The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-07-21
THE NATURALIZATION BILL.

ners amendment, striking the wOrd WhiIe
out of the naturalization laws, came up, an
desperate efforts were made by Sumner. Pom
eroy, Trumbull. and other leading Radical Sen
ators, to defeat it, Sumner, in his usual pomp
Gus style, harped ut great length on the Dec
laration of Independence until Morton, of lndi
ana, getting tired of it, informed Mr., Summer
that the Declaration of independence had M
application to the question under debate, ant
used the following language:
| Therefore. the question as to whether shall
invite Cinnamon here by naturalizing them. Is not
question of natural right to be discussed from thu
high point the Senator tSumnerl has been talk
ing about here tonight at all. but 1t is simply ques
ton of expediency, question of policy"
The vote was reconsidered and Summers
amendment defeated by a vote of Ii yeas to
80 nays. Sumner announced, during his re-
marks on the motion, that. "whateyer may be
the result. give notice that l shall not cease
my effort | shall continue ii 10 the end.
am soldier for the war, aud until | see this
great Declaration living letter, shall never
intermit my eudeavors."
He never tagged or weakened on the negro
question, and he kept hammering away at it
in the Senate until he succeeded in making
citizens OF the negroes. He now atfirms that
he will never cease his efforts To bring about
the same result in regard 10 the Chinese. The
Republican party for years denied that they
intended to confer the right OF suffrage on the
negroes of the neutrality-suspicious. even affect
ing 10 consider such charge an insult but
when Sumner aud Wendell Phillips took the
lead and announced that such should be the
policy Of the Republican party, the masses Of
that party. like So many sheep blindly followed
them, large proportion of them. even while
doing SO. discaning any intention OF inaklng
voters out of negroes The only thing which
prevented the Senate from adopting Summers
amendment was the prospect that in 80 doing
n the coming elections Senator's Stewart and
" illams made frantic appeals TO their Radi.
nj brethren. imploring them not TO pu, the
lestinies oil this nation into the hands of josh
vorshipers." IS il would awaken the white /
men oil the coantry 10 realizing sense of the /
laugers cncOmpassing them. aud open their /
yes Ia the pcrtiiy and villainy committed By /
he Radical party through their Representative
ud Senators. aud the general decentralization |
nd damnatlon Of the Radical party would
blow from such an iu.poIliic measure in less
han two years. The question has no: We, been /
gitased quite long enough 10 prepare the |
linds of the people Ia Euch \ great change. |
nd therefore Sumner will have ample uppor. /
nifty in which 10 dwell at length upon tn. un.
,gtunaie condition OF hls Monaghan. pig tailed /
reihrcn. and will doubtless write an appendix
} his lecture on Caste" whcrrln will b. dc.
cted the cTgelsirs practiced upon iha, unlor.
mate race of rai-caters. and the high and
1cicnt civilization of the Johns" cuIogizcd
! being superior aud paramount; 10 that Of all
her nations. Another amendment. on the
me day. was offered By Mr Warner. which
ct with better success II il ia follows:
4" A#d 81 Il fsr;A<T ssacso That The naturalization
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and To persons OF African dcscent'
his amendment WIS adopted By voic of
to IL. Immediately after which Sumner
.aIn offered bis amendment to strike ont the
ord white" Mr.. TrumbuIl appeared exceed.
ely anxious that the Senate should not act su
consistently as to vote down Summers amend 4
ent. after admitting the negroes In speak. il
2 on this amendment. he used the following n
nguage: c.
We have now by dsstinc. vote placed upon this
] provision that auy person of tho African race
of African descent may bc naturaiiscd. We have
uck the word white out of the naturalization "
IA 80 far az IL applies to tho Hottontos TO the pa
, from Africa Now. IL Ia proposed 10 deny tho :
ht OF naturalization tn the Chinamaa who is ina C.
ely above tho African in intelligence in manhood 49,
IN every respectf The amendment we have "
'pted IL not al amendment applicable TO the Afr af
living In the United States IL IL an amendment
horizing people from Africa to rome here aud be
uralt1ed. II opens the whole continent Of Africa |
ere are to DO found the most degraded examples q
man that exist on the face Of the earth pacaps
nibaa, men who worship beasts who do net com. OF
Q IN intelligence at all with the Chinese. r.
amendment was again defeated BY 6,
ote of IL yeas to % nays, the balance Of mr.
Senators being absent or paired.
ir. Trumbul admits that be Ia in favor Of,
voted for. the bill which passed the Sen. co
placing 'the most degraded examples OF Al
! that exist on the face of the earth" upon by
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