Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 04 (of 20)
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"A thorough recounting of the great legislator’s life and deed... unlikely to be bettered anytime soon... Tameez is expert at explaining Sumner’s legal thought... One cannot help wishing we had a Charles Sumner in Washington today."— The New York Times "An excellent book about the courageous Massachusetts senator... Drawing from hundreds of letters, articles and speeches, Mr. Tameez has created a remarkable portrait of a complex man who faced many personal challenges... Charles Sumner is a moving portrayal of a courageous, long-overlooked American who, in the words of one contemporary, 'stood ...
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- Charles Sumner: his complete works, (Volume 4 of 20)
- HENRY WILSON
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.
- ANDREW J. DOWNING, THE LANDSCAPE GARDENER.
- THE PARTY OF FREEDOM: ITS NECESSITY AND PRACTICABILITY.
- CIVIL SUPERINTENDENTS OF ARMORIES.
- NECESSITY OF UNION TO UPHOLD FREEDOM.
- AGAINST SECRECY IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.
- THE GERMAN EMIGRANT MUST BE AGAINST SLAVERY.
- POWERS OF THE STATE OVER THE MILITIA: EXEMPTIONS FOR CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES.
- POWERS OF THE STATE OVER THE MILITIA: COLORED COMPANIES.
- THE PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
- THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM, AND ITS PROPER BASIS.
- BILLS OF RIGHTS: THEIR HISTORY AND POLICY.
- FINGER-POINT FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK.
- IRELAND AND IRISHMEN.
- THE LANDMARK OF FREEDOM:
- SPEECH.
- WHEN WILL THE NORTH BE AROUSED?
- A LIBERTY-LOVING EMIGRATION TO GUARD KANSAS.
- FINAL PROTEST, FOR HIMSELF AND THE CLERGY OF NEW ENGLAND, AGAINST SLAVERY IN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS.
- UNION OF ALL PARTIES NECESSARY AGAINST THE SLAVE POWER.
- THE BOSTON PETITION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT.
- REPLY TO ASSAILANTS:
- PEACEFUL OPPOSITION TO THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT.
- NO PENSION FOR SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT.
- JAMES OTIS AN EXAMPLE TO MASSACHUSETTS.
- STRUGGLE FOR REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT.
- DUTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS AT THE PRESENT CRISIS. FORMATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
- THE GOOD FARMER AND THE GOOD CITIZEN.
- THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT TO BE DISOBEYED.
- POSITION AND DUTIES OF THE MERCHANT,
- ADDRESS.
- WAGES OF SEAMEN IN CASE OF WRECK.
- AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
- THE DEMANDS OF FREEDOM:
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