SPEECH IN THE SENATE, ON A NEW RULE REQUIRING THE OATH OF LOYALTY FOR
SENATORS, JANUARY 25, 1864.
By an Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, a new oath of office was
prescribed in the following terms:--
“That hereafter every person elected or appointed to any
office of honor or profit under the Government of the
United States, either in the civil, military, or naval
departments of the public service, excepting the President
of the United States, shall, before entering upon the
duties of such office, and before being entitled to any of
the salary or other emoluments thereof, take and subscribe
the following oath or affirmation.”