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SPEECH OF
Hon. Thomas L. Andeson,
Of Mo,
In the House Of Representatives, on The 5ih o.
May, 1853 againsthe admission Of MIN
NEsoTA as q SLATE INTO the Union.
M. ANDERSON. Mr.. Speaker, having ex-
amined the constitution under which Min
nesota asks 10 be admitted into the Union,
as one OF the States Of this Confederacy, /
desire briefly 10 call the attention of the
House 10 certain provisions contained in the
constitution, which are, in my opinion, in
violation not only Of the spirit, but the let
ter, of the Constitution Of the United States.
Article seven, section one, declares that:
Every male person Of the age of twenty
one years, or upwards, belonging 10 either
OF the following GLASSES, who shall have re-
sided in the United States one year, and in
this State four months, next preceding any
election, shall be entitled TO vote at such
election, in the election district Of which he
shall al the time have been for ten days a
resident, for all officers that now are, or
hereafter may be, elective by the people:
First. White citizens Of the United
States.
Second. White persons of foreign birth,
who shall have declared their intention TO
become citizens, conformably 10 the laws of
the United States upon the subject of natu-
ralization.
"Third. Persons OF mixed white and In
dian blood, who have adopted their customs
and habits of civilization
You perceive, Mr.. Speaker, from this
provision Of the constitution, that men, who
have NOT thrown of their allegiance to the
foreign Government from whence they emf
gra,sd-citizens of the despotisms Of the
Old World-are permitted TO exercise the
right of suffrage, 10 make and unmake con-
stitu,iOns, 10 elect Governors, Legislators, and
judges; to participate equally with natural
lied and native-born citizens in the admin
istration of this Government.
This power, SO dangerous to our institu-
lions, if unwisely and alphabetically sxer-
cised, is possessed by the people of no one
Of the States ofthis Union. Il was surren-
dered 10 the General Government by the
people Of the United States, at the time of
the adoption of the Federal Constitution.
The eighth section of that instrument con-
fers upon Congress the power "to establish
a uniform system Of naturalization" and at
the close Of that section it is declared that
Congress may "make all laws which shall
be necessary for carrying into execution the
foregoing powers" Congress, in the ex-
ercise Of that power, has prescribed, by law,
the terms upon which foreigner can be-
come citizen Of the United States. Al
though born under despo,ism. and reared
beneath the frown and oppressive rule Of
iyrsn,, he may here, upon this soil conse-
Grated to freedom become citizen Of the
United States, and enjoy all the privileges
and immunities of a native-born American
citizen. But iha; law, the policy Of which
was adopted by the early fathers Of the Re-
public, required that he shall have resided
within the limits, and under the jurisdiction
Of the United States, for the term of five
years; that he shall be man of good moral
character, attached 10 the principles Of the
Constitution of the United States. And
when these facts are established 10 the salts
faction Of court having competent juris-
diction. he is not yet citizen Of the United
States; but to entitle him TO that appelIaiion,
and the inestimable rights that attach there !
to, he must declare, on oath or affirmation, !
that he will support the Constitution Of the
United States, and that he doth, absolutely
and entirely renOunce and abjure all allegi- |
ance and fidelity to every foreign prince,
State, or sovereignty whatever;
and, particularly, by name, the prince, pO-
.entate, State or sovereignty whereof he was
before citizen or subject; and this proceed
ing is placed upon the records Of the court
But this constitution, in defiance Of this wise
enactment by Congress, picks up raw for
signer, who is ignorant Of our manners and
customs, our language, our laws and insii-
tutions, and by its magical influence, in The
brief period Of one year after he touches the
.oiI and breathes the atmosphere Of Mime
.o,,. endow, him with all the attributes and
qualifications Of citizen.
/ insist, Mr.. Speaker, that the people of
he United States, by the adoption Of the
Federal Constitution, clothed Congress with
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