Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 18 (of 20)

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Author

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Title

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 18 (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

eBook-No.

48314

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48314

Release Date

February 19, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 18 (of 20)
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVIII.
3. 3.ADMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI TO REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.
4. 4.THE FIRST COLORED SENATOR.
5. 5.CONSIDERATION OF TREATIES IN OPEN SENATE.
6. 6.ELIGIBILITY TO THE SENATE: QUESTION OF INHABITANCY.
7. 7.RATIFICATION OF THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
8. 8.ADMISSION OF GEORGIA TO REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.
9. 9.INCOME TAX.
10. 10.MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
11. 11.EDUCATION.
12. 12.NO EXCLUSION OF RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS FROM CIVIL OFFICE.
13. 13.ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.
14. 14.ONE CENT POSTAGE, WITH ABOLITION OF FRANKING. — THE FRANKING SYSTEM, AND NOT THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE, IN OUR COUNTRY. — PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE. — FOREIGN EXAMPLES. — IN ENGLAND THE POST-OFFICE REGARDED ORIGINALLY AS A SOURCE OF REVENUE. — ORIGIN OF FRANKING PRIVILEGE IN ENGLAND. — POST-OFFICE IN THE COLONIES. — REFORM AND PENNY POSTAGE IN ENGLAND. — VICTORY. — THE SAME VICTORY MAY BE OURS. — COMPLEXITY AND MULTIFARIOUSNESS IN OUR SYSTEM. — UNIFORM RATE AT ONE CENT. — REDUCTION OF PRICE INCREASES CONSUMPTION. — CHEAP POSTAGE MULTIPLIES LETTERS. — ILLEGITIMATE BURDENS ON CORRESPONDENCE. — EXPENSE OF OUTLYING ROUTES. — DISTANCE ALONE DOES NOT CAUSE EXPENSE. — EXISTING RATE NOT OPPRESSIVE A FALLACY. — JUSTICE AND PRACTICABILITY OF ONE CENT POSTAGE. — POSSIBLE LOSS OF REVENUE. — THE POST-OFFICE NOT A TAXING MACHINE, BUT A BENEFICENT AGENCY. — THAT THE POST-OFFICE MUST SUPPORT ITSELF A FALLACY. — OUR POST-OFFICE MUST BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD: PRESENT DUTY.
15. 15.CHINESE INDEMNITY FUND. — THE CONVENTION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. — PROPOSITIONS WITH REGARD TO SURPLUS. — THE CHINESE HAVE NOT REFUSED TO RECEIVE IT. — DUTY TO CHINA. — JOINT RESOLUTION, DIRECTING THE RETURN OF CERTAIN MONEYS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA. — APPENDIX. — (A). Page 121. LETTER OF MR. SEWARD TO MR. SUMNER. — (B). Page 454. CLAIMS SINCE THE AWARD.
16. 16.TAX ON BOOKS.
17. 17.NATURALIZATION LAWS: NO DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF COLOR.
18. 18.THE REPUBLICAN PARTY: ITS PAST AND FUTURE WORK.
19. 19.THE DUEL BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY, WITH ITS LESSON TO CIVILIZATION. — LECTURE. — WAR UNDER THE LAW OF NATIONS A DUEL. — WHY THIS PARALLEL NOW? — SUDDENNESS OF THIS WAR. — CHALLENGE TO PRUSSIA. — COMEDY. — PRETEXT OF THE TELEGRAM. — FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR. — THE TWO HOSTILE PARTIES. — FOLLY. — UNJUST PRETENSION OF FRANCE TO INTERFERE WITH THE CANDIDATURE OF HOHENZOLLERN. — BECAUSE FRANCE WAS READY. — PROGRESS OF THE WAR. — A WAR OF SURPRISES. — OTHER FRENCH SOVEREIGNS CAPTURED ON THE BATTLE-FIELD. — LOUIS NAPOLEON. — RETRIBUTION. — PEACE AFTER CAPITULATION AT SEDAN. — THREE ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS OF PEACE. — INDEMNITY OF GERMANY. — GUARANTY OF DISMEMBERMENT. — GUARANTY OF DISARMAMENT. — KING WILLIAM AND COUNT BISMARCK. — TWO INFLUENCES VERSUS WAR SYSTEM. — AUTHORITY OF THE GERMAN MIND. — UPRISING OF WORKING-MEN. — ABOLITION OF THE WAR SYSTEM. — THE WORLD A GLADIATORIAL AMPHITHEATRE. — PERIL FROM THE WAR SYSTEM. — PEACE. — THE REPUBLIC.
20. 20.THE PATRIOT DEAD AT ARLINGTON.
21. 21.NABOTH’S VINEYARD. — SPEECH.
22. 22.NEW YEAR’S DAY.
23. 23.ITALIAN UNITY.
24. 24.RESPONSE TO A TOAST.
25. 25.DUTY OF THE YOUNG COLORED LAWYER.
26. 26.CHARITY TO FRANCE OR GERMANY?
27. 27.FOOTNOTES

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