The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-10

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TO land on lis shores; aud, ON ihe
other band, | was reluctant Ia d.uv to
| the great Interests Of the wnpld
ana OF civilization the faciIltles
| Of such communication Hs were moposed
| Therefore Withheld my Resistance ia ma
! landing OF the cphlo an condition TINT Xxx
Offensive monopoly ieuiule OF the cOncpS.
| sion be abandoned, und thnt the ripht ofo,'v
enble Which may DO established hy uulhori
! NY OF the government a. lAnd Upou Tronch
! territory, ana 10 connect with lrenon land
lines hnd onJoN MI the necessary facilities or
| privileges incident 10 the use ihereuf unon
| ~ favorable terms AZ any other connnnv
be conceded, AZ the result thereof tha cor,
pany IN question renowned the exclusive
| privilege, anu the representative ul Frnnc,
| was informed that, understanding lhis rs-
! llnquishment 10 ho CONSTRUED M prnnting
| the entire reciprocity and equal iacilili.s
| which llhd beCn demanded, the oppositlon
! Ia the landing of the cable was WitLdrnwn
| The cable, under this French concosslon,was
landed Ia the month OF July, 1863, end has
been hn oihcient nnd valuable agent OF COM
| communicate b0tWepn this country ann
| the other continent, II soon passed under
the control, however, OF those who had lilo
| management OF tho cable connecting Great
Britain VIII The continent, and thus what.
ever benefit 10 the public mi lit have EN-.
sued from competition between the two
| lines was lost, leaving only the greater lncil.
tiles Of nm additional lino, aud the add.
| tlonNl security In case OF accident 10 one ar
them, but these Increased facilities and thIs
| additional security, together with the con.
troll OF the combined onpital OF the two COM
panies gave also greater power to prevent
! the future construction Of Otncr lines, and
! To limit The credit Of tclognphic commute.
cation between the two continents 10 those
| possessing lines already laid. Within few
months past n cable has been hid known ma
the United states Direct Cable Company
connecting tho United Statcs direct with
Great Britain. AsSoon ns this cable WINS re.
ported TO be laid ana In working order, the
| .takfa NJ linn. luti Ia. a..
| pany were greatly reduced, soon, however
u break was announced In the new cnDle,and
| Immediately the rates Of the other line.
| which ma Deeh reduced, We're again raised.
| This cable being now reopcned, the rates np-
| pear not 10 be reduced by either line from
| those formerly charged by the consolidated
| companies There Is reason 10 believe thai
| large amounts of capital, both AT home and
| abroad, are ready 10 secl: profitable invest.
Incnts in the advancement OF this useful
and most ciNiliSlng means of intercourse
ana corrtspondence. They await, however,
! the assurance OF The means and conditions
ON which they may safely bemade Tributary
| 10 the general good.
Az these cable telegraph lines connect sep
arGte states, there ule questions Ms to their
organization and control, which, probably,
can be best, If not solely, settled by conyen.
tiOns between the respective States. In The
| absence, however, OF internal iunnl conven-
tons on the subject, municipal legislation
may secure many points, which appear to
me important, II not Indispensable, for
the protection of the public against the ex~
tOriiOns which may result from a monopoly
Of the right of operating cabo kilograms. or
from u com blnation between several lines.
FIRST. No line should be allowed TO land
on the shores of the United States under The
concession from another power, which does
not admit the right of any other line or lines
foImed in the United States to land and
freely connect with and operate through Its
land line. " t.a 70 81. Sd -.s-
Second. No lines should be allowed IN.
lind fine Slppps M The lfnfI,l
which Is not, by trealy stipulation with the
Government from whose shores Il proceeds,
or by prohibition In It's charter, or other.
wiSe to the satisfaction of She Government
prohibited from consolidating or amalgs-
mating with any other cable telegraph line.
| or combining herewith for the purpose of
regulating and maintaining the cost OF tele-
graph.
Third. All lines should he bound TO give
precedence in the transmission OF the official
messages of the Governments, and the two
counties between which II may be laid.
Fourth. A power should be reserved 10 the
two Governments, either CONFORMITY, or 10
each, as reg0rds the messages dispatched
from Its shores, to fix IL limit 10 the charges
to be demanded for NnSmission OF mes
sAges
GRAFTON OF Congress. In the meantime, and
unless Congress otherwise direct, shall NOT
oppose the landing Of any telegraph cable
which complies, and assents to the points
prevent the landing of any which does not
stipnlate to tkis Government The precedence
In the transmission OF its official messages,
and Will not enter into satisfactory arrange
:nent with regard to its charges.
Naturalization and Expetriaiion.
Among the pressing and Important sub
jects To which, in my opinion, the attention
OF Congress should be directed, are those re-
latng 10 fraudulent naturalization andsex-
patrintion. The United States, with great
liberality, offers lis citizenship 10 all who in
good faith comply with the rcquirem ents OF
the laws. These requirements are as simple
and upon as favorable terms to the immi-
grant ns the high privilege TO whichhe is ad.
init'ed can or should permit. do not pro-
pose any additional requirements 10 those
which the law now demands, but the very
simplicity and the want OF unnecessary
iormalily in our law, have made fraudulent
naturalization not unfrtQuent, TO the dis
credit aud Injury of all honest citizens,
whether native or naturalizcd. Cases OF this,
character are continually being brought 10
the notice oi tie Government by our Iepre-
Sentat1VeS abroad, and also those of persons
resident IN other countries, most frequently
those o,ifthey have remained in this cOun-
try long enough to entitle them TO become
naturallzed, have generally not much over
passed that period, and have returned to the
| country of their oligin, thereby eyading all
duties TO the Quilted States by their absence,
and claiming to be exempt from all duties to
the country OF their nativity and OF their res
idence by reason Of their alleged naturaliza-
ton IL is due TO this Government itself, and
to the great mass of the naturalized citizens,
who entirely, both in name ana In TACT are
citizens OF the United States, that the high
, privilege of citizenship of the United States
should not be held by fraud or in uerngaton
OF the laws aud of the good name of every
honest citizen. On many occasion it has
been brought TO the knowledge Of the
Government that certificates of natur-
| alizatton are held, and protection or in
reference claimed by parties who I'D.
NIT that only thpV within
the United States al the time of the pretend
ed nat uralizaton, but that they have never
resided in the United States. In others, the
certificate and record of the court shows ON
Their face that the person claiming TO be
nnturaiiHed had not resided the required
time III the United States In Others II *
admitted upon examination that The re-
quirements Of law have not been complied
with. In some cases even certificates have
been matter OF purchase These are not
Isolated cases, arising at rnre intervals, but
OF common occurrence, and which are re- ,r
ported from MI quarters of the globe. Such =
occuIrchceS can not ana do not fail TO reflect
upon the government ana InJure all honest
citizens. such maud being discovered,
however, there is no practicable means with
In the control of the government by which
tho record Of naturalization can be vacated,
and should the certificate be taken up, as ii
usually IN by the diplomatic and consular
representatives of the government TO whom
u nny have been presented, there IS nothing
10 prevent the persons claiming that they
have been natuialized from asking new
rllicnte from the court in place OF the one
which has been taken from him. The evil
has become great, and oil such frequent oc'
currence HAT can not too earnestly recoin-
mend that some effective measures be adopt
ed to proHi q q proper remedy, ant means
for the Nai9iing Of any record thus lraudu'
lently made, AMI OF puniSlting the guilty
parties To the transaction.
In this connection l refer also to the ques-
tion OF eNpatristion anu the election OF ma
iionaliiy. The United States was foremosl
In upholdng the right OF expatriation, and