The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-12

no, entitled % HIS seat, il GOLD bs vscsted when
svsr fsSss !, warrant such curse ~ al,eUs
= constitutional truth, then the resolution may
oe ~e ounded. For ., he hr. Nason) recosnzei no
kpo ~ieog,d 40 aiegisnce 70 this goves vesnment-no,
shslev@ Ano here no took his position alongside Oh
me senator rom rexas although Vreaa -
He owod slegancs 70 Virginia, and no one ese DID sne
senator nom Connecticut resist tho doctrine Oh
ment OF the United STATES IS stl sovereign If
be co, God help him. uaugnser 50 far as the sena,
owed all, gsnce this government he st,o1 by his
esde He hxiu be unfaithful 70 Virginia II he did not
Ihe old feud. dea Of alesiance was the relation be.
the SUBJECT and sovereign between the vassa and
,ri. Allegiance here s that which s due from citi-
,cs eian power H~ knew Of no sovereign OK
Is rbe senator's sovereign and that IL he Yields allie
gar &c 10 this government he s fahess rhe oath Of
.s % s pca ina poxsr Sar'o Of y he state faith
folly ind truly 20 supper. the 0ommea~ealta.
d" senator szn from ,ss s,ai rn,sa sa.ss sssns sa
that b OF the fact, not oecsue Of the allegation
for he constitution says that foreigner shall rot have
seat this door Tho Senator from Texas said ae be-
evsd h, was a foreigner 10 this government oecnase
Tes,s has parat herself from IL for the senator did
no, then kns fact, did he know it unless he
believed ths intelligence last night The Senator be-
has secedei because lie Knew the popu
lar sentiment Of the state and se. because q tn,s
Fulsion The and Others, and the now President
declare that the ordinance declaring separation is
j, lid before the passage Of the act We .(said
Mr.. NasoD) deny u. Virginia donies IT, SIX OF the
on IL. and not only bave ooncdera,ed but formed
government pared TO sus ain itself TINS governments
shal attempt to attack IT, II tho Senator from Connecti
language which he M hason) thought, with great re-
spec, him. more dsrespectgul tenfold than the Ian
guage for which the Senator says the senator from
| Texas deserves TO be expelled. Why9 Because
i by their language tive millions OF people and
| seven sovereign States are in nsunection. They
1 tS,a
States ecize what they call public property Yet ac-
knowedgmg all this they take no means TO re- over IT,
In acting upon the Information they more repre-
hensihle ,han the senator from Texas How could ne
allegiance to this governmcnt2 Then he must obey
the this in preference to those Of
his State He was sworn to support the constitution
and not the government
M n P S Se resolution proposed 70
member tor mere expression Of opinion The
a nsss IN he doctrine of secesop and that hs State
had seeded but that until he had the evidence OF this
| he would ait here. With other state rights men he
avowed that he owed obedience to the constituon and
laws, hut not allegiance All, then, he had said was
GAS he believed majority 10 all the Southern
right exercised the state placed itself in foreign
aton with the rest OF the Union. this was cause for
expulsion why mght not senator expelled for othe.
it be before would be obnoxious TO defend slavery and
perhaps twothrds vote obtained for upholtng that in
given for such purposes. Members could be punished
according to the constitution only for dsorderly
| conduct, and according 10 al WFIerS Oh par
lia,nentary law IL s always to be exercised with
great canton and If man was TO be punished
for the expression Of abstract opinion, where
the ussge 10 end? He maintained, the Senator from
Texas had expressed opinion that had not been
pressed by all the Senators Of the Eeceded States il he
\ was to be punished, then they too must be expelled
they have gwen practical proof that they are TO
regners from the fact that they have gone of and estab
lisbed another government. He agreed with his col
leagns (nr. Mason) that they allegiance 10 their
state and obedience TO the constitution.
Mr. CLARK moved that tho Senate 60 into an Executive
| session.
Mr.. MASON submitted whether the resolution pending
| was not privileged question.
The CHAIR replied that il was but II was In the power
| Of the majority TO change the order OF business.
| The question was taken, aud the Senate went into ar
| Executive session--2S against 10.
After short time spent therein the doors open
ed and the Senate adjourned.