James Buchanan actually said...

This bill, which proposes to give him land at an almost nominal price out of the property of the Government, will go far to demoralize the p...

This bill will prove unequal and unjust in its operation, because from its nature it is confined to one class of our people.

We ought ever to maintain the most perfect equality between native and naturalized citizens.

By what authority have they inquired into the causes of removal from office, and this from the parties themselves removed, with a view to pr...