The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-03-23
VOL. III.

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the Confederate Government now IN the
hands Of the state.
Col. Selton, Of the National Inseiiigep-
Ger, has been appointed postmaster 1t
Washington. +.
7 John Bell has arrived 10 Nashville, and
the report that he viewed the inaugural
as warlikc Is authoritatively contradicted
There was a report 10 New Orleans yes
.terday that Col. Baccns, previously In.
command at Rio Grandc City. ii en- route
10 take possession Of Fort Brown. The
report nIs0 states that there are no Texas
troops IN brownsville, but large numbers
are on the way, and some were hourly ex-
pected while other companies we're organ
King for the same destination.
4 The report or Captain Hills determina-
lion TO defend Fort Brown created great
excitemcnt along the Rio GFande.
q A. commissioner Of the State had taken
possession Of the Custom House nj
Brownsville.
In the United States Senate yesterday,
Fosters resolution for the expulsion IL
Wigiali, with Clingman's substitute That
Texas had seeded from the Union and
wns not aIncmber Of the coniedcracy was
taken up.
Mr.. Foster spoke IN support OF his res
olutlon, which was neither partisan nor
personal, lie opposed the proposition Of
CllngInan, that astatc had right to SCI
ccde, and insisted tliet tue passage Of his
own resolution was but d duty which the
Senate owed toitself, not TO allow q seat
here to one who ayowed he was foreign
81, and owed no allegiance to the country
to which he belonged, but to foreign
government; and il that government hap
peiied 70 take up arms against this gov.
ernment. and seizes Its property and ex-
pels from its territory BY force the troops
OF the United Suites, it became a very
serious objection, and it was inconsistent
TO allow one so circumstaBced, TO hold
seat here.
Foster then argued against Clingmaa's
substitute, which admits the right or So
cession, but no such thing was known 20
the Constitution, which was too plain on
thus poiut to argue or admit Of doubt; he
held that tile Senator was entitled 10 :
seat on several constitutional grounds.
whether secede or not; that state, l,y with
drawing from the Union, could not with
draw him from that body. Mr.. Cling.
nun replied that II tile accounts were true,
Texas had called q Convention and pas
sed an Ordinance OF secession, which had
been ratified by the people; and IL tho
act was valid. Texas is no longer one iof
tho States; and take IL Tor granted II
Texas seeded, she is not entitled 10 q re-
prescatiye here The Senator from Tex
as believes his State has seeded.
The senator from Connecticut SAYS the
act Of seccssion Is invalid, then the Sena-
Tor from Texas is entitled to a seat unless
an erronous opinion disqualifics. Was Il
ever maintained that because one Senator
differed from another on Constitutional
question, that that was a reason for ex-
IellHg. II i'll is an error for the Senator
from Texns TO believe his State has n
right TO seccde, why not expel the yiryi.
lIla Senators who hold the same opinion.
and especially why not expel those who
declared i, and have goue away. He
lid not think the avowal Of Wigfall sum
,lent grounds for his expulsion.
Mason conteniled that ire .resolnt;o.
Was Que ufexpalsion, from what I'M Sena.
Tor from Texas said on This 1oor ami M
snid if Foster thought that Wigf,,lI oneht
not 10 occupy bis seal because 6e WAS moi
A citizen, he ought 10 move 4, rcfsr ,Ss
subject toa committee, SO that facts war.
amt the seat 10 lie declared ya,..,,,
Foster asked, whether after lie Senator
rom ,fexas has been duly elected Inv ii.
tile, and a,lnittrtl 80 ,n.n,ta.
hey could inquire into The legality nv =.
EhlctI he holds his seat. a new fact aria :
ng which did not exist at that time
Mason was very certain, il the Senator
vas not entitled TO a seat Il eonLl i. va:
,ate,l, whenever the fact warranfi,S such
! course should be disclosed. lie defend.
q the course Of Wigt,lII, aud said. Il il he