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         [Illustration: Eng’d by A H Ritchie: HORACE GREELEY]

              Statesman Edition                Vol. XX

                            Charles Sumner

                          HIS COMPLETE WORKS

                           With Introduction
                                  BY
                       HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR

                            [Illustration]

                                BOSTON
                            LEE AND SHEPARD
                                  MCM

                           COPYRIGHT, 1883,
                                  BY
                      FRANCIS V. BALCH, EXECUTOR.

                           COPYRIGHT, 1900,
                                  BY
                           LEE AND SHEPARD.

                          Statesman Edition.
                    LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND COPIES.
                           OF WHICH THIS IS
                               No. 320.

                            Norwood Press:
                        NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A.




CONTENTS OF VOLUME XX.


                                                                       PAGE

    THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: ITS PROPER NUMBER. Remarks in the
    Senate, on the Bill for the Apportionment of Representatives among
    the States, January 29, 1872                                          1

    REFORM AND PURITY IN GOVERNMENT: NEUTRAL DUTIES. SALE OF ARMS TO
    BELLIGERENT FRANCE. Speech in the Senate, February 28, 1872           5

    PARLIAMENTARY LAW ON THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE
    SENATE. Two Protests against the Competency of the Senate Committee
    to investigate the Sale of Arms to France, March 26 and 27, 1872     45

    BOOKS ON THE FREE LIST. Remarks in the Senate on moving an
    Amendment to a Tariff Bill, March 27, 1872                           61

    THE NASBY LETTERS. Introduction to the Collection, April 1, 1872     65

    ADVICE TO THE <DW52> PEOPLE. Letter to the National Convention of
    <DW52> People at New Orleans, April 7, 1872                         68

    DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES NOT TO ACCEPT GIFTS FROM
    FOREIGN POWERS. Remarks in the Senate, May 2, 1872                   70

    PRESERVATION OF THE PARK AT WASHINGTON. Remarks in the Senate,
    May 15, 1872                                                         72

    HOURS OF LABOR. Letter to the Convention of the Massachusetts
    Labor Union in Boston, May 25, 1872                                  79

    ARBITRATION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WAR. Resolutions in the Senate,
    May 31, 1872, concerning Arbitration as a Substitute for War in
    determining Differences between Nations                              80

    REPUBLICANISM _vs._ GRANTISM. Speech in the Senate, May 31, 1872     83

    INTEREST AND DUTY OF  CITIZENS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
    Letter to  Citizens, July 29, 1872                           173

    LETTER TO SPEAKER BLAINE. August 5, 1872                            196

    RETROSPECT AND PROMISE. Address at a Serenade before his House in
    Washington, August 9, 1872                                          202

    FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND PRESIDENT GRANT. Letter to Hon. Andrew D.
    White, President of Cornell University, August 10, 1872             205

    GREELEY OR GRANT? Speech intended to be delivered at Faneuil Hall,
    Boston, September 3, 1872                                           209

    NO NAMES OF BATTLES WITH FELLOW-CITIZENS ON THE ARMY-REGISTER OR
    THE REGIMENTAL COLORS OF THE UNITED STATES. Bill in the Senate,
    December 2, 1872                                                    255

    TRIBUTE TO HORACE GREELEY. Remarks intended to be made in the
    Senate, in seconding a Motion for Adjournment on the Occasion of
    Mr. Greeley’s Funeral, December 3, 1872                             256

    RELIEF OF BOSTON. Remarks in the Senate, December 12, 1872          258

    THE LATE HON. GARRETT DAVIS, SENATOR OF KENTUCKY. Remarks in the
    Senate, on his Death, December 18, 1872                             261

    EQUALITY IN CIVIL RIGHTS. Letter to the Committee of Arrangements
    for the Celebration of the Anniversary of Emancipation in the
    District of Columbia, April 16, 1873                                266

    EQUAL RIGHTS OF  FELLOW-CITIZENS IN NORMAL SCHOOLS. Letter
    read at a Public Meeting in Washington, June 22, 1873               268

    THE PRESIDENT OF HAYTI AND MR. SUMNER. Letter in Reply to one from
    the Former, July 4, 1873                                            270

    INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. Letter to Henry Richard, M.P., on the
    Vote in the House of Commons agreeing to his Motion for an Address
    to the Queen, praying Communication with Foreign Powers with a View
    to a General and Permanent System of International Arbitration,
    July 10, 1873                                                       273

    A COMMON-SCHOOL SYSTEM IRRESPECTIVE OF COLOR. Letter to the 
    Citizens of Washington, July 29, 1873                               275

    BOSTON: ITS PROPER BOUNDARIES. Letter to Hon. G. W. Warren, of
    Charlestown, on the Annexion to Boston of the Suburban Towns,
    October 4, 1873