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.