St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-08-11

can journals make the necessary cOrrsctlOn
and thus relieve themselves Of the odium
attached to wllfM slanderers. !" z +. .=.55 =5=s
II As one Of the presses appealed to, we.
hasten, st the earliest moment our leisure
would permit, to make what the Pioneer
calls ethe necessary correction" in this
mattersof South Carolina, . Democratic
State, having set the example which
Know Nothing Massachusetts, followed, of
prescribing foreign born citizens from the
exercise Of the elective franchise for two
years after their becoming "citizens" by
naturalization. The Unnecessary correc-
ton" however, which we feel called upon
to make, Will hardly comfort cur friends
Of the Pioneer very mnch. In the Char
lesion lAr'uury Of July 10th; the day af-
ter the above article from the Pioneer ap-
peared, the following article was publish
cd. It viii be seen that it contains the
retraction of Mr.. Deputy Secretary Hunt
of the statements in his letter to the Ger
mania, and the testimony Of the Mercury
and the Southern Gunrdisn, both lead
ing Democratic journals, and the latter
the party organ at the State Capital,t to the
effect, that in 1856 an amendment to the
State Constitution was proposed in Leg
islature unanimously Democratic, and was
finally adopted, which is exactly the. same
as the Massachusetts amendment. Read. :
From the Charlston Mercury, July l6. I =.
THE NATURALIZATION LAWS OF SOUTH
-.... rApnrrNA ,.- -
VIII en- We copied the opinion Of Mr.
VIM. Hunt, Deputy Secretary Of State, We
were aware that it was incorrect, but cour.
tesy suggested that we should not attack
or deride it until Mr.. Hunt was heard
from. We, therefore, gave it the benefit
Of our circulation, which, by favor of the
Southern Guardian, at Columbia, has
brought cut the following card from Mr.
Hunt, and very interesting communica
ton on the subject from a contributor t.
that journal. -a..... ........ 49,
The bill, which became portion Of tn
Constitution by its passage December 20
1856, was introduced in the House 0
Representatives by Capt. E. NJ. Whiting
of the Charleston delegation. It was frs
enforced IN this city at the election 70
Mayor, 1857" o. .5's -. ..'sss@s F%sa
From the Southern Guardian. ~ s2s*
We copied paragraph yesterda..
which We found in the Mercury, relatiy
to the naturalization laws of this State
giving the opinion Of Mr.. Hunt, Deput
Secretary of State, in reply to some inqui
ries made Of him. It will be seen, by tn
card Of Mr.. Hunt and the communicate
in another column, that the former mad
vertantly made mistake, and that, here
after, at State elections, those who hay
become naturalized since the passage Z
the law, will have to be two years citizen
before they can vote b
OrFIcE ,SEcIErAnY OF STATS,
CoLUAB1A, s. c. July Il, 1859.
1 notice in your issue of to day a letter ofmine,
the Germania Cleveland, Ohio, IN reply to an /,
curry Of his ssphether there ,oas q law IN eristen'
IN your State, 1i.franehisiny foreigner for ter
tico gears afterhe hasTecciued his certificate
natnralization, : made By me. As it's not ineun
bent,.pon tbs office to espound The sa,0s Of ii
State, merely ezdnined IN tie midst Of Office bus
ness, tie subject 20 tar as It IS treated
ompilation, not thinking Of tie aci our Lsgisla
ture passed IN Decessber 1856. Yeu toiN thereto
oblige me by tie note and tie act ef lsi
Ohieh ezptains itse!. 6 I.
WILLIAM r. HUNT, ]
~ "a g. "a Sk.k