The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-22
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The more we think Of the subject,
the more we think Dickinson is bad
" used in this naturalization business.
It was a shrewd little dodge Ofhis and
he ought to be left alone. He is guilty
Of course, and the papers have been
found to prove it, but then he isa DEM
ocrat and what is a sin for any one
else to that manner Of man is merely
a legitimate trick. That is about the
view the Democratic papers in this
District take Of IT, We call atten-
ton to the appended article from the
Fremont Journal. It will open the
eyes Of our readers:
After the uproar that succeeded the
election Of the 18th, Of October 1858,
I in which Mr.. Dickinson's popularity
was so abundantIy demonstrated, he
was waited upon by the United States
4 Marshal, and made, 5lOJeJls UOteIls, q
! trim TO Cleveland to see the United
! States Commissioner, on a charge of
/ issuing fraudulent naturalization pa
pers. for several Of the documents had
| fallen into the hands Of the enemy.
Seeing that the game was up, emissa-
ries were set to work to hunt up the
papers in the city and destroy them
and riders weresent out into the coun-
| try TO gather up the dangerous evil
denees and cOusign them to perdition.
Among the many foreigners who
were at wOIk in this city at the time
was one Christian King, who arrived
/ I'm this country, from Switzerland,
about the Ist Of December, 1865, as
many here will verify. He came TO
this city in February, 1867, and imme-
/ diately went to work, commencing
on the 18th day Of the month, not
more than four months from the date
/ of his landing. When the DemOcra-
ey had laid their nice little scheme
and attempted to carry it through,
they set to work to convert Christian
/ into q voter. Christian wasn't proof
agafnst all kinds Of Establishments,
/ hence on the 18th day Of October, 1853,
I he was, without ever going before his
honor, Judge Dickinson, created a full
blown citizen by that worthy and his
Deputy, McArdle, and the papers were
l slipped into his hands.
But Christians courage failed him
when the uprOar occurred, and he
slipped his papers away in a secret
place so securely that when the party
who had given him the papers came
to get them to destroy them, through
fear or fright, he failed to remember
where he had put them, and when he
went to Montana, where he is now, he
was too glad to get away to bother
/ himself further about them.
But a cleaning day came, several
weeks ago, in the place where he had
worked, and q box was moved from 8
shelf where it had been for several
years, and 10! the paper was revealed.
| We have that paper now, and for the
benefit of our readers we give a copy
Of It verbatim. Here it is:
Certificate Of Naturalization,
AMERICA OUR ONLY COUNTRY.
ThestateofOhio, Sandusky County, IS.
L,E.F. Dickinson, Judge and Clerk
Of the Probate Court, within and for
said County, certify that on the 18th
day of October, 1858, Christian King,
a Native Of Switzerland, was, by me,
duly admitted to Citizenship of the
! United States of America, and Is,
therefore, entitled to all the Rights
and Privileges Of a Naturalized Citi-
zen. Gfsit'
testimony whereof / have
hereuntO subscribed myname
IL. S. I officially, and affixed th0Seal
of said Court, at Fremont, this
18th day Of October, A. d. 1868
E. F. DICKINSON, IS 50,
Judge and Clerk of the Probate
Court. ~ i.
ByJ. H. MCARDLE, Deputy Clerk,
a. ID =
And the paper is signed in Judge
Dickinson's own handwriting.
Z, ETao Cyo,,,of ster.