White has been successfully impeached in one of the methods of impeachment recognized in the law. He either lies or lie has told the truth. He either commits perjury or lie was naturalized. There is no escaping that. He provesbya man of eminent character. Mr. Jenkinson. substantially the same facts. and in a way that makes Jenkinson a perjurer. unless Mr. White was naturalized. lHe confirms his own and ir. Jenkinsons testiniony by that of Mr. Pratt. exsheriff of Allen County. and sheriff at the time of naturalization. And what is offered in opposition ? Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Lowry had known for weeks that there was no record remaining in this court of ir. Whites naturalizationnotwithstanding that Bell had known that factit was kept back until five days before the election. after every weekly paper supporting Mr. White had gone to press and to the country. And then Mr. White is telegraphed for. is brought back from his campaign. and Bell and Moynihan confront him. spread around him the meshes of the net prepared for him. and makethe charge that he is not a citizen. He saya. .I ama citizen. I was duly naturalized. Jenkinson was with me when I was naturalized." That is the material fact. Bell sayshe fixed thetime in 1857 or 1858. but Bell conveniently forgot the important part of that conversation. that Jenkinson was present. Moynihan recollects this and Bell forgets it. and both may have mistaken the reference to 1858.
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