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tion specified in the arst section of the addition shall, if the same has been he clerk of either of the courts in the e as valid as if it had been made beectively.

er enacted, That a declaration by any - person, of his intended application to the United States, made, in the manin the first condition specified in the o which this is in addition, two years all be a sufficient compliance with said he said act, or in any subsequent act, tanding.

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ad the acts concerning naturalization.

enate and House of Representatives of erica in Congress assembled, That the ct entitled "An act to establish an ization, and to repeal the acts heretobject," which was passed on the fourthousand eight hundred and two, and et entitled "An act relative to evidence n," passed on the twenty-second day

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the same, or he shall not be so ad of the applicant within the limits of the United States for at least fi ceding the time of such application or affirmation of citizens of the Ur shall be named in the record as wit residence within the limits and un United States, when satisfactorily places where the applicant has resi as aforesaid, shall be stated and s names of such citizens, in the rec the applicant otherwise the same considered and deemed a citizen of Approved May 24, 1828.

Mization. Representatives mbled. That to establish a I the acts heret ssed on the f red and two, an lative to evidenc venty-second da

AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act for the public and private vessels of the United eighteen hundred and thirteen.

Be it enacted by the Senate and I the United States of America in Cor last clause of the twelfth section of consisting of the following words, any time during the said five years United States," be, and the same is Approved June 26, 1848.

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enting upon the naturalization clause rticle I. of the Constitution, remarks

rights of cit me entitled might b of citizen be endang sinutions, ign ate of its pri It follows, fro it must be e ld bring bac form rule of accordingl en the consti er might no the control of extended, as

Hing the power to establish an uniform the national government seems not to bt or controversy in the convention. on the journals, it was conceded withThe confederation, the States possessed rcise the power; and the dissimilarity States was generally admitted, as a id the foundation of many delicate and the free inhabitants of each State were eges and immunities of citizens in all wed, that a single State possessed the very other State, with the enjoyment privilege, any alien whom it might o its own society, however repugnant be to their polity, conveniences, and et every State possessed the power of

7.—One of the grievances stated in the Declaration ng had endeavored to prevent the population of the naturalization of foreigners.

The Federalist. No dv. Collet, 21

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nt seems nott che convention conceded wit States possesse The dissimilari admitted, as i any delicate a each State wer of citizens in te possessed the the enjoyme whom it migh wever repugnat nveniences, a ed the powere

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terest to the whole Union to know the rights of citizens in each State, s become entitled to the rights of citi aliens might be admitted indiscri rights of citizens at the will of a sing itself be endangered by an influx d institutions, ignorant of its powers, timate of its privileges.

It follows, from the very nature of ful, it must be exclusive; for a conc would bring back all the evils and e uniform rule of the constitution And, accordingly, though there was when the constitution first went in power might not still be exercised to the control of Congress, so far as ter extended, as the supreme law;‡|

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Collet v. Collet, 2 Dall. R. 294: United States Const. Law, ch. 28, [ch. 30, 2d edit.]

rong current of reasoning on the other side, indeand claims of the nations of modern Europe. See , p. 85 to 101; Sergeant on Const. Law, ch. 28, [ch. 5. 35 to 42.

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