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THE
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CHARLES SUMNER.
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LEIBNITZ.
VOL. VII.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD.
B
H UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, BY CHARLES SUMNER,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co.,
CAMBRIDGE.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII.
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RIGHTS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND RIGHTS OF WAR: Two SOURCES OF
POWER AGAINST the RebellION. Speech in the Senate, on his
Bill for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves
belonging to Rebels, May 19, 1862
No Surrender of Fugitive SLAVES IN WASHINGTON. Resolution
and Remarks in the Senate, May 23, 1862
INFORMATION IN REGARD TO FREEING SLAVES BY OUR ADVANC-
ING ARMIES. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862
HELP FROM SLAVES, WITH RECIPROCAL PROTECTION IN THEIR
RIGHTS AS MEN Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862.
TAX ON COTTON. Speeches in the Senate, May 27 and June 4, 1862
TAX ON SLAVE-MASTERS. Speeches in the Senate, on Amendment
to the Internal Tax Bill, May 28 and June 6, 1862
PROPER DESPATCH OF BUSINESS. Remarks in the Senate, on the
Order of Business, May 30, 1862
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110
SHUTTING UP OF COLORED SCHOOLS BY THE PROVISIONAL GOV-
ERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. Resolution and Remarks in
the Senate, June 2, 1862
112
STAND BY THE ADMINISTRATION. Letter to
June 5, 1862
116
POWER OF CONGRESS vs. MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF STATES.
Resolutions in the Senate, June 6, 1862
119
AIR-LINE RAILROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK.
Resolution in the Senate, June 9, 1862
ABOLITION AND PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill for the Admission of West
Virginia as a State, June 26, July 1 and 14, 1862
WAR POWERS OF CONGRESS: CONFISCATION AND LIBERATION.
Speech in the Senate, on the House Bill for the Confiscation of
Property and the Liberation of Slaves belonging to Rebels, June
27, 1862
PRIZE-MONEY AND ITS POLICY. Remarks in the Senate, June 30,
1862.
THE RANK OF ADMIRAL. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill to
establish the Grades of Navy Officers, July 2, 1862
128
148
150
TESTIMONY OF COLORED PERSONS IN THE Courts of tHE UNITED
STATES. Speeches in the Senate, on an Amendment to two
different Bills, one relating to the Judiciary, and the other to the
Competency of Witnesses, July 3 and 15, 1862
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND RECONSTRUCTION.
Remarks in
the Senate, on a Bill to establish Provisional Governments in cer-
tain Cases, July 7, 1862.
152
162
TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Remarks in the Senate, on the Duties upon
Imported Books and Rags, July 8, 1862
166
CONSTITUTIONAL QUORUM OF THE SENATE. Speech in the Senate,
on a Resolution declaring the Constitutional Quorum, July 12,
169
PROTEST AGAINST FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. Remarks
in the Senate, on a Resolution for the Final Adjournment of the
two Houses, July 12, 1862
176
PATRIOTIC UNITY AND EMANCIPATION. Letter to a Public Meeting
at New York, July 14, 1862
HARMONY WITH THE PRESIDENT AND EMANCIPATION. Speech in
the Senate, on the Joint Resolution explanatory of the Act for
Confiscation and Liberation, July 16, 1862 .
UNION OF GOOD CITIZENS FOR A FINAL SETTLEMENT. Letter to
the Republican State Committee, September 9, 1862
180
182
187
THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION: ITS POLICY AND NECES-
SITY AS A War Measure FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE RE-
BELLION. Speech at Faneuil Hall, October 6, 1862. With Appen-
dix, on the Nomination and Reëlection of Mr. Sumner as Senator 191
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION OUR CORNER-STONE. Letter to
Fellow-Citizens at Salem, October 10, 1862 .
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