The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

T. Y kAA6b sh0 -
that no fraud in connection with natural
Is permitted.
Naturalization Laws Need Revision.
There should be a comprehensive revi-
sion of the naturalization laws. The courts
having power to naturaliZe should DC
definitely named by national authority; the
testimony upon which naturalization ma
be conferred should be definitely prescribed;
publication of impending naturalization
applications should be required In advance
of their hearing In court; the form and
wording of all certificates Issued should be
uniform throughout the country, and the
courts should be required to make returns
to the secretary Of state at stated PERIODS
of all naturalizations conferred.
Not only are the laws relating to
naturalization now defective, but those
relating to citizenship of the United
States ought also to be made the subject
of scientific inquiry with a view to prob
able further legislation. BY what acts
expatriation may be assumed to have
been accomplished, how long an Amer
lean citizen may reside abroad and re-
ceive the protection Of our passport.
whether any degree of protection should
be extended to one who has made the
declaration of intention to become a citi-
zen OF the United States but has not Sc
cured naturalization, are questions or
serious import, involving personal rights
and often producing friction between this
government and foreign governments.
Yet upon these questions our laws are
silent. I recommend that an examina-
ton be made into the subjects of citizen
ship, expatriation and protection OF
Americans abroad, with a view to APP
propriate legislation.
Protection Of Elections.
The power of the government to pro-
tect the integrity of the elections of Its
| own officials Is inherent and has been
recognized and affirmed by repeated
declarations of the supreme court. There
Is no enemy OF free government more
dangerous and none so insidious as the
corruption of the electorate. No one de-
tends or excuses corruption, and 1t would
seem to follow that none would oppose
vigorous measures to eradicate 1t. l
recommend the enactment of a law d.
rected against bribery and corruption in
federal elections. The details of such a
law may be safely left to the wise dis
erection of the congress-, but it should go
as far as under the constitution it is pos
sible to go, and should include severe
penalties against him who gives or re-
ceives a bribe intended to influence his
act or opinion as an elector; ana pro-
visions for the publication not only OF
the expenditures for nominations ana
elections of all candidates but also or
all contributions received and expendi-
lures made by political committees.
Our Foreign Policy.
In treating of our foreign policy and OF
the attitude that this great nation should
assume in the world at large, 1t Is an-
solutely necessary to consider the army
and the navy, and the congress through
which the thought Of the nation hnds It's
expression, should keep ever wildly in
mind the fundamental fact that it is i'm
possible to treat our foreign policy,
whether this policy takes shape in the
effort to secure justice for others or
Justice for ourselves, save as conditioned
upon the attitude we are willing to take
toward our army, and especially toward
our navy. 1t is not merely unwise, 1t is
~contemptible, for a nation, as for an in
dividual, to use hig~h-sounding language
to proclaim its purposes, or to take posi-
lions which are ridiculous If unsupported
by potent force, and then to refuse to
provide this force. If there Is no inten-
ton of providing and of keeping the
force necessary to back up a strong at
titude, then it is far better not to assume
such an attitude.
Striving for World Peace.
The steady aim of this nation, as OF al
enlightened nations, should be to strive
to bring ever nearer the day when there
shall prevail throughout the world thu
peace of justice. There are kinds o
peace which are highly undesirable
w i Ia IN AOAAo
as any war. Tyrants and oppressors have
MANY times made a wilderness ant
called it peace. Many times peoples wht
were slothful or timid or shortsighted
who had been enervated by ease or b!
luxury. or misled by false teachings
have shrunk in unmanly fashion from
) doing duty that was stern and thai need
ed self-sacrifce. and have sought to hid
from their W minds their shortcom
: ings. their ignoble motives, by caillni
them love of peace. The peace or tyran
: nous terror, the peace OF craven weak
ness, the peace of injustice, all thes
: should be Stunned as we shun unright
1 eous war. The goal to set before US as
. nation. the goal which should be set be
e fore all mankind, is the attainment O
i the peace of justice, of the peace Whlc
e comes when each nation is not mereI
. sa~fe-guarded in its own rlgnts' Du
G scrupulously recognizes and performs II
S d1tv toward others. Generally peace tell
n for righteousness; but if there is connie
d between the two, then our fealty is ou
first to the cause OF righteousness: III
righteous wars are common, anu III
r righteous peace is rare; but Dotn snoul
he stunned. The right of freedom an
the responsibility for the exercise Oh tn1
right cannot be divorced. one OF OF
GREAT poets has we'll and finely said ina
freedom is not a gift that tarries ION
in the hands of towards. Neither ooe
= II tarry long in the hands of those &c
e slothful. too dishonest or too un1ntell
g cent TO exercise it. The eternal vig1lant
= which is the price of liberty must De e.
- ercised. sometimes to guard against GU
! side foes: although of course far mo
- often to guard against our " seinS
a. ar ~thoughtless shortcomings
, Not Ready for Disarmament.
IF these self-evident truths are kept b
fore us. and only If they are SO kept pe1o
&c MS. we shall have a clear idea OF what o.
!, foreign policy In it's larger aspects snou
&c he. It is our duty to remember mat a III
&c ton has no more right to do injustice
y another nation, strong or weak, than {
&c Individual has to DO injustice to anotn
- in~diyidual; that the same moral law appli
- in one case as in the other. But we mu
c also remember that 1t is as much the ou
IA of the nation to guard its own rights a.
y its own interests as it is the duty OF I
CT individual so to do. Within the nation /
10 individual has now delegated this rig
TO the state. that is, to the re~presentatl
of ali the individuals, and 1T is q maxi
tie of the law that for every wrong there is
r. remedy. But in international law we ma
not advanced by any means as Tar as
have advanced in municipal law. Inc
is as vet no judicial way of enforcing a rig
III in international law. When one natl
wrongs another or wrongs many othel
there is no tribunal before which the wron
Nv doer can be brought. Either 1t is necessa
no s1ninely to acquiesce in the wrong, a.