On the Naturalization Question: Washington, D. C., December 5, 1869 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The immense emigration from the continent to the United States leads to thousands of cases of disputed property, mainly inheritances, between naturalized citi zens of the United States and parties on this side of the ocean. The latter are often relatives who would take advantage of a prolonged absence on the part of right ful heirs to cheat them of inheritances, but oftener they are the authorities of the communities where the prop erty is, and who, as my experience goes, invariably fight to the last to prevent money from being paid to persons resident out of the country. These authorities are by law the custodians and administrators of the estates of deceased persons, and they seem to me to be partial to claimants living in their own communities. Holding to the old doctrine, of born a citizen always a citizen, which, owing to our imperfect naturalization treaties they are still able to do, they insist upon deciding all such cases on the assumption that the United States naturalized citizen is still a citizen of their community. And this works to his injury in a score of ways which I need not now detail.

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