Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-13

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thesnblect OF naturalization and the safeg Yards
which experience has proved necessary for the
protection OF the honest, naturalized citizens OF
| paramount Importance.
The very simplicity In the requirements Of the
law on this question afford opportunity for fraud
and the want OF uniformity In the proceedings and
records or the various courts and In the forms OF
the certificates of naturalization Issued, afford Z
constant source Of Difficulty. l suggest no add.
tiona requirements To the acquisition Of citizen
snip, beyond those now existing; but invite the
earnest attention OF Congress the necessity and
wisdom OF some provisions regarding uniformity
| IN the records and certificates and providing
and FOR the vdcating Of record OF natur
obtained in fraud These provisions are needed in
aid aud for the protection of the honDt citizen Of
ioreign birth and Tor the want OF which he Ii made
| to slter not nirequently
The United States has insisted upon the ight Of
expairiation aud has obtained, after long sr,tg-
gle. an admission of the principle conended for,
by acquiesccnce therein on the part OF many for.
eign powers, and by the conclusion Of treaties on
that subject 1t Is, however, but Justice TO the
have formerly owed allegiance M well as to the
United states, that certain fixed aud definite rules
shonld be adopted, governing such cases and pro.
While emigrants in large numbers become citizens
! Of the United States, 1t Is also true that per
| sons, both native. born and nnturatized, once
citizens Of the United States, either by formal acts
| or as the effect OF n series OF facts and crcuin-
stances, abandon their citizenship and cease to DO
entitled to the protection Of the United ates but
continue on convenient occasions to assert claim
| 10 protection In the absence OF provisions ON
! these questions. and In this connection, again
invite your attention to the necessity OF legsla.
| ton concerning the marriages Of American ctl-
zens, contracted abroad. and concerning the status
| OF American women who may marry forci gncrs.
and of children born Of American parents Ia a
foreign country. The delicate ana complicated
questions continually occurring with reference to
| naturalization repatriation and the status Of such
persons as have above referred TO, induce me to
earnestly direct your attention again to these sub
iects.
ALIEN CLAIMS
In like manner, l repeat my rccomm endAtton
that some means be provided for the hearing and
determination Of the Just and existing claims Of
aliens upon the Government OF the United states,
within reasonable Limitation. and Of such may
hereafter arise. While by existing provisions of
law the Court of Claims may In certain cases be
resorted to by an alien claimant, the absence 81
any general provisions governing all such cases,
and the want Of tribunal skilled In the DISPOSE
ton Of such Cares upon recognized lxed and set
tied principles, either provides no remedy la many
deserving cases. or c0mpels \ consideration ~
| such claims by Congress or the Executive Depart
ments OF the Government
II Is believed that other Governments are in adj
vance OF the United States upon this question and
that the practice now adopted Is entirely unsatis-
factory.
coLoRADo.
Congress, by an act approved the Sd Of March,
1873, authorized the Inhabitants OF the erritory Of
Colorado to form stute Government, with the
name OF the State OF Colorado and therein pro.
formed into RI. I;on nn,n an ,,,r.i Feet, .I,i
me nrig,maI stat,.s cp"sti,n,,nn ho, n ,.n
edontaa and ratiSad nv no nnnnie ~ ,hatS s,a,
and IT. an,in, G,, w 'nu -, 80 az.
facts rs provided by said act, together with copy
vidsJ t,r IN ~, saiJ oc, ",J ~ ~, ptS
NO, ~, 80 . ha,,i, h III PI,a ~ I"
issued Proclamation upon the st OF August 1870,
"''P' " "N" - "''o "'"''
u ARMY AFFAihs.
The report OF the Secretary OF War shows that
he n IN nuah pan fvalv yad ri tL,s
yenr IN tubdulhg, ai the request u the indiHn
bureau certain wild bands OF the sioux intiisn
Na'ion anu w preserving peace AZ the ooath dnr-
M the election: .
Inc commission constituted under the act 81
July ~ 1870, 10 consider ana report on the whole
snolect OF REFORM ana ihe feof2nhizatioh o! thc
whole army, convened IN August last, ana has