S. 299312). where the woman was an American citizen and married an alien. Now. under the common law she remained an American and retained her allegiance immutably to tile country in which she was born. Under the doctrine of the United States. first by diplomatic relations. and then by act of Congress. and then consnumating the matter by the success of the War of 1812. the American Government said to the world. " We will determine who can be citizens of the United States and what is necessary for people to do to become citizens of the United States." As Kent stated in his second volume. fourteenth edition. "The deduction would seem to have been repealed by the naturalization laws ". that is. that it was immutable. "and it was certainly opposed to the executive opinion. and we may say popular sentiment so determined that it sought its vindication by war." Now. a person born in the United States becomes a citizen of this country. contrary to the doctrine of any other country -in the world. They can not add to or subtract fro- our declaration. When a woman then marries an alien. under the alct of 1868. chapter 249.
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