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

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              _Statesman Edition_             _VOL. XVI_

                            Charles Sumner

                          HIS COMPLETE WORKS

                           With Introduction
                                  BY
                       HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR

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                                BOSTON
                            LEE AND SHEPARD
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                          Statesman Edition.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVI.


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    EQUAL RIGHTS, WHETHER POLITICAL OR CIVIL, BY ACT OF CONGRESS.
    Letter to the Border State Convention at Baltimore, September
    8, 1867                                                               1

    ARE WE A NATION? Address before the New York Young Men’s
    Republican Union, at the Cooper Institute, Tuesday Evening,
    November 19, 1867                                                     3

    CONSTANT DISTRUST OF THE PRESIDENT. Remarks in the Senate, on
    the Final Adjournment, November 26, 1867                             66

    THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT: WITHDRAWAL OF ASSENT BY A STATE.
    Remarks in the Senate, on the Resolutions of the Legislature of
    Ohio rescinding its former Resolution in Ratification of the
    Fourteenth Amendment, January 31, 1868                               69

    LOYALTY IN THE SENATE: ADMISSION OF A SENATOR. Remarks in the
    Senate, on the Resolution to admit Philip F. Thomas as Senator
    from Maryland, February 13, 1868                                     73

    INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. Letter to a Committee in New York, on
    this Subject, February 17, 1868                                      86

    THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. THE RIGHT OF THE PRESIDENT
    OF THE SENATE PRO TEM. TO VOTE. Remarks in the Senate, on the
    Question of the Competency of Mr. Wade, Senator from Ohio, then
    President of the Senate pro Tem., to vote on the Impeachment of
    President Johnson, March 5, 1868                                     88

    THE CHIEF JUSTICE, PRESIDING IN THE SENATE, CANNOT RULE OR
    VOTE. Opinion in the Case of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson,
    President of the United States, March 31, 1868                       98

    EXPULSION OF THE PRESIDENT. Opinion in the Case of the
    Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States,
    May 26, 1868                                                        134

    CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SENATORS FOR THEIR VOTES IN
    CASES OF IMPEACHMENT. Resolutions in the Senate, June 3, 1868       227

    VALIDITY AND NECESSITY OF FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS ON STATES.
    Speech in the Senate, June 10, 1868                                 230

    ELIGIBILITY OF A COLORED CITIZEN TO CONGRESS. Letter to an
    Inquirer at Norfolk, Va., June 22, 1868                             255

    INDEPENDENCE, AND THOSE WHO SAVED THE ORIGINAL WORK. Letter on
    the Soldiers’ Monument at North Weymouth, Mass., July 2, 1868       256

    COLORED SENATORS,--THEIR IMPORTANCE IN SETTLING THE QUESTION OF
    EQUAL RIGHTS. Letter to an Inquirer in South Carolina, July
    3, 1868                                                             257

    FINANCIAL RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH PUBLIC FAITH AND SPECIE
    PAYMENTS. Speech in the Senate, on the Bill to fund the
    National Debt, July 11, 1868                                        259

    NO REPRISALS ON INNOCENT PERSONS. Speech in the Senate, on the
    Bill concerning the Rights of American Citizens, July 18, 1868      297

    THE CHINESE EMBASSY, AND OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA. Speech at
    the Banquet by the City of Boston to the Chinese Embassy,
    August 21, 1868                                                     318

    THE REBEL PARTY. Speech at the Flag-Raising of the Grant and
    Colfax Club, in Ward Six, Boston, on the Evening of September
    14, 1868                                                            326

    ENFRANCHISEMENT IN MISSOURI: WHY WAIT? Letter to a Citizen of
    St. Louis, October 3, 1868                                          331

    ISSUES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Speech at the City Hall,
    Cambridge, October 29, 1868                                         333




EQUAL RIGHTS, WHETHER POLITICAL OR CIVIL, BY ACT OF CONGRESS.

LETTER TO THE BORDER STATE CONVENTION AT BALTIMORE, SEPTEMBER 8, 1867.


    September 12, 1867, Tennessee, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri,
    Kentucky, and the District of Columbia were fully represented
    in what was called “the Border State Convention,” which
    assembled in the Front Street Theatre, Baltimore.