Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
Supplement to the Mower County Transcript
d ficulty is under consideration between the
| two REPUBLICS.

ficulty is under consideration between the
VIC eLublics.
UNITED STATES OF COLUMBIA.
The government Of the United States OF
Columbia has paid tue award
in the case OF the steamer
Montigo, seized ~ the authorities
Of that government SOME years since, and the
amount has been transferred to tie olsimants.
that the joint committee for the adjustment Of
clhirns between The United States and Mexico,
under the convention Of 1865, tie duration Of
which has teen Several times extended, has
brought its labors to close. From the report
OF the agent of the United ~tates which accom-.
panies the pap"rs transmitted herewith, it will
be seen tina. with1 the time limited by the
'zens OF the United tates against Mexico were
referred t. tic c. veni.on Of these claims
eight tundred and thirty one were dismissed
or disallowed, and il one hundred ard eighty
six cases awards were made in favor Of tue
claimants against the Mexican retublic,
Within the same period niue hundred and
ninety claims on the part OF citizens Of the
Mexican republic against the United STATES
were referred t. the commission. OF these
claims eight hundred and Thirty were dis
missed or disa!lowsd, and in one hun red
and sixty seven cases awards were made
in favor OF tue claimants against
~. BY the terms OF the convention the
amount Of the award is to be deducted from
tue amount awarded in ta> or of our citizens
against Mexico and the balance only t. BE-
paid by Mexico to tie United States, leaving
the Uuited States to make provisions for their
proportion of the awards in favor Of its own
citizens. invite your attention to The leeis-
n re- f,p
the payment.
In this injection am pleased to be able
to rxpre IS the acknow dgement> due to Sir
Edward Thornton, the umpire Of the commits.
sion, who has given to the consideration O, the
large number OF claius submitted to him
much time. unwearied patience aud that irrl-
ness aud in;e iligence which are we'll known
| to bel"ng to that accomplished representative
of Great Britain, and wh,rh are likewise rec.
eguized l,y The representative in this country
| OF the republic OF Mexico. >
VENEZUELA.
Monthly payments OF very small part BY
the government OF Venezuela to citizens
Of th- United STATES on account OF claims
VI the latter against that cove nmant cOntip.
ue to he made with reasonable punctuality.
That government has proposed to chance the
system which it has hitherto pursued in this
.espect,b by issuing bonds tor part Of the amount
ever, could not, it Is suppose d, properly he &C.
cepted, at least without the consent Of the
holders CT cer,iti :ats Of tie Indebtedness OF
Venezuela These are 80 much dlsps rsed that
| it wouli be difficult, it mol impossible, to as
certain their disposition on the subject.
FRAUDULENT NATURALIZATION AND ExPArR1A.
| TON.
IL former messages have called the a;tea
ton Ut Congress- to the necessity of legislation
with regard to fraudulent nat1 alization, and
the subject OF expatrixtion and the election OF
nationality. The number 1T persons ofIoreign
birth seeking home in the UDi!td States,
emigrant may, after the lapse Of . reasonable
time, becous possessedof all the privile. es OF
citizenship OF the United States, and the fire
6uent occasio.s which induce such adopted
citizens to ratuIn to the country Of their birth
render the suhj-,t OF naturalization and the
.a'esuards which experience has proved
necessary for the protection Of the honest
naturalized cit zens Of paramount Impotence.
The very simplicity in the requirements OF the
law on this question affords opportunity tor
fraud and the want of uniformity III tie pro-
ceedings and recor 's OF the various courts,
and il: the forms of certificates Of naturaliza-
ton is. Ted, afford q constant source Of DIM
to the acquisition Of citjz nship beyond th0se
now exciting, but invite tie earnest atten-
ton of Congress to tue hecessitv and wisdom
Of some provi ions regarding uniformity In the
records and certificates, and providing against
the frauds which frequently take place, and
tor the vacating Of a record Of naturalization
obtained by fraud. These provisions are reeded
citizen Of foreign birth, and for the want OF
which he Is made to suffer MOI
unfrequently. The United States
has insisted upon the right Of exratr'ation
and las obtained, after long struggle, an i'd
mission Of the Principe coLterded for, BY a:
quiescence therein on the part OF the mair
; foreign powers, and BY the conclusion OF tres
tice to the Cove; nment to which the natural
. ;zed citizens have formerly owed allegiance, .
we'll as to tue United States, that certain 6xe'
and definite rules should be adopted govern