The native American., 1838-06-09


and so FAR from being "a panper," was man
OF wealth." When Mr.. BRADY had concluded
his remarks, the cacoefhss ioguendi took posses
sion Of Mr.. Merritt, aud OF he started on cru
SADIE against the English language, plain truth,
and common decency---his success in which
must have filed his iellow-arislocrais with envy.
He said he was desirons al emigranis should be
sent back 10 their native land, and he considered
Alderman Brady "very unchariiable," for wish
ing otherwise. Having delivered himself of his
speech" he resumed his seat, and was then
doomed 10 find his own insigniicance and in
consistency exposed by the individual whom
he had undertaken 10 meet in argument. Mr..
Brady, by gentle iaueado, conyeyin The sug-
gestion tina, Irishmen are not agrafcfid, repre-
hended Mr.. Merritt, who, by selling groceries
Of certain kind. nj a certain rate, has won that
little advance in which he now giories. Ills
customers have chiefly consisted of Irish falni
lies, and he always spoke well OF them (as MIR.
Brady decared) until he discovered that the en-
lightened patriots Of the Thirteenth Ward re-
quired the exercise OF his splendid talents IN our
city Legislature.
But the harmless chaliering Of Alderman Mer-
ritt deserves little notice, while the fierce Ian
guage and sweeping charges Of MIR. Bruen are
before us. Mr.. Brnen attacked Alderman Brady,
the utmost fury; uttering statements which GER
tainly require attention. He declared dat "hs
kne,c that three thousand votes were, in 1894.
fabricated on the oath Of single eonric;''
and repeated this statement, only emitting that
the fabrication Of the votes was not on the oath
of one person. We are glad Mr.. Bruen made
this statement, because il affords us the means ot
showing how corrupt and dangerous he is, how
unmindful of his duty as n citizen, or how totally
destitute of yeracity. He states that he h,oDs
personally that three thousand individuals were
illegally naturalized in 1894, in this city. lfths
be true, why did not Mr.. Bruen, al the time the
votes were Fabricated does he not now
institute criminal prosecution against the ille-
gal voters, and the person or persons who are
alleged to have perjured themselves when the
votes were ''labricated," or against some Of the
offenders! How great is his presumption in call
ing himself good citizen, and a friend to his own
countrymen, and an upholder Of '.the constitution
and the laws" when, according to his own state
ment, he knew in 1884 of the commission oi
three thousand perjuries, and took no step what
ever to have the periurers arrested! Is this up
holding the laws! Is this preventing crime and
infany? Is this protecting the rights Of citizens!
We will explain the reason why Mr.. Bruen did not
endeavor to expose the perurers he speaks Oh
they aoere neuer committed. II is utterly i'm
possible that Mr.. Br,en's statement can be true,
unless the clerk Of The court IN s0hich The three
thousand aliens anere illegally nafuraLized vio-
he did so, Mr.. Bruen can easily detect and prore
his gull, and haze him punished We beg our
readers to recollec this and to be careful in pc
rusing the following proofs Of the statement we
have just made.
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order to entitle an alien to become a citizen ol
the United States, he must haze declared on oath
or affirmation before some court of record, hav-
ing seal and clerk, and possessed Of common
law jurisdiction, before acrcuit district court
of the United States, before clerk Of either of
the said courts, at least t,co gears before has adj
mission, his intention to become citizen, and to
renounce allegiance to any foreign Government.
When an alien declars his intentions, he is fur
nished with certificate Of the fact by the clerk
of the court where the declaration is made; which
certificate must be, and always is, impressed with
the seal of such court. When he applies for ad-
mission as citizen, he must produce this cel IL
fcate, or another Of precisely the same kind, un-
less the declaration was made in the same court
in which he applies for admissions; in which case,
the clerk by referring to the records, can always
ascertain if the declaration were duly made. The
production of this certificate under seal, or finding
the declaration in the records of the court admit
ting the citizen, is in all cases indispensable to
the admission Of the alien, unless he proves that
he has continued to reside here since 18th June,
1912, or that he arrived in this country under Is
years of age, and resided here five years, incu-
ding the three years preceding his attainment Of
majority. Unless this be proven, each alien who
seeks TO obtain admission as a citizen illegally
must perjure himself, procure another person to
DO the same, forge such certificate as is above
mentioned, and counterfeit the handwriting of the
clerk, and the seal Of the court from which the
spurious certificate would purport to emanate.
This proves that Mr.. Bruen's statement cannot
possibly be true. But in every point of view il
is SO absurd, and so preposterous, that no man in
his senses can believe it. We defy him to sub
stantate his assertion by any reasonable or credi-
table testimony. He might as well endeavor to
show that the moon is an iccle, or that Alderman
Merritt is gentleman.
When Mr.. Bruen made this gross charge which
we have confuted, Alderman Ingraham, whose
GOODNESS, and eloquence, and good Judgment,
make him SO formidable an antagonist to the ars-
tocrats, exposed the fallacy and injustice Of Mr..
Bruen's statement with much force of argument