, 1859-05-18

The Democratic presses which are cEsln8
out against the recent amendment OF the CON-
stitution Of Massachusetts, are quite obl1yIo1s
Of the fact that the unfaltering Democratic
State Of South Carolina adopted a law threo
vears ago in reference to naturalization, p't-
et.ely si,n1or-in fact that the Massachnsetts
bill is almost literal copy Of t!se Boatl cafoz
Tna prosttipt;cns.. Nobody deemed tile De
mocracr Of the nation responsible for the action
Of single State, except SO far as that State
was type Of the society and government
.iI,led nt in the Cincinnati platfosnl--whicl1 1t
undoubtedly is. Tie prcd Scott decision is
'thtre the great Textbook Of law and morals,
resulting in IN olisarchy only ono remove from
j monarchy, and infinitely 1nca'er and r't'''
detcstable But we do not hold the Demc.
cratic part. ef The PaEon rr*4mn*'le for the
South Carolina Inv, though ii is cic;try as re"
,s2onkbk ;e the.RcruA1can purity of,tbe nation
is fur tie Massachusetts enactment.
But NC appre|end the saalc llea! 1Sll not
i.ola with rrftfcAa@'to' The provision inserted
in tic orgapie As: st IF Minnesota, bJ the Dc"
/ iiocratic members Of tie United StAtes Senate,
~; prevent fo,eiftf:bbrn residents from voting
on the ,foEqs',iogt aud adortio% Of the state
/ Constitution The bill was passed hy Congress
hi tho *rs4ibh Of ls5G-7. As it came from
tie House Of Representatives (tt4en in tl,r
hands uf the Repullicaus), it authorized I'LL
perlous to ,p,o On tlte fundamental law under
which they were to live, who Ind been per-
mitted TO vote under the l.H's Of tho Urritsr.
including foreign 'bofhh residents who had been
two reaEs in the United States, and had ae-
clared on oath their intentions to become citi-
gems. Whcn the bill came to tho Senate a
Democrat from North Carolina (Mr. Bggs,)
moved to insert the following:
~rro.sded That only c'tlzens 1t the Tned states shall
The vote on the Bggs amendment was as
follows:
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
dy.ins lie A44eaime2t-Eemoc1als T.: Republicans T.,
TesA. -.
Here was the Democratic party Of the ma
ton, by it authorized representatives, record
cd ns voting By lrgc majority against the
! right Of foreign born citizens to lavo . voice
| in tue formation Of their fundamental lava
| right previously conferred upon them by peo.
! pie Of tie Territory, The single Republican
WHO: voted with stts majority iMr. Foote d
vcrmont) subsequently, changed his vote and
assisted in having the obnoxious amendment
cxpuuged is it was Oh the motion Of Mr.
Hale al New Hampshire.
The truth is the Democracy love foreigners
just as drayman loves horse, and their tole
/ ratiuu Of foreign ,otc15 is measured precisely
by their ability to get work out Of them
Whcfethcynre strong enough to get along
without them as in South Carolina. they Grip
plc their political power iy amending the HI
| turalization laws Where they al'prel,cnd NJ
apos,acy from the pro-slaycry laisll, as in Min
nesota, they elbow them out Of the publ
councils. Of course the category Of meall
! ncsses. would not 1c:completc without cl4arg
ing Know-Nothinsism and prescription uln
the Republicans,