New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-25
NATURALIZATION.
Union.

Three days remain-Saturday being the last
wherein those entitled to naturalization may pro-
cure the necessary papers whereby they may be en-
titled to vote on the 9th of November. That duty
should be neglected by none, and that Zone may
plead ignorance Of the necessary steps to lis fulfill
ment. and for the information of those who stand
in need of it, we give an abstract of the law.
There are two classes of "aliens" who may be-
come ctizens-those who, if free white persons
came to this country since they beca ne twenty
one years of age, and those who arrived before
they attained their majority. 1st. Of the first
class:
One proposing to become a citizen must have
fret "declared on oath or affirmation before the
Supreme, Superior, District, or Circuit Court OF
some ole of the States, or of the Territorial
Districts of the United States, or Circuit or
District Court of the United States" or the
Clerks of any of them, two years at least before
admission, his intention 10 become citizen, and
TO renounce all other allegiance. This preliminary
having been complied with, The applicant is to ap-
pear before either of the Courts named, and de-
clare on oath CT affirmation that he will support:
the Consultation of the United States, abjure abso
uely all other allegiance, and renOunce any title of
nobility If he has held any, in the State or Kingdom
whence he came. If, then, the Court is satisfied
that the applicant has been resident of the United
States five years, aid resident Of the State or
Territory where the Court is he'd one year, on the
testimony of another person. and also that he is OF
good moral character, and attached to the princi-
pies of the Constitution then he is entitled to ctl-
zeDsbp and will receive naturalization papers TO
that effect And if any person shall die before he
is actually natnrazed but after having complied
with all these acquisitions, then his widow and
children shall be entitled to citizenship on taking
the prescribed oaths. But any person who was
resident of the United States at any time bet "een
the 18th of June, 1885, and tie 18th of April, 1872,
and has continued to reside here, or one who
resided here at any time from the 29th of January,
1895. to the 18th of June, 1893, may become
citizen without the preliminary notice of Intention
Any Court of Record having oommOn-law jurisdic'
tor, with q seal ard CLERK, is q District Court
within the meaning of the act
OF the second class, or those who emigrated
when minors:
These become citizens it, when their parents
we're nsturaized, they were under 81 years of age.
Those also are citizens who were born abroad,
provided their parents were or had been citizens
of the United States. And those may become
citizens without the previous declaration Of inten-
ton who have resided in the cOuntry the three
years next preceding their coming of age, and who
have continued to reside here for FIVE years up to
the time of application for citizenship, including
the three years of their majority.
Such are all the essential steps to become cit
izen of this Republic. Let all who have hereto
fore taken the first step by declaring their inten-
ton of becoming citizens, and all who, by reason
Of their age on their coming to this country, are
entitled TO claim the rights and privileges OF cit
izenship without the preliminary declaration, go,
between low and Saturday nght-the sooner the
better-before the nearest Court, having seal
and clerk and, by getting their naturalization pa
pera, qualify themselves to have vcice-unless
they vote the Fusion ticket which is for nobody in
particular-in choosing the next President OF the
United States.