SPEECHES

AND

ADDRESSES.

BY

CHARLES SUMNER.

Such busy multitudes I fain would see

Stand upon Free Soil with a people free.

GOETHE'S FAUST.

Nihil autem gloriosius libertate, præter virtutem, si tamen libertas recte a virtute sejungitur. — JOHN OF SALISBURY.

BOSTON :

HIGGINS AND BRADLEY,

20 WASHINGTON STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF SENATOR OF THE UNITED

STATES. LETTER TO THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS,

14TH MAY, 1851

WELCOME

1-5

TO KOSSUTH. SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE

UNITED STATES, 10TH DEC., 1851

6-14

JUSTICE TO THE LAND STATES AND POLICY OF ROADS.

SPEECHES

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE IOWA RAIL-

ROAD BILL, 27TH JAN., 17TH FEB., AND 16TH MARCH,

1852
15-43

CHEAP OCEAN POSTAGE. SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED

STATES ON HIS RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO CHEAP OCEAN

44-47

POSTAGE, 8TH MARCH, 1852.

THE PARDONING POWER OF THE PRESIDENT. ARGUMENT SUB-

MITTED TO THE PRESIDENT 14TH MAY, 1852, UPON THE

APPLICATION FOR THE PARDON OF DRAYTON AND SAYRES,

DETAINED IN PRISON AT WASHINGTON FOR HELPING THE

ESCAPE OF SLAVES

48-61

TRIBUTE TO MR RANTOUL. SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE

UNITED STATES, ON THE DEATH OF HON. ROBERT RANTOUL,

JR., 9TH AUGUST, 1852
62-68

FREEDOM NATIONAL; SLAVERY SECTIONAL. SPEECH IN THE

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, 26TH AUGUST, 1852, ON

69-171

HIS MOTION TO REPEAL THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL .

on

TRIBUTE TO MR. DOWNING. SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN FAVOR OF AN ALLOWANCE TO THE WIDOW OF THE LATE ANDREW J. DOWNING, 26TH AUGUst, 1852

THE PARTY OF FREEDOM;

172-174

ITS NECESSITY AND PRACTICABIL

ITY. SPEECH AT THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE FREE

SOIL PARTY OF MASSACHUSETTS, HELD AT LOWELL, 16TH SEPT., 1852 175-183

CIVIL SUPERINTENDENTS OF ARMORIES. SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE PROPOSITION TO CHANGE THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF ARMORIES. 23D FEB. 1853

AGAINST

184-187

SENATE.

SECRECY IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. ON THE PROPOSITION TO LIMIT THE SECRET SESSIONS OF THE SENATE, 6TH APRIL, 1853 188-190

THE POWERS OF A STATE OVER THE MILITIA. SPEECHES ON
THE MILITIA GENERALLY AND A COLORED MILITIA, IN THE
CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF

MASSACHUSETTS, 21ST AND 22D JUNE, 1853
JUNE, 1853 . 191-202

THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM AND ITS PROPER BASIS. SPEECH ON THE PROPOSITION TO AMEND THE BASIS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN the CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THAT 203-232

STATE, 7TH JULY, 1853

BILLS OF RIGHTS; THEIR HISTORY AND POLICY. SPEECH ON THE REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS, IN THE CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CONSTITU233-241

TION OF MASSACHUSETTS, 25TH JULY, 1853

FINGER-POINT FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK. SPEECH AT THE PLYMOUTH FESTIVAL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE EMBARKATION 242-248

OF THE PILGRIMS, 1st august, 1853