Year: 1872

was placed on the calendar.


Senator TTumbull, from the judi
ciary committee, reported q bill {


protect purchasers of lands sold 10
non ps yment Of taxes in the late In


surrec;iOnary States.


Senator Sawyer, from the cOmmittel


on education, reported adversely OF


the memorial for the establishment O


educational test suffrage.


Senator Chandler, rising to per


sODal explanation, read letter IRON


a gentleman at Jackson, Michigs n


stating that somebody had sent hin
certain "Tefc-m movement and Lab


eral Republican documents under hi


(Chandler's) frank; that the writel


expressed his astOnishment thereat
aud asked Senator Chandler to send


him no more documents unless they


had the true ring. Senator Chandler
said his frank on the documents was 8


forgery; but as the whole Liberal Re


publican movement was fraud, he


was not surprised that those engaged
therein should resort to forgery.


Senator Upton, in q personal expla'
nation, said he had been almost as
unfortunste as Senator Chandler. de
had sent one Of that senator s speeches
to one of his constituents, and 1t was
returned with the request that If ne
endorsed such sentiments he would
never send his frank TO that constitu
ent again. Laughter.


Senator Cameron called up the bn
to admit six japanese youths to the


West Academy.


Senator Casserly opposed the bill as
unWise, but, Notwithstanding, the bill
passed.


The consideration of the resolution
to investigate the sale OF arms 70 the
French came up, Senator Carpenter
addressing the senate.


Senator Carpenter said that certain
American senators were attempting
to get up an excitement on a state O
facts which had been known to every.
body for a year or more, for the pur.
pose OF affecting the next presidential
election. The senator from Missouri
1SchuTzl had compared himself and
Senator summer in this matter to Cob
den and Bright on the Alabama ques.


ton, but there was one great differ
ence between the cases. Golden and
Brightdid what they could to prevent
their country from committing s


wrong, but after a wrong had been
committed they never moved for 8
committee of investigation with the
purpose in view Of making out
a case against their own country,
Il had been remarked that the Dem.
Ccratie senators took no part in this
discussion, and that fact had been at
tributed to a desire to let the Repub.
licans engaged in it do it all, to injure
their own party; but he had a kindly
feeling for the Democratic party, hav-
ing been member of il as long as he
could be, innOcently, Laughter and
he was willing to give them credIt for
q higher mOtive-sn unWillingneSs to
take any part in so unpatriOtic pro-
ceeding. In this connection he quoted
Rulus Choste's declaratian that the
Democratic party had always burned
with the youthful, vehement, eXulting,
progressive sentiment of nationality


Senator Sumner had said, yester-
day, that this Gaze naturally opened
with the resolution of the French as
That was true; and il was
10 be regret ed that the case, having
opened IN France, had not been al
lowed to close there. Laughter,


Senator Carpenter ssld, in cOlclu-
sion, that he regretted this deb5te, be-
cause Of the effect it would be likely
to have in exciting 9 doubt as to the
wisdom of our naturalization laws.
These laws were based on the theory
that every HaturaliZed citizen wholly
allegiance to the land OF his
birth, and became in the fullest sense
an American citizen; but il man,
coming from a foreign land, seeking
aud obtaining admission TO our citi.
zenship, and at,erward being elected
10 a seat in the United States senate,
and having there place on the COM
mittee on foreign affairs, which gave
nim free accC So 10 the archives aud Sc
erets of our state departmental such
a man, with all his experience and ad-
could not rise above the old
feeling OF allegiance to his native land,
then the people would naturally ask
whether other men with less capacity
and less advantages could do it.


Senator SchuTz asked Senator Car
Denter whether he meant to charge
that he had not cast of his allegiance
10 any foreign country.


Senator CarpenteT-When want to
charge that viii charge it.


Senator Carpenter then repeated
what he had just said about man
who could not fully cast of his ale
yis.nce to his native land, but he pro-
tested against any one charging him
with Know Nothingism, because he
had always opposed it.


Senator Schurz-The senator from
at the close of his speech
has raised cry which has E0t been
heard here to-day for the first time.
When all argument isexhausted then
an appeal to prejudice is in order.
Yesterday we had the general order
,Windle, and if it was not defended,
Il was at least ia some way justified
on the plea that the foreign import
ers were at the bottom OF the COM
plants. We hear another scandal
resting on charge OF corruption and
defended on the ground that the at
tack on il is an appeal to the preju-
dices OF foreign-bOrn citizens OF this
Gentlemen, 1 tell you that
this will be OF no avail. The people
want a good and just government.
The people are rising up against cor
ruptiOn wherever 1t shows its head,
and you cannot dISSuade them from
their purpose by saying that the gen.
eral order business In New York is di-
rected against foreign importers or that
this is q question which is to affect
the political sympathies of German
born American citizens. 1t is Of no
avail gentlemen, and you had better
give il up. / ask the senator from
Wisconsin whether be charged me
with any unpatriotic act OF motive?
t4e did it--not directly-but he did it
by inuendo. 1t would have been more
had he stood up here and
said to me-"NO; you have not cast on
your allegiance TO the foreign power
of which you were formerly subject,
and you are at the present moment q
traitor to American interests" In
stead of making that charge, he tried
to turn it 50 as to give the people to un-
his meaning without having
the courage to bring it forward plainly.
Sir, do not stand here to make de-
tense of my patriotism. / did not
come to this country yesterday; l
have been here for twenty years. and
If the senator from Wisconsin can
point out q single instance where there
was a sacrifice demanded OF nae that l
have not msde-where there was a
service that l could render that l have
not rendered, where there was an act
of patriotism that I could have per-
formed that have not performed
lei him say 80, No, sir; this 10 not
brought forward as something to
benefit the foreign government. l
knew very well that when this dis
cussion b gun it would be attempted
on the part OF those who justify any
thing that the administration may 90
TO give it a turn ike that to appeal to
the preiudices OF the people in order
to cover up what was wrong.
I ranest. gentlemen, do not indulge in