NY Times 1859 Natural Born Citizen as Defined By The US Administration
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 9:38:52 PM by patlin
1859 Official Opinion of US Admin
1859 Opinion of US Attorney General
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“Here is a better piece of historical evidence that I just found:
Naturalization Question: Attorney General Black’s Opinion Upon Expatriation and Naturalization
New York Times
Published: July 20, 1859
[H]ere none but a native can be President…A Native and a Naturalized American can go forth with equal security over every sea and through every land under heaven, including the country in which the latter was born… They are both of them American citizens, and their exclusive allegiance is due to the government of the United States…One of the never did owe featality elsewhere, and the other, at the time of his naturalization, solemnly and rightfully, in pursuance of public law and municipal regulations, threw off, renounced and abjured forever all allegiance to every foreign prince, potentate, State and sovereignty whatever, and especially to that sovereign whose subject he had previously been. [end quote]
And there is so much more:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0C13FB34551B7493C2AB178CD85F4D8584F9
See also: THE NATURALIZATION QUESTION.; THE POSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATION DEFINED. Important Offical Paper.
New York Times
Published: July 15, 1859
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60C14FB34551B7493C7A8178CD85F4D8584F9
126 posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 8:41:21 PM by patlin (Ignorance is Bliss for those who choose to wear rose colored glasses)”