The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-11-25

home !, and he snys. if ysu will be q tee.
totalism.' ear have nice clothes like
he has, and good b eakfasts and pretty
books 10 read on Sunday q, papa,
won't you be one2 ..
The little humanity, away 'lown, Gov
! cred ever 50 deep and so long with drunk.
eutess aod wretche6ncss. was reached at
( last The bottle Of run was never
! drank Willies papa bscame good
teetoteller and, if Willie didu't fare
! as nicely as Freddie. he certainly had all
: that was necessary far comfort and hap
! piuess
4 took tea last fall, with Willie said
: Mr Sinclair. He had just closed up
! his theological stndies. ana now ne i, a
minister os the gaspel.'
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JuDGg GouLn on NATURALIZATION.
! The Hon Geo. Could Of Troy while
I holding circuit of the Supreme Court
: in the Third District, was applied to by
= stout Hibernian for bis papers in
; the manner following, to wit,
The clerk informed tho Judge that
the man wished TO be natutalizsd, and
that bc ttho clerk, proposed to conduct
the matter, as usual, at bis own desk.
without inter,up'iug the Court. The
Judge replied that he knew Of no 5usi-
psss moro important than giving . man
the full rights Of an American citissn,
and that be would himself conduct the
proceedings in open Court.
Tha applicant ,hereupon produced bis
certificate of intention, and his witne,ses
as to residence, good character, Sc, Af
, ter. the following coIloquy ensued.
! Judge-You say you prefer living 10
this country TO returning 10 Ireland
will you tell me why2 ......l.
! Pat--This is a land of liberty, your
honor. ,..,, ...-.,...
: Judgs-You show that you are at.
! tached to our Institutions, what are
, they2
! Pat-(No answer
Judge-Who governs ths county?
Pat--Tbs President. shurs.
Jungc-- Who makes the laws
Pat-Sish as yer honor
Judgs-No; I only administer .hs
laws. Who governs this State
? Pat mo answer.)
+ Judge-Mr. cleri, band NE the blank
. form of the naturalization oath. This
being handed to the Court. he addressed
tho applicant again There is in this
oath clause by which your are TO swear
that you will support the Constitution
! Of the Usited States
Pat-Ob, Yes, yer honor I'm rssdy
/ to swear to that. . .... l.,
Judge-Did you ever road that Con
stitutiou
Pat-No, yer honor.
Judge-Or word of it
Pst-No, yer houor.
Judge-Did you ever hear word of
it read
Pst-No, yer honor,
Judge-Can you read and write2
Pat-Yes, sir.
Judge--Do you know one word that
10 in the Constitution of the United
S,s.ss2
Pss-ladeed and do not, yer honor
Judge--You have lived 10 this coun.
t,y nearly six years you can read and
| write, aud you have been all this tino
intending TO become citizen here, yet
yop have never. taken the trouble 10
learn or know one word of the ius:ru.
ment yoa ale nov ready 10 take sol.
smn oath to support Az American
born here, and living here until be is
twenty -one. years Of age, learns more or
less pf the Constitution under which be
lives, as vel IS the rights and dutirs OF
citizenship, AT any rate, whether he
does this or not, be is prs'umed TO have
done it and therefore the laws Of ibs
land give him the right to vote without
the formality of an oath it's his btrth-
right. To those not born on the soil,
the Law applies differeh, rule, and re-
quires from them tle oath nov under
consideration In your ease. hold that
the due, even ,hs decent administration
of that oath depends in part on sho cop-
di,ion that lbs applicant should at least
understand it; and will uevsr allow
such au abuse of the law as would be
committed BY your taking that oath lu
your present circu nst tauces. You can.
not be naturaIigcd by this Court
The above, which is an exact relation
Of an actual occurrence, touches the very
root Of this mater Of Naturalization. and
Of course applies TO oil ns'i0usli,iss {"
well as that Of tbs subisc, Of the stsry.
The evils Of which the A AmericaD" party
profess 10 seek the cure, are the sense'
queues Of the sbpss Of the Ns.uraliza-
tisu Laws, nc, their proper sdmipistrs
ton Had those laws been slssys, and
we're they new, administered With The
integrity of parpose and soumon ssnss
view OF their requirements, exhibited BY
Judge Gould, there you'd be little
ground Of objection, il ANY to The effect
Of their operation. The scattered rsu
nsnts Of the Know Nothing party may
make thsnsslvss consistently usefol in
their day and generation By sodssvorins
TO secure the universal application Of
the sound aud simple principle, Of which
this case is an "xprneut ~. Y. Co"F
r Eng.
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