American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-04-24
l.gsuericau S3eDabstcau,
AND BALTIMORE CLIPPER.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL ii, 1915.

ghc Signature OF the Mayor to become a law.
Thr unanmty with which it was passed gives
assurance Of the disposition OF the municipal
,luthoritcs to sustain the faith and honor Of the
:s.aIe 50 iaI as Baltimore is concerned.
Tue lIARRIeBuRG ApDREss. The Address
Of the American Republican Convention which
assembled Mt Harrisburg, Pa, in Febrnary last,
has been some time before the public; and we
nave now ON onr table, reply to that Address,
published by Mr.. VIM. J, Cunningham, Puila-
delphia. 1t is not our purpose TO review either
the address or the rcpiy and we refer 10 them
Tor tn single purpose OF extracting some sem
fences from the latter, which we think deserve
to be noticed. The writer OF the Reply is OPP
posed to the proposed extension of the natural
lzation laws to twenty-onc years residence,
but is in Elvor of such changes as he believes
would tend to prevent imposition. He says:
But there ought to be an alteration in our
naturalization laws; at least in their mode of
execution. 1t is believed that much fraud and
perjury exist in their administration. Without
,hen extending the time let there be more
guards provided in new enactmcnts. Let the
District Courts of the United States alone have
,;.ht IN rocnive decloro,ioos and confer certif-
aates Let perjury or fraud be sufficient for
ever to dcbar the applicant from the privilege.
And another provision might be Incorporated
"a the law, that of an increase OF what It's COM
monty called head-mOney, TO be collected for the
benefit of the city or town where the alien ar
c,7es. Some such provisions, It Is OelloVed,
"su'G DC "''eiuou Win nui a,'r
Ie.snncd y
It ;s certain that wbcthcr the time be or he
,,, ov,orlcd tho Ioy,s should no 50 altered Nc
/, ,,rovo,t the frnuds and reriuries which the
r,,ita, admits ox;st in their nresent admiuistra
t,o, Tbe l,v,s -, tho .uh;rct of naturalza-
lion are palpablv defective, in not recurring
dissertation or the nerson to he giyen in the GER
s;f.,tn and in oth .r ,,rticrl,rs which we In ve
lore,,G,rp noticed
7v;th all tb,, il e,;5 in .ho RcnIy in r.snact
"a tho iunroprietv of connecting fine subject of
q, chanro !, naturalization laws with thot of
rcIig;on wo heartily concur In advocating
,he American Rennbl;can PARTY we seek 20
correct obuscs and to nreserye our elections free
FINN, corruo.;op-hnt we bave EXPRESSLY and
-,a,,o,, l,,,,,,, ,,,,r t,r,,, INSTRUMENTATION
,aro- 80 o,,noot rolio,;,,,, with III. discussion
.,d eva ,o..oo ,.;,h ,h, invita-, tbo Po,I,,
Shat No ,oi,4;c,I r,rtv On, snccoe5 IN ,his roun-
tr ,,,i,;oh with this ~ that denovirotio,
az Omissions The constitution or the conn
,r, o,,r,ots,s rerf,ct r,eodor, of o,inion in
roI;,,;o,, ,o,+tsr.. aud 700 shou,3 all he salts.
fed to enjoy the rights thus secured, without
attempting to interfere with the rights of our
ueirbbors. 1t is an old and a true maxim, that
"the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the
Church. y for persecution always begets sympa-
thv and favor. But were it otherwise-were we
certain that, by blending religion with party
eva should be able to trample any religious de-
nomination under foot, we could not he Undue
ed thus 10 act, for we have an utter adherence
of RELIGIOUS intolerance-and we maintain that
no man can be n genuine Christian in belief, or
a true follower of the Saviour's doctrines and
practices, who will ploscrbe and petsccute an
other for mere difference in mode of worship or
belief. Whatever then may be the course puT-
'uou III o'0i ''0''0''S - ''o - - y ''l-
er individuals, we are resolved tha'' under no
circumstances, VIII we connect pol'tlcS ana re-
i'g'ous scctaranlsm' with the latter we nave
nothing TO DO, being entirely incompetent TO
decide as to which sect Is rSht ana when
wrong, and perfectly content that we are per-
United to ENJOY our own opinions without mo-
lestation.
THE MISSING PACKETS. Captain Spawn of
Che shin Norman, of Boston, arrived at New
York from Mobile, states that on his outward