And in case any alien, so ordered to depart, shall be found at large within the United States after the time limited in such order for his departure, and not having obtained a license from the President to reside therein, or having obtained such license shall not have conformed thereto, every such alien shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years, and shall never after be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States at any time during the continuance of this act, to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof, to depart out of the territory of the United Slates, within such time as shall be expressed in such order, which order shall be served on such alien by delivering him a copy thereof, or leaving the same at his usual abode, and returned to the office of the Secretary of State, by the marshal or other person to whom the same shall be directed. The documents transcribed here are: The Alien Act, The Alien Enemies Act, and The Sedition Act.īegun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the thirteenth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. An Act in addition to the act, entitled "An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States" of July 14 1798, "Sedition Act".An Act respecting alien enemies of July 6, 1798, "Alien Enemies Act".An Act concerning aliens of June 25, 1798, "Alien Act".An Act supplementary to and to amend the act, intituled, "An Act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the act therefore passed on that subject" of June 18, 1798, "Naturalization Act of 1798".Note: The Alien and Sedition Acts consist of the following acts: The controversies surrounding them, however, provided for some of the first tests of the limits of freedom of speech and press. ![]() Sedition Act trials, along with the Senate's use of its contempt powers to suppress dissent, set off a firestorm of criticism against the Federalists and contributed to their defeat in the election of 1800, after which the acts were repealed or allowed to expire. The only journalists prosecuted under the Sedition Act were editors of Democratic-Republican newspapers. The laws were directed against Democratic-Republicans, the party typically favored by new citizens. The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish.any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government. These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the president to deport "aliens," and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime. The Federalist Party, which advocated for a strong central government, believed that Democratic-Republican criticism of Federalist policies was disloyal and feared that "aliens," or non-citizens, living in the United States would sympathize with the French during a war.Īs a result, a Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws, known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts. ![]() In 1798, the United States stood on the brink of war with France.
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