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THE PEOPLE’S TICKET.
For President.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
The invincible Hern of Tippecanoe —the in
corruptible Statesman—the inflexible Re
publican—the patriot Farmer of Ohio.
For Vice-President.
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nation.
ELECTION ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER.
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For Congress.
fELECTION on the First Monday in October,
1840.]
R. w. HABERSHAM, of Habersham,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene,
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup,
EUGENIUS A. NIS BET, of Bibb,
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter,
Thomas butler king, of aiynn,
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson,
JAMES a MERRI WETHER, of Putnam,
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
For Electors of President and Vice Presi
dent.
f ELECTION THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER
1840.]
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe,
Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden,
Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee,
Mai. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock,
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, oj Clark,
SEATON GRANTLAND, oj Baldwin,
Gen. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass,
Gen. W. W. EZZ.ARD, of De Rail),
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb,
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke,
Gen. E WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
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V L I T IV V L.
LEGAL REQUISITES FOR NATU
RALIZATION OF FOREIGNERS.
The subjoined statement of the legal
requisites for the naturalization of foreign
ers, will be read with interest. The sub
ject is commanding considerable attention
at this time, in consequence of elections
H now going on and soon to take place i
Editor of Cincinnati Republican .*
Sir —As fiequent applications are made
to me for information relative to the legal
requisites for tne admission ot aliens ur fo
reigners to citizenship in the United States,
•and as I find a strong disposition in the pub
lic mind, (in consequence oftheexcitement
•occasioned bv the approaching elections) to
be accurately informed on this subject, I
have thought that it would be valuable to
foreigners, and satisfactory to the public ge
nerally, to have published in your paper, a
plain and brief statement of what the Nat
uralization Laws, now in force, absolutely
require. As there have been ten statutes
pa shed by Congress upon this subject, some
of which alter and amend, or repeal the
Vvhole or parts of others, I have a very gen
ial uncertainty ordoubtexisting as to what
the requirements for citizenship now really
are. I have, therefore, carefully examin
ed 1 the law, and herewith furnish you with
a’ plain and condensed statement of its in
•dispensable provisions.
1. EitheroftheCircuit or District Courts
] of tilts United States, or any Court of re
cord in any of the States or Territories, ha
ving common law jurisdiction, a seal, and
clerk or prothonotory, (and no others) can
naturalize foreigners, and give certificates
of citizenship.
2. To enable a person, 21 years of age
or upwards? to become naturalized, (who
emigrated to this country since the 18th of
June, l'Bl2j he must make a declaration
to someone of the Courts above mention
ed, (or its clerk) of his intention to be
come a'citizen of .the United States; and
such declaration must be made two years
at least before he applies for admission, or
can be admitted, to citizenship. He must
also have resided at gears within
the jurisdiction of the United States, im
mediately preceding his application for
admission, and the hist year of his resi
dence must be in the State or Territory
where lie makes application. During
these five years, he must at no time have
been without the jurisdiction of the United
States.
3. Any free white alien minor, who
shall have resided within the jurisdiction
ol'lhe United States, for three years next
preceding his arriving at the age of twen
ty-one years, and who shall have continu
ed his residence therein to the time of his
application for citizenship, may, after he
shall have arrived at twenty-one years df
age, and after he shall have resided five
years within the jurisdiction ofthe United
States, including the three years of his mi
nority, be admitted a citizen without hav
ing madennv previous declaration of in
tention to become a citizen ; provided he
shall declare on oath, and satisfactorily
prove to the Court, at the time of his ap
plication for admission, that it had been,
for three years next preceding his applica
tion, his bona fide, intention to become a
citizen.
4. Any free white alien who resided
within the jurisdiction ofthe United States,
between 14th April, 1802, (or any pre
vious time) and the 18th June, 1812, and
has since continued to reside therein, may
be admitted to citizenship, without having
made any previous declaration of intention
to become a citizen ; provided he satisfac
torily proves that he had so resided, and
the places where he had resided ; and al
so that he proves by citizens of the United
States, that he had actually resided for
the five years immediately preceding his
application, within the jurisdiction ofthe
United States.
5. The children of persons duly natu
ralized, being under the age of twenty-one
years at the time their parents were so na
turalized, shall, if dwelling in the United
States be considered as citizens of the Uni
ted States; and the children of persons
who are now or have been such citizens,
shall, though born out of the limits of the
‘United States, be considered citizens.—
But the right of citizenship shall not de
scend to persons whose fathers have nev
er resided within the United States.
6. Any alien, who shall have legally
declared his intention to become a citizen
(according to the first section of the act
of April 14th, 1802) and shall have died
before he was actually naturalized, the
widow and children of such alien shall be
considered as citizens of the U. Stales;
and shall be entitled to all the rights and
privileges of such, upon taking the oaths
prescribed by law.
7. No alien, except he be both free and
white, can be admitted to citizenship.—
Nor can any alien be admitted until he
prove a good moral character; that he is
attuched to the principles of the Constitu
tion ofthe United States, and well dispo
sed to the good order and happiness ofthe
same: ant’ takes the oaths that he forever
.enounces allegiance to all foreign powers
or potentates, to support the Constitution,
&.c. as prescribed by law.
8. All the proceedings in relation to the
obtaining naturalization must be faithfully
and fully recorded by the Clerk of the
Court where they occur.
9. Forging, counterfeiting, or fraudu
lently procuring any certificate of citizen
ship or naturalization papers, or falsely
or fraudulently using those belonging to,
or intended for, another person, is pun
ishable by imprisonment in the peniten
tiary not less than three nor more than
five years, or by fine not less than five
hundred nor more than one thousand dol
lars, at the discretion of the Court.
These are all the necessary and import
ant requirements of the law now in force
relative to the naturalization of foreigners.
I have not deluded the provisions of the
statutes in the order in whicli they were
passed, because there have been so many
alterations and amendments, and so much
repealing, that to do so, would render the
law inexplicable and confused to most rea
ders. I have aimed to exhibit it so plain
that the commonest mind can readily un
derstand it. If, in this attempt, I shall
have contributed any service for those who
may wish to become naturalized, or fur
nished the public more ready means of de
tecting frauds at the ballot boxes, I shall
feel amply repaid for the little trouble I
have taken. JAMES F. CONOVER.
Cincinnati, August 3d, 1840.
A Draft on President Van Buren.—
Mr. Editor ‘The following draft has
fallen into my hands for collection. I de
sire to present it to the drawer, for accept
ance, through the columns of your paper.
Will you be kind enough to publish it 1
To his Excellency
Martin Van Buren i
Sir On the 4th of March, 1841,
please deliver the Presidential chair, with
all its honors and responsibilities, to Gene
ral William Henry Harrison, and charge
the same, as advised, to a sovereign
people.
Yours, sympathetically,
TWENTY STATES.
Washington, (Wilkes county, Ga.) Scpltimbcr 3, 18-10.
THE PEOPLE’S HEART,
Os the career of Gen oral
“'Harrison, I need not speak ;
the history of the West is his his
tory. For forty years he has been identi
tified with its interests, its perils, and its
hopes. Universally beloved in the walks of
peace, and distinguishad by his ability in
the councils of his country, lie has been
yet more illustriously distinguished in
the field. During the late war, he
was longer in actual service than
any other General Officer; he
Was, perhaps, oftener in ac
tion than any one of them,
and never sustained a de
feat. Thus spoke Col.
Johnson, V. P., in
the House of Re
presentatives
whilst a
member
of that
body.
ts/ 5 ” General McDuffieliavihg published
his adhesion to the present Administration,
it may be well to look back as far as 1834,
to sed what this “ high-minded politician”
said of the concern :
“ Before that God to whom I am re
sponsible for what I say here, I do believe
that the annals of human idolatry and de
lusion cannot furnish an example of more
impudent, audacious, and monstrous im
posture, than that which the Administra
tion is attempting, and I fear with too
much success, to palm upon the people of
the United States, under the flimsy and
delusive guise of returning to the primitive
simplicity of a hard-money government.
Nothing that I hate read., among all the
superstitions of the World, transcends its
monstrous audacity.”
(fir In his last annual Message to Con
gress, President Jackson bears the follow
ing most conclusive testimony against the
Sub-Treasury Scheme, which now finds
so much favor in the eyes of the Spoils
Administration, and all its followers, who
have an eye to become Sub-Treasurers.
In his Message to Congress of December,
1836, General Jackson said :
“ To retain the public money in the
Treasury unemployed in any way, is IM
PRACTICABLE. It is besides, against
the genius of our FREE INSTITU
TIONS to lock up in vaults the TREA
SURES OF THE NATION /”
llow can any honest Jackson man, or
true “ follower in the footsteps,” get
round, or get over this downright veto of
the Sub-Treasury System 1
Which is the Worst I —Genera! Har
rison is falsely and basely accused by the
Locoliico oresscs, of having voted in favor
of a law which prescribed the sale of poor
white men for debt. Mr. Van Buren is
truly and justly accused of sanctioning the
principle, that a white man may have his
estate taken away from him, and that lie
may be fined, imprisoned, pilloried, whip
ped. branded, cropped, or hanged, on
negro evidence !!
Grand Failure ! —The great dinner
which has been in contemplation for some
weeks back, to be given by the Locofocos
to that stock-jobbing politician, Edward J.
biu-lt, earns off on Thursday last, (Aug.
20,) near the line ot Richmond and Burke
counties. And notwithstanding the great
efforts to get together a crowd, lo ! and be
hold ! when the assembled multitude had
collected, it was variously estimated by
members of their own party, at from
one to three hundred persons.—Chronicle
and Sentinel.
A Good One. —The Van Burenites, in
this State, having become somewhat sick
of the contest, propose to repair to the
Indian Springs, en masse, For their
HEALTH. — Ibid.
Something to be alarmed at—The pros
pect of a National Debt made certain. —
The receipts of the United States Treasury
for the last five months :
Customs i : : : $6,091,951
Lands : i : : : 1,395,202
Miscellaneous t : : 32,676
$7,529,829
The Secretary of the Treasury, in his
annual report, estimated the receipts would
be $18,000,000 for this year. The pro
bable expenditure will be $40,000,000.
Let each interested examine for himself
how come this falling offfrom the estimates.
How comes this great increase of expendi
tures ? Is there not something “ rotten in
Denmark ?” Or, perhaps, in the words
of a custom house officer, when undergo
ing an examination before the late investi
gating committee, “ that credit was given
in the cash hook for all the bonds that were
paid, the rest were in suspense.” , a
The Whigs love darkness rather than
light.— Globe. If there is any man in the
nation that loves darkness rather than
light, we think it must be the Vice Presi
dent.—Louisville Journal.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
POLITICAL OPINIONS OF MARTIN
VAN BUREN,
IN REGARD TO THE RIGItT OF SUFFRAGE,
&c., Arc.
[From the Report of the Proceedings and
Debates ofthe Convention of 1821, assembled
for the purpose of amending the Constitution
ofthe State of New York.|
No. I. —-Martin Van Buren in favor of
placing Free Negroes on an equality
with White Men in regard to the
Right of Suffrage.
At the opening of the Convention, Fri
day, August 31, 1821,
Mr. King, from the committee appointed
to consider and report in what manner it
would he expedient to take up the business
ofthe Convention, presented a scries of re
solutions, the 6th of which was as follows :
,l Resolved, That so much of the Consti
tution as relates to the rights and qualifica
tions of persons to be elected, be referred to
a committee to take into consideration the
expediency of making any, and if any,
what alterations or amendments, therein,
and to report such as they deem expedi
ent.”—Journal of the Convention, page
35.
Under the above resolutions, Messrs. N.
Sanford, S. Van•Rensselear, P. R. Liv
ingston, Fairlie, Young, Crdnmer, and
Ross.— Jour. Con. page 38;
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1821.
Mr. Sanford, from the committee ap
pointed, reported that the committee hav
ing considered the subjects referred to
them, recommended tho following amend
ments to the Constitution :—“ 1. Every
white male citizen of the age of twenty
one years, who shall have resided in the
State six months, next preceding any elec
tion, and shall within one year preceding
the election have paid any tax assessed
upon him, or shall, within one year pre
ceding any election have been assessed to
work on a public road, and shall have per
formed the work assessed upon him, or
shall have paid an equivalent in money
therefor, according to law, or shall within
one year preceding the election have been
enrolled in the militia in this State, and
shall have served therein according to law,
shall be entitled to vote at such election in
tho town or ward in which he|hall reside,
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sena
tors, Members of Assembly, and all other
officers who are or may bo elective by the
people.”— Jour. Con. page 134.
September 19, 1821.
On motion of Mr. Sanford, the report of
the committee relative to the right of suf
frage, was taken up for consideration, and
was discussed.— Jour. Con. page 178, <Sfc.
The question being on tho first section
as originally reported by the committee,
Mr. Jay moved that tho word “ white” be
stricken out. — SeeJor. Con. page 190.
The object of this amendment was to
place the Negroes on an equality with the
Whites in rpgard to voting.
Colonel /Y oung earnestly opposed the
amendment. “We ought to make a con
stitution adapted lo our habits, manners,
and state of society. Metaphysical refine
ments and abstract speculations are of lit
tle use in framing a Constitution. No
while man will stand shoulder to shoul
der with a negro in tho train band or
jury room. He will not invite him to a
seat at his table, nor in his pew at church.
And yet he must bo placed on a footing of
equality in the right of voting, and on no
other occasion whatever, either civil or
social!! The minds ofthe blacks are not
competent to vote,” continued Col. Young,
“they are too much degraded to estimate
the value of exercising with fidelity and
discretion, that important right. It would
be unsale in their hands !!” &c.— See
Jour. Con. page 191.
The question on striking out the word
white, was then taken by ayes and noes,
and decided in the affirmative, ayes 63,
noes 50, MARTIN VAN BUREN voting
in the affirmative, to strike out the word
white, and thus place the NEGRO ON
AN EQUALITY WITH THE WHITE
MAN IN VOTING AT ELEOI’IONS.
— See Jour. Con. page 202. *
After the above vote was taken, Gener
al Root immediately arose and observed,
that “ There was danger of extending the
right of suffrage too far. It was now ex
tended to NEGROES, or in the polite
language of the day, to COLORED PEO
PLE. It was, in his opinion, inexpedient
to admit strolling voters.” With a view to
preventthis, he offered a further amend
ment relative to residence, paying of tax,
doing military duty, &c. &c.— See Jour.
Con. page 202.
This is the same Martin Van Buren who
is now exhibited to the world as a “north
ern man jwith southern principles.” Is it
one ofthe principles of the south, that a
negro has as much right to vote at elections
as a while man ? We pause for a reply.
No. 2.—Martin Van Buren in favor of
a freehold qualification for State Se
nators
(September 22d, 1821.
Chief Justice Spencer moved to amend
Mr. Roots amendment, by requiring an
interest *i law or equity, in lands, ten
ements, qr hereditaments of the value of
$250, ask qualification of voters for state
Senators.— Jour. Con. page 215.
Mr. VVn Buren opposed this amend
ment. lie contended that the land inte-
rest “was sufficiently guarded by the con
stitution as it now stands. It now provides
that the Senators shall be freeholders) and
that part of the constitution it was not pro
posed to alter. There was no objection to
fixing the amount ol'lhe freehold required
in the elected, and to place it on a respec
table, but not extravagant looting.”— Set
Jour. Con. page 255, dye.
After a long debate, the question on the
amendment ol Chief Justice Spencer, was
taken by ayes and noes, and decided in
the negative, ayes 19, noes 100, Mr. Van
Buren voting in the negative.— Jour. Con.
page 370.
Under the old constitution, which in
this respect, according to Mr. Van Buren,
“it was not proposed to alter,” no man
Could be elected Senator, unless he “pos
sessed a freehold ofthe value of one hun
dred pounds over and above all debts char
ged thereon.” - -— Con. of New York 1777,
sec. 10.
No. 3.— Martin Van Buren opposed to
universal suffrage. — Jour. Con. page
278.
Mr; Jay, for the sake of relieving the
embarrassments of the committee, moved
to strike out from Gen. Root’s amendments
the words, “or being armed and equipped
according to law, shall have performed
within tho year military duty in the mili
tia of this State.”
Jour, of Con. page 274.—The question
was taken and decided in the negative,
ayes 26, noes 92. Mr. Van Buren voting
in tho negative.
General Tallmage then moved to strike
out “or on the highways ; he was confin
ing the qualifications of voters, to stich as
do military duty and pay taxes.
Col. Young replied, and was opposed
to striking out.
Mr. Van Buren supported the motion for
striking out. The people, (he said,) Were
not prepared for universal suffrage.
Gen. Root replied, that iftheclause Were
stricken out it Would disfranchise a nume
rous class of persons who ought to vote.
Mr. Bussell was against striking out.
“Ii would disfranchise many who ought to
vote. lie recollected a Revolutionary sol
dier in his town, who was at the siege of
Quebec, and another who was at the stor
ming ol'Stoney Point, and neither could
have a vote if this motion prevailed.”
September 27,182 L
An amendment of Gen. Tallmage was
under consideration.— See. page 876.
Jour, of Con. page 277.—Gen. Root
said the amendment provided for the dis
franchisement of a numerous class ofeiti
zens He enlarged upon the remarks of
thtTgenileman from Niagara, M*. iusscll
who mentioned two instances in his town,
where two revolutionary patriots and sol
diers, one of whom fought with Montgom
ery under the walls of Quebec, and the
other, under Wayne at Stoney Point,
would bo disfranchised if this provision
were stricken out,” &c.
Air. Van Buren said, befell himself call
ed on to make a few remarks in reply to
the gentleman from Delaware, (Gen. Root.)
He observed that it was evident, and in
deed some gentlemen did not seem dispo
sed to disguise it, that theamendment pro
posed by (Gen. Root) contemplated noth
thingshort ofuniversnl suffrage. Mr. Van
Buren did not believe that there were twen
ty members of that committee who, were
the bare naked question of universal suff
rage put to them, would vote in its favor,
Mr, Van Buren then replied to a statement
made yesterday by his honorable and ven
erable friend from Erie, (Mr. Russell)) in
relation to the exclusion of soldiers who
had fought at Quebec and Stoney Point,
under the banner of Montgomery & Wayne.
And he felt the necesssily of doing this,
because such cases urged by such gentle
men as his honorable friend, were calcu
lated to make a deep and lasting impres
sion. * * * Few of those patriots were
now living, and of that few, the number
was yearly diminishing. In fifteen years
the grave will have covered all those who
now survive. Was it not, then, unwise
to hazard a wholesome restrictive provL
sion, lest in its operation it might affect
those few individuals for a short time?—
He would add no more; his duty would
not permit him to say less. One word,
(continued Mr. Martin Van Buren,)
on the MAIN QUESTION before the
Committee. We had already reached the
verge of universal suffrage, There was
but one step beyond, And are gentlemen
prepared to take that step? We were
cheapening this invaluable right. He was
disposed to go as far us any man in the
extension of rational liberty ; but he could
not consent to undo value this precious
privilege, so far as to confer it with an in
discriminating hand upon tvery one, black
and white, who would be kind enough to
accept it.— See Jour, of Con.
The question on striking out “ (HI oS j
the highways,” were then taken by v is j
and noes—and decided in the affirmative :
ayes 68, noes 48, Martin Van Buren vo
ting in the affirmative, and thus voting to
exclude from the right of suffrage a large
class of citizens, and also soldiers of trie
Revolution.— See Jour. Con. page 28(4.
The effect of this striking oUf the wbrds
“or on the highways,” wfts to exclude from
voting all those who did hot pay taxes &c.
and who, if those words'had been left in
| he Constitution, might have voted, by
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Volume WVI.
working on the highways, to the amount
of sixty-two and a half rails.
Alarlin Vuii Huron, by tins vote, says
NO—you, poor laborers, who do not pay
j taxes, Ac., stand aside, you shall NOT
VOTE. Pile effect of his vole to strikq
1 out “ white” as before shown, was to ad-
I mil negroes .to vote on the same footing
with white men 1! !
This is the Martin Van Buren who is
called by the office-holders, the FRIEND
ofthe POOR MAN !!
September 28, 1821.
Judge Van Ness moved lor a reconside
ration of the vote of yesterday, for strik
ing out the words, “ on the highways.”—-
See Jour. Can. page 284.
Alter a long discussion, the question of
reconsideration was taken and decided in
the affimative.
Colonel Young then called for the con
sideration of Mr. W heeler’s amendment.—
See Jour. Con, /mge 2~6.
Mr. Wheeler spoke at length in its fa
vor. He w;ts in fAvor of universal suf
frage, with suoli exceptions and limitations
as might be conducive, to the public wel
fare.—See Jour. Con. page 284.
Judge Platt opposed the amendment, on
the grrthnd that it went in favor of univer
sal suffrage.
Mr. Van Buren “occupied the floor for
some time in expressing his sentiments de
cidedly against universal suffrage. We
were hazarding every thing by going to
such lengths in the amendments,” &c.—
Page 284.
Mr. Tompkins supported the amend
ment, and thought too much alarm had
been created by tho bug-bear, universal
suffrage. Taxation as applied to repre
sentation, meant liability to taxation. How
was it when no taxes were imposed in this
State ? Were there no representation ?
Page 284.
Journal of the Convention, page 287.
The question on Mr. Wheeler’s amend
ment was taken by ayes and noes, and
decided in the affimative, ayes 63, noes
35. Martin Van Buren voting in the ne
gative, and against universal suffrage.
No. 4. —Martin Van Buren against Uni
versal Suffrage, And in favor of c
Household qualification for Voters.
September ’9 1821.
On motion of Mr. Edward, he whole
subject was again referred to • select corn
i mittee of thirteen to consider and report
upon it.—Jour. Con. page 288.
October 4, 1821.
Colonel Young, from the committee of
thirteen, to whom was referred the resolu
tion relative to the right of suffrage, made
a report— See Jour. Con , page 329.
‘Phe subject came up lor discussion,
page 366.
Martin Van Buren said, “that as the
vote he should now give on what was
called the highway qualification, would be
different from what it had been on a former
occasion, he would give a brief explana
tion. The qualifications reported by the
first committee were of three kinds, Viz.,
the payment of a money tax ; the perform
ance of military duty ; and working on
the highways. The two former had met
his decided approbation. To the latter he
wished to add the additional qualification,
that the elector should, if he paid no tax,
perform no military duty, but offeied his.
vote on the sole ground that he had labored
on the highway, also to be a householder.”
He then proceeded to give a history of the
progress ofthe voting on the subject, and
staled as a reason, why he would not now
again attempt to add the qualification, that
if he did, it would be running the hazard
of the reintroduction of the proposition of
the gentleman from Washington, abandon
ing all qualifications, and throwing open
the ballot boxes to every body. Then
went on !o point out the many evils that
would flow from a wholly unrestricted
right of suffrage, “ First,” said he, “it
would give to the city of New York, about
25,000 votes, whilst, under the liberal ex
tension ofthe right or the choice of dele
gates to this Convention, she had but about
13 or 14,000 ; that the character of the
increased number of votes, would be such
as Would render their elections rather a
curse than a blessing, Secondly, it would
not only be injurious to them, but to the
northern and western part ofthe State,&c.,
the additional representation which next
year was to be distributed among the coun
ties, would, instead of going principally to
the west, be surrendered to the worst po
pulation of the old countries and cities.
Thirdly, the door would be entirely closed
against retreat, whatever might be otrr
after conviction, founded on experience, as
19 the evil tendency of this extended suf
frage.” He said the highway fax was
within the control of the Legislature, and
might hereafter be confined to property.
For one hundred years at least this would
afford protection against the evils appre-
I beaded, He would, therefore, notwith
standing that his desire to have the quali
.icnlion of householder, added to the elec
tors of the third description remain un
changed, accept the report of the commit
tee ns it was, with the addition of military
qualification, which he thought ought to be
a opted for the sake of principle, if for no
filler reason.
A The question was taken—affirmative
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