 | Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman - 1900 - 642 pages
...government of the United States is concerned, by an act of Congress in the following terms : — " Whereas, the right of expatriation is a natural and...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and, whereas, in the recognition of this principle, this government has freely received... | |
 | 1900 - 778 pages
...minds of the court, was obviated by a declaratory act passed by Congress in 1868, declaring that " Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and whereas, in the recognition of this principle, this government has freely received... | |
 | Minnesota State Conference of Social Work - 1905 - 2210 pages
...now stand« as section 1999 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 1878. They read: "WHEBEAS, The right of expatriation is a natural and inherent...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; * * * Therefore any declaration, instruction, opinion, order, or decision of any officer... | |
 | George Breckenridge Davis - 1900 - 648 pages
...the conventional law of the United States.1 In 1868 an Act of Congress was passed declaring that " the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." , This act, which 1 Although the right of expatriation was, until quite recent times,... | |
 | 1900 - 858 pages
...1868, whose preamble reads : " Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right~of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; and whereas in the recognition of this principle this government has freely received... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - 1900 - 32 pages
...American citizen, and in no other character." Congress in 1868 declared "the right of expatriation" to be "a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and pronounced " any declaration, instruction,... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1900 - 692 pages
...American citizen, and in no other character." Congress in 1868 declared "the right of expatriation" to be "a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and pronounced " any declaration, instruction,... | |
 | John William Guentzer - 1901 - 100 pages
...who might herself be lawfully naturalized, shall be deemed a citizen. — (Rev. Stats. US, Sec. 1994) Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and whereas in the recognition of this principle, this Government has freely received... | |
 | Henry Brannon - 1901 - 596 pages
...bad law before the Act of the 27th July, 1868,1« allowing expatriation. That act reads as follows: "Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ; "That any declaration, instruction, opinion or decision of any officer of the United... | |
 | 1943 - 846 pages
...Crook. In that case Judge Dundy pointed out that Congress had declared the right of expatriation to be "a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable...enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' and that members of an Indian tribe were as clearly entitled to expatriate themselves... | |
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Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... 
