The judgment is the act of the court. which stands independent of anything that a clerk may do or fail to do. Now. there is no record of what this court has done. We are therefore driven to inquire into the facts of the transaction. and Captain White stands before this House declaring upon his oath that in 1865 he attended before a court in this county in Indiana where his naturalization is said to have taken place. accompanied by witnesses. that he complied with all the requirements of the law. and that a certificate of naturalization was issued to him by a competent authority. Holding the views that I do of the record. there is nothing left for me to decide but whether I will believe the statement which is made by Captain White under the solemnity of an oath. and which is corroborated by a character against which not one word has been uttered in the course of this debate. Mr.
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