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will give way while We take up these resolu
tions singlyt

"rhat We aolenaIy reaasefE tho sAlfeFideut
truths that all men are endowed by their Crestor
with certain ina'ienabie rights, among which
ars those Of life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness [chseEsl; that governments arc in
st1'used among men to secure tho enjoyment Of
Mr: CARTIER, Of Ohio. sntesruptcd-Mr.
fsavsiij III. vasiii6jblSus-Ny colleague vii, ..k no f.
tain the Convention but n,oment. Two hun.
tlfed years ago the philosophers Of Eurore d..
clared to the world that human governments
were based npou human rights, and al Chr,%
tian writers have sustained that docts.ne until
Impressed with this all ,permeatipg truth.
iya and enjoy that liberty, which
enable him to obtain knowledge and puraus
happiness, and GO man has the power to with
hold it from him. prolonged eheers.) Our
as the chief corner stone, the basis upon which
this Federal Government VIA founded By
consent OF all parties, the Supreme Court in
cluded, these wers the primitive, fife-givin e
vita.ising principles ofthe Constitution II Is
because these principles hare been overturned,
dtcei:ed ana destroyed b{ our opRonsnsss; ihss
We prepared and propounded this isaue 10
our opponents. We called on them to meet it.
They have not met it. They put forward the
Supreme Court TO meet it. That court denied
those principles, but the Democratic party to
this day dare not deny them and through tho
campaign, and for four Jears, no Democrat has
stood before tho world denying that truth, nor
will they deny them Vow, propose 10 main
tain the doctrines OF our fathers. I propose to
maintain the fundamental and primal issues up
on which tho government w&s founded. will
because our party was formed upon it It grew
| upon It. It has existed upon it-and when you
leave ont this truth you leave out the party.
Na- -CARTTkR-1c call for the reading of clause
No, in the report Of the Committee:
| question Of order. We have upon our Journal
8 resolution that all questions that come up By
resolution. should be referred to the COMMITTEES
appointed for that purpose, without debate
therefore call upon the President Of this Con,
vention now to enforce the rule.
The ePRESIDENT-The Chair is Of the opin.
iou that this proposition does not come within
the principle OF the rule that the gentleman
| allude* to.
| Mr. LOWRy-Then Mr. President
Mn. CAKTTER-1 wish simply to read in
/ reply to ibis
| GR- L0WRy-well, Mr.. President, move
that the report Of the Committee as prepared
and presented be adopted.
The pRESlDEST-Thc gentleman Is ont o.
order. Ne has not got the floor.
J Yin. CARfTER-lhs only reply wish t.
| lrake On this amendment and the gas expended
! on it, is in clause Of the report, which read:
! A. fol;ows 80 that the maintenance of the prin
| cinles promulgated in the Declaration Of 1nde
| nen, sence aod embodied in the Federal Coosti
fn,ion IS esssntinl 10 the preservation Of oul
/ renubiicao Institutions; md that the Fedora
| Canstitution. the rights Of the States, aud th'
union Of the S:sate.:. mist aud 'aa4t 10 pre-
| served"
| venerable delegate from o. 10 (Giddiugs) in nj
that he has affirmed to this ca. .7Tensiou concern
ing the privileges Of the DecsA Fahon Of lnde
peudence. There arc also many otter trutn
than are enupciated in that Declaratioe1 o. mus
pendeuce-afutha Of science. truths Of p Fslea ss;
science, truths of government, and great a'''
gious truths; but it is not the business, think
IL this Couventiuu, At least it is not the pur.
| pose Of this party. to embrace in its platform
all the truths that the world in all its past his.
tory has recognized Applause. Mr. rzesi.
1enr, l beliey: in the ten commandments, hu:
10 not want theEl in political PLATFORM
| Mr. TRACY-t more that the resolution be
| referred TO the Committee on Resolutions and
The PREsIDEST-Ths motion is out Of
order.
! / DELEGATE from Connecticut move
that the amendment offered by ths gentleman
from Ohio be laid upon the table.
The PRESlDEST-That is out Of order. It
| will take the whole with it. The question must
BE- on the adoption of the amendment.
Amendment submitted aud lost.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
I Nr. WILNUT Of Peunsytvania-1 move that
the resolutions be adopted separately. (Criea
Of" No." ani Take them in d lot" 6s, I
have all amendment 10 offer which believe
will commend Itself " he good sense of every
gentleman here- The amendment is this: in
the 18th resolution we 81! that the Republican
party = opposed to any changein our Sstusali'
zasion Laws, or any State ttgfslasion by which
tile rights OF citizenship hlth 'rto accorded te
immigrants from, fnrcigu lands shalt be abridged
| or impaired; and in favor of giving full and
efficient protection to the rights Of al
classes Of citizens, whether nasiEe o.
na,uralized, both VI home and abroad; !
estate legislation" because it conflicts directly
with the doctrine in the 4th resolution, whlc:
| EeaJa thus:
'tThat the maintenance inviofate Of tHe Right
Of the States. and especially the right o. eac'
State to order aud control its Own domestic IN
ss'tution4 according to its own judgment e1c:s'
syety, IS essential to that balance Of powers on
which the perfection nnd endurance OF our po-
Eti-at fubric dcrcuds; and We denounce tho
Iawless invasion, By armed force, OF the soil Of
any State or Territory, no matter under what
| prs:e1t, as among the graycss Of crimes
The resolution would then rcsd. "That the
Republican party is opposed to any change in
our naturalization laws. BY which the rights OF
| citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants
from foreign lands shall be abridged or i'm
| palre>4.'
| Judge JESSUP. lot pennsylvania, and Chair.
| man OF the COMMITTEES On Platform HThe reA-
sou why these words were inserted in that res
olatson will state. desire briefly to ssatc
| to the convention that the naturalization lawa
| ~ n afA Aatffa I'M
! number Of the Republican party. Il crcat
many Republicans are OF foreign birth, autl
they hare felt that it was due to them that the
Republicans *hnnl't affirm hrst that they DO not
desire 10 Interfere with the present existing
| naturalization laws; secondly, that they -
| ,uralization laws BY the several StA!es. and
that they do not approve Of that legislation
which went to impair the rights which
| the naturalization lava Of the Union
give to natura'lzed citizens. That, Nr.
President, wa. what was intended
stricken out, l state, therefore, that it is not
proposed to Interfere with State rights. 1t Is
| not rrnposed, NOR daes It in the least conflict
with any principle. # it be looked at properly.
before established in these resolutions. 1t sim
ply ai6rms tba. the Republican party is top
| posed to auy change in the naturalization laws.
or auy leSislatiou-St~tc feeis1ation-by which,
the rights Of cit'zens hitherto conferred upon
emgrauts fron1 foreign lands shall BE- abridged
or impaired" Now, wish to know If my
colleague from Pennsylvania atlirms that he is
ready 10 permit, with his conseat, the State Ieg
istatures to impair the rights that are guaran-
| teed, under our laws, 10 ethigrants becoming
citizens. think it is rntsapprehen ion on
the part Of my cotlesgur, Of the true intent and
im rors of this resolution. trust if he looks at
it again. he will withdraw his amendment.
| Mr. WFLM0T, Of Pennsylvania do not
know but misapPrehsnd this clause The
! declaration here reals thus:
| ''That the Republican party is opposed 10 any
| change IN CUR naturalization laws, or anv state
legislation. hy which the rights Of citizenship
h"herto ut ,rded to emigrants from foreign
lants, shall be abridged or iH1nairea."
| Now my amendment was, TO strike out " or
any state legislation" Ny idea WIS this, land
! ycu may judc- whether Was correct or not, J
ihst it eont1ic,ed with the fourth resolution,
! which declares:
'.That tue maintaining inviolase Of tho rights
| the State*, especially Of each State to order
! and eontroi its ON domestic institutions &C.
| eording to its own Judgment exclusively is e,-
! sen,isl to that bl!snce Of power" DC.
| This is 4 broai declaration Of State rights
just declaration Of Sta:e rights and under that
ifauy State in this-erefJ State in this Union
bas perfect power TO prescribe qualification Of
voters Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, OK any
By = change Of ber Coustitution, not only
impair the right Of foreign citizens, but may
modify and impsir the rights vested in uatiye
born citizens. She maJ change her Constitution
aal provide that residence OF two years shall
be required to entitle man to vote. That was
the old Constitution OF Pennsylvania Pennsyl-
vAnia n'ay 60 back she may require that any
person coming from foreign land or from an-
other State ehnll not vote until he
has been 4 re>ident two years, and
on the doctrine Of State rights has abe
notu right to do it; and who has right to
complain. But as there seeus to be doubt Or
mist understanding; ard it has been exclaimed to