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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1856
They are not very sentimental, but you will fincl on opening the Book that they are useful, and to some restful. I hope you will be pleased with them, as well as others to whom they are sent. I cannot forget the loss of my Dear friend Yoakum, & I hope he is in a better and happier world. May God prepare us all for His Kingdom. Thy Husband Houston. Margaret. 1 By the courtesy of Mrs. G. H. Loe, Toledo, Ohio, this copy ·was made from the original letter, which is in her possession. Mrs. Loe is a granddaughter qf Sam Houston.
JANUARY-AUGUST, 1857
REMARKS CONCERNING THE IOWA SENATORIAL ELECTION, JANUARY 12, 1857 1 It is not my intention to make a speech. I know that this is not the time for that. I will make but a single remark. It seems from the facts disclosed in this case, that the authorities of Iowa have recognized this transaction as fair, constitutional, and legal. A judge elected under precisely the same circumstances as those under which the sitting member was chosen, is now a presiding judge on the supreme bench of that State, and, therefore, a prac- _ tical construction is given to the act of that Legislature and con- vention, so far as the State is affected. Now, a question arises, whether the Senate of the United States has a right to interfere with the government of that State? The election of a Senator was an act of sovereignty on her part, which pertains to her as such. Can it be revised by the Senate? Has the Senate of the United States the right to revise the sovereign acts of Iowa, so far as they have met the sanction of that State? If the difficulty has arisen from political dissensions there, this is not the place, nor is the Senate of the United States the appropriate umpire, to decide which party is right or which is wrong, I shall vote in favor of the sitting member, believing that he has been duly and constitutionally elected, as recognized by his State, and the passage of these resolutions by the Senate of Iowa, is rather an evidence of dissatisfaction on the part of the protestants, than an evidence that wrong has been done as they claimed. They have asked-they have implored for no remedy; but they have made a complaint which, in its face, seems
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