The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-07

fornity la the proceedings and records OF
the various courts aad In the forms Of the
certificates of naturalization issued afford
a constant sourse of difficulty. ] suggest
no additional requirements TO the acqui-
sltion OF citizenship beyond those now eN-
istiilg, but | invite the earnest attention
of congress to the necessity and Wisdom
of some provisions regarding uniformity
IN the records and certificates, and pro
viding against the frauds which ire
Qucntiy take place and for the vacating
of Il record OF naturalization obtained OH
fraud. These provisions are needed In
aid and for the protection OF the honest
citizen of foreign birth. and for the want
OF which he is made 10 suffer not uiitre-
quently. The United States has insisted
upon the right of eXpatriation and has
obtained, after a long struggle, an adj
mission of the principle commended for by
the concession thereof on the part of
many foreign powers and by the conclu-
sion of treaties on that subject. 1t is,
however, but Justice TO the government
TO which such nutralized citizens have
formerly owed allegiance, as well rs to
the United States that certain fixed
and definite rule should be adopted gov
erning such cases, and providing how
eNpatriation may be ACCOMPLISHED. While
emigrants in large numbers become cit
liens of the United States, either by for
NAL acts or as the effect OF series of facts
and circumstances. abandon their citizen
ship and cease to be entitled to the pro-
lection of the United States, but continue
on certain occasions to assert their claim
to protection in advance OF these provis-
ions. and in this connection, again in
yite your attention TO the necessity of
legislation concerning the
MARRIAGES
OF American citizens contracted abroad.
and concerning the status of American
women who marry foreigners, and OF
children born OF American parents in II
foreign country. The delicate and com
plicated questions continually occurring
with reference to Republican eXpatria-
ton, and the status OF such persons as
have referred to, induce me TO earnestly
direct your attention again to the subject.
In like manner | repeat the recommen-
dalton that some means be provided bear
ing on the determination Of the just and
subsisting claims OF aliens upon
the government of the United
States within reasonable limitation,
and OF such as may hereafter arise.
While by the existing provisions of the
law the court of claims may in certain
cases be resorted to by an alien claiment,
the absence of any general provision
governing all such cases, and the want
OF tribunal skilled in the disposition of
| such cases. upon recognized fixed and
settled principles. either provides no
remedy in many deserving eases, or COM
pels consideration OF such claims by
congress or the executive department OF
| the government. IL is believed that
| other governments are in advance of the
| United States upon this question, and
that the practice now adopted is entirely
| unsatisfactory.
COLORADO.
| Congress. by act approved the 81 of
| March, 1870, authorized the inhabitants
OF the territory OF Colorado to form a
| state government with the name of the
| state OF Colorado, and therein provided
tor the admission of the said state. when
| formed, into the Union upon An equal
footing with the original states. \ con-
| stitution having been adopted and rati-
fed by the people of that state, and an
| acting governor having certified TO me
| the facts, as provided by said act. to-
gether with a copy of such constitution
and ordinances. as provided for in the
said act, and the provisions Of said act OF
congress having been duly complied
with. issued proclamation On the lst
of August, 1876, "a copy OF which is here
| 70 annexed.
THE INDIAN BUREAU.
The report OF the secretary of wal
shows that the army has been actively
employed during the year in subduing,
| al the request OF the Indian bureau, Ger
tain wild bands of Sioux Indian nation
and in preserving the peace in the South
Il. 49,
stituted under act of July p. 1876. t.
consider and report on the whole subject
OF the reform and reorganization Of tho
whole army in August last, and has col
lected large mass of statistics of point:
bearing on the subject before il. There
are now under consideration, and theiI
report il progressing. | am advised
though, by the president of the commits
sion that il will be impracticabe to com.
ply with the clause OF the act requiring
the report to be presented through mt
to congress on the first day OF the SEES
sion, as there has not been time for thai
mature deliberation which the impor.
lance of the subject demands. Therefore
| ask that the time of making the report
be extended to the 29th day of January
| 1871, in accordance with the resolution OF
| August 10, lSIG.
| THE ARMY REGULATIONS,
Prepared under the act Of March |, 1876
have not been promulgated, but are held
until after the report of the abOVe-men
toned commission shall have been re
ceived and acted upon. BY the act OF
August IL, 1876, the cavalry force of the
army was increased by $500 men, with q
prOvisio that they should be discharged
on the expiration OF the hostilities. I'm.
der this authority the cavalry regiments
have been strengthed and a portion o
them are now in the field pursuring the
remnants of the Indians, with whom
they have been engaged during the sum
mer.
TIE ESTIMATES or THE WAR DEPART
| MENT.
Are made upon the basis OF the number
of men authorized by law, and their re
quremcnts, as shown by years of eXpe
rience, and also with the purpose, on TIN
part OF the bureau officers, to provide TO
all contingencies that may arise dur
ing the tune for which the estimates ar
made.
| ESTIMATES.
The estimates Of the engineers, pre-
sented in accordance with the act OF con
gress, the estimates for surveys, and est
mates for improvements in variou
localities now presented, are about SO,
0OO, 900 in excess of the appropriations il
the year 1874. 1875 and 1876. Thi
increase Is asked in order to provide 70
increased cavalry force, should thei
services be necessary, to prosecute eco
/, nomically the work upon important pub