Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-09-03
THE ALIEN AND SEDTTlON LAWS
OF OLD FEDERALISM

Thomas Jefferson put an ouS 70 thls SSISi
! il for fOrly gears has risen again un
der the hard cider orgies Of 1910, - bu
The election Of JAMES X POLK VIII,
has sneering1y heen called YOUNG
| HICKORY will put an end 10 il again
forty more years, How many coon ed
tors and Orators would be safe from The
the prison walls, ,--if.their old laws were
now in forcef Was Ihe Alien la "
now in force, and had they The Presi
dent, they would send the emigrant home
under i:if'he refused TO be a slave 10
their bidding -Sla'esman. ' ", .
O. ALIEN Law, r
An act concerning Aliens.
IJa8 |. Bo it enacted. &C.. That it shall
be lawful for The President Of lbe United
States, at any time during the cOntinu'
ancs Ol this act, TO order all such aliens
as he shall judge dangerous 10 the peace
and safety OF the Uuiled States, or shall
have reasonable grounds TO suspect are
concerned in any IRRESPONSIBLE or secret
Vaccinations against the government,
| thereof, To- depart out Of The turrllory Of
The United Stares, within such time as
shall be expressed IN such order; which
order shall be served on such alien by
delivering him copy thereof, or leav.
lRg the same at his usual abode, aud re
turned to The Office OF secretary Of stale
by The marshal, or other person 10 whom
the same shall be directed. And in case
an alien so ordered to depart, shall be
'ound at large within the United States
after tne time limited in Puch order for
departure, and mol having obtained a liz
cense from The president 60 reside there.
IN, or having obtained such license, shall
not have conformed thereto, every such
alien snail, on conviction thereof, be i'm
p isoned for term not exceeding three
wears, aud shall never after be admit,
ted 10, become a citizen Cf the Uni
led States: Provided slways, and be
Il further enacted, That if any al
en- so ordered TO depart, shall prove,
10 The satisfaction Of the pres denl,
by evidenca to be taken before such
person OF persons IS The president
shall direct, who are for that purpose
hereby authorized TO admin ser oaths,
that IA injury or danger t. The UnI
led States will arse from suffering
such alien 10 remain therein, the presi.
dent may grant license TO such alien TO
remain within The United States, for
such time as he shall judge proper, and
at such place as he shall designate -
And the president may also require of
such alien to enter into bond 10 the
United States, in such penal sum aas he
may direct, with one or more efficient
securieies, TO the sltsfactiOn Of lhe per-
soL authorized by The president 10 take
the same, conditioned for the good be.
haviOr Of such alien during his residence
in The United States, and not yiolating
his license, which license the presiden,
may revoke whenever he shall think pro.
per. .aa a# 'Waa
~. That it shall be lawful for the
president of the United States, whenever
he may deem il necessary for The public
safety, 10 order to be removed out Of rhe
territory thereof anyalis D.:who mSy y,or shall
be, in prison in pursuance Of this acl ;ahd
10 cause TO be arrested, and sent out or
the United States, such Of those aliens as
shall have been ordered to depart there
from and shall not have obtained license
as Aforesaid, in ailcasss where, in the
opinion Of the president, the public SAFE
ly,requires speedy removal. And ifany
alien SO removed, ,sor sent out oflhs Uni-
ted Slales, by the president, shall volun.
Iarily return thereto, unless,by permission
of the president Of the Uuited SIaiss;
such,alien, on cOnyiction thereof, shalibe
imprisoned so long as, in ths opinion Of
The president, the public safety may re-
quire.
SSs That eveFy master or commander
of any ship Orsvessel, which shall come
into any port Of the Usited States at
Ter the frst day Of July nex;, shall, inn
medialely on bis arrival, make report in
writing, tOihe collector or Other chief Of
iicer of The customs Of such pSrt, Of all
aliens, lf any ,on beard bis syessel, specific
ing their names, age ,the place, of nativity
the country from which they shall have
come the nation TO which they belong and
owe allegiance, their 0cclipa'iOO, and a
description oftheir persons, as laFaS, lie
shall be informed IheFeOfi and on failure,
every such master and commander shall
forfeit and pay three bundled dOlars,. icT
the payment whereof, on default Of such
master or commander such vessel shall
also be hoidsR, and may; by such collsc
tor or other officer Ofthesustoms, be de-.
tanned. And il shall be the duly Of such
collector, or other officer Of tbs customs
forthwith to transmit, 10 the office Of the
ldepaHmeht ofsla:e,tfus cOPissOfGlt such
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