The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-09

eight hundred anal jhlrty one were uisIhlSse'
or disallowcd and ON one hundred ana etEnty
IslX cases awards we're made In favor OF ,n
claimants against the Mexican l"puhilc
IaDoYnlir.E I'm the aggregate 20 $i,l-1b2-@
I VI i,hln Tive same period 99S claims on 'l'
mart of citizens OF the Mexican Nrp"Oll'
against the United States were referred 10 tn'
/ Commission. OF these claims Nj we're as
missed and dlSaIlo"'o' ana IA zoo cast
awards were made III IaVor oI ''''.""uu
against the United states, amonuiihS !" .l'
aggregate to $ J,O49,Sl' By the terms - Wv
! convention the amount OF these awards IS Il
be deducted from the amount a"afde" III ~
yor of our citizens against MeAlco, anu .H'
balance only 10 Dt I'.u W h'N'C, ~ 80,
United States, leaving the CDltcd states u
} make provision lor 'h'I' pToP"'''"" ~ ",
awards in favor Of its own citizens. ih'!,'
;. your attention to me legislation "nICn W.
be necessary to provide Tor the payment /.
this connection am pleased to be aOIe 10 e cS
press the acknowledgements due u or ia
ward Thornton, the umpire OF the ooinlh''
sion, who has given to the consideration oI
the large number OF claims submiIIet 10 iu
much time, unwearicd patience ana inal la'i
ness and intelligence which are wei kuo"l
to belong to the accomplished representative
of Great Britain, and which are likewise iecoH
nized b. the representative In th!S couuu! VI
! the Republic of Mexico.
! Monthly payments OF Il very shAII par VI
the amount due by the Go'ernmeht ol .chc
Zuela to the citizens OF me latter against INA
Government continue To be made WIN reaS
enable puncualiy. mat GoVerhmeht mas
proposed to change the system when II nas
hitherto pursued in THIS Respect by issuing
bonds for part Of the amount OF Inc seVera
claims The proposition, however, couiu MOI
| it is supposed, properly be accepted, AZ ieas
without the consent OF holders OF CtIluca'eS
Of the Indebtedness OF venezuela. lhcst are
so much depressed mat II would oc "i!ncu''
! if not impossible, to ascertain theiT '1spoSl
ton on the subject.
| In former messages nave Calcu we az
tention Of Congress To lhe necessity OF Ir!l'
latlOn with regard 10 lrauuuleul un'"i va"
ton and the subject cXpaTlatIoh ana tht
election OF natIonalty OF 'he huiAoer o'
persons OF foreign OIflh seeking nouns ~
the United States; the ease ana ldclil'y
with which the LoneSt emigrant may aItel
the lapse OF reasonable time become pos
sessed OF all the privileges OF cllIIehshlp
OF the United States and the frequent occa-
sionS which induce such adopted clllzcns 10
return to the country OF their birth InoGr
the subject Of naturalization, the safeguards
which experience has proved necessary loF
the protection OF the hohesL naturalIZeu GU
zens are of paramount Importance.
The very simplicity IN the requirements Oh
the law on tins question AFFORD opportunity
for fraud, and the want or uniformly III inc
proceedings and records OF me various courts,
and IN the forms o. lAe cerlHCatcs d! mural
cation issued, afford constant source oi uIli'
Guilty. | suggest no aduitlDnal requirements
to the acquisition OF cItllenshlp, Oeyohd 'hose
now existing; but l invite inc earnest alteh-
tlOn oil Congress 10 Inc necessity anu "ls"oiii
OF some provisions regarding uniformity III
the records and certificates, ana proViuln8
against the frauds which frequently take
place, ana tor the vacatlng OF a record OF ma
turaIlZallon obtained IN Haud lheSe pro
visions are needed III ana and Tor inc protect,
ion Of the honest citizen OF foreign birtn, ana
tor the want OF which he IS made I" suiler MOI
unircquenty, The | nlteu States mas insisted
upon the right OF eXpatrlauon, ana mas 90,
tanned, after long struggle ana admission Oh
the principle contended tor, by acquiescence
therein on the part ct many foreign powers,
and by the conclusion OF treaties on mat SUP
jeCt 1t Is, however, but justice 10 The gov
eminent TO which such naturalzed cltizens
have formerly owed Allegiance, as well as to
mite rules should be adopted, governing such
cases, and providing how eXpa'rlatlOh may
be accomplished. While emigrantS in large
numbers become citizens OF the nlted States
II Is also true that persons, DOth nallVe-OOrn
and natura!ized, once cltizens OF the United
States, either by formal acts or as the eiiect OF
II series of facts ana circumstances, abandon
their citizenship ana cease 10 Uc thIllicd 10
the protection of the Inltcd States, but con
tinuc on convenient occasions 10 assert Il
claim to protection. In the absence OF pro-
visions on these questions, and In this con
neCtion, again invite your attention to the
necessity of Legislation concerning the mar
riagcs of American citizens, contracted
abroad and concerning the status OF Amerl-
can women who may marry foreigners, and OF
children born of American parents IN for.
eign country. The delicate and complicated
questions continually occurring with refer
ence TO naturalization eXpatriation and the
status Of such persons as have above refer
red TO, induce me 10 earnestly direct your at
t,nton again to these subjects.