Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-12
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WAsnfEaToEl March II
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The senate resumed the confederation Of Eos
t.-,s resolution for the expulsion OF Senator wig
All and Mt ClinEman's substitute,
1Ir foater haq offered l4e re-eialoA y. hsiiosf S'5
.e,ed "a accordance with hie duty considering the
asou n Of tbs senator He differed altoEeiheT
hom Mr. OlRgmEn, that State has tee rigN
under the Constitution TO 90 cut Of the Union
Mr Foster said the Senate owed Il 70 itselt not
10 allow seat here 20 one who ayoWed be was
foreigner, and owed no allegiance 70 the Seuh.ly
to which he belonged, but 20 loEsl5n SoteLn - ~.
IN arms arainst this Government and seizes -
property and expels from It's teIfitory, by Force,
he fro0ps Of the United states, u became very
serious objection and Il was inconsistent 70 allow
ono "a eireuunsssAced 70 hold seat here. He
hSd no personal feeling IN the matter
M POSTER then argned against Cliugmans
substitutes which admio the right Of secession
but no such thing was known 70 The Constitution,
which was too plain on this point 70 argue OF ad-
mit OF q doubt He held hat the Senator was
entitled 10 q seat on sound constitutional grounds
whether Texas seeded pr not. That State, by
Withdrawing from the Union, sOpld Api with
M. Clingmsn replied that Il the accounts were
true Texas had called a Convention and passed
an ordinance Of Secession which had been rait
hed By the people and II the act was valid Texas
d no longer one 6f the States, and took i for
granted II IeEas seeded she ~ not entitled 70
representative here The senator from Texas
! believes uls HlNNe has htlcAeAs AN GIAAAuA
from Connectiout says the act Of secession is in
valid Then the Senator from Texas Is entitled
20 4 seat unless an erroneous opinion disqualthes
him. Was it ever maintained that because one
/ Senator differed from anOtter on cgnstitptiona
question that that was ri R,on for eXpelling him
| II Il IA An error for the Senator fr0n Texas 10
/ believe that his State has right 70 secede, why
not expel the Virginia Senators who hold the
| sameobiRi0Rs and especially Why not eNpel those
/ who declared &c and have gone away No mo-
/ tiOn b made 10 eNpel Jeh. DAVIS, who u At the
l head Of q foreign republic, aud who has advised
| the seizure OF arIns and forces. be (Clingman)
/ did not think the aYoWal Of Mr. Wigfull a sui
/ Rcient ground iQr his expulsion,
He c0ntnuad nc some leugtR arguing that the
course Of the Senator from Connecticut Was not
Mr. Mason eontended that the resolution was
one ofexpulsion for what the senator from Texas
/ said on this nOOT, and be said u Foster thought
thae y lglal oegat 1os 20 occupy MS seat because
no was nOt citizen be ought 70 move TO refer the
gubjsot to committee 50 that II facts warrant
! the seat be declared vacant
M Foster asked whether after the Senator
/ from TeXas had been duly elected by his State,
l and admitted as a member here, they could en-
Qulre into the legality BY which he holds his seat
= new fact arising which diq not exist st that
/ time,l
Mr. Mason was vsry certain If the Sena-
tor was not entitled 10 seat It could be vacated
Il whenever the fant WaTTanting suoA course
/ should be disol0aed. he defended the course OF
WigfaIl, and said n Il be punishable Ofrense 10
/ may be well founded. For one he (Mason) rec
/ ogRlzsd no allegiance to this government none
whatever, and here he took his position along
side the Senator from Texas. He owed allegiance
| to Virginia and no one else. Did the Senator
from Connecti5ut resist the doctrine Of cOnstitu-
| tiOnal law, and hold the government of the
/ United States still sovereign II he did God
help him. So far as the Senator from Texas has
/ committed nofense by saying he owed no allie
/ glance TO this Government he stood by his side
and he should be unfaithful 10 Virginia If he did
rot. Allegiance here Is that which is due from
one citizen TO sovereign power, and he knew no
| sovereign except the State, He denied that the
/ act of separation was g nullity, and he said that
not only Virginia denied it. but six States denied
/ such doctrine, and have formed q government
and prepared to sustaiE itself II attacked
NJ. Hunter considered the resolution =
censure for the mere expression ,of - Ohe "
than declare bis belief ir s.,sss, Ho.lnk NOR
ued It length adVoops,n s+s ,s4 II,. -iO S0nsin
| AAeoaiafa Ion Adjourned