The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

of the Government they WOuIl see De
stroyed, and reaped all the peeuniary ad
vantage to be gained out of the then ex-
listing state of affairs, many OF them by
obtaining contracts and by
sWIN9LINe THE GOVERNMENT
in the delivery of their goods Immedi-
ately upon the cessation of hOstilities
she then noble President, who had car
ried the country so ar through its perils
fell a martyr to his patriotism at the
hands of an assassin.
4 policy has been adopted toward the
Indian tribes inhabiting large portion
of the territory of the United States,
which has been humane.
1t has substantially ended the
INDIAN HesTIIITIEs.
in the whole land, except in portion of
Nebraska and Dakota, Wyoming and
Montana territories, the Black Hills
regin and the approaches thereto,
Congress, by an act passed the 81 of
Narch, 1875, authorized the inhabitants
of the
TERRITORY OF COLORADO
to form a State Government with the
name of State Of Colorado, and therein
provided for the admission of said State,
when formed, into the Union, upon an
equal footing with the original States. A
constitution having been adopted and
ratified by the people of that Stute, and
an acting Governor having certified to
me the facts as providsd by said act, to-
gether with copy of such
CONSTITUTION AND ORDINANCES
as provided for in said act and the
provisions of said act of Congress haV-
ing been duly com piled with, issued
proclamation on the 1st of August, 1876,
a copy of which is hereto annexed
Ia other messages | have called the
attain ton of Congress to the necessity Of
legislation with the regard to fraudulent
naturalization and to ;he subject of ex-
patriatiOn and election CT nationality.
The numbers of persons of foreign birth
seeking home in the United States, the
ease and the facility with which the
HONEST EAfIGRANT
may, after the elapse OF a reasonable
time, become possessed of all the priVi-
leges of citizenship of the United States,
and the frequent occasions which induce
such adopted citizens to return to the
country of their birth, render the sub
ject of naturalization, and the safeguards
which experience has proved necessary
for the protection of honest natuFaliZed
citizens of paramount importance. The
very simplicity of the requirements of
the law on this question affords an
OPPORTUNITY FOR FRAUD,
and the want of uniformity in the pro-
ceedings and records of the various
courts, and in the forms of the certifi-
Gates of naturalization issued, afforded
constant source of difficulty. l suggest
no additional requirements to the acqui-
sitiOn of citizenshnlp beyond those now
existing; but l invite the earnest atteu-
ton of Congress to the necessity and
wisdom of some provision regarding uni
fOrmity in the records and certificates
and providing against frauds which fire.
quently take place.
COMPLICATION.
The attention of Congress cannot be
too earnestly called to the necessity of
throwing some greater safeguard over
the mode of choosing and declaring the
election of President Under the
present system there seems TO be no pro-
,vided remedy for con estIug the election
jim any one State. The remedy is par
italy, no doubt, the enlightenment of
SUPPORT DE FREE SCHOOLS
and the Acknowledgement of all who can
not read and write the English language,
after fixed probation, would meet my
hearty approval l would not make this
apply, however, to those already voters,
but / would to ali becoming so after the
the expiration of the probation fixed
upon. Foreigners coming 80 this coun-
try TO become citizens who are educated
IN their own language would acquire she
requisite knowledge of ours during the
necessary residence to obtain naturaliza-
ton. IL they did not take enough inter
est in our language to acquire sufficient
knowledge of it to enable them to study
the institutions and laws of the country
intelIigently, would not confer upon
them the right to make and enact laws 20
govern those who do.
San DOMINGO AND CUBA.
The Cuban question ', ould have been
settled long ago in favor of Free Cuba"
Hundreds of American vessels would
now be GdyantageOuslY used in transport
ing the valuable woods and other bro
ducts of the soil of the Island to u mar.
ket and in carrying supplies and emf
grants to it. The Island is but sparseiy
settled, while it has an area sufheieat
for the produ1tiS9 employment of sever
al millions of people; the soil would
have soon fallen into the hands of
United States capitalists the products
are SO valuable in
COMMERCE THAT EMIGRATION
there would have been encouraged; the
esaaneipated race of the South would
have found there a congeniaI home,
where their civil RIG hts couSa not be dis
puted, and where their laber would Ce
much sought after; the poorest among
shcn could have found meens to 90.
Thus, il cases of great
OPPRESSION AND oRUELuEs,
such as have been prscticed upon them
in many places within the last eleven
years, whole communities would have