Mr. DIXON. One session at least, and we all said then that the right of Mr. Bright to his seat had been acted upon by the Senate, and that he was a Senator. At all events the Senate took that ground when it expelled him. I say that a man who is not a Senator cannot be exelled. Ifhe was not a Senator a majority could have so declared. We expelled him for misconduct, for virtual treason. Now, the Senator says that the President has no power to decide on this question. I do not claim that he has the power to decide. I claim this, that he has the power under the Constitution to inform Congress of the state of the Union, and that is all that he has done. He has stated to this body, in a message here, that he thinks some of those States are in a condition to be represented. Is that usurpation? Has he not a right to express that opinion? Is it not his duty to exress that opinion? He does not decide it. lP Ie does not claim a rivht to decide it, so far as I know. Who shall de cide it? That seems to be the whole question. My claim is this: that the Senate of the U.S. has lonary jurisdiction of the whole subject of e right oil a member to a seat in this body, both as to himself and his constit uenc, the condition of his State, the fact whet or it is a portion of this country. Every thing with regard to it, in my judment, belongs to the Senate of the U.S., and the Congress of the U.S. is utterly powerless on that subject. In spite of any act of Congress the Senate of the 1 U.S. has a right to admit amember to this bod upon its own conscience, as the Senfrom aine said he would do in the case of Mr. Stark. That was a case where there was no doubt of the right of the body that sent him here to elect, I admit, but the c aracter of the claimant was to be considered, and the Senfrom Maine said that he on his conscience would go into that entire question. Now, one single word with regard to the necessit of Congress acting on this subject. I think if the precedents are followed, it will be seen there is no such necessit. I think it will be found that in the case of l Michigan there was no action by Congress. I think Senators were admitted into this body and members into the HoRep before Congress had acted in any wa upon the admission of Michigan. Perhaps am mistaken in that.