The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-03-21
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Mr.. Mason from the Select Committee, 70 whom was A.
ferred the certificate ofescton oths Hon. Jas Shield, to
seat in this body with instructions to inquire iue the e;p
bllty Of the said Jas Shields to such seat-report,
ss6 say them x Ave due notice to said a
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birth and ioa the only MY proof Of ia
eon1aned n be 81 come e Of Ss in the United States
Circuit Court of Engham county in the said Sia,s n he
which certificate appears that The lanes s' bspS oy
s% Say sy sad SOn citizen b Of on the
the following resolution 5 .s'e''e report
Reso;f e. That the election Of james to be
citizen ofthe United States The term Of ians been
qualification to be Senator Of the United States as
should have address this hoaosbs body The ss e s
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se an Ssn nc the candidate Of
to believe would have induced that gentleman come
limos Saa ar oes
eligibility hoagh he had large party there opposed to him.
found five Illinois who would present here memo
a to EJECT him from his seat on the ground Of nesbty
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connection with sher The Senator from Wiseonsn hsa
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raised and referred the honorable intelligent committee
maS to h sa w % syR his
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for office in these United States. The committee had acted
have eSpane but as already BEEN Charged
with he forbore He had been guilty of error
wrong. When gentleman called on him. and referred to
the eonstlncon of which that letter uscep
Before this body and God he the cnstrue
ASSASSINATION He Would cali an eyeG% st
Of the United States repel such an imputaon He
Rs II. whom to saa
to save him from the consequences Of imputed crime
eapng the effects of his indisceton and he had
made his mind 10 submit unresistingy to hedecon Of
this body so home and appeal to his State to rein
Mr. Mason addressed the Senate at considerable length, in
M Galan, in l1s4 it annsared from the journal that he
before The constitution Of United ss.es had been adopt
ed nS ,s States or
% s e n @ and m %
Der Of the State Legature Ip 1898 he elected
hs % 1 nss s s zen
Sn hen psmIs b ss to
facts set forth the time-the committee appointed
opinion and with any ss So
gGn In the Senate resolution was offered that Albert
il to a. resolution was then introduced dscarSs that
the election of Albert Gaatn void he having been
Of the United States the Of years necessary
Qualify him for seat in the Senate of the United States
This adopted IA to H. and the resolution reported
by the committee is exact copy of that.
Mr. Douglass not prepared 10 that the Legislature
of Illinois had performed void act He contended that
though under the constitution that
Der Of this body shall be thirty of at the time of
taking his seat did not require that he should be the
time Of his election So also il the present The
stituOn says that no shall be member who
ted States and nhabant of the ct the time of his
electon He cited several cases. that of Mr. Clay who
was elected the age of twenty years. prove that
such had reen the construction given to the constitution
heretofore.
He argued that the Senator from Virginia (M Mason)
mistaken in supposng that contrary construction was
given to the Gaiatin He woud be better pleased
see the case postponed No inconvenience would result
theretrom regular OF the Illinois Legis-
atue does take place until from next January,
though extra session be held next WRITER Nor,
under the presidents established has the Governor of this
State the power fill vacancy Of this description. He
denied the right TO dsfranchise State until from
next January, put them to the of
BY postponemen they would have time deter
mine the question of eligibility after full consideration of
all the facts.
Mr. Webster held most nconestiby that the election
void The Constitution required that he should be eligible
Senator for six from the 4th Of M hand it
might with just much roprety be said that he could have
been elected when he had been only citizen OF
rising however, the resolution likely
give further debate that the subject he postponed until
The molten prevailed and the Senate then
IN no Of husiuess