Sufficient to punish after the crime has been committed. but not sufficient to prevent the perpetration of the wrong. It is far more important. I will say to the gentleman from Massachusetts. that we should prevent the commission of a crime than that we should catch the criminal after he has committed it and put him in jail. and in order to prevent the commission of crime we have provided these safeguards in the issuing of certificates of naturalization. and I can not conceive what possible objection anybody can have to saying that Ihe certificates of naturalization that are issued should be given to the people who are entitled to them and that they shall not be used for fraudulent purposes. That is all we have sought to do bythis bill and by these provisions to which I have just caled to your attention.
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