The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-03-05

"'Eoi"c NJ once invested with every civil aud
religious privilege enjoyed by native citizen
bat would WI .hho!d fiom him all political
power, and let him wait patiently until his
children, iai,' d under republican instiu.io
nnrScd. as it were, by the milk Of liberty
l'nm ITS mothers breast, slionid stand rorth
and claim. AS we do now, that he has lieht~
and Tlivrlo"cS ut homc that do not bilong ia
every travelling vagrant. that from charity,
he might choose to take into his household to
| protect from want and cold
Undrr this regulation, they would become
entitled to other privileges far more imrorran,
to them than the right of vn, ting anorc
them the right of holding lands and trans.
hitting them to their pos,eri,y, which in
many of the States my own among them
| they cannot now do
Another advantage they would derive would
he, they would be entitled 10 the protection Of
the flag Of he United States, which would
require them also 10 protect, by performing
militia duty.
1t constitutes no necessary part Of the
qualtl"atlon of citiZen, that he should
be entitled either TO vote or hold q political
cl!icc.
man in my own State who has sent or
accepted a challenge to fight . dut, is dis
qualified from holding any CfIicy. legislative
executive, or judicial, Of honor, profit or
omolumcnt lie IS none the less citizen
for all that.
III were to come to New York, with the
intention of becoming a resident, and y ere
to change my mind and return to Virginia
within year, month or n week | would
be disqualified from voting for Two wears. -
should be none the less citizen, However,
and this proposed extention of one important
privilege for smother, that is Of little Va lue to
Them and little card for by large poI ton
Of tfem.' serve to show that it is from no
nnrirndiy spirit TO th.n. but q firm be irt
that The safety of the country requires the
sacrifice, il sacrifice it can be called, on their
own sccount Ms we'll as ouIs.
Events are now in rr"e,css for the m,nci.
pat ION of the SCI Is Of Russia, Of whom there
are no less thsn 35 eco 600, and very large
portion Of them provcihialIy the most Irastly
aud degraded liars, drunkaids and ros.r
alive. who are incapable of making good
soldiers, or good citizens or Of being other.
wise useful to the state. We may wei sun.
posc that 'i,c day will srrivc, aud at no very
remote period, when it will bcc, m, desirable
10 the government Of Rus>i, to I've relieved of
.,he enormous tax of Supporting and ohcIn isc
providing ior such class of pto; lc, that can
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rsr,c..,ion aud enio,n.,nt oi all tn. r,i,il.
,ccs and rights bestowed uron MS ,y or, con.
si,tution and laws, ,swcll as bv our iu,,c,i-
lance? AnlIa>k th,m. fuI,h,Imo,,, if they
believe those RIGHTS and PRIVILEGES and III,
| un>uraka.lc blessing or free govern, nj would
ir ,niayci long Wv diem or ourselves, when
tn is State Of things shsllrxisl?
! ask the nstura,iscd ci,iz,n nf rcsncct;;,,.v
and substance if he secs no ui.,lif here IN
be eua:dad ss,;n.t? ask tie unnatural, sea
foreigner xl.o la children to ,a;>c and rro.
,,,,v 10 n,o.,ct, If he would no, feel hat t;,ir
! in,,i.s,s, and his own, we're better secured.
and that free government s,o,d ~, fr,,nr
foundation. nv the exclusion of this mus. ri
rotttnr,.s from the todv polite. than by its
admit,ance irtoit? And th,n. Task Of each
one the question. whether he world not soon,,
yi,h! his OWN clair, TO exercise rt,i,icrl mower
Ihsn that il Should h. ,n.,,d, I'd to all these
in order to take him in? For. asIs,;d he.
l,r the constitution al|oNs Of no distinction
we must ,nkc in or exclude ALL And liun,ly
ask. can we be cond, mntd by spy now
amoncs, us. for desire TO take timely stems
for their protection, and our own from sucl
Wholesale calamity as NAV result II IN,
present poliry on the subject of Naturalization
Shall be ptrs,ycred in.
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esteemed as virtue, il will no, bc condemned
even by the Democracy, as a yicc-that ",
"a'ch'u our h''''sS with a'o"S eye ant
Pi"ts>." moe cph'"i.rce III INC councils ant
lAhio,lSh'. ana piueritd the services ard
CONTROL OF our own people; 'a. as they nave
ucei1. anu tau AS thcy may ne hereafter, oSti