An edition of Effect of proscriptive or extreme legislation against foreigners in Massachusetts and New England, on free labor, free states, and the cause of freedom and Republicanism in the West (1857)

Effect of proscriptive or extreme legislation against foreigners in Massachusetts and New England, on free labor, free states, and the cause of freedom and Republicanism in the West

letter of Edward L. Pierce, Esq., of Chicago, containing important statistics in regard to the foreign vote at the presidential election : together with extracts from the report of the minority of the committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, presenting their reasons for proposing a residence of two years after naturalization, instead of fourteen years in the United States, before foreigners can acquire the right to vote and hold office.

By Edward Lillie Pierce