THE

WORKS

OF

CHARLES SUMNER.

Veniet fortasse aliud tempus, dignius nostro, quo, debellatis odiis,
veritas triumphabit. Hoc mecum opta, lector, et vale.

LEIBNITZ.

VOL. VI.

BOSTON:

LEE AND SHEPARD.

1872.

US 5249.124A (6),

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

GIFT OF

MARY E. HAVEN

JULY 2, 1914.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,

BY CHARLES SUMNER,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co.,

CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI.

PAGE

EMANCIPATION OUR BEST WEAPON. Speech before the Republican

State Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts, October 1, 1861.

With Appendix

THE REBELLION ITS ORIGIN AND MAINSPRING. Oration, under

the Auspices of the Young Men's Republican Union of New

York, at Cooper Institute, November 27, 1861. With Appendix

WELCOME TO FUGITIVE SLAVES. Remarks in the Senate, on a

Military Order in Missouri, December 4, 1861

SLAVERY AND THE BLACK CODE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution for the Discharge of Fugi-

tive Slaves from the Washington Jail, December 4, 1861

1

65

119

121

THE LATE SENATOR BINGHAM, WITH PROTEST AGAINST SLAVERY.

Speech in the Senate, on the Death of Hon. Kinsley S. Bingham,

late Senator of Michigan, December 10, 1861.

124

THE LATE SENATOR BAKER, WITH CALL FOR EMANCIPATION.

Speech in the Senate, on the Death of Hon. Edward D. Baker,

late Senator of Oregon, December 11, 1861. With Appendix

REVISION AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE NATIONAL STATUTES. Reso-

lution and Speech in the Senate, December 12, 1861

DENIAL OF PATENTS TO COLORED INVENTORS. Resolution and

Remarks in the Senate, December 16, 1861

130

140

144

THE NATIONAL ARMIES AND FUGITIVE SLAVES. Resolution and

Remarks in the Senate, December 18, 1861.

145

EXPULSION OF TRUSTEN POLK, OF MISSOURI. Resolution and Re-

marks in the Senate, December 18, 1861

150

.

EMANCIPATION AND THE PRESIDENT. Letter to Governor Andrew,

of Massachusetts, December 27, 1861

152

THE TRENT CASE, AND MARITIME RIGHTS. Speech in the Senate,

on the Surrender of Mason and Slidell, Rebel Agents, taken from the

British Mail Steamer Trent, January 9, 1862. With Appendix

PAGE

153

243

OFFICE OF SENATOR, AND ITS INCOMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER

OFFICE. Remarks in the Senate, on the Case of General Lane,

of Kansas, January 13, 1862 .

EXPULSION OF JESSE D. BRIGHT, OF INDIANA. Speeches in the

Senate, January 21 and February 4, 1862 .

ANSWER OF A WITNESS CRIMINATING HIMSELF. Remarks in the

Senate, on the Bill relating to Witnesses before Committees,

January 22, 1862

252

290

293

LIMITATION OF DEBATE IN THE SENATE. Remarks in the Senate,

on a Five Minutes' Rule, January 27 and 29, 1862.

INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AT LONDON. Speech in the Senate, on the

Joint Resolution providing for Representation there, January 31,

1862.

ORDER IN BUSINESS: EACH QUESTION BY ITSELF. Remarks in

the Senate, February 6, 1862

295

299

STATE REBELLION, STATE SUICIDE; EMANCIPATION AND RECON-

STRUCTION. Resolutions in the Senate, February 11, 1862. With

Appendix

301

TREASURY NOTES A LEGAL TENDER. Speech in the Senate, on the

Clause making Treasury Notes a Legal Tender, February 13,

1862.

LOYALTY A QUALIFICATION REQUIRED IN A SENATOR. Speeches

in the Senate, February 18 and 26, 1862

HELP FOR MEXICO AGAINST FOREIGN INTERVENTION. Report from

the Committee of Foreign Relations upon the Draught of a Con-

vention with Mexico, February 19, 1862

OUR GERMAN FELLOW-CITIZENS, AND A TRUE RECONSTRUCTION.

Letter to the German Republican Central Committee of New

York, February 25, 1862

NO RECOGNITION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL. Motion and Re-

marks in the Senate, February 25, 1862

STATE SUICIDE AND EMANCIPATION. Letter to a Public Meeting at

the Cooper Institute, New York, March 6, 1862

381

PAGE

385

REMOVAL OF DISQUALIFICATION OF COLOR IN CARRYING THE

MAILS. Bill in the Senate, March 18, 1862, and Incidents

RANSOM OF SLAVES AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Speech in the

Senate, on the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery in the District

of Columbia, March 31, 1862.

389

439

REBEL BARBARITIES, AND THE BARBARISM OF SLAVERY. Reso-

lution and Remarks in the Senate, April 1, 1862

TESTIMONY OF COLORED PERSONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Remarks in the Senate, on the Emancipation Bill, April 3, 1862 442

INDEPENDENCE OF HAYTI AND LIBERIA. Speech in the Senate, on

the Bill to authorize the Appointment of Diplomatic Representa-

tives to the Republics of Hayti and Liberia, April 23, 1862

FINAL SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE. Speech in the Senate,

on the Treaty with Great Britain, April 24 1862

ENFORCEMENT OF EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT. Resolution

and Remarks in the Senate, April 28, 1862

445

474

487

CONDUCT OF Our Generals toWARDS FUGITIVE SLAVES. Speech

in the Senate, on a Resolution of Inquiry, May 1, 1862.

489

NO NAMES OF VICTORIES OVER FELLOW-CITIZENS ON REGIMENTAL

COLORS. Resolution in the Senate, May 8, 1862

BOUNTY LANDS FOR SOLDIERS OUT OF REAL ESTATE OF REBELS.

Resolution in the Senate, May 12, 1862

TESTIMONY OF COLORED PERSONS IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS FOR

CONFISCATION AND EMANCIPATION. Resolution in the Senate,

May 12, and Remarks, June 28, 1862

THE LATE HON. GOLDSMITH F. BAILEY, REPRESENTATIVE FROM

MASSACHUSETTS. Speech in the Senate, on his Death, May 15,

USE OF PARCHMENT IN LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Resolution

and Speech in the Senate, on the Enrolment of Bills, May 16, 1862 510