BE TRUE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Letter
to a Public Meeting in Ohio, on the Anniversary of the
Ordinance of Freedom, July 6, 1849 1
WHERE LIBERTY IS, THERE IS MY PARTY. Speech on calling
the Free-Soil State Convention to Order, at Worcester,
September 12, 1849 4
THE FREE-SOIL PARTY EXPLAINED AND VINDICATED. Address
to the People of Massachusetts, reported to and
adopted by the Free-Soil State Convention at Worcester,
September 12, 1849 6
WASHINGTON AN ABOLITIONIST. Letter to the Boston Daily
Atlas, September 27, 1849 46
EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW: UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF
SEPARATE COLORED SCHOOLS IN MASSACHUSETTS. Argument
before the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in the
Case of Sarah C. Roberts _v._ The City of Boston, December
4, 1849 51
CHARACTER AND HISTORY OF THE LAW SCHOOL OF HARVARD
UNIVERSITY. Report of the Committee of Overseers,
February 7, 1850 101
STIPULATED ARBITRATION, OR A CONGRESS OF NATIONS,
WITH DISARMAMENT. Address to the People of the
United States, February 22, 1850 117
OUR IMMEDIATE ANTISLAVERY DUTIES. Speech at a Free-Soil
Meeting at Faneuil Hall, November 6, 1850 122
ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF SENATOR OF THE UNITED
STATES. Letter to the Legislature of Massachusetts,
May 14, 1851 149
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES OUR TWO TITLE-DEEDS.
Letter to the Mayor of Boston, for July 4, 1851 165
POSITION OF THE AMERICAN LAWYER. Letter to the Secretary
of the Story Association, July 15, 1851 166
SYMPATHY WITH THE RIGHTS OF MAN EVERYWHERE. Letter
to a meeting at Faneuil Hall, October 27, 1851 168
WELCOME TO KOSSUTH. Speech in the Senate, December
10, 1851 171
OUR COUNTRY ON THE SIDE OF FREEDOM, WITHOUT BELLIGERENT
INTERVENTION. Letter to a Philadelphia Committee,
December 23, 1851 180
CLEMENCY TO POLITICAL OFFENDERS. Letter to an Irish
Festival at Washington, January 22, 1852 181
JUSTICE TO THE LAND STATES, AND POLICY OF ROADS.
Speeches in the Senate, on the Iowa Railroad Bill, January
27, February 17, and March 16, 1852 182
J. FENIMORE COOPER, THE NOVELIST. Letter to the Rev.
Rufus W. Griswold, February 22, 1852 213
CHEAP OCEAN POSTAGE. Speech in the Senate, on a Resolution
in Relation to Cheap Ocean Postage, March 8, 1852 215
PARDONING POWER OF THE PRESIDENT. Opinion submitted
to the President, May 14, 1852, on the Application for
the Pardon of Drayton and Sayres, incarcerated at
Washington for helping the Escape of Slaves 219
PRESENTATION OF A MEMORIAL AGAINST THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
BILL. Remarks in the Senate, May 26, 1852 234
THE NATIONAL FLAG THE EMBLEM OF UNION FOR FREEDOM.
Letter to the Boston Committee for the Celebration
of the 4th of July, 1852 238
UNION AGAINST THE SECTIONALISM OF SLAVERY. Letter to
a Free-Soil Convention at Worcester, July 6, 1852 240
"STRIKE, BUT HEAR:" ATTEMPT TO DISCUSS THE FUGITIVE
SLAVE BILL. Remarks in the Senate, on taking up the
Resolution instructing the Committee on the Judiciary
to report a Bill for Immediate Repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Act, July 27 and 28, 1852 243
TRIBUTE TO ROBERT RANTOUL, JR. Speech in the Senate,
on the Death of Hon. Robert Rantoul, Jr., August 9, 1852 246
AUTHORSHIP OF THE ORDINANCE OF FREEDOM IN THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORY. Letter to Hon. Edward Coles, August
23, 1852 253
FREEDOM NATIONAL, SLAVERY SECTIONAL. Speech in the
Senate, on a Motion to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act,
August 26, 1852 257
BE TRUE TO THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
LETTER TO A PUBLIC MEETING IN OHIO, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ORDINANCE OF FREEDOM, JULY 6, 1849.
Be True to the Declaration of Independence.
LETTER TO A PUBLIC MEETING IN OHIO, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF
THE ORDINANCE OF FREEDOM, JULY 6, 1849.
BOSTON, July 6, 1849.
Gentlemen,--I wish I could join the freemen of the Reserve in
celebrating the anniversary of the great Ordinance of Freedom; but
engagements detain me at home.
The occasion, the place of meeting, the assembly, will all speak
with animating voices. May God speed the work!
Let us all strive, with united power, to extend the beneficent
Ordinance over the territories of our country. So doing, we must
take from its original authors something of their devotion to its
great conservative truth.
The National Government has been for a long time controlled by
Slavery. It must be emancipated immediately. Ours be the duty,
worthy of freemen, to place the Government under the auspices of
Freedom, that it may be true to the Declaration of Independence and
to the spirit of the Fathers!
In this work, welcome to honest, earnest men, of _all parties_ and
_all places_! Welcome to the efforts of Benton in Missouri, and
of Clay in Kentucky! Above all, welcome to the united regenerated
Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic,
with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of
Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Faithfully yours, CHARLES SUMNER.
Messrs. JOHN C. VAUGHAN, } _Committee._
THOMAS BROWN, }