We believe if abuses occur they will be remedied more quickly. more readily. and more effectually than by any central power. And when the gentleman from Maine [Mr. Fityv] alluded to those corrupt judges who had granted false naturalization papers in 186b. he overlooked the fact that Judges Barnard and McCunn were driven from the bench. not by the Government at Washington. but by the indignant voice.of the people of the State of New York. And we say. now that these statutes. thus centralizing power in Washington. although they may alleviate temporary difficulty. are sure to produce evils on a scale of infinitely greater magnitude. and to become the parent of abuses which. if tolerated. will imperil. if permanently tolerated will destroy. the right of suffrage and the inestimable blessings to which it gives birth. The gentleman from Maine said it was necessary to repeal these laws in order to carry the State of New York for the democracy.
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