I do not assent to the doctrine just antonneed by the Senator from Minnesota. that the ineligibility of an elector cannot be proved by the parol admission of the candidatehiniself. It is not the law. It is not in accordace with usage. Mr. Webster. in the debate upon General Shieldss ineligibility as a Senator from Illinois. when itwas urged that the record proof of his naturalization was not properly aithioticated amd there was therefore no legal proof of his alienage. distinctly stated that record proof was not necessary. inasmuch as Mr. Shields admitted that he was a foreigner. and his statement was all the proof required.
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