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            Statesman Edition                      VOL. IX

                            Charles Sumner

                          HIS COMPLETE WORKS

                           With Introduction
                                  BY
                       HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR

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                                BOSTON
                            LEE AND SHEPARD
                                  MCM

                           COPYRIGHT, 1872,
                                  BY
                            CHARLES SUMNER.

                           COPYRIGHT, 1900,
                                  BY
                           LEE AND SHEPARD.

                          Statesman Edition.
                    LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND COPIES.
                           OF WHICH THIS IS
                                No. 259

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




CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX.


                                                                    PAGE

    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                                  1

    NO SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE SLAVES IN WASHINGTON. Resolution and
    Remarks in the Senate, May 23, 1862                               78

    INFORMATION IN REGARD TO FREEING SLAVES BY OUR ADVANCING
    ARMIES. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862                    82

    HELP FROM SLAVES, WITH RECIPROCAL PROTECTION IN THEIR RIGHTS AS
    MEN. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862                       83

    TAX ON COTTON. Speeches in the Senate, May 27 and June 4, 1862    84

    TAX ON SLAVE-MASTERS. Speeches in the Senate, on Amendment to
    the Internal Tax Bill, May 28 and June 6, 1862                    93

    PROPER DESPATCH OF BUSINESS. Remarks in the Senate, on the
    Order of Business, May 30, 1862                                  110

    SHUTTING UP OF  SCHOOLS BY THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT 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                                      121

    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                         122

    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                                                    128

    PRIZE MONEY AND ITS POLICY. Remarks in the Senate, June 30,
    1862                                                             148

    THE RANK OF ADMIRAL. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill to
    establish the Grades of Navy Officers, July 2, 1862              150

    TESTIMONY OF <DW52> 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              152

    PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND RECONSTRUCTION. Remarks in the
    Senate, on a Bill to establish Provisional Governments in
    Certain Cases, July 7, 1862                                      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, 1862    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                                          180

    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                       182

    UNION OF GOOD CITIZENS FOR A FINAL SETTLEMENT. Letter to the
    Republican State Committee, September 9, 1862                    187

    THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION: ITS POLICY AND NECESSITY AS
    A WAR MEASURE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION. Speech at
    Faneuil Hall, October 6, 1862. With Appendix, 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                       247

    FARMERS, THEIR HAPPINESS AND LIBERAL SENTIMENTS. Speech at
    the Dinner of the Hampshire County Agricultural Society, at
    Northampton, Mass., October 14, 1862                             248

    AMBULANCE AND HOSPITAL CORPS. Resolution in the Senate,
    December 3, 1862                                                 255

    CELEBRATION OF EMANCIPATION. Letter to a Public Meeting of
     Citizens in Boston, January 1, 1863                      256

    PRUDENCE IN OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. Remarks in the Senate, on
    Resolutions against French Interference in Mexico, February 3,
    1863                                                             257

    EMPLOYMENT OF <DW52> TROOPS. Bill in the Senate, February 9,
    1863                                                             262

    IMMEDIATE EMANCIPATION, AND NOT GRADUAL. Speech in the Senate,
    on the Bill providing Aid for Emancipation in Missouri,
    February 12, 1863                                                266

    LETTERS OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL. Speeches in the Senate, on the
    Bill to authorize the President, in all Domestic or Foreign
    Wars, to issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal, February 14 and
    17, 1863                                                         278

    APPOINTMENTS TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY. Remarks in the Senate, on
    the Bill to regulate the Appointment of Midshipmen to the Naval
    Academy, February 16, 1863                                       301

    EXEMPTION OF CLERGYMEN FROM MILITARY CONSCRIPTION. Remarks on
    the Conscription Law, February 16, 1863                          303

    PROTEST AGAINST FOREIGN INTERVENTION, AND DECLARATION OF
    NATIONAL PURPOSE. Concurrent Resolutions of Congress, reported
    in the Senate, February 28, 1863                                 307

    INEXPEDIENCY OF LETTERS OF MARQUE. Letter to a Citizen of New
    York, March 17, 1863                                             313

    UNITY FOR THE SAKE OF FREEDOM, AND FREEDOM FOR THE SAKE OF
    UNITY. Letter to a Public Meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, May 18,
    1863                                                             316

    PACIFIC RAILROAD. Letter to Messrs. Samuel Hallett & Co., May
    23, 1863                                                         318

    UNION OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE LAKES BY CANAL. Letter to a
    Convention