St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-08-11

acres OF land, Or q town lot, OF which he
hath been legally seized and possessed at
least six months before such election, q
not having such freehold Of town lot, hath
been resident ID the election district In
which he offers to give his vote six months
before the said election, ssalz haze a right
to rote for : member or members to. serve
In either branch Of the legislature for the
election district ID N hiich he & holds snchg
property or IS % resident.
: It is evident Continues the Guardidn,)
that in South Carolina nc one can vote un-
less he has been a citizen Of this State for
two years. 81
Whether an alien can hold an Office at
all in South Carolina, is questioned BY
some-since under the amendment Of the
constitution Q854) all officers must take
the oatL of allegiance to the State. No
one certainly can be elected member Of
the lower house unless he has been citizen
Of South Caralina for three Years, Senate
for five years, Governor or Lieutcnant Gov
ernor for ten years. See constitution Of
I7o0. s~-u .... ....e. ...fs a u;
Nor can clens at all, nor natusas::zcd
until they have been a citizen for two
years,) serve as jurors, for 1u.ars must he
voters. See Acts Of Ass ,mbly, ----...--
Except as to, uotcs and as to being cltg-
ible to the Legislature and erecutice de-
1,nrt1,aents. and "a to--e.,vtssy as 1uT0rS,
there is not recalled at present any discrim-
ination between native born and natural
lied in South Carolina.
Perhaps some capital may be made of
this erratum, but this, is our law. Our
Northern friends must in future be more
cautious"
This last observation of the Southern
Guardian is piece of advice which the
conductors of the Pioneer will do we'll to
10y to heart, "Our Northern friends must
in future be more cautious" in stating what
are the laws about foreigners in Democrat
ic South Carolina! Very true. But how
coolly those Democratic Journals Of the
South take the existence of such law dis
eliminating between citizens. While ev-
cry Republican press in the land, in Mas
sachusetts and out of it, has denounced as
unjust the recent similar enactment in that
State, the Democratic Journals Of South
Carolina seem to consider it all right; and
the leading Democratic organ at the Capi.
tai of the State very coolly observes that
Except as to votes y and as to being eli.
gible to the Legislature and Erecutsye De.
partnents, and as to serving as jurors
there is not recalled, at present, any DIS.
criin,iination between native born and nat
uralized citizensin South Carolina! Truly
these exceptions seem to us to cover tht
whole GROUND. ..5.,-
! But word now, with our friends Of th|
Pioneer. They have for some time bacl
seen fit to indulge in great deal of coars,
abuse of men aud presses who made th,
I allegation, which is now established to b,
4 true, as to the two years discrimination
against foreign born .'4itizens" existing al
SO in South Carolina, the strongest Demo
cratic State Of the Union. For instance
on the 18th Of July, it abused Alderman
Branch Of this city for Offering resolution
in the Ramsey County Republican Conven
tion in which il was truly set forth tha
J Massachusetts, had only ttimitaled' Demo
cratic South Carolina in the Two year
amendment clause against foreigners; an,
the organ therefore denounced that gentle
]. man as guilty Of an .'inexcusablc falsehood'
, Ia sfalsehood in letter and spirit.
: Again, on the 10Th, It accused the ediso
: Of the st. Anthony Neos Of deliberatci
falsifying the public laws of 4 State Of ii
i Union to Manufacture political capital fo
the Republican party though q itano'