Cooley lays down the proposition that the citizens of the Territories are citizens of the United States exclusively and not citizens of any State. Of course that needs no argument to prove. Now. then. he continues. on the same page: Naturalization may be effected. first. by special laws which confer the privilege upon individuals named. second. byproceeding under general laws. whereby individuals renounce any foreign allegiance and take upon themselves the obligations of citizenship. third. by the acquisition by the United States of foreign territory. with its people. who thereby become citizens of the United States. In this manner the citizens brought within the jurisdiction of the Union by the acquisition of Louisiana. I lorida. and portions of Mexico became citizens.
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