PREFACE. The proceedings in the Senate on the 5th and 6th of March, though not belonging strictly to the trial, are of such relevancy as calls for their embodiment in this volume, and they are accordingly given here in the form of an Appendix. The elaborate argument of Hon. CHARLES SUMNER upon the right of the Chief Justice, presiding in the Senate, to rule or vote, has attracted much attention. Frequent inquiry by members of the legal profession and others for the pamphlet issue of this argument suggested the propriety of appending it to this volume; and it appears here with the sanction of Mr. SUMNER, who has carefully revised it for this publication. A few authorities in addition to those composing the brief prepared by Hon. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, M. C., from Ohio, and presented by Mr. Manager BUTLER as a part of his opening argument, have been furnished by the first-named gentleman, and conclude this Appendix. |