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IV. - Lysander Spooner, Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States [1860]Edition used:Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States (Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860).
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IV.Still further proof that the constitution of the United States, and not the constitution or laws of the States, controls the citizenship of every person born in the country, is found in the fact that a simple act of congress is acknowledged by all to be sufficient, in defiance of all State laws and constitutions, to confer the privilege of United States citizenship upon persons of foreign birth. It would certainly be very absurd to give to congress such a power in regard to foreigners, if neither the United States constitution, nor the United States government had any similar power in regard to the natives of the country; for, in that case, the constitution would do more for foreigners than for natives. |
