The national Republican., 1862-02-12
THIRTY SEVENTH CONGRHsS
"A SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE.
TUESDAY. february II. 1859.

L. IA IN SENATE, .A.a
~ h TUESDAY. february IL, 1859.
The WOE PRESIDENT lald before the Sen
ale message from the Precedent, In reply !,
IN inquiry relative 10 the correspondent ~ or
hle n ~ Department Of State reIatv, u II,
presentation Of American citizens 10 tie cour
Of France. Enclosed was Q letter from M
Dayton % Nr. Seward dated Paris, Januar,
IA, 1862, and the reply Of Mr.. Seward. datet
February 8, 1862.
| By Mr. KING: A resolution Of tho New Yort
Chamber Of Commerce, asking Congress fol
the immediate passage Of the bill for the issu,
Of $3.50, 900 900, and making The notes lega
tender.
| Also, beautifully bound volume Of peti
tions from oil portions Of New York, In favor
of postal reform. ! IL
By Mr.. WILSON, Of Massachusetts,: A peti
tion OF John Nesmith, Lieutenant Governor o
Massachusetts,. and 1886 others, from variou,
parts Of New England, praying the appointment
Of homeopathic surgeons.
wAsHIN0roN's BlsrHDAY.
Mr.. JOHNSON presented . memorial from
citizens Of Philadelphia, asking the celebration
BY Congress Of the birthday Of Warrington
the reading OF bis Farewell Address, &c.-and
offered resolution to that effect, and asked II.
| unanimous passage.
Mr.. HALE said he felt sorry to offer aoy OBJ
jection, but be would much prefer at this time
| TO celebrate tnst day by hanging some rascal.
ly robber. or shooting some trescherous or COW
ardly officer.
MI. JOHNSON Il ought that stamina nigh,
be gained ysuch observance for such hanging
and shooting. .n
The objection was withdrawn, and the rcso
IV,ktn xryoa acsu
REPORTS or COMMITTEES.
Mr.. POMEROY, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, to which was referred the mem orial
for road through the mining district Of the
peninsula Of Michigan, reported its considera
ton, and asked to be discharged
Mr.. GRIMES from the Committee on the
District Of Columbia, 10 which was referred a
memorial on the subject reported bill 10 re-.
peal two sections Of the act of 1854, prohibltory
Of the circulation Of small notes.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. RICE introduced bill authorizing the
banks Of the District Of Columbia to issue notes
Mr.. NESAITH introduced bill to amend an
act for the better security Of the lives and
property Of overland emigrsnts.
TO REINsTATE A NAVAL OFFICER,
Mr.. HALE, from the Committee on Naval
Affairs, ofivred joint resolution authorizing
the reinstating Of Lieutenant Charles Hunter,
an able officer, retired for i'll health, to posi-.
ton. In the navy with the rank OF commander
Explanations were made by Messrs. Hale,
Thomson, and Grimes, showing that be had
already been for several months in active scr.
vice, and was able TO do efficient service.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. SUMMERS RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. SUMNER submitted the following rcso
lutione, declaratory Of the relations betwct IL
the United States and the territory once occu.
pied by certain States, and now usurped BY
pretended governments, without constitutional
or legal right, which, on bis motion, were laid
upon the table, and ordered 10 be printed.
Whereas certain States, righttully belonging
10 the Union ot the United States, have, through
their respective governments, wickedly un.
dertaken to abjure all those duties BY which
their connection with the Union WAS maintain.
ed to renOunce all allegiance to the Constitu.
tiOn; TO levy war upon the national Govern.
ernnlent; and, for the consummation of this
treason. have upconstitutionally and unlaw
fully confederated together, with the declared
premacy OF the Constitution within their re-.
spective limits and chereds this condition Of
insurrection, organized BY pretended govern
ments, openly exists IN South Carolina. Geor.
gta, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia, exoept in
Eastern Tennessee and Western Virginia and
has been declared. by the President Of the Uni
ted States, in \ proclamation duly made in CON
throughout this territory, with the exceptions
already named; and chGreas the extensive
territory, thus usurped by these pretended
goSernments and organized into \ hostile con.
federaoy, belongs to the United States, as an
inseparxble part thereof, under the sanctions
inhabitants In the present and future genera
ilons, and 10 80 completely interlinked with the
Union that II is forever dependent thereupOn !;
and ,ohercas the Constitution, which is the su.
It's rghtful operation within this territory, but
must ever continue the supreme law thereof.
notwithstanding the dOings of any pretended
governments, acting singly or In confederation.
IN order to put an end to Its supremacy There.
fore,
|. ResoIred, That any vote Of secession or
other aot BY which any State may undertake
to put an end TO the supremacy of the Consti
tuton within its territory 10 imperative and
void against the Constitution, and when sus.
tanned By force II becomes Il practical dbd,cd
t,On by the State Of all rights under the COust.
tuition, while the treason which 1t involves still
further works an instant forfeiture of all those
functions and powers essential TO tho continued
from that time forward the territory tails under
the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress rs other
territory, and the State being, according to the
language OF the law. feiO dc Sc ceases to exist.
Z. fNSOiceu, lnAt any COMBINATION 0f men rs.
sumng to act In the place Of such State, and
attempting 10 insnare or cOerce the inhabitants
thereOfinto 4 confederation hostile to the Union
is rebelliOus, reasonable, and destitute Of all
moral authority; and that such combination is
II usurpatiOn, Incapable Of any constitutional
existence, and utterly lswless, so that every.
thing dependent upon II Is without constitutions.
al or legal support.
). ResOlred. That the termination of \ State
| under the Constitution necessarily causes the
termination of those peculiar local institutions
| which. having no origin in the Constitution or
in those natural rights which exist indepen.
dent of the Constitution, are upheld BY the sole
and exclusive authority Of the State.
1. Res0loed. That slavery being u peculiar
local institution, derived from local laws, with
out any origin in the Constitution or in natural
rights, is upheld by the sole and exclusive
authority OF the Slate, and must therefore
cease TO exist legally or COnstitutionally when
the State on which It depends no longer exists !;
| for tie incident cannot survive the principal.
5. ReSOioed, That In the exercise of liz ex.
elusive jursdict on over the territory once
| occupied by the States, il Ia the duty OF Con.
gress to zee that the supremacy OF the Con.
stitution Ia maintained IN It's essential principles
m that ayarvwhara in this artanaivo tarritn