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             Statesman Edition                 VOL. XIV

                            Charles Sumner

                          HIS COMPLETE WORKS

                           With Introduction
                                  BY
                       HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR

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                                BOSTON
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIV.


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    MAJORITY OR PLURALITY IN THE ELECTION OF SENATORS. Speech in
    the Senate, on the Contested Election of Hon. John P. Stockton,
    of New Jersey,