The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-12-06

spect to birthright and right Of expatriation,
aud the duty OF allegiance and protection,
and the law of treason crowned heads held
to the ancient dogma, "Once a citizen al
"ways citizen" If a mau was so misera-
BILE as to be born the slave of tyrant, he
must remain his slave forever. lie could
never renouncc his i'll fated birthright,
could never expatrtate himself to seek Tor
a better country, and could never forswear
the allegiance which bound him TO his
chains. He might emigrate. he might take
the wings of the morning and fly to the ut
termost parts Of the earth-might cross seas
and continents, and put oceans and rivers,
and lakes and mountains, between him and
the throne in the shadow of which he was
born-and he would still "but drag length
"ening chain" Sill the dpspotism might
pursue him, find and bind him as a subject
slave. If America beckoned 10 him 10 fly 10
her for freedom, and to give her the cunning
and the strength of his right arm to help 10
ameliorate her huge proportions and to work
out her grand destiny, the tyrant had to be
asked for passports and permission to exDa-
triate. Bat they came-lol they came! Our
laws encouraged them to come. Before l776
Virginia and all the colonies encouraged i'm
migration. 1t was necessity as well as a
policy of the whole country. Erly in the
Revolution the kings forces hung some OF
the best blood ofthe colonies under the max
i'm, "Once citizen always citizen" They
were traitors if found fighting for us, be,
cause they were orcesubjects. Washington
was obliged to hold hostages to prevent the
application Of this barbarous doctrine of ty-
ranny. A last our struggle ended, and our
independence was recognized. George LII
was compelled to renounce our allegiance
to him, though we were born his subjects.
But still, when we came to our separate ex
istenCe, we were called on to recognize the
same odious maxim, still adhered to by the
despots of Europe, "Once a citizen always a
"citzen." Subjects were still told that they
should not expatrate themselves, and Amer
ica was warned that she should not natural
ize them without the consent of their mon
arch masters. Spurning this dogma, and
the tyrants who boasted the power to iaforee
it, the fourth power which the Convention
Of 1887, that formed our blessed Constitu
ton, enumerated, is:
"I he Congress shall have power to establish u
uniform rule OF naturalization"
The meaning of this was, to say bypublic
law to all Europe and her combined courts,
I''Your dogma a citizen always IA
"citizen'' - shall cease forever as to the Uni.
ted States Of North America. We need pop
ulation to smooth our rough places, and 10
make our crooked places straight; bat above
and beyond that policy, we are, with the help
of God, resolved that this new and giant land
shall be one vast asy lum for the oppressed
Of every other land, now and !orever That
is my reading Of or law Of Liberty. Those
born in bondage might raise their eyes up
in hope Of better country! They might
and should if they would eXPa.riate them
selves fly from slavery and chains, and come
Ho! every one Of them come to our conn
try and be free with US! They might for
swear their allegiance to despots, and should
be allowed here to take Nm oath to liberty
and her flag, and her freedom, and they
should not be pursued and punished as t al
tors. When they came and swore that our
country should he their country, we would
swear to protect them as if in the country
born--as if fnatves--i. e., as naturalized cit
izens, and they should be our citizens, and
be entitled to our protection. And this was
in conformity to the only true idea Of mat
"uraIization," which, according to It's legal
as wen as its genealogical sense, means
"when one who is an alien is made a natu-
oral subject by act oflaw and consent Of the
sovereign power of the State" The con
sent of our sovereign power is written in the
Constitution Of the United States, and Con
Igress at an early day after its adoption pasi
sed acts of naturalization. The leading stat
ute is that of April II, 1902. Il provided
that any alien being free white person
may be admitted to become citizen Of the
United States, or any Of them, on the follow
ing condition, and not otherwise:
First: That he shall have declared, on
oath or affirmation, before the Supreme
Superior, District, or Circuit Court Of some
one Of the States, or of the territorial dis
trcts Of the United States. or a Circuit ol
District Court Of the United States, three
years (two years by act Of May 2G, 1924.
a! ,eas' I oetose ms MS aunllsslon' INA. y wa
ms C0"?I1e Intention l tn 70 become c'it|sh .
Etne United o'ateS' ana 10 10 renou"ee ioreHe
AL allegiance anu naeHSy 20 any 'oretai
prince Po'Gh''a.e' o'a'e' or sovereignty
whereof .i' sucn Ia amen may AZ 'le 'l'ne oe
citizen or sGolec' ts,s..,ae ~.
second: nav nc s'sa.'' az tng 'Ip'e 81 y, -
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or Gihr!natlon, DetOfe SORe onc OF the court