The North-Carolina standard., 1844-09-11
{ THE LAW-ABIDINa PARTY y

He tLAW-ABIDING PARTY
We have seen very able and eloquent D..
made by Mr.. Barton under the autbo,;,'. poN
Mass Meeting of the democracy of New O.I. va
/" upon the recent City election and the Rr ru'
Uotes J" and the facts it discloses must M, U"
startle every candid person, but prove eptralay
his satisfaction that whatever the Federalis,.
be elsewhere, those of New Orleans cer,.;";
have no claims to be considered the lswoh;1.!
party. The facts disclosed by the documeu. Ts so.
ito be: That Judge Elliott had issued cereo.
of naturalization in l748 cases; that he was che
ed, convicted, and removed from office m e
peachment, for having illegally and witbon -.
thorlty granted these certificates in ninetesn
and it appears that of the I748 the Wbic ~,
Clay Club paid for and caused to be granted 8O1
OF these certificates that the democratic assoc;.,0
obtained and paid for but 200; and that of a.
other 748 the parties obtained and psd for tb.'
themselves So that il appears-and it will srl,.
many with surprise, after what has been said l.,
the Federal prints-that the federal partv o,
party, have caused and procured the issnnr or
Eliiots certificates in the proportion of fo,r :.
one caused to be issued by the democratic no,e
as party; and what will strike the roodor m,;S
still greater surprise is the fact that mtzn E,,.,
ists caused the issuing of the nineteen
certificates, and then impeachcd The .Judrs Ss
complying a0atb their demands" This cert.;DI.
argues but little in favor of federal Justice .nI
gratitude.
But the most extraordinary part of the sto,r
remains to be told. 1t seems that the s,,nro.
Court of the United States has decided over and
again in favor of naturalization certificate f.,
less formal than those issued by Elliott and that
the oath, when taken, confers upon the partv fl.
rights of citizen that the Attorney GeneraIo
the United States had given an opinion in faro,
of the validity of these Elliott certificates: th,
one of their own State Judges had decided that
every person holding these certificates (exceptms
of the ninetecn) was citizen, and forced to sers
on juries; and that notwithstanding these facts The
Federal Inspectors combined beforehand and on
the day of the election excluded from voting The
persons holding these Elliott certificates. becaua
a large majority of them were suspected to be
democrats! After such conduct as this let US not
again hear Mr.. Clay and his followers claim for
themselves the credit of being the only law.abd
ing party in the country. After this, let the natp
rallied citizen consider well before he gives his
vote to Henry Clay.
The Naturalization Laws now require, 1st: A
flee years residence in the United States, and one
of the years in the State wherein the application
is made. Second Proof of declaration on oath
of an intention to become a citizen two wears BE-
fore the application And third, proof BY two
citizens of the United States of the fart
of five years residence and of good character
Such proof in Court of Record, with Ms 9th E
abjuring foreign allegiance and the support Of the
Constitution of the United States, completes The
and entities the person to cerlf
cate cf citizenship Yet certificate thus obtain
ed has been rejected by the Federal inspectors Of
elections in New Orleans, and the Federal party
with Henry Clay at its head, seem now resolved
10 change the naturalization laws altogether, so8
70 require the person to show residence of tur
tyrone gears after signifying his intention to be
:ome citizen! Truly we are running back at
| fearful rate to the days of the odious alien laws
If the elder Adams. What say our naturalizd
citizens to all this?