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

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Author

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Title

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (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. 51025

Release Date

January 24, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 19 (of 20)
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME XX.
3. 3.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: ITS PROPER NUMBER.
4. 4.REFORM AND PURITY IN GOVERNMENT: NEUTRAL DUTIES. SALE OF ARMS TO BELLIGERENT FRANCE. — APPENDIX.
5. 5.PARLIAMENTARY LAW ON THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE. — PROTEST. — SECOND PROTEST.
6. 6.BOOKS ON THE FREE LIST.
7. 7.THE NASBY LETTERS.
8. 8.ADVICE TO THE COLORED PEOPLE.
9. 9.DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES NOT TO ACCEPT GIFTS FROM FOREIGN POWERS.
10. 10.PRESERVATION OF THE PARK AT WASHINGTON.
11. 11.HOURS OF LABOR.
12. 12.ARBITRATION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WAR.
13. 13.REPUBLICANISM VS. GRANTISM. — THE PRESIDENCY A TRUST, NOT A PLAYTHING AND PERQUISITE.—PERSONAL GOVERNMENT AND PRESIDENTIAL PRETENSIONS.—REFORM AND PURITY IN GOVERNMENT. — SPEECH. — ORIGIN AND OBJECT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. — THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SEIZED BY THE PRESIDENT. — PRESIDENTIAL PRETENSIONS. — PERSONAL GOVERNMENT UNREPUBLICAN. — THE PRESIDENT AS A CIVILIAN. — TESTIMONY OF THE LATE EDWIN M. STANTON. — DUTY TO MAKE EXPOSURE. — TWO TYPICAL INSTANCES. — NEPOTISM OF THE PRESIDENT. — ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF NEPOTISM. — AMERICAN AUTHORITIES ON NEPOTISM. — PRESIDENTIAL APOLOGIES FOR NEPOTISM. — GIFT-TAKING,—AND REPAYMENT WITH OFFICE. — THE PRESIDENCY A PERQUISITE. — THE PRESIDENT’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. — SELECTION OF HIS CABINET. — APPROPRIATION OF THE OFFICES. — PRESIDENTIAL ASSAULT ON A SAFEGUARD OF THE TREASURY. — ILLEGAL MILITARY RING AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. — UNREPUBLICAN SUBORDINATION OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT TO THE GENERAL-IN-CHIEF. — THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BY DEPUTY. — PRESIDENTIAL PRETENSION AT THE INDIAN BUREAU. — MILITARY INTERFERENCE AT ELECTIONS. — PRESIDENTIAL PRETENSION AGAIN. — PRESIDENTIAL INTERFERENCE IN LOCAL POLITICS. — PRESIDENTIAL CONTRIVANCE AGAINST SAN DOMINGO. — PRESIDENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. — WHERE WAS THE GRAND INQUEST OF THE NATION? — INDIGNITY TO THE AFRICAN RACE. — ALL THESE THINGS IN ISSUE NOW. — THE GREAT PRESIDENTIAL QUARRELLER. — DUTY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. — ONE TERM FOR PRESIDENT. — HIS UNFITNESS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE. — APOLOGIES FOR THE PRESIDENT. — THE PRESIDENT AS CANDIDATE.
14. 14.INTEREST AND DUTY OF COLORED CITIZENS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. — LETTER. — QUESTIONS PROPOSED. — ANTECEDENTS OF THE CANDIDATES. — GRANT’S INDIGNITY TO THE COLORED RACE. — FALSE IMPRISONMENT OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. — HARD TO BEAR THESE OUTRAGES. — OTHER ANTECEDENTS. — PRESENT POSITION OF CANDIDATES. — NOMINATIONS OF THE TWO CANDIDATES. — THE TWO PLATFORMS. — SUPPORTERS OF THE TWO CANDIDATES. — DEMOCRATS TURNING REPUBLICANS. — GREELEY’S ELECTION THE TRIUMPH OF REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES. — VOTE FOR GREELEY. — TOO MUCH OF A REPUBLICAN TO VOTE FOR GRANT. — PRINCIPLES ABOVE PARTY. — GREELEY’S NOMINATION A RESPONSE TO LONGING FOR PEACE. — RECONCILIATION. — WATCHWORD FOR THE CANVASS.
15. 15.LETTER TO SPEAKER BLAINE.
16. 16.RETROSPECT AND PROMISE.
17. 17.FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND PRESIDENT GRANT.
18. 18.GREELEY OR GRANT? — SPEECH. — THE TWO CANDIDATES. — TWO REASONS IN FAVOR OF GREELEY. — NEPOTISM. — GIFT-TAKING. — GIFT-MAKERS APPOINTED TO OFFICE. — SAN DOMINGO. — PERSONAL MISREPRESENTATIONS. — ONE-TERM PRINCIPLE. — RECONCILIATION. — PERSONAL RECORD. — PERSONAL DUTY. — PREJUDICE AND INVENTION. — ADHESION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. — MOTIVES TO KEEP THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TRUE. — FAITH IN HORACE GREELEY. — ANSWER TO TWO OBJECTIONS. — THE OLIVE-BRANCH AND EQUAL RIGHTS.
19. 19.NO NAMES OF BATTLES WITH FELLOW-CITIZENS ON THE ARMY-REGISTER OR THE REGIMENTAL COLORS OF THE UNITED STATES.
20. 20.TRIBUTE TO HORACE GREELEY.
21. 21.RELIEF OF BOSTON.
22. 22.THE LATE HON. GARRETT DAVIS, SENATOR OF KENTUCKY.
23. 23.EQUALITY IN CIVIL RIGHTS.
24. 24.EQUAL RIGHTS OF COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS IN NORMAL SCHOOLS.
25. 25.THE PRESIDENT OF HAYTI AND MR. SUMNER. — MR. SUMNER’S REPLY.
26. 26.INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
27. 27.A COMMON-SCHOOL SYSTEM IRRESPECTIVE OF COLOR.
28. 28.BOSTON: ITS PROPER BOUNDARIES.
29. 29.YELLOW FEVER AT MEMPHIS AND SHREVEPORT: AID FOR THE SUFFERERS.
30. 30.THE CASE OF THE VIRGINIUS.
31. 31.THE SUPPLEMENTARY CIVIL-RIGHTS BILL AGAIN: IMMEDIATE ACTION URGED.
32. 32.OUR PILGRIM FOREFATHERS.
33. 33.SUPPLEMENTARY CIVIL-RIGHTS BILL: THE LAST APPEAL.
34. 34.FOOTNOTES
35. 35.INDEX.

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