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Battle of Palo Alto by Carl Nebel
One of 12 in a series, Carl Nebel depicted the war that occurred at Palo Alto, which immediately followed the Thornton Affair in which Lieutenant Mason was killed.
APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE:RECOVERY OF FUGITIVES FROM LABOR - SPEECH OF MR. BUTLER OF SOUTH CAROLINAIn the Senate of the United States, January 24, 1850
Andrew Pickens Butler of South Carolina, a close friend and political ally to James Murray Mason, spoke on Jan. 24th in support of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This selection from the Appendix to the Congressional Globe contains the resolutions of…
Comments of Hon. James M. Mason from January 8th, 1850Debates on the Vermont Resolutions of 1850, with a response from Senator John P. Hale of New Hampshire
James Murray Mason commented on the Vermont Resolutions, casting opproborium on the notion that any state of the Union should refer to an institution present in a large share of her sister states as a "crime," and suggested that it is no threat to…
Comments of Senator James Murray Mason on the Admission of California into the Federal UnionDelivered in the Senate of the United States, August 1st, 1850.
While speaking in opposition to the Admission of California into the Union as a Free State, Mason commented on the resolve of the slaveholding south to defend their rights and their unwavering opposition to inhibit the expansion of slavery to the…
Comments on the Senate Floor: Sen. Mason of VirginiaDelivered in the United States Senate, January 23rd 1860.
On Jan. 23rd 1860, James Murray Mason made a few remarks in defense Slavery, stating that it "ennobled both races."
December 14th, 1859Resolution to form Senate Committee to Investigate the Harper's Ferry Invasion
Transcriptions of the floor minutes in which the Senate debated and deliberated on a resolution, submitted by Senator James Mason of Virginia, to form a select Senate Committee to investigate the recent Harper's Ferry incident. A brief exchange…
James Murray Mason: Report of the Select Committee investigating the late Harper's Ferry InvasionDelivered on the floor of the Senate, June 15th 1860.
On June 15th, 1860, Mason read the report of the Senate Select Committee on the Harper's Ferry Invasion. While the material facts of the invasion was a relatively straightforward matter of receiving sworn testimonies from surviving witnesses (both…
January 4th, 1850: Motions to introduce Bills for consideration by the Senate
On January 4th, 1850, James Mason rose to introduce the bill that would eventually become the Fugitive Slave Act.
Richmond enquirer. [Volume LVL-Number 43], October 28, 1859, SEMI-WEEKLY-EDITIONLETTER FROM SENATOR MASONand Cardinal Democratic Principles on the Slavery Question
A firsthand account of the aftermath of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, written by James Murray Mason himself to an unnamed newspaper editor. The text of this letter is reprinted in the attached 10.28.1859 issue of the Richmond Enquirer. On the…
Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky: Report of the Committee of ThirteenDelivered in the Senate, May 8th 1850.with a response from Senator James Mason of Virginia.
On January 29th, 1850, Henry Clay rose to introduce a series of measures intended to resolve the divisive “slavery question” once and for all. A series of debates would ensue over the rest of the year over the resolutions, making the Compromise of…