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