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THE
WORKS
OF
CHARLES SUMNER.
Veniet fortasse aliud tempus, dignius nostro, quo, debellatis odiis, veritas triumphabit. Hoc mecum opta, lector, et vale.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873,
BY CHARLES SUMNER,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co.,
CAMBRIDGE.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND JOHN SLIDELL AT PARIS. Article in the
Atlantic Monthly, November, 1863.
PAGE
1
VICTORY AND PEACE THROUGH EMANCIPATION. Letter to Colored
Citizens in New York, celebrating the Anniversary of the Procla-
mation, December 18, 1863
THE MAYFLOWER and the SlaVE SHIP. Letter to the New Eng-
land Society at New York, December 21, 1863
COMMUTATION for the Draft: DifferenCE BETWEEN RICH AND
POOR. Remarks in the Senate, on an Amendment moved to the
Enrolment Bill, January 8, 12, and June 20, 1864, and February 7,
1865.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SLAVERY AND FREEDMEN. Resolution in
the Senate, January 13, 1864.
FOUNDATION OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN BOSTON. Letter to
a Committee in Boston, January 20, 1864
.
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LOYALTY IN THE SENATE: THE IRON-CLAD OATH FOR SENATORS.
Speech in the Senate, on a New Rule requiring the Oath of Loy-
alty for Senators, January 25, 1864
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53
THE LATE HON. JOHN W. NOELL, REPRESENTATIVE OF Missouri.
Remarks in the Senate, on his Death, February 1, 1864
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RECONSTRUCTION AGAIN: GUARANTIES AND SAFEGUARDS AGAINST
SLAVERY AND FOR PROTECTION OF FREEDMEN. Resolutions
in the Senate, February 8, 1864
PRAYER OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND. Speech in the Senate, on
presenting a Petition of the Women's National League, praying
Universal Emancipation by Act of Congress, February 9, 1864
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