Iprefer myself. in answering this question.not to argue the question abstractly. I prefer to cite precedents. so long established as to have acquired. inthe absence of contradictory legislation. the force of law. I will instance the authority which is conferred by the Government upon the judges of State courts to naturalize former inhabitants of foreign countries who have sought and asked the boon of citizenship at our hands. Here is a direct power conferred by the FederalGovernment upon officers who hold their offices exclusively from the States. and are exclusively responsible to the States to carry out the provisions of a Federal law of the highest and most important character and whose acts are unquestionably valid. Butimightbeproper to cIe a more recent example of the recognition of the existence of this power on the part of Congress.
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