The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-03-07

Ipublicans engaged in it do all they could
TO lnJure their own party; but he had a
kindly feeling for the Democratic party,
having been member Of it as long as he
could be innocently Oaughter,) and he
was willing to give them credit for q
higher motive unwillingness to take
any part in so unpatriotic proceeding
Mr.. Sumner had said yesterday that this
casa naturally opaned with the resolution
OF the French Assembly that was true, and
it was to be regretted that the case, hav.
ing opened in France, had not been al
lowed to close there. Uaughter) Mr.
Carpenter said in conclusion that he re-
grstted this debate, because Of the effect
It would be- likely to have as creating q
doubt as to the wisdom Of naturalization.
Z These laws were based on the theory that
eyery nstu1alzed citizen wholly re-
, nnunced allegiance to the land of his
, birth, and became liz the fullcat sense an
American citizen. But if man coming
from foreign land, seeking and obtain
u ing admission TO our citizenship, and
afterward being elected to o seat in the
: United States Senate, and having there a
place on tina Committee on Foreign At
fairs, which gave him free access to the
!, archives and secrets Of our State Dep&part-
inen.-if such man with all his expert
erce and advantages could not rise ABOVE
the old feeling Of allegiance to his native
land, then the people would naturally
, ask whether men with less capacity and
; less advantages could do it,
MIR. Carpenter concluded By protesting
against any one charging him with Know
nothirgisn, because he had always OPP
; tposeG it.
Dir. SchurE. The Senator from Wiscon.
SIN. at the close Of his speech, has raised
T g cry which has not been raised here to-
| day for the first time. When sill argu
ment IL exhausted, then an appeal to
lprejudico IL In order. Yesterday we had
G the general order swindle, if not defend.
ca, at least in some way justified, on the
= plea that foreign importers were at the
; bottom Of the complaint against it, and
. TO day we hear another scandal resting
on charge Of corruption. defended on
g the ground that the attack on it is an ap-
= peal to the prejudices of foreign born
: citizens Of this country. Gentlemen, [
1 tell you that this will be of no avail. The
people want good and just Government.
4 lie people are rising up against corrnp
7 tion wherever it shows it's head, and YOU
? cannot dissuads them from their purpose.
asked the Senator from Wisconsin,
VIII ether he charged me with any unpat-
riotic act or motive. He did it cot di-
rectly, but he did it by Spuen@o It would
have been courageous had he stood ND
here and said to me: "No; you have
not cast off your allegiance to foreign
power, Of which you were formerly q
= subject, and you are at the present mo
e ment traitor 20 American interests' "
! Instead Of making that charge, he tried
to turn it SO as to give people to uAder-
stand his meaning. without having the
courage to bring it forward plainly. Sir,
l do not stand here to make defence OF
? my patriotism. This resolution is not
: brought forward as something to benefit
any foreign Government. knew very
} we'll that when this discussion begsm il
would be attempted on the part of those
who justify anything that tho Admins
tration may do to give it turn like that,
to appeal to the prejudicss of the people
In order to cover up what WAS wrong
The Senator from Wisconsin cannot
brighten me by saying "Our country
right or wrong." In certain sense say
so too My country il tho United States
and say my country IN the right, to
be kept right; and if wrong, to be eel
right"
Mr.. Morton said if the Senator from
Massachusetts, and Senator from Missouri
could succeed in establishing their case,
the effect wou bo to make case fol
Prussia against this country. According
RI kEr r'a
Alabama case, Prussia would have q claim
against us for consequential damages
amounting to hundreds of millions, for
> she could maintain that by supplying
y France with arms We had prolonged the
siege of Paris, and thereby put her to
enormous additional outlay and loss.
MIR. Conkling said that Mr. Simmer
had tried to make out stronger case for
> Prussia against AS than our case against
Great Britain, because he had argued
that France, when she got those arms
from US, was PROSTATE and unarmed, and
therefore, we had not merely furnished
one Of the belligerents with arms, but
: had actually set her on her feet again,
and enabled her to continue the war.
Mr.. Morton continued. I shall vote for
this resolution, because know as well
as know aaytElng that has not trans
pired in my own presence, that this whole
inquiry is 8 sham and pretence without
foundation whatever, and, may say,
know it will result in the viRdication Of
; the Government; and shall vote for this
resolution for the purpose of squelching
the scandals that haVs been scattered
abroad from here for mere political effect /;
but if thought there was reason to be-
lieve that the Chief of Ordnance, or any
body else in my Government had done
xwrovr. cLorl1 Dcot veto. FIR fha roao r., IN