Year: 1868

be thus manufactured, and commenced the
fabrication of Naturalization Certificates 'Out
"of whole clOth"-that is, without any swearing
or other proceedings in court whatever. Blank
certificates were made out, signed land sealed,
leaving only the name of the person to be
thereby invested with the attributes of citizen
ship to be filed in at discretion. Thus the
Democratic majority in Luzerne County, Pa.
has been swelled by thousands for some years
past; thus was Democratic Senator returned
from the Huntingdon district of that State last
Fall and thus was the Democratic vote this year
in Pennsylvania swelled by many thousands OF
votes, and three Republican districts made to
return Democrats to the next House of Rep
resentatives.


Such crimes are usually dffused and multi
piled till they become too fragrant to be borne.
When recently in Washington County N. ~
we met the County Judge, who said, :" natu-
"ralize every applicant who supplies the proper
"proofs of his fitness, and hold court in differ
cent parts of the County to afford every facil-
city. 1 naturalze good many-all who have
ga right to be naturalized Those who have
"not make journey to Troy, where there is
&" court that puts them through with certainty
"and Dispatch Thus scores are daily made
citizens who dare not apply where they are
known.


The fact notorious in Democratic circles,
that Certificates of Naturalization could be had
in this City for So and no questions asked,
finally attracted the attention of the u 5.
Marshal, Robert Murray, who thereupon deter
mined to ascertain how the thing was done.
So he quietly made his arrangements, and In
due time had bought, at second hand. five
Naturalization Certificates for persons who
never existed-price 81 each. His agent bought
them of Benjamin b. Rosenberg Democratic
Bureau of Naturalization, No. Centre-st., now
under arrest Mr.. Rosenburg can, perhaps, tell
how he came honestly by them, and how the
signature of the County Clerk and the
seal of the Supreme Court were honestly
attached to them, though he seems in
no hurry to do 80. At all events, clue to the
mystery of niquity has been obtained and will
be followed up We invite especial attention
TO our report of Saturdays proceedings in this
case, which will be found full of interest And
we desire here TO correct our first hasty ex-
pressions with regard to Y. s. District Attorney
Z, a.;, 1utv in tha
regardless of its partisan bearings, rs becomes
faithful officer and true man. His associate
counsel for the prosecution are, of course, doing
all that is within the scope of eminent legal
ability and patriotism. The case is in frst-rate
hands and no wriggng and twisting will suf-
flee but TO delay its full development. The
whole truth is bound TO come out We shall
see how many and how exalted are those i'm
plicated by it.


A grave public duty is devolyed by these dis
closures on the Registers of Legal Voters not
only, but on the great body of our citizens. Ii
is already proved beyond dispute that counter
felt Certificates of Naturalization have been sys
tematically issued. No honest man can object
to a searching scrutiny in the premises. We
do not urge an indiscriminate refusal TO register
persons who claim to have been recently natu-
ralized but we insist on reasonable inquiry
and scrutiny. Put the applicant on oath, and
make him swear to the facts requisite to
prove him legally naturalized There are
threats that Judges Barnard and Cardozo are
preparing 10 mandamus every register who shall
refuse TO enroll the name of any one who pre-
sents certificate of naturalization. They hare
no right 10 do this, and piH be remored from
Office nert Winter u they do not behdre them
selues. Let no register interpose a captious
olJection but it is the simple duty of every
one to take care that the ballot boxes are not
corrupted and the peoples verdict falsiied by
fraud. And it is the duty of our upright citi-
zens to stand by them, to rally around them,
and see that they are not overawed or brow
beaten. We ask every good citizen who can
do so to attend and watch the registry Of his
district on Friday and Saturday next.





Mr.. Johnson is doing his best. They will not
let him swing around the circle again, being
convinced that one performance in that
line at time is quite enough,