ought TO have given her a
decent license. Irefer to tie saa6tiiaq, acl
d Or Minnesota, Which ailops unhctstrultzed
foreigners % rote for members otfise con
stitationi contention. 4nd Ilfnd thai
The honorable gentleman himself soted fot
that license. Here, then, is every elefk
that issued the license under which Min
nesota is To- be welded, who comes up at
the eleventh hour and makes tise Of the
Iimperledtion of that license as reason
Why she ought to be kept out Of the
Union,
I holdsinmy hand the enablfh gact I'M I'M
der which the members Of the convention
were elected, and i find the name Of my
honorable friend FROM Ohio RECORDED IN
favor of il. When interrupted tlle GEN
tleman ID his speech 10 ask him it he did
not vote for IT, he could not see The ap-
plieation Of tie question. Iliope he per
ceiyes the application Of il BY this time.
Indeed. 1 think before he completed his
speech he began to comprehend lis appli-
cations for he endeayored TO break lis
force and TO account for his inecnsisten-
cy on that point BY saying that It vas late
id the session. aud that the bill WIS put
through under the previous question -
In reply 70 that, sir, I say that. whether
il was put through under the previous
question or any other way, I am aston
ished that any gentleman holding seat
on this floor as i Representative would
make that excuse for voting for an net en-
abling the people Of a Territory 10 form
a constitution, and then come up here
when the State. aching under that full
power, asks to be admitted into the Union,
and pleads his own wrong as areason
she SHOULD not Be, admitted. Sir, If the
gentleman had any speech 10 make
against permitting upnaturalized toreig-
ners to vote, he should have made II tten.
That was lifetime he should have urged
this argument against admitting foreig-
ners to vote. i was not amethber of the
House at that time, but ! seeby the rec
ord that il the previous questions was
seconded on that occasion, the Repub-
lican party is responsible for it. 9ssa
Mr.. SHERMAN. Of Ohio. Il know
that 7, and good many others assisting
me, tried very hard to prevent the preyi;
ous question until We might amend the
bill 4
Mr.. JENKINS l have got lie voti
on ordering TIE main question and
6nd that large majority Of The Republic
can party was in its favor Mr.. Speaker