I for one wish to state that there is no power in this land. whether it be of party or of press. that can swerve me for one instant from doing my duty as I conceive it. I believe what the gentleman from New York so eloquently asserted on Saturday. that the highest partisan advantage that can be reaped will be gained by the Democrats of this House doing justice according to the evidence and the law. I believe that we will avert the danger of any possible partisan disadvantage by an honorable. open. frank courseof conduct in this case. even to our seeming injury for the present. and that at the polls the honest yeomanry of this land. and more especially the hundreds and thousands of our naturalized citizens. will appreciate the votes of the Democratic party which are cast to give sanctity to the naturalization papers of James B. White. Mr. Speaker. one word more and I close. Living just across the river from the great metropolis of New York. I remember very well when a small partisan United States marshal. seeking to wrest a party advantage. put into a cage in the New York postoffce. like so many wild animals. hundreds of naturalized citizens. simply because they were voting the Democratic ticket. and I remember how the heart of that great metropolitan community went out to that distinguished jurist. Judge Blatchford. now on the United States bench. when by his decision this petty act. instigated by the rat intellect of the Federal satrap. was done away with. and those citizens whose cases were no stronger than that of Capt. James B.
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