Here is a declaration in defiance of his citizenship that they will proceed. and proceed in a way not justified by the treaty with that country. Then we are met here with a statement that he may not be a citizen. and we will allow him to be outraged. and we will allow the Government of the United States to be insulted and debased. and then we will get out of exercising the ordinary prerogatives of a decent government by saying. "After all. I think that fellows naturalization.papers are fraudulent." There never has been such a proposition made in American history before and I hope there never will be another. Ido not know whether all the facts as we have them are true. but I do know that there is enough here to demand the interference of this Government. I do know that there is not a selfrespecting government in the world that. on the state of facts presented to the Senate here today. would not make the demand that we are proposing to make.
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