Veniet fortasse aliud tempus, dignius nostro, quo, debellatis odils,
veritas triumphabit. Hoc mecum opta, lector, et vale.

LEIBNITZ.

SOUTHBRIDGE

PUBLIC LIBRARY,

DISCARDED.

VOL. XV.

BOSTON:

LEE AND SHEPARD.

1883.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883,

BY FRANCIS V. BALCH, EXECUTOR, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XV.

PAGE

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: ITS PROPER NUMBER,

Remarks

in the Senate, on the Bill for the Apportionment of Representa-

tives among the States, January 29, 1872

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REFORM AND PURITY IN GOVERNMENT: NEUTRAL DUTIES. SALE

OF ARMS TO Belligerent FRANCE. Speech in the Senate, Feb-

ruary 28, 1872.

PARLIAMENTARY LAW ON THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES

OF THE SENATE. Two Protests against the Competency of the

Senate Committee to Investigate the Sale of Arms to France;

March 26 and 27, 1872.

BOOKS ON THE FREE LIST.

Remarks in the Senate on moving an

Amendment to a Tariff Bill, March 27, 1872.

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THE NASBY LETTERS. Introduction to the Collection, April 1, 1872.

ADVICE TO THE COLORED PEOPLE. Letter to the National Conven-

tion of Colored People at New Orleans, April 7, 1872.

DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES NOT TO ACCEPT GIFTS

FROM FOREIGN POWERS. Remarks in the Senate, May 2, 1872.

PRESERVATION OF THE PARK AT WASHINGTON.

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Remarks in the

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HOURS OF LABOR. Letter to the Convention of the Massachusetts

Labor Union in Boston, May 25, 1872.

ARBITRATION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WAR. Resolutions in the Sen-

ate, May 31, 1872, concerning Arbitration as a Substitute for War

in determining Differences between Nations.

REPUBLICANISM VS. GRANTISM. Speech in the Senate, May 31, 1872.

INTEREST AND DUTY OF COLORED CITIZENS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION. Letter to Colored Citizens, July 29, 1872..

LETTER TO SPEAKER BLAINE. August 5, 1872.