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1288. CITIZENS, Adopted.—

Born in
other countries, yet believing you could be
happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they
should do, your right to join us in society,
conforming * * * to our established rules.
That these rules shall be as equal as prudential
considerations will admit, will certainly
be the aim of our legislatures, general and particular.—
Reply to Address. Washington ed. iv, 394.
(W. May. 1801)