Bayard continuegwas accepted by Mr. Buchanan and Count Nesselrode. the negotiators. as a standard . and the Russian treaty is to be taken with the construction whichthe russian treaty rightfully bears. It was never contended by Prussia. nor subsequently by Germany. that the validity of the naturalization of a Prussian or German in the United States was. under this artcte. to be conditloned upon his having emigrated with his sovereigns consent. I am willing to admit that the preponderance of authority leans the way the Senator from New York has construed this treaty. that in 1832.the doctrine of perpetual allegiance obtained at least with the continental countries of Europe. But what has that to do with this discussion?
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