Yes. the very act of emigration is a crime. Mr. Cox. The very act of emigration. as my friend well says. is an offense by law. When they retuni to their native country they lose all the benefits of naturalization lbe:ruse of that very offense. And this in this nineteenth century! And this when Germany dominates Europe ! Is not the inference pardonable that the sole purpose of this bill is to curtail the rights of naturalized citizens taryhag abroad 7 Can such an inference be hid by the addition of a few general clauses) What need is there for such legislation) Judge Black. than whom no better interpreter of international law ever acted as AttorneyGeneral of the United States. expressed himself in an official opinion with equal clearness in defining the meaning of naturalization. "In its popular etymological and legal sense." he wrote. " it (naturalization) signifies the act of adopting a foreigner and clothing him with all the privileges of a native citizen or subject. And this vsay same construction was adopted by a royal commission In England. which had for its chief the Earl of Clarendon. and among its mem. hors such eminent authorities and writers as Sir R. J.
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