The Works of Charles Sumner

THE

WORKS

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

CLEMENCY TO POLITICAL OFFENDERS. Letter to an Irish Festival at

Washington, January 22, 1852

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.

J. FENIMORE Cooper, the NOVELIST. Letter to the Rev. Rufus W.

Griswold, February 22, 1852

CHEAP OCEAN POSTAGE. Speech in the Senate, on a Resolution in

Relation to Cheap Ocean Postage, March 8, 1852 .

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

PRESENTATION OF A MEMORIAL AGAINST THE FUGITIVE SLAVE

BILL. Remarks in the Senate, May 26, 1852

THE NATIONAL FLAG THE EMBLEM OF UNION FOR FREEDOM.

Letter to the Boston Committee for the Celebration of the 4th of

July, 1852

UNION AGAINST THE SECTIONALISM OF SLAVERY. Letter to a Free-

Soil Convention at Worcester, July 6, 1852

"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.

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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

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,

258

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

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