The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-10-16
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Fraudulent HaturaIIzatiOns !


Elsewhere we nave spoken OF Jn6
general plan of fraudulent voting adopted
by the Democratic politicians for tht
purpose of securing Democratic ma
jorities at Tuesdays election. Now /
word concerning the Ninth District
We do not make the charge tha
EDWARD FENwICK DICKINSON of Ere
mont has secured his election to sea-
in Congress by fraudulent exercise o
his official powers as Probate Judge o.
Sandusky County, but we do charge
knowing whereof we speak, that there
are hundreds iof naturalization certif-
Gates scattered through Erie, Sandusky
and Ottawa Counties, dated since the
nomination of E. F. DICKINSON, bearing
the signature of L. F. DICKINSON and
the official seal of the Probate Court oI
Sandusky County, which certificates are
| in the hands of aliens who have not
been in the United States FIVE years and
hence are not entitled to be naturalized,
These papers bear evidence of fraud
upon their face, and EDWARD FEEwIoK
DICKINSON will have an opportunity to
prove that he has not committed a
felony by falsely making and disposing
of certificates of naturalization tosecure
his own election to Congress.
The law of naturalization is this:
ono person who shall arrive in the United
States shall be admitted to become a citizen
thereof who shall not for the continued term
of five years next preceding his admission
1 as aforesaid have resided within the United
States without being at any time during the
said five years out Of the territory Of the
United States" [Dunlops Laws of the
United States 1789-l856, page 493.
The law providing penalty for the
issue and use of false and fraudulent
certificates of naturalization is found on
page 494 of the aboye-named volume
and reads as folloWsi Il.
SEQ. .I3. That if any 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 shall pass,
utter, or use as true any false certificate of
citizenship, or shall make sale or dispose of
any such certificate 80 any person other than
the person to whom it was originally issued
and to whom it may Of right belong, every
such person shall be deemed and adjudged
guilty of felony; and on being convicted
thereof by due course of law shall be. SEN
fenced to be imprisoned and be kept at hard
labor for q period not less than three nor
more than FIVE years, or be lined in a sum
not less than $500, nor more than $1,000.
We believe that EDWARD F. DIcKB-
son, Congressman elect from this Dis
trict has deliberately and knowingly
committed felony by violating the above
statute, and that if justice is done, Mr..
DICKINSON will spend the next two
years in Columbus instead Of Washing
ton. We believe 1t can be proved that
DICKINSON signed, or directed his clerk
to sign, blank certificates of naturaliza-
ton and sent them over the Ninth Dis
trict to be delivered to any alien who
would promise to vote for said DIOKIN-
soN-the name of such alien to be writ
ten in the blank space by the person
delivering it We believe at least three
hundred aliens hold these certificates of
DIcK1NsoN'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.
The following is copy of one of
the bogus certificates!
Certificate OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. our
only Oouutry-The State Of Ohio, County
OF Sandusky, S.: a@1
/, John Bell, Judge and Clerk of the Pro-
bate Court within and for said county, GER
tify. that on the 9th day of August, A. D.,
1863 John Oonroy, native of Ireland, was
duly admitted to citizenship of the United
States of America, and is therefore entitled
to all the rights and privileges Of natural
lied citizen, In testimony whereof l have
hereunto subscribed my name officially and
affixed the seal of said court at Fremont, this
9th day of August, A. D.. 1868.
(Signed) E. F. DICKINSON,
Judge and Clerk of the Probate Court.
Per ]. 3. MoARDLE, Deputy Clerk.
The JOIN BELL who purports to be
Probate Judge in the above document
held that Office sixteen years ago. A
citizen of sandusky called on mr. NJ DICK
ISsoN at his Office yesterday and learned
from him that he 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 questioned he became
confused and attempted no explanation,
but thought the papers; "altho' issued
in something of hurry" were "all
right"
We shall see.