Therefore this vindication could not have taken place at previous occasions. I am not here to thrash old straw over and over again. We have heard about election frauds and fraudulent naturalization in the year 1868 in the city of New York. There was a report made in Congress by our Republican friends. they having anajority of the committee. and a report by a minority consisting of the Democracy. in which it was shown that those frauds were few and far between. I refer to the elaborate report made in the other House of Congress. It is enough for me to say right here that one reason why there were so many naturalizations in that year was because it was the first Pesidential election after the close of the war. Men had declined and refused to become naturalized. many of them. thousands and tens of thousands. because of course if naturalized they were required to serve in the Army. and many of them did not wish to serve or did not wish to be drafted. So in the first important election after the war. in 1868. there naturally was a rush of people to become naturalized in the city of New York. Be that as it may. I stand here to defend the people of my State against the charges of my colleague.
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