The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-12


1883 in every weeks there had poured shores
foreign population equal that Of Florida every year
population equal to that of Virginia and every thr
teen years population equal 10 tho entire white popua
tion Of the fifteen southern States Of this Union.
Mr.. STEPHENS Of Georgia, replied TO the various
guments that had been made in opposition TO the bill
The first inquiry whether the objection In itself
such amounted to ground for the rejection of the
State the other inquiry was whcther they were well Ia
ken In point of fact. Ho maintained the negative OF
these propositions and that the constitution of Mime
did not violate the constitution of the United States
suppose the clause in relation to alien suffrage to be in
consistent with the Constitution OF the United States he
conended that that ground for the rejection OF
the State The constitution OF Illinois declared that
should be eligible to federal Office who had been
elected and accepted udgeshp within two years after
his acceptance and yet In the case of senator from that
State Congress had overued that constitution and that
senator held his scat in defiance of the constitution
Of his State Congress could only look into ts
stitution of State applying for admission to that
republican in FORM and whenever thequcstion In
laton TO alien suffrage, or any other question, arose. II
would be settled as in the case of illinois, Congress
to allow every State, every Territory to come in
when she had made republican, form Of government
and presented It, shaping her institutions she
proper. The question Of alien suffrage not new
one aud If there anything scrupulousy
watched and guarded in the formation OF the constitu-
tion 1T was that the federal government should not
stop suffrage the right of suffrage in the States and
he proclaimed it, to-day, that there nothing, ee
mcnt of State rights that he would stand up for longer
than that the shoudnot interfere with the right
Of suffrage in the several States But he would tell
the House that alien suffrage recognised before the
government was formed and in Illinois, Indiana, and
Michigan the same principle recognised and under
the same terms. Congress could alone confer citizenship
and the rights of citizenship throughout the Union the
different States could also these privileges but only
within the limits of the State exercising the power An
nnnnturalizcd citizen could hold land in Georgia but he
could not hold land in South Carolina unless natualixed
In conclusion, Mr. STEPHENS withdrew his amendment
and moved the previous question,
Mr.. GARNETT, of Virginia, hoped the gentleman
would withdraw the previous question: as to permit
him 10 offer his amendment ~
Mr.. STEPHENS Withdrew the demand for that pur
Mr.. GARNErT then moved that the number of repre-
senatives allowed to the State be reduced to one.
MIR. STEPHENS demanded the previous question ;
| which was sustained. at.
The question was then taken on the amendment of
Mr.. GARNET, and 1t lostyeas ", nays ll7as fol
lows ttt NE5 HkNla &AG
Abbott, Anderson Andrews Rrkdale Bingham
North Carolina Curry amrcl Davis OF Maryland, avis
Granger na.saehisa.t Harlan Harris or Maryland aw
s1 @ y n
Moore Morgan Morse Of Maine oln, Powell rursinco outa
Of North coua Sherman of Ohio sherman Of New YORK; smith
o. Virginia Stanton Stewart O. Pennsylvania Trpps Underwood
NAYsmMes,rs Adran Arnold Atkins Avery, Bennett billing
cae, cpnan Clark Of nour ta~.on coerans New
York. tocke Colax, Cons Covode Craig Missouri Crawford
wn n%%isS Dars, fa%andson Elliott i inssn ianaSor1 i
rsa,S" % Foley 1od, rSc ae Gans g G Gilman
ickmA Hoard uyler Jaekso Jenkin. Jewet Jones OF Ton
W. 1sss S,,s as.,
kerr rsndaop rey9n Phelps Phillips PIKE rs.tsI Reilly Rob
ia Gs sSA h;-s u as s ss
Of Maryland Tappan Taylor % New York Taylor q Louisiana
burne q Illinois wahburn OF Maine Watkins White wilson Wood
Worendyke Wright OF Georgia. and Wright OF Tennessce1l7
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