American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-09-10

tae friends of R.orm-tha, we 20 Cor errnching all
e!Ia "a. ,hpthn,,rrS u. lo pup,c % Saroon
Of ali useless offices, and the correction Of at abuses
u me e''''N' ''"'e''''e ana "''"''''"''''''
Tur \, Laws. We Think that
roo,o,,,b ,,.er,,n man who nos ;esses
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'o"''
"mony whchwe nave S'o'''''e"''''''" ''0' !"
the naturalization laws Is required, IN order 10
Dreseryc the elective franchise from abuse. We
L,., shaun. h.. ,,5..,nt,bIe evidence that TO-
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reign governments "'' ~ '''' instant ''''' -
transporting the" conVc'S and paupeFs to the
United States 20 be converted into citizens and
..,,,--,,j that GROSS frauds have hren prac-
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"''o ~ '''' ~"
e.'cuohS-aou we appeal 10 Il" f'g'It H'"oe"
citizens, whether lis not full time that these aad
,tirr abuses should be corrected. In Philadel-
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ana even tue Sd"C''o" VI " Ju"So 'o' Scu' !" w.
rlons Instances OF naturalization: and yet the
foreipners who wore thus iraudulently made
,,,,a ,,,;,,.,,. >, ovoro;s all ,bo ri,,h,s tb,,s
Illegally cohieEtou upon 'ie"i' ana consequent
ly 10 have weight and influence in the dcc-
eion of electiens. On these and other Doints
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gore the COMMISSIONERS !" h'iaue'p"Ia
John G. Wolf beng duly sWorn-salth:
a have known many Germans who have
come to this country, after the AGE of eInhteen.
that have been naturalized, and unable to hold
\ conversation in the Enplish lanruape at the
lime cf their naturalization. NV opinion is.
that suen persons should remain longer IN the
=,
cd yi,h the Tram. Of oIr Government ne they
would. could they converse in the Enclis6
touruc. Lam myself of German descent, bit
horn in this cuuntrv.
have knowledge Of what consider frauds
unon the naturalization laws Obtained in this
,yav; was one of the grand inpnest. inguiriuo
for the CITY and county of PhladeIDhia. at the
October term of the court of GENERAL sessions.
The indres Of the court were: the Hon. Geo.
". Barton, 4 r. Conrad. and J. NJ. Doran. /
We were Instructed Ia inonire into the subject
of frauds upon fine Standardization law Wedid
So, fullv and mjnutely. particularly in the
.oyit ofrcnpral sessions itself. The result of
that Investigation was a prescntneu,. on or a.
bout the 25ih of October. IS4O, The facts sta
;ed in i are inst and truc. and yycre fully insti
fed bv til, evidence before us and iuspeCtlou of
,hr nSpcrs. wish TO refer to Tins present
~nrot ~ mart Of my evidence. il was made mn
der full sense of our responsibilitv as Jurors
Alter MAKING this presentmeut. and REMAINING
IN session several DAYS. expectinr the action Of
the Commonwealth officers up5n it. we were
DISCHARGED. have notes IN nv possession, of
evidence taken in the grand jurv corroboratir
the statements have made.
H"h'uei - hoo"'"S' hS'!'' o7'"a uuiy d'l1'"'-
ed, dcposeth as follows:
HAVING served on committees of naturaliZa- ,
fion. | believe the excitement ALWAYS incident
In an election Frequently induces applicants
and those who vouch for them. to swear falsely; I,
and believe that, if naturalization papers were
refused by the courts for three months previous
20 an election, treat frauds would be pre-
vented.
believe that foreign convicts have been in
troduced into this country This belielis found
ed upon injuries made and papers read by NE
and district: IN which establishment have had
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T'P'1, "'s' W. % WY ','o
siL'pS OF the Northhrh l'ocrt'cS ahu c''"' OUT
c|''l'o' 'IoM seJ'ly 'ns pt''gu
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III t',' "'''''-'o'So t0""o" ''"S'u ~ ''' 'nNI ~
hau peem CONVEX a"'o"", ana VIC se!'' MN
PACK 10 DFc"'G''' "' MS "'" request
10 thS s'Atu 'l'e''oS''o'y ahHe"eu u sd'u
commlss'oh-
t'e' answering says +
IN answer 10 'hiS ii'tef'o9atoFy t,e oeponeht
says, nave no otner knowi9oge 'llal' SHco as
may be contained IN the following narration;
The number OF em'grantS "h'ch arrived al the
port OF fhI'iadeipNna ABOVE TWO years Oh age