The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-19
WASHINGTON CITY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 1889

then said barely refer 10 it now that il may be CON
sdeid as part and parcel Of what would say the
same points II my tune allowed to-day of the Prcsi-
dents Who 10 some form shape had given the prin-
cpie tier Suction either ia the Territories States on
hes admission ! named Washington the elder Adams
Jchcisa Madison, Jackson Polk FILLMORE and Pierce
aini y this M may now be added that o buchanan
who sgned lile minnesota mu, 4fE 10
MY yeollcegue Mr. liILl yestenay allndel 10 what
Nh. Calhoun said on the subject In 1896. commented
upon that last could moi find that speech OF Mr.
Calhoun Ia the Globe any parliamentary record in the
country do not 70 say that he did not make IL,
II was not made upon the admission of Michigan. IL
| was made, IL at ALL when up involving
thsuestlon Of suffrage ia the Territory while Michigan
wasstil in territorial condition. The speech is said TO
have i'een rnaie in 1895. Michigan not admitted
until 1891 Her constitution similar in this respect
to that OF Oregon Mr. Calhoun was then ia the Senate
he lid not raise his voice against that feature n it, far
as have been able to find. Not a word fell from him.
at that time, ON the subject of alien suffrage, that am
| aware ol. & hafh4sI tt 81 a t5.
Mr.. zoLLIcoFFER. Allow me one sentence.
| Mr.. STEPHENS of Georgia. I cannot yield. t
Mr., ZOI4LlCDfFER Allow me bat single sentence
thas sentence is that should labor under great diad
yantase tm gentleman were Disposed to extend 10
the courtesy of allowing to reply TO his points
while hehol,s The foor Therefore will not at present
ask TO do 13 stl eaiI tia&
| Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia That understand very
well The gentleman reply hereafter My time
will not allow me to indulge him now. 4 made the
speech have referred to last year. expecting that it would
be replied u but it remains yet without reply and
cannot permit my time to-day 10 be taken up with mat
4 ters there disposed of. sias.tE. HH'itr
Mr. HILL Let me ask my colleague a question. Is
he not of the votes given by Mr. Calhoun the
Michigan bill against permitting alien suffrage in that
State was on the motion of Mr. Clay.
1 Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia. What year
I Mr. HILL. In 1886. h| fHtt.
/ Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia Yes; Iknow of his votes
i alluded te in 1896 Michigan then a Territory.
repeat again. that ON the admission OF Michigan State
next year. Mr. Calhoun said nothing against the alien
suffrage lesture in her State constitution that know Of
| He may still have been against it. a -
But one word further ia reply to my colleague as to
j Mr.. Caho1ns position this subject Whatever he
may have said on it, or however he may have voted
it in 1885, yet in lS4S he the committee that
ported the celebrated Clayton compromise, which proyi
ded government for this very Territory of Oregon and
tat bill contained this very aliensuage clause in it,
Mr. Calhoun voted for the bill with this clause in it in
the Scnae have the record by me. 1t is not OF SO
much Importance what he said how he voted in 1886
when the question first started, how he voted
twelve years afterwards and after investigations
Here is his vote in lsAs put that against his speech
and his vote in 1886, and LET all go to the country with
my colleagues comments shall be content.
Now, Mr. Speaker, ON another and entirely different
aspect of this question, have something special to
to another side Of the House distinct class in it.
mean the members coming from slaycholdng States
There Is evidently feeling Of opposti IN in that quarter
TO the admission of Oregon from reluctance and mani
fest ndspostion to increase the number of what call
ed free States This arises from apprehension that
with the loss of the balance of power, the rights Of o
This may be 1t docs not however, necessarily fol-
low. Bat that balance Is already goncost by causes
beyond your my control There Is no prospect of its
ever being reganed and, in taking that ground you do
but the position of sectional opponents the
other side of the House know it is the tendency of
power to encroach but let look TO The security which
rests upon principle, rather than upon numbers The
citadel of defence is principle sustained by reason
truth honor and justice Let rs, therefore, do justice
4 though the heavens fall.
Let not do indirect wrong, for fear that the
cpient from hands of what il properly due will turn
upon and njurc Statesmen in the line Of duty
should consult their fears Where duty leads
there may never fear to tread. IN the political
world great events and changes rapidly crowding
upon VS. To these should not be insensibe AS wise
men, should not attempt to ignore them. We need
not close eyes, and suppose the will cease to shine
hecluse not the light Let us rather, with eyes
and minds wide awake, look around us and where
are whence have come, and where shall soon be,
home along by the rapid swift, and Irresistible of
time This immense territory to the west has TO be peo-
pied 1t is now peoplng New States are fast growing
up and Others, not yet in embryo will soon spring into
existence. Progress and development mark everything
ia nature human societies. well everything else.
Nothing in the physical world is still life and mott
are IN everything; 80 in the mental ~ ~u'~ ana noliu
cal The earth is never stn IN, t s, 'a. poi,' ~ !;
eyer moving ogress is the nires law gver,ng nj
.h:.gs animate as well MS inanimate Death itself Is
out the beglnnila OF life ina form Our gov
fAehF and Institutions subject this allpervading
power The past wonderfully exempliies it's influence
lois Is the sixteenth session that been here and
WITHIN that brief space of fifteen years have added
sS Atases 10 the Unioniacking but Of being
thah hall OF the original thirteen, Upwards of twelve
huMiied thousand square miles of tci rtory~~a much
larger area than possessed by the whole United States
at the time of the treaty of peace in I783have been
added to domain. At this time the area of our re-
public is greater than that of any five of The greatest
powers in Europe all combined greater than that of the
Roman empire in the brightest days of her glory
extensive than Alexander dominions when he stood
on the Indus, and wept that he had worlds to
conquer Such is our present position we yet
ut the end of acquisitions.
Our internal movements, within the time, have
not been less active in progress and development than
those external bare glance these will suffice Oar
,onuage, when first came to Congress- but little
over two million; now il is upwards of FIVE million
more than double. Our exports of dolaese manufac-
lures were only eleven million dollars In round numbers
now they are upwards of thirty million Our exports OF
domestic produce, staples, &c. then under hum
dred million dollars now they upwards of three hun
dred million Inc amount of coin ia the United States
at that te about hundred million; now IL exceeds
three hundred milou The cotton crop then was but
hity-our million il is upwards of one hundred and
sixty million dollars. We had then not more than five
thousand miles of railroad in operation have
enough to encirce the globe and at cost Of more than
one thousand million dollars at that time, Professor
Morse was engaged in OF the of this Capitol in
experimenting his unprotected idea Of electric ele
grapand there much doubt about his success
there Is at present about the Atlantic eablebut now
there are than thirty Eve thousand miles in extent
of these iron sent forth in every direction through
the land Connecting the most distant points and uniting
all togetheg as wtAr she influence of common living