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THE
WORKS
OF
CHARLES SUMNER.
Veniet fortasse aliud tempus, dignius nostro, quo, debellatis odiis, veritas triumphabit Hoc mecum opta, lector, et vale.
LEIBNITZ.
VOL. III.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD.
1871.
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co.,
CAMBRIDGE.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
PAGE
WELCOME TO KOSSUTH. Speech in the Senate, December 10, 1851 .
OUR COUNTRY ON THE SIDE OF FREEDOM, WITHOUT BELLIGERENT
INTERVENTION. Letter to a Philadelphia Committee, December
23, 1851
1
10
CLEMENCY TO POLITICAL OFFENDERS. Letter to an Irish Festival at
Washington, January 22, 1852
11
JUSTICE TO THE LAND STATES, AND POLICY OF ROADS. Speeches in
the Senate, on the Iowa Railroad Bill, January 27, February 17,
and March 16 1852.
12
J. FENIMORE Cooper, the NOVELIST. Letter to the Rev. Rufus W.
Griswold, February 22, 1852
43
CHEAP OCEAN POSTAGE. Speech in the Senate, on a Resolution in
Relation to Cheap Ocean Postage, March 8, 1852 .
45
PARDONING POWER OF THE PRESIDENT. Opinion submitted to
the President, May 14, 1852, on the Application for the Pardon
of Drayton and Sayres, incarcerated at Washington for helping
the Escape of Slaves
49
PRESENTATION OF A MEMORIAL AGAINST THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
BILL. Remarks in the Senate, May 26, 1852
64
THE NATIONAL FLAG THE EMBLEM OF UNION FOR FREEDOM.
Letter to the Boston Committee for the Celebration of the 4th of
July, 1852
68
UNION AGAINST THE SECTIONALISM OF SLAVERY. Letter to a Free-
Soil Convention at Worcester, July 6, 1852
70
"STRIKE, BUT HEAR": ATTEMPT TO DISCUSS THE FUGITIVE
SLAVE BILL. Remarks in the Senate, on taking up the Reso-
lution instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to report a Bill for Immediate Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, July 27 and 28, 1852.
73
76
TRIBUTE TO ROBERT RANTOUL, JR. Speech in the Senate, on the
Death of Hon. Robert Rantoul, Jr., August 9, 1852
AUTHORSHIP OF THE ORDINANCE OF FREEDOM IN THE NORTH-
WEST TERRITORY. Letter to Hon. Edward Coles, August 23, 1852 83
FREEDOM NATIONAL, SLAVERY SECTIONAL. Speech in the Senate,
on a Motion to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act, August 26, 1852
ANDREW J. DOWNING, THE LANDSCAPE GARDENER. Speech in
the Senate, in Favor of an Allowance to the Widow of the late
Andrew J. Downing, August 26, 1852
THE PARTY OF FREEDOM: ITS NECESSITY AND PRACTICABILITY.
Speech at the State Convention of the Free-Soil Party of Massa-
chusetts, held at Lowell, September 15, 1852.
CIVIL SUPERINTENDENTS OF ARMORIES. Speech in the Senate, on
the Proposition to change the Superintendents of Armories, Feb-
ruary 23, 1853 .
NECESSITY OF UNION TO UPHOLD FREEDOM. Letter to a Rhode
Island Committee, March 26, 1853 .
AGAINST SECRECY IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE. Speech in
the Senate, on the Proposition to limit the Secret Sessions of the
Senate, April 6, 1853
87
197
199
208
211
.
212
THE GERMAN EMIGRANT MUST BE AGAINST SLAVERY. Letter to
Lewis Tappan, Esq., May 17, 1853
215
POWERS OF THE STATE OVER THE MILITIA: EXEMPTIONS FOR
CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES. Speech in Convention to revise and
amend the Constitution of Massachusetts, June 21, 1853
216
POWERS OF THE STATE OVER THE MILITIA: COLORED COMPANIES.
Speech in Convention to revise and amend the Constitution of
Massachusetts, June 22, 1853
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPEN-
DENCE. Letter to the Mayor of Boston, for the Celebration of
July 4, 1853 .
221
228
THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM, AND ITS PROPER BASIS. Speech
on the Proposition to amend the Basis of the House of Represen-
tatives of Massachusetts, in the Convention to revise and amend
the Constitution of that State, July 7, 1853
BILLS OF RIGHTS: THEIR HISTORY AND POLICY. Speech on the
Report from the Committee on the Bill of Rights, in the Conven-
tion to revise and amend the Constitution of Massachusetts, July
25, 1853 .
FINGER-POINT FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK. Speech at the Plymouth
Festival in Commemoration of the Embarkation of the Pilgrims,
August 1, 1853
229
258
269
IRELAND AND IRISHMEN. Letter to a Committee of Irish-born Citi-
zens, August 2, 1853
276
THE LANDMARK OF FREEDOM: No REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI
COMPROMISE. Speech in the Senate, against the Repeal of the
Missouri Prohibition of Slavery north of 36° 30' in the Nebraska
and Kansas Bill, February 21, 1854
WHEN WILL THE NORTH BE AROUSED? Letter to a Personal
Friend, March 30, 1854.
277
333
A LIBERTY-LOVING EMIGRATION TO GUARD KANSAS. Letter to a
Massachusetts Committee, May 1, 1854
334
FINAL PROTEST, FOR HIMSELF AND THE CLERGY OF NEW ENG
Land, against SLAVERY IN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. Speech
in the Senate, on the Night of the Final Passage of the Nebraska
and Kansas Bill, May 25, 1854
336
UNION OF ALL PARTIES NECESSARY AGAINST THE SLAVE POWER.
Letter to a Massachusetts Committee, May 29, 1854.
353
BOSTON PETITION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
ACT. Speech in the Senate, on the Boston Petition for the Re-
peal of the Fugitive Slave Act, June 26, 1854
REPLY TO ASSAILANTS: OATH TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION;
WEAKNESS OF THE SOUTH FROM SLAVERY. Second Speech in
the Senate on the Boston Petition for the Repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Act, June 28, 1854.
PEACEFUL OPPOSITION TO THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT. Letter to
the Mayor of Boston, for the Celebration of July 4, 1854
355
368
424