CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Speech at a

Public Meeting at Faneuil Hall, Boston, November 8, 1864.

JUBILEE OF LIBERTY. Letter to the Young Men's Republican Union

of New York, November 10, 1864

MR. ASHLEY AND RECONSTRUCTION.

Letter to a Public Banquet in

Honor of Hon. James M. Ashley, at Toledo, Ohio, November 18,

1864.

Case of the Florida: ILLUSTRATED BY PRECEDENTS OF BRITISH

SEIZURES IN NEUTRAL WATERS. Articles in the Boston Daily

Advertiser, November 29, 1864, and January 17, 1865.

RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN: THE ST. ALBANS RAID. Speech

in the Senate, on a Bill for Fortifications and Batteries on the

Lakes, December 19, 1864

TERMINATION OF THE CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. Speeches

in the Senate, on the Joint Resolution giving Notice for the Ter-

mination of the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty, December 21, 1864,

January 11 and 12, 1865.

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137

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141

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178

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AND EQUAL RIGHTS. Letter to

a Public Meeting in Philadelphia, December 26, 1864

FREEDOM OF WIVES AND CHILdren of ColorED SOLDIERS. Speech

in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution for this Purpose, January 5,

1865.

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193

MASSACRE OF THE CHEYENNE INDIANS. Remarks in the Senate, on

a Joint Resolution relating thereto, January 13, 1865

THE LATE HON. EDWARD EVERETT. Telegraphic Despatch to Joint

Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, January 16, 1865

TERMINATION OF TREATIES BY NOTICE. Remarks in the Senate, on

a Joint Resolution to terminate the Treaty of 1817 regulating the

Naval Force on the Lakes, January 18, 1865.

RETALIATION, AND TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR. Speeches

in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution advising Retaliation, January

24 and 29, 1865

.

ADMISSION OF A Colored LAWYER TO THE Bar of thE SUPREME

COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Motion in the Supreme Court,

February 1, 1865

PARTICIPATION OF REBEL STATES NOT NECESSARY IN RATIFICATION

OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Declaratory Resolutions in

the Senate, February 4, 1865.

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200

201

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229

233

APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES ACCORDING TO VOTERS.

Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States,

February 6, 1865

RAILROAD USURPATION IN NEW JERSEY. Speech in the Senate, on

a Bill to regulate, Commerce among the several States, February

14, 1865

REPRESENTATION OF VIRGINIA IN THE SENATE. Remarks in the

Senate, on the Credentials of Hon. Joseph Segar, of Virginia,

February 17, 1865

.

REPUDIATION OF THE REBEL DEBT. Concurrent Resolution in the

Senate, February 17, 1865

No BUST FOR AUTHOR OF DRED SCOTT DECISION. Speech in the

Senate, on a Bill providing for a Bust of the Late Chief Justice

Taney, February 23, 1865

NO RECONSTRUCTION WITHOUT THE VOTES OF THE BLACKS. Re-

marks in the Senate, on the Resolution recognizing the New State

Government of Louisiana, February 24, 25, and 27, 1865

GUARANTY OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENTS IN THE REBEL STATES.

Resolutions in the Senate, February 25, 1865

NO PICTURE AT THE CAPITOL OF VICTORY OVER FELLOW-CITI-

ZENS. Remarks in the Senate, on Joint Resolution authorizing a

Contract with William H. Powell, February 27, 1865

FREE SCHOOLS AND FREE BOOKS. Remarks in the Senate, on an

Amendment to the Internal Revenue Act, making Books free,

February 27, 1865.

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336

THREE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE RECEPTION OF SENATORS

FROM A REBEL STATE. Resolution in the Senate, March 8, 1865 340

UNJUST ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF TWO BOSTON MERCHANTS.

Protest and Opinion on the Case of the Messrs. Smith Brothers,

March 17, 1865

RESPECT FOR THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Resolution

adopted at a Meeting of Senators and Representatives, April 17,

1865

341

361

RIGHT AND DUTY OF COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS IN THE ORGAN-

IZATION OF GOVERNMENT. Letter to Colored Citizens of North

Carolina, May 13, 1865

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HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT for Colored FELLOW-CITIZENS. Let-

ter to the Editor of "The Leader," in Charleston, S. C., May,

1865

PROMISES OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND ABRA-

HAM LINCOLN. Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, before the Muni-

cipal Authorities of the City of Boston, June 1, 1865

IDEAS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

367

Letter to the

Mayor of Boston, on the Celebration of National Independence,

July 4, 1865

429

CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED NECESSARY IN THE NEW GOVERN-

MENTS: ADVICE TO COLORED CITIZENS. Letter to a Committee

of Colored Citizens at Savannah, July 8, 1865

430

JUSTICE TO THE COLORED RACE. Letter to a Trustee for Colored

Schools in the District of Columbia, August 16, 1865

432

THE LATE GEorge LivermORE, ESQ. Article in the Boston Daily

Advertiser, September 2, 1865

433

THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL FAITH: GUARAN-

TIES FOR THE NATIONAL FREEDMAN, AND THE NATIONAL

CREDITOR. Speech at the Republican State Convention, in

Worcester, Massachusetts, September 14, 1865. With Appendix 437

QUORUM OF STATES NECESSARY IN ADOPTION OF A CONSTITU-

TIONAL AMENDMENT. Letter to the New York Evening Post,

September 28, 1865

SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE COLORED RACE. EQUESTRIAN STATUE

OF COLONEL SHAW, FIRST COMMANDER OF MASSACHUSETTS

COLORED TROOPS. Article in the Boston Daily Advertiser, Oc-

tober 2, 1865.

THE LATE RICHARD COBDEN. Letter to Mrs. Cobden, covering Reso-

lutions of the Republican State Convention of Massachusetts, Oc-

tober 5, 1865 .

EQUAL RIGHTS TS. THE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY IN RECONSTRUCTION.

Letter to the New York Independent, October 29, 1865.

CLEMENCY AND COMMON SENSE. A CURIOSITY OF LITERATURE;

WITH A MORAL. Article in the Atlantic Monthly, December,

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500

1865

503

MAKE HASTE SLOWLY: IRREVERSIBLE

GUARANTIES.

SPEECH IN THE SENATE, ON THE RECOGNITION OF ARKANSAS, JUNE 13, 1864.

JUNE 10th, Mr. Lane, of Kansas, asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a joint resolution for the recognition of the Free State Government of the State of Arkansas, which was read, passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed.

June 13th, he called it up for consideration, when Mr. Sumner made the following speech.

MR

R. PRESIDENT, - I begin by expressing sympathy with every loyal soul in a Rebel State. Knowing well, from long experience, the cruel rule and domination of Slavery, even in this Chamber, I cannot be indifferent to the trials of loyalty anywhere in these latter days. Show me a man who in a Rebel State stands faithful to the national cause, and I go forth to meet him with heart in hand. To have been true at a time when truth was disowned is enough for honor as well as thanks. But the merits of individuals cannot determine the rights of States.

The case is too important. If individual merits, universally recognized, could save a State to present rights in the Union, Tennessee would not now be a self-condemned exile. There are few anywhere so entirely true. as Andrew Johnson, and not one in all the Rebel States

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who so bravely encountered the Rebellion face to face. Ten men might have saved Sodom; but he was in himself more than ten men. Besides, he was a Senator on this floor, when the State he represented took its place in the Rebel Confederacy, and joined in war against the National Government; but he stayed behind with his country, and kept his seat here. Persons ignorant of Parliamentary Law have sometimes argued from the latter circumstance that Rebel Tennessee was still entitled to her ancient rights in the Union; but they forget two principles, fixed long ago, beyond all question, in England, the original home of Parliamentary Law: first, that the power once conferred by an election to Parliament is irrevocable, so that it is not affected by any subsequent change in the constituency; and, secondly, that a member, when once chosen, is member for the whole kingdom, becoming thereby, according to the words of an early author, not merely knight or burgess of the county or borough which elected him, but knight or burgess of England. If these two principles are not entirely discarded in our political system, then the seat of Andrew Johnson was not in any respect affected by the subsequent madness of his State, nor can the legality of his seat be any argument for the ancient rights of his State.

Nor, again, can the fact that Andrew Johnson has been selected by the Convention of a powerful political party as candidate for the Vice-Presidency be any argument for these ancient rights. It is not necessary that a candidate for President or Vice-President should be

1 Whitelocke, Notes upon the King's Writ for choosing Members of Parliament, Vol. II. p. 329 Cushing, Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies, p. 284.