https://masonslegacies.org/files/original/4af90d83ee085993d1988603a646caff.JPG cc434db421b106a2b19df6a91d8f50d0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Senator James Murray Mason: Comments Delivered on the floor of the Senate, March 2nd 1858. Subject The topic of the resource United States Senate, James Murray Mason, Slavery. Description An account of the resource Mason briefly elaborates on his understanding of slavery as a legal concept under Federal/Constitutional law. Slavery, preexisting the creation and authority of the Constitution, is according to Mason not created from its clauses, but merely recognized. This recognition being in force since its ratification, Slavery, according to Mason, has constitutional protection throughout the entire Union, thereby justifying southern opposition to Slavery's limitation and southern enthusiasm for legislation such as the Fugitive Slave Act. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Murray Mason (1798-1871) John C. Rives (1795-1864) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Congressional Globe Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of North Texas Digital Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2, March, 1858 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Santiago Jauregui Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Item not held in Copyright, Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digitized Book Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Transcribed Speech Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30797/m1/989/">The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress; Also of the Special Session of the Senate Page: 925</a>