The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-19

Bat, II intilnated by the gentleman from Ohio
that last year voted 10 admit Kansas slave State
with view Of getting TIVE semocmtio senator's, and that
our object Is the in regari 70 Oregon SIR ia
this he Is mistaken We stood then, now upon pIn-
cple, Had Kansas been admitted under the Iecompton
constitution, all of knew that the probabilities
that tno republican senators wo,ld have been elected
Nor the large democratic vote IN the Senate.
after, upon this bill for THE admission Of Oregon based
upon any such idea he intmaed IL could not have
been When this bill passed the Senate it not known
what sort of senators would be elected there any
than il 10 kansas The election in Oregon had
not been heard from IL hot contest And at the
election which afterwards off, the member who
returned to this House elected by only sixteen hun
dred majority.l 3af aeFWatE ll tltftar 3M tfH
Under these circumstances how the gentleman at
tribute such motives the action of democratic
Where is the slightest evidence for such an mpuation
Mayh the gentleman attributes to Others the motives
by which he himself is govcrnedhat is wish To bring
in the State under political auspices fyon.be to his
view of public policy May be he thinks by rejecting
this constitution the State nay in under repub
liean instead of democratic 'unner for he said her ad
mission only question on time. will not say that
this is his object in opposing tins bin but do say for
myself that governed by such motives he has
minated. 1 will vote, whenever State comes here
| with constitution republican in form, and with an
Obligation resting upon TO vote for her admission,
this does, for her admission irrespective of what may
be the political cast of her senators and members
elect / will never do wrong that right may afterwards
come from it. Wrong does not produce such fruits
What you plant and SOW, that you reap will never
commit an acknowledged error, hoping that good will
/ come of it, Good ends never justify wrong means
according to my code of morals Honesty is the best
policy in all things Perhaps most Of those the other
side Of the House who 60 against this bill do barely TO
be in opposition. To such would say what once said
TO gentleman in my district When going to ad
dress the people at particular place meeting him
the way asked him If he going up to the court
housef lie said no; that was going to speak, and
that he only wanted to know what side upon to be
against IT, said .that is the you always in
the minority you give choice Of sides upon all ques
tions and OF course take the best IIfmgher] Would
not be well for gentlemen on that side to consider the
point barely matter of political party tactics
That gentleman well pleased with the remark
that he went and heard the occasion alluded to-
aud from that day to this has failed to vote for
me. Ii the opposite side will allow me- will say TO
them il is bad policy in any party to oppose everything
barely for opposition sake Let enreat them not to
oppose this billas of them do, earb barely be-
cause democrats vote for it, BY this course give us
! choice Of sides in great issue of right
One word further upon another subject. and call the
especial attention Of the House to it, II is the objection
raised to the constitution Of Oregon on aecount of the
alien suffrage feature in it, The gentleman from Tennes-
sec ZioorrrR i'm his report quotes part Of the
decision of the Supreme Court bearing upon the consttu
tionai power Of State TO regulate suffrage within her
own limits, hut stops right in the middle of sentence
will read first the extract quoted by the gentleman
italics hs-and then read the whole sentence it stands
in Chief Justice Taneys decision in the Dred Scott case
conferred Congress the right establish
uniform rule Of manipulation and This right evidently 4@ and
since the adoption & The consuton by nnurauzng
invest him with the riga and prirgss setret ciei IF Sa
/ utde, ne federal gHernh'sah,N Ne
There the gentleman stops with the sentence unuis-
ed at comma. The Chief Justice goes right on with
1 these words
although so Ear as the state alone concerned undou
entitled the rights Of eli and clothed With all the
rights and manis ae The constitution and laws Of the State at
tached to that character ti tf
In this the Supreme Court says and says truly that no
State can make alien by birth citizen OF the United
States is the exclusive right Of Congress but that
each State may cothe alien with all the privileges aud
rights they fit, within their own jurisdiction and
limits The right Of suffrage the right to declare who
shall vote elections Is expressly reserved In the
stuton of the United States to each state This gov
crent cannot interfere with thatpower 1t iste right
would have the States to surrender for upon IL rest all
the great bulwarss of State rights aud, should il
be surrendered, vestige of State rights would re-
main. W IS f.tt H .HA Ea @ ... s
MIR. zoLLICoFFER. The comments Of the gentleman
from Georgia upon that portion of my report would pro-
tluce the impression that have acted unfairly
Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia do not say that
cannot, however, po interrupted ! have barely time
suliicicnt---- 4aH -r naa ile.
\ Mr. IOIIICOFFER But let me make this statement
/ will not be two minutes. # s
i Mr. STEPHENS, of Cicorga. Be brief. / will give
YOU two minutes, but more. 1a1i'f .i n, aht
II Mr.. ZOLIlCOFFEtt was enforcing the position as
asserted by the court that State could not confer upon
unnaturazed foreigners the rights Of citizensp so aI
the federal government concerned and therefore,
quoted only that portion Of the sentence found in the
decision, which showed that TO he the position of the
court That portion of tho sentence IL this. rF
Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. cannot yiold any fns.
ther. have already read II. s.,.s s H.1.
u Mr. ZOLLlCoFFER Let me add the single remark
that, in my report, di,ctly concurrei with the court
in the remaining portion of that sentence; that
" the State oone was concerned, 4, the State had the
right TO confer rights OF citizenship upon unnatualizei
foreigners, a.s sa I sa 4
4 Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia It would have been
much better understood If the gentleman had quoted the
whoe OF IT, and given his concurrence in the whole u