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De Alexander: “Threats are made against naturalised citizens, and a federal grand jury has been induced to find, in great haste and…”

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Threats are made against naturalised citizens, and a federal grand jury has been induced to find, in great haste and secrecy, bills of indictment for the purpose, openly avowed, of intimidating them in the discharge of their public duties....
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De Alexander
Republican · New York

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Alexander describes the intimidation tactics used against naturalised citizens during elections.

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