[Notorial dissent]

My apologies, my misunderstanding of the presentation. Does not alter the fact that from fifth sentence on it is nonsense. The Act had nothing to do with the 13th, was not concerned with “Black People”, and in fact had no effect on them unless they chose to leave the country and take up citizenship elsewhere. The rest is a mishmash totally unrelated to the Act itself mixed with an anti tax con, none of which is viable. Thank you for posting the complete text.

Originally Posted by netwrkranger

You are also forgetting that each one of the "States" are actually republics and are nations in their own right. Each republic will have its own rules for naturalization.

I not forgetting for a moment, and the answer is no, they are not. They are not separate state/nations, they are part of a federal union called the United States of America, and they gave up the ability to naturalize at that union. If you bother to check, you will not find any state with a law about naturalization, since it is reserved solely to the Federal Govt, further, you will find that in each instance, the state requirement for “citizenship” requires US citizenship.

More to the point, Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the constitution gives specifically to the Federal Govt the power to: “establish a uniform rule of naturalization”, and Section 10 specifically forbids the states from “enter(ing) into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal” which specifically means they are not sovereign and independent with regards to other nations.