New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-06

Tie express and obvious purpose OF an interval
between Naturalization and Voting is to destroy or
diminish the ten p,ations and facilities noD agordeI
10 The manrtadre Of rioters under party auspices,
for party or personal ends
We desire that Naturalization should be DELHI
crstcly sought by whomsOeyer it raises to citizen
slip because he wishes to become a citizen, not
imposed upon him because some man or party
wishes to have the benefit of bis vote. We pro-
test against the employment of party spies or
scouts to beat up the dark and purlicus of
evs,y great city in search of aliens who can be
persuaded or induced to be run through the Natu.
ralizaou.mill as is now VIGOROUSLY done, and for
oLyioush good reasons. This is the most efficient
Kind Of electioneering but We believe it tends to
degrooe American citizenship and discredit unde-
scrycdly tie whole body Of Adopted Citizens. We
should he quite willing to see the term of residence
before naturalization shortened one year, on cond
ton that no one should vote until he shall have
been four or five months naturalized.
We have no sort Of objection TO the change pro-
posed Is II. r., though do not see that it would
at al correct or modify the abuse we aim at-that
il. the naturalization Of citizens, not under the
proniptirgs of their own judgment and voliton, but
at the instance and under the guidance of some
party recruiting sergeant for that party's some
Candidates benefit. So far as we can see, the
change proposed would rather facilitate this bust
hers, l., abosLing tie heaviest item of its cost
Will II r. please consider these facts: native
American ngrates from Vermont to some place
Just over the line which separates that State from
ours; ard now he is required though an undoubted
voter before he left Vermont, to wait year before
he can vote in New.YoIk. "iIow absurd :" saysa
caSller; "do you mean 10 say that the electors of
Vermont require a years study TO bring them
up sraEuaru or eIecrora quaiincations which
prevails in New.Y"rk Certainly not The
electors If Vermont are, in the average, quite rs
intelligent ard competent as those OF this State
What our Constitution means, then, by requiring
Vcrmouter Ia ,side full year in our State before
he can vote here is to preent NE mportat,oa %
rioters from Iermont (or elsewhere) INTO oar Sate
for ne purpose Of controlling IT'S elections. Aud that
seems To Us pr.ci.ely a. good reason for inter
rofiug an ntryal between Naturalization and
Voting in order to prevent the manufacture OF
voters to decide pending election.
II Rs covert assertion that we urge thirty-two
State legislatures 10 follow the example set by
Massachusetts," is untrue. 1t is the example of
N,w.Yolk. in framing her present Constitution,
that We approve and commend to imitation. And
as To HE guess that We wish 10 "c"nclllate' GER
tain Auercsns, it is simply impertinent. Native
Alnercsnsm being now clearly dead it seems to
Us tie very time to correct the real and obvious
abuses Itch gave it some color of reason, and 81
prevent its revival hereafter. But if others-and
especially Adopted Citizens-think otherwise, We
ale content to leave things they are, only resOv-
ing never to decry sound aud just principle be-
cause it has been or may BE- linked with an oppro-
brous name lea.