Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 16 (of 20)

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Author

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Title

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 16 (of 20)

Credits

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

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50167

Release Date

October 9, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 16 (of 20)
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVI.
3. 3.EQUAL RIGHTS, WHETHER POLITICAL OR CIVIL, BY ACT OF CONGRESS.
4. 4.ARE WE A NATION? — ADDRESS.
5. 5.CONSTANT DISTRUST OF THE PRESIDENT.
6. 6.THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT: WITHDRAWAL OF ASSENT BY A STATE.
7. 7.LOYALTY IN THE SENATE: ADMISSION OF A SENATOR.
8. 8.INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
9. 9.THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. THE RIGHT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PRO TEM. TO VOTE.
10. 10.THE CHIEF JUSTICE, PRESIDING IN THE SENATE, CANNOT RULE OR VOTE.
11. 11.EXPULSION OF THE PRESIDENT. — BATTLE WITH SLAVERY. — IMPEACHMENT A POLITICAL PROCEEDING. — POLITICAL OFFENCES ARE IMPEACHABLE OFFENCES. — UNTECHNICAL FORM OF PROCEDURE. — RULES OF EVIDENCE. — OUTLINE OF TRANSGRESSIONS. — ACCUMULATION OF IMPEACHABLE OFFENCES. — OPEN DEFIANCE OF CONGRESS. — IMPEACHMENT AT LAST. — ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. — TENURE-OF-OFFICE ACT. — ITS APPLICATION TO MR. STANTON. — SUSPENSION OF MR. STANTON RECOGNIZED HIM AS PROTECTED BY THE STATUTE. — SUBSTITUTION OF ADJUTANT-GENERAL THOMAS AD INTERIM. — REMOVAL AND SUBSTITUTION AD INTERIM A VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. — THE APOLOGIES. — THE APOLOGY OF GOOD INTENTIONS. — THE MOOT-COURT APOLOGY. — THE APOLOGY OF PREROGATIVE. — TECHNICALITIES AND QUIBBLES. — GUILTY ON ALL THE ARTICLES. — CONCLUSION.
12. 12.CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SENATORS FOR THEIR VOTES IN CASES OF IMPEACHMENT.
13. 13.VALIDITY AND NECESSITY OF FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS ON STATES.
14. 14.ELIGIBILITY OF A COLORED CITIZEN TO CONGRESS.
15. 15.INDEPENDENCE, AND THOSE WHO SAVED THE ORIGINAL WORK.
16. 16.COLORED SENATORS,—THEIR IMPORTANCE IN SETTLING THE QUESTION OF EQUAL RIGHTS.
17. 17.FINANCIAL RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH PUBLIC FAITH AND SPECIE PAYMENTS. — SPEECH.
18. 18.NO REPRISALS ON INNOCENT PERSONS.
19. 19.THE CHINESE EMBASSY, AND OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
20. 20.THE REBEL PARTY.
21. 21.ENFRANCHISEMENT IN MISSOURI: WHY WAIT?
22. 22.ISSUES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. — SPEECH.
23. 23.FOOTNOTES

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