Well it wasn't 'queer'. After all, this was not the confederate congress and homosexuality seems to be a Southron phobia.
According to the resolution of censure, it was his call for the recognition of the confederacy as an independent county. I believe that would fall under the definition of treason - giving aid and comfort to those engaging in armed rebellion against the United States.
It is only you that thinks of himself as a (14th Amendmend *citizen*)as such,property of Congress,domiciled under the Lincoln monument...
How can they partake in rebellion against an object,they created? No, It was their ‘agent’ that didn't understand it's own authority.
Where does your General Government obtain this authority? Is it written in the Constitution? Is Secession termed “rebellion”? Can the General Government ‘INVADE’ a Sovereign State? No,Not at all
Since you respect Madison - Let's ask Him:
“A Union of the States containing such an ingredient seemed to provide for its own destruction. The use of force against a State, would look more like a declaration of war, than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound.”