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Senator J.M. Mason: Response to the Protests of the New England Clergy against the "Nebraska Bill."Delivered on the floor of the Senate, March 14th 1854.

Mason speaks in defense of slavery, and in opposition to letter from a group of "New England Clergy" voicing religious and moral objections to…

Senator James M. Mason:Comments on the floor of the Senate regarding a bill respecting the "Surrender of Fugitive Slaves."January 28th, 1850.

Considering the interests of his constituents, in particular the financial losses they suffered due to escaped slaves being closer to free soil than a…

Senator James Murray Mason: On the admission of New States into the UnionDelivered on the floor of the United States Senate, February 1st, 1858

Mason briefly comments on the prospect of the Minnesota territory and the Kansas territory being admitted into the Union.

Senator James Murray Mason:Comments Delivered on the floor of the Senate, March 2nd 1858.

Mason briefly elaborates on his understanding of slavery as a legal concept under Federal/Constitutional law. Slavery, preexisting the creation and…

THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE: JANUARY 29TH, 1850Comments of Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky, regarding resolutions to resolve "The Slavery Question," with responses from Senator James Murray 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.

The Kansas-Nebraska Bill--Debate: Hon. Salmon P. Chase of Ohio and Hon. James Murray Mason of VirginiaDelivered on the Senate floor, March 2nd, 1854.

Selections of a debate between Salmon Chase of Ohio and James Mason of Virginia over the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Combined Northern and Southern Democrat…

The Richmond Enquirer: Friday Morning, December 12th, 1856DEBATE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGEFROM WASHINGTON CITY: Debate in the Senate on the President's Message---Mr. Mason and his manner---

A contemporary description of James Murray Mason as a defender of the "conservative" aspects of the current government, as well as reactions to…

The Secession Crisis: Comments of Senator Mason, December 20th 1860

Mason comments on the debates that arose in the Senate over the secession crisis.

The Secession Crisis: Senator Mason of Virginia and Senator Simon Cameron of PennsylvaniaJanuary 21st, 1861

A tense exchange between Senator Mason of Virginia and Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania reveals the chasm of division that had consumed the nation.

Property in Territories: Speech of Hon. J.M. Mason, of Virginia, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 18 1860

The speech of Senator James M. Mason to the United States Congress on the rights of Citizens and their ability to move "property," i.e., black slaves,…