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103 of the United States to a port of deposit on the Mississippi River even to the extreme of force if necessary. 1 Mr. Mason served for three years but in the next session John Quincy Adams and Timothy Pickering represented the state in the senate. After fourteen years Mr. Mason was returned to the house of representatives. He took no part in the debate on the Missouri Compromise but voted for the same. He spoke at length, however, on the fugitive slave law. He said, "the constitution has guaranteed this kind of property to the southern states and as it appeared from the insufficiency of the existing laws that the proposed bill was necessary he was willing to adopt this measure, He wished not to have 1. Annals of Congress Vol 12 pp 142-146