The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-10-22
miscellaneous.
Fraudulent Naturulizstions.

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Elsewhere we have spoken Of the
general plan of fraudulent voting u
doptedby the Democratic politicians
for the purpose of securing Demo-
cratic majorities at Tuesdays cleo
ton. Now a word concerning the
Ninth District. We do not make
the charge that EDWARD FENwIcK
Dickinson Of Fremont has secured
his election to a seat in Congress
by fraudulent exercise of his Off
cial powers as Probate Judge of
Sandusky county, but we do charge,
knowing whereof we speak, that
there are hundreds Of naturalization
certificates scattered through Erie,
Sandusky, aud Ottawa Counties,
dated since the nomination of Il. Il.
DICKINSON, bearing his signature,
and the official seal of the Probate
Court of Sandusky County, which
certificates are in the hands of ali
ems who have not been in the Unit
ed States FIVE years and hence are
not entitled to be naturalized.,-
These papers bear evidence Of fraud
upon their face, and EDWARD FEN
WICK DICKINSON will have an OPP
portunity to prove that he has not
committed a felony by falsely max
ing and disposing Of certificates of
naturalization to secure his own
election to Congress.
The law Of naturalization is this;
"No person who shall arrive in the United
States shall be admitted to become citizen
thereof who shall notyfor the continued term
Of Eve years next preceding h s admission
ns aforesaid have resided within the Uuitcd
States without being Al Rny time dnring III 3.
said five years out 'of tie Territory Of the
United States Il Duulaps LII ~ vi the Uni-
ted STAKES, l7ss-ls5G page t8a ,'r.r ...
The law providing a penalty for
the issue and use of false and
fraudulent certificates of naturali
zation, is found on page 4Q4 Of the
abovenamed volume and reads as
follows: s.,H s-i. 1srlf .....
SRo. Ia. That fany person shall falsely
make, forge or counterfeit or cause or pro
cure to be falsely made, forged or counter.
feited any certificate or evidence Of citizen
ship, referred To in this act; or sha pass,
utter, or use as true, any false certificate of
citizenship or shall make sale or dispose Of
any such certificate to any person other than
The person TO whom il was originally issued
and to whom il may OF right belong, every
such person shall he deemfd aud sdjudged
guilty OF felony; and on being, convicted
thereof by due course Of law shall be sent
enced to he Imprisoned aud Kept nj hard la
hOt for period not less than three nor more
than FIVE years, or be fined in sum not less
than $500 nor more than $1,000, y ann
We believe that EDwARDF. DICK
NsoN, Congressman elect from this
district, has deliberately and know
ingly committed felonyby violating
the above statute, and that if justice
is done, Mr.. Dickinson will spend
the next two years at Columbus in
stead Of Washington. We believe
it can be proved that Mr.. DIcKGN-
son signed, or directed his clerk to
sign, blank certificates of naturali-
zation and sent them over the Ninth
District, tolbe delivered TO any ali
en- who would promise to vote for
said Dt6KINsoN-the name Of such
alien to be written in the blank
space by the person delivering it.
We believe at least three hundred
aliens hold these certificates OF
DIoKNsoN's who do not, and never
did reside in Sandusky County, and
who never visited Fremont and
never saw the Probate Judge Of
that County. y o mg
The following is copy of one
of these bogus certificates: h. g.
Certificate Of NnhirAIlzitio ion-An,erra, our onl,
| SpnnIry-I9e state Of Ohio, County OF san
l. John Bell, Judge and Clera. OF the Probate
Court within and for said county, certify that OF
the 2Eth day o. August A. -nyls6sl John Conrdy
\ native OF lrelend, was by me duly admitted iC
/ tHiAshlahtH OF the bnlteti Htt.es Of America. nud
/ leges Ola natutalized citizen. Ia t9stiinon,
| whereof have lIereunto subseribed my nnms
othcay and an xed the seal Of eaid court at Ere
\ mont, thisafth day of August. An ISIS. TN
II (Signed) y. Y, DtpKIHsaS, u.U.
| Judge and Clerk Of tho Probate Court.
| 1if i1 ,-1s.il Per IN, heAapEsy Z =
The JolN BELL who purports Ia
be Probate Judge in the above doc
ument, held that office sixteen years
ago, and has, we learn, been dead
some years. A citizen of Sandus-
ky called on Mr., DICKINSON rat his
office yesterday and learned from
him that be has no record Of at least
four Of the certificates recently is
sued by him and on which aliens at
tempted to vote in this city on
Tuesday. When closely question
ed be became, confused and attempt
ed no explanation, but thought the
papers, "altho' issued in something
Of a hurry, were "all right Gag
We shall see. -Sdndasky Reg.
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