The executive department of this Government has hitherto uniformly held, as it now holds, that naturalization in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the United States absolves the recipient from his native allegiance.
Johnson emphasizes the importance of naturalization laws in absolving individuals from their native allegiance.
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I transmit the accompanying communications from the Secretary of the Interior, together with the papers to which they have reference.
I transmit herewith, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of December last, a report from the Secretary of State of the 6th instant.
My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
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