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July 1, 1859
Fremont Journal
Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio
What is this article about?
A prominent Philadelphia lawyer, in a note to the Press editor, defends U.S. naturalization laws renouncing foreign allegiance for adopted citizens and opposes Gen. Cass's view that could separate them from American families based on past foreign subjection.
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Opinion of a Philadelphia Lawyer.
One of the most able Lawyers in Philadelphia, in a private note to the editor of the Press says:
"I always understood the American political rule to be that all allegiance to foreign potentates and powers would be totally renounced by adopted citizens, and that it always was the boast of our party that we had made that naturalization law and that we would maintain it and see it respected." He adds, "I say this, of course, not in behalf of naturalized citizens, but in behalf of every American, and especially of those who, if Gen. Cass' doctrine be true, can be recaptured and kept from their American wives and children, because once on a time they had been subjects of King Bomba, or some other miserable despot in the Old World."
One of the most able Lawyers in Philadelphia, in a private note to the editor of the Press says:
"I always understood the American political rule to be that all allegiance to foreign potentates and powers would be totally renounced by adopted citizens, and that it always was the boast of our party that we had made that naturalization law and that we would maintain it and see it respected." He adds, "I say this, of course, not in behalf of naturalized citizens, but in behalf of every American, and especially of those who, if Gen. Cass' doctrine be true, can be recaptured and kept from their American wives and children, because once on a time they had been subjects of King Bomba, or some other miserable despot in the Old World."
What sub-type of article is it?
Political Opinion
Legal Commentary
What themes does it cover?
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Naturalization Law
Foreign Allegiance
American Citizenship
Gen Cass Doctrine
Philadelphia Lawyer
What entities or persons were involved?
Philadelphia Lawyer
Editor Of The Press
Gen. Cass
Where did it happen?
Philadelphia
Story Details
Key Persons
Philadelphia Lawyer
Editor Of The Press
Gen. Cass
Location
Philadelphia
Story Details
A Philadelphia lawyer writes to the editor of the Press affirming that American naturalization law requires adopted citizens to renounce all foreign allegiance, and criticizes Gen. Cass's doctrine that would allow such citizens to be recaptured from their American families due to prior subjection to foreign despots.