Supreme Court, ain was, assigned Mr. Giegerich, Jydge of the U. 8.
by the Appellate Division of the Supreme "Court to hear applications for naturalization during the month of July, warned those who appeared before him not to take oaths of allegiance if they do not believe thoroughly in the American form of government and intend to uphold all its laws. He told them that "there is no justification for a resort to violence or any other unlawful means to effect a change." Justice Giegerich said "If there be any among you who think otherwise and nevertheless take the prescribed oath of alle-glance it will be a false oath. Therefore, let those who may har-hour in their minds any thought inimical to our form of government step aside and not attempt to gain citizenship by means of a false oath; for sooner or later their disloyalty will be discovered and their certificates of naturalization will be revoked and they will be sent back to the land from whence they came.
"Seeds of sedition and disorder do not germinate in American soil. While we welcome foreigners to our shores and by the enactment of liberal naturalization laws encourage them to become citizens, we nevertheless do insist that the rights and privileges of citizenship shall only be conferred upon those ho possess the necessary qualifications, and who, above dill, are lay" abiding and loyal to our counti: and its institutions. I sincerely hope that the applicants who are admitted to-day will by their lives and actions prove to be worthy citizens of our land. As there will be no opportunity after their admission for me to say anything to them collectively, I now offer to them, in advance of the granting of their petitions, my congratulations and best wishes and extend to them a hearty welcome to the ranks of citizenship of our great republic. May our Heavenly Father ever preserve it."
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