Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume XI (of 20)

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Author

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Title

Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 11 (of 20)

Credits

E-text prepared by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Speeches, addresses, etc., American

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48376

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48376

Release Date

February 28, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 11 (of 20)
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME XI.
3. 3.EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES ON ACCOUNT OF COLOR. — EXCLUSION OF COLORED TESTIMONY RECOGNIZED BY CONGRESS. — EXCLUSION OF COLORED TESTIMONY IN THE SLAVE STATES. — SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE RULE. — ECCENTRICITIES OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS. — CONSEQUENCES OF THIS EXCLUSION. — EXAMPLES OF HISTORY. — GROUNDS FOR THIS INJUSTICE. — CONCLUSION.
4. 4.THE MISSION TO BELGIUM.
5. 5.CONSULAR PUPILS.
6. 6.THE LATE HON. OWEN LOVEJOY, OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
7. 7.COLORED SUFFRAGE IN THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA.
8. 8.CLAIMS ON FRANCE FOR SPOLIATIONS OF AMERICAN COMMERCE PRIOR TO JULY 31, 1801. — CHARACTER OF THESE CLAIMS. — PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS. — I.—CLAIMS ANCIENT, BUT NOT STALE. — II.—POSSESSORS OF THE CLAIMS ARE NOT SPECULATORS. — III.—PRESENT CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY NO REASON AGAINST PAYMENT OF JUST DEBTS. — STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION. — I. CLAIMS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY. — II. COUNTER CLAIMS OF FRANCE, THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY. — III. ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE BY THE SET-OFF AND MUTUAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS. — IV. ASSUMPTION OF CLAIMS BY THE UNITED STATES, AND SUBSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES FOR FRANCE. — OBJECTIONS. — I.—WAR DID NOT EXIST BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE. — II.—THESE CLAIMS NOT EMBRACED IN THE LOUISIANA CONVENTION. — III.—THESE CLAIMS NOT EMBRACED IN THE CONVENTION OF 1831 WITH FRANCE. — IV.—THESE CLAIMS NOT AFFECTED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS ANNULLING THE FRENCH TREATIES. — V.—EARLY PERSISTENCY TO SECURE INDEMNITIES FROM FRANCE NO GROUND OF EXEMPTION FROM PRESENT LIABILITY. — VI.—THESE CLAIMS NEVER DESPERATE, SO AS TO BE OF NO VALUE. — ALL OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. — JUST COMPENSATION. — VALUE OF ADVANTAGES TO THE UNITED STATES. — ACTUAL LOSSES TO CLAIMANTS. — RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE. — CONCLUSION. — APPENDIX.
9. 9.NO PROPERTY IN MAN: UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION WITHOUT COMPENSATION. — SPEECH.
10. 10.CASTE AND PREJUDICE OF COLOR.
11. 11.FINAL REPEAL OF ALL FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTS.
12. 12.THE NATIONAL BANKS AND THE CURRENCY.
13. 13.BRANCH MINTS AND COINAGE.
14. 14.REFORM IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
15. 15.COLORED SUFFRAGE IN WASHINGTON.
16. 16.VOTE OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS NECESSARY TO READMISSION OF REBEL STATES.
17. 17.NO TAX ON BOOKS.
18. 18.CREATION OF THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU: A BRIDGE FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM.
19. 19.MAKE HASTE SLOWLY: IRREVERSIBLE GUARANTIES.
20. 20.MEANS FOR THE WAR THE TRUE OBJECT OF THE TARIFF.
21. 21.NO TAX ON EDUCATION.
22. 22.ABOLITION OF THE COASTWISE SLAVE-TRADE.
23. 23.OPENING OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS TO COLORED WITNESSES.
24. 24.RECONSTRUCTION, AND ADOPTION OF PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION BY ACT OF CONGRESS.
25. 25.NATIONAL ACADEMY OF LITERATURE AND ART; ALSO OF MORAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES.
26. 26.NO FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS WITHOUT INCREASED TAXATION.
27. 27.REJOICING IN THE DECLINE OF THE REBELLION.
28. 28.REPUBLICAN PARTY AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
29. 29.SLAVERY AND THE REBELLION ONE AND INSEPARABLE: ISSUES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. — SPEECH. — I. — II.
30. 30.FOOTNOTES

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