, 1860-05-07

feelings, By making and circulating one kind Of
speech in one locality, and another in another,
now and then the closen foo! will show itselG
despite all their efforts. This Was the case ID
the House recently, in tho discussion On The
admission Of Kansas. Mr. Garnett, OF Virginia,
set forth tho Democratic reasons for opposing
bel. admission, and the Democratic, opinion Of
-fofeigners, in the following plain and un1nis.
taxable language. Said be::
~ am no advocate for the admission Of new
States. though may not go, a. far as distiu:
guished man from Virginia, John Randolph,
did, when b. opposed tho admission Of an new,
States; but must say that think tue char8c+.
due respect to'genttehoen who represent new
States--that the character Of this government
amongst the nations Of the earth has been seri
'ously lowered and deteriorated By the rapid
admission Of ne" States. Go to Ainnesots, aud
yon find that nearly half her population Was
conposed'of foreigners, but lately landed upon
these shores; and those men, .Nho have not
been citizens Of the country, ne permitted to
rote after they hare declared their intention to
became citizens-men who are unused to our
1nstitutious-men who hare left their country
for their country's good, probably-meu who
have left their own. country because they had
no visible mems Of support, probably-1nen
probability, to tAA more tgnordat and kss t,a1ua
spfaE vhdt IthmE,"
At this point, Col Ald1ch, who snt writing
at the table, arose, and, stepping out in front
Of the Speaker, called ont "11r. Speaker"i
tones that arrested the instant sttention of the
whole House, when the following colloquy en-.
sued:
Nm. 11Dn1cn-D;d l understand the gentle
mau from Virginia to say that Minnesota was
settled by the: rough; ;scuaa Of .creation-men
In G4asz91 dia 1s not % hsar % tho genteg@sns Sgu1Ss
question-wil JOY repeat it?-
MR: AInh1cH4Did1 understand ths gentle
1uau to say that Minnesota Was settled by peo-
pie Eho had left their country for their coantry's
Mn: G4asErz-1 said, and repeat it, that
iorelgn-born. said that while the foreigu-
born population contained many valuable citi-
zens whom I was glad to see ID this country.
aud to whose virtues I did honor, yet that IA
the yrfat bWk Of thst population there were
some who probably left their country for their
country 8 good; aud that the great bulk Of then.
6t2ongsd al home to the nsor6 ignoraat and 1e,s
uatuab!d czass Of SOCIETY. ::
Nm. A1nn1c1.-7Aat is not the case with tie
population # Ninntsetd; md lake The liberty
to say to the gentlemen that ! am better ac-
! qnainted with them than he is.
The Democracy finding that The more Gar
nett aouudeEed, the deeper be got, (for Barr, q
Democratic representative Of the shoulder-hit-
ters and roudies Of New York city, also pitched
into Garnett for alondering foreigners. and told
him that it was hishmen who were.frst shot
down in defence Of Virginia soil at Hsrper's
Ferry, ltero came to the rescue Of their Vir-
ginia brother, md endeavored to prevent AID
rich from finishing his remarks by objecting to
the interruption. Said Moore Of Kentucky, II
hope the gentlemnn (Garnets) will be allowed to
20 on-.tor Tile to Aear TIL 5ood Ameriean doc-
trine." '"-., -
Mn. GAnSEr7.-Tben," sir, there is another
reason. Look at the population that goes from
our own States into tie new States. 1t consists
generally Of the most energetic men in the COM
/ valuable abroad i-but there is among them 8
large proportion and infusion Of adreaturerx,-
men who go forth on mere political speculation,
who have no conception Of trhat tie ,oord
"hone" means, who place no particular value
On tho hearthsto?9qe;, men who. huve no
doa them as koostly as taty. scoald the
tIof nuers property And 10 while these; men
arc valuable as pio,,ters Of the scikdvn6ss, they
arc the men whose characters nil be developed
a. the character Of the men Of Kansas has been
developed in their brief history ! say that
have M very gsent desire to admit Kansas into
the Union, but do not think the people Of
Kansas haye yet PrDs<d tAfms<lt<s capable Of
aslf-Q6bsrnzaent nor are they the men whom
should particularly desire to see participate in
the govtrnment of any State: and Of the con-
fcderacy.
Il -. IT
where the necessity Of. admitting Kansas, be-
fore she has complied With the [Engli>h) bill? +?
understand gentlemen On the other side Of
the House to support this bill for two reasons; ;
the first is, because the Democratic party hos
said that Eansas shall not be admitted! and they
want to show TINT Kansas shall be admitted.
That is one reason. But they nre practical men
On the other side Of the House. They hare a
practical purpose in view. Admit kunsas and
she will have three electoral votes. The Prcsi-
dentia1 election may be very close, and those
votes zoiA ctttdialy be sirea to The R:pub}iela
to.ainte Therefore, gentlemen on the other
side Of tho House want 10 admit Kansas. Your
bill is to 80 into the House Of Lords, and you
want to creute mora Peers, so as to control tue
Presidential election. You are practical nen-
you are right. You arc wise in your day and
generation wiser than the children Of light.
[Laughter.]
i oppose it not only because do pot think
Kansas a fit and desirable State to bc admitted
into the Union, bnt because do not rant you to
1are tde - at1a4,tonak t1eSeora! Fosts at ~ nsrt
a,'e"t = T. s. rroncr and ;net 1 and IL r;t;
mate motive.
Surely, this announcement Of Democratic
opinion and doctrines respecting new States
and their citizens, ,.especially foreiguera--nnd
their reason for opposing the admission Of Kan.
sas is so plain that none can mistakc it. It is
pLsitive, clear and explicit, But in order to
Prevent AoS "ts'aAc aoou' ~ ae sA'"' Mneo
wv hnteFer gentlemen may think OF the doc
triue it. il fyur doctrinf-Od yi,1iHin d1ctrire
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