Richmond weekly palladium., 1875-12-09

was announs ed In this new cable. and I'm
nsd,assly .s n,s - Of the other line, which
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There = Feseo9 70 believe that large
msns lie adsSncsment &c men 1,s 81 this f"i "fs end
They await. however, the
Of the rneans and conditions on
which they may he safely made Tributary
graph connect separate States, there are
.tsse~tioias ~ 20 their organization and dcou-
troll, which probably can be be beat, A II not not
respective States. 4 d the abst.nce, however.
Of International conventions on the sub
fccf, municipal fegfsfAffOn may secure
many points which appear to me imPor-
tant, Ii NOT ind hpensA bic, for the pf0t<c-
tion of the public against the exiortions m
a combination between several lines.
the shores of the United States under the
concession from another power which does
not admit the right % OF any % Other ~ me ,s or =
through land lines. second, no line sllould
United states which Ia not, by treaty
stipulation with the government from
whose shores 1t proceeds, or by promotion Oh.
tion of this government, prohibited from
consolidating or amalgamating with any
with for the purpose OF regulating and
maintaining the coil OF tele4raphfc COM
innnication Third All lines shonid be
sion of the official messages OF the govern
ments OF the two countries between which
It may be laid Fourth. power should be
conjOint1y to. each, as regards the
message, dispatched from it's shores, to nix n
~tnf RwSr.
OF messages. present this
subject to the consideration Of Congress in
the meantime, and, unless Congress other
wise directs, shall not oppose the landing
with and assents to the points above emu
% Vent the landing % OF rs any y which do not con- con-
form to the first and second points, as
stated, and which will not stfpuiate to con-
cede to this government the precedence in
the transmission of its official messages,
and will not enter into satisfactory ar
rangements in regard to ITS charges.
NATURALIzATIoN AND REPATRIATION.
Among the pressing and important
subjects to which, in my opinion, the
attention of Congress should be direc-
ted, are those relative to fraudulent
naturalization and expatriation. The
United States, with great iberalitY,
offers it's citizenship to all who, In good
faith, comply with the requirements of
the law. These requirements are as
simple and upon as favorable terms to
the emigrant as the high privilege to
which he is admitted can or should per-
NIT. I do not propose any additional
to those which the law
now demands, but the very simplicity
and want of necessary formality in our
laws have made fraudulent naturaliza-
tion not infrequent, to the discredit and
injury of all honest citizens, whether
nn of ro1iznA nf fhiS
character are continually being brought
to the notice of the government by our
abroad. and also those
of persons resident in other countries.
Most frequently these, if they have re-
manned in this country long enough to
entitle them to become naturaliZed,
have generally not much Overpassed
that period, and have returned to the
country of their origin. where they now
reside, avoiding all duties to the United
States, by their absence, and claiming
to be exempt from all duties to the
country of their nativity and of their
by reason OF their alleged
naturalization. It is due to this gov
ernment itself, and to the great class
of n8turalized citizens who entirely,
both in name and in fact, become citi-
zens of the United States that the high
privilege of citizenship should not be
held by fraud, or in derogation Of the
laws or of the good name of every hon.
est citizen. On many occasions 1t has
been brought to the knowledge of the
that certificates of natural
ization are held and protection or in
reference claimed by parties who ad-
init that not only they were not within
the United States at the time Of pre-
naturalization, but that they
have never resided in the United States.
In others the certificate and record Of
the court show on their face that the
persona claiming to be naturalized had
not resided at the time in the United
States. In others it is admitted upon
examination that the requirements of
the law have not been complied with.
In some cases even such certificates
have been matter of purchase. These
are not isolated cases, occurring at rare
Intervals, but of common occurrence,
and which are reported from all quar-
ters of the globe. Such occurrences
cannot and do not fail to reflect QpAA
the government and injure all honest
citizens Such fraud being dtsoov-
cred, however, there Is no practicable
means within the control OF the gov
ernment by which the record Of nat
can be vacated. The oer-
tificate can be taken up, as 1t usually is
by diplomatic and consular representa-
tiveS of the government to whom 1t
may have been presented. There is
nothing to prevent the person claim
ing to have been naturalized from OBJ
tanning p new certificate from the court
in place of that which has been taken
from him. The evil has become SO
great, and of such frequent occurrence,
that 1 cannot too strongly recommend
that some effective measures be adOp-
ted to provide proper remedy for the
of any records fraudulently
obtained and Of Furnishing the guilty
parties to the transaction. In this
connection refer also to the question
of expatriating and the election to ma
The United States was fore
most in holding the right of expatria-
ton, and was principally instrumental
in Overthrowing the doctrine of per-
petual allegiance Congress has de-
fined the right of expatriation to be a
national, inherent right of all people;
but while many other nations have
laws providing what formalities shall
be necessary to work q change of al
legiance, the United States has enacted
no provisions of law and has In no re-
spect marked out how and when expa-
triation may be accomplished by it's
citizens. Instances are brought to the
attention of the government where
naturalized or native born, have form
ally become citizens, as subjects of
foreign powers, but who, nevertheless,
in the absence of any provisions of
legislation on these questions. when
involved in difficulties, or when it seems
to be their interest to claim to be citi-
zens of the United States and demand
the Intervention of a government which
they have long since abandoned, and
to which for years they have rendered
no service, nor held themselves in any
way amenable. In other cases. natur-
allied citizens, Immediately after nat
uraliZation, returned to their native
country, have become engaged in bnsi-
ness, have accepted Office. engaged in
pursuits, content with their American
citizenship, and evinced no intent to
return to the United States, until called
upon to discharge some duty to the
country where they are residing, when
at once they assert their citizenship
and call upon the representatives OF the
government to aid them in their pre-
tensions. It is but justice to bona fde
citizens that no doubt should exist on
such questions, and that Congress
should determine, by enactment of law.