Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 15 (of 20)

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Author

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Title

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 15 (of 20)

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Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Speeches, addresses, etc., American

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50161

Release Date

October 8, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 15 (of 20)
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME XV.
3. 3.THE CESSION OF RUSSIAN AMERICA TO THE UNITED STATES. — SPEECH. — BOUNDARIES AND CONFIGURATION. — DISCOVERY OF RUSSIAN AMERICA BY BEHRING, UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM PETER THE GREAT. — TITLE OF RUSSIA. — A FRENCH ASPIRATION ON THIS COAST. — EARLY SPANISH CLAIM. — REASONS FOR CESSION BY RUSSIA. — THE NEGOTIATION, IN ITS ORIGIN AND COMPLETION. — THE TREATY. — QUESTIONS ARISING UNDER THE TREATY. — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TREATY. — SHALL THE TREATY BE RATIFIED? — A CAVEAT. — SOURCES OF INFORMATION UPON RUSSIAN AMERICA. — CHARACTER AND VALUE OF RUSSIAN AMERICA. — INFLUENCE OF FISHERIES. — SUMMARY. — WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE.
4. 4.PRECAUTION AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
5. 5.FINISH OUR WORK BEFORE ADJOURNMENT.
6. 6.MEDIATION BETWEEN CONTENDING PARTIES IN MEXICO.
7. 7.EQUAL SUFFRAGE AT ONCE BY ACT OF CONGRESS RATHER THAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
8. 8.CELEBRATION AT ARLINGTON, ON ASSUMING ITS NEW NAME.
9. 9.POWERS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS IN THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM.
10. 10.HOMESTEADS FOR FREEDMEN.
11. 11.LIMITATION OF THE BUSINESS OF THE SENATE. OBLIGATIONS OF SENATE CAUCUSES.
12. 12.RECONSTRUCTION ONCE MORE. PUBLIC SCHOOLS; OFFICERS AND SENATORS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF COLOR.
13. 13.SUFFRAGE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF COLOR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES BY ACT OF CONGRESS.
14. 14.OPENING OF OFFICES TO COLORED PERSONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
15. 15.NATURALIZATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE OR COLOR.
16. 16.THE PRESIDENT MUST BE WATCHED BY CONGRESS, OR REMOVED.
17. 17.SYMPATHY WITH CRETE, AND AN APPEAL TO THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT.
18. 18.PRIVILEGES OF DEBATE IN THE SENATE ON OFFICERS LIABLE TO IMPEACHMENT.
19. 19.PROPHETIC VOICES CONCERNING AMERICA. A MONOGRAPH. — MONOGRAPH. — A PROPHETIC GROUP. — JOHN MILTON, 1641. — ABRAHAM COWLEY, 1667. — SIR THOMAS BROWNE, 1682. — SIR JOSIAH CHILD AND DR. CHARLES DAVENANT, 1698. — BISHOP BERKELEY, 1726. — SAMUEL SEWALL, 1697-1727. — MARQUIS D’ARGENSON, 1733. — TURGOT, 1750, 1770, 1776, 1778. — HORACE WALPOLE, 1754, 1774, 1777, 1779. — JOHN ADAMS, 1755, 1765, 1776, 1780, 1785, 1787, 1813, 1818. — MARQUIS DE MONTCALM, 1758, 1759. — DUC DE CHOISEUL, 1767, 1768. — ABBÉ RAYNAL, 1770-1780. — JONATHAN SHIPLEY, BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH, 1773. — DEAN TUCKER, 1774. — DAVID HARTLEY, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1785. — GALIANI, 1776, 1778. — ADAM SMITH, 1776. — RICHARD PRICE, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1784. — GOVERNOR POWNALL, 1777, 1780, 1783. — CÉRISIER, 1778, 1780. — SIR WILLIAM JONES, 1781. — COUNT ARANDA, 1783. — WILLIAM PALEY, 1785. — ROBERT BURNS, 1788. — RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, 1794. — CHARLES JAMES FOX, 1794. — ABBÉ GRÉGOIRE, 1808. — THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1824. — GEORGE CANNING, 1826. — ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, 1835. — RICHARD COBDEN, 1849. — LUCAS ALAMAN, 1852. — CONCLUSION.
20. 20.FOOTNOTES

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