ANDREW J. DOWNING, THE LANDSCAPE GARDENER. Speech
in the Senate, in Favor of an Allowance to the Widow of
the late Andrew J. Downing, August 26, 1852 1
THE PARTY OF FREEDOM: ITS NECESSITY AND PRACTICABILITY.
Speech at the State Convention of the Free-Soil
Party of Massachusetts, held at Lowell, September 15, 1852 3
CIVIL SUPERINTENDENTS OF ARMORIES. Speech in the Senate,
on the Proposition to change the Superintendents of
Armories, February 23, 1853 12
NECESSITY OF UNION TO UPHOLD FREEDOM. Letter to a
Rhode Island Committee, March 26, 1853 15
AGAINST SECRECY IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE. Speech
in the Senate, on the Proposition to limit the Secret Sessions
of the Senate, April 6, 1853 16
THE GERMAN EMIGRANT MUST BE AGAINST SLAVERY. Letter
to Lewis Tappan, Esq., May 17, 1853 19
POWERS OF THE STATE OVER THE MILITIA: EXEMPTIONS
FOR CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES. Speech in Convention
to revise and amend the Constitution of Massachusetts,
June 21, 1853 20
POWERS OF THE STATE OVER THE MILITIA: COLORED COMPANIES.
Speech in Convention to revise and amend the
Constitution of Massachusetts, June 22, 1853 25
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
Letter to the Mayor of Boston, for the Celebration
of July 4, 1853 32
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
State, July 7, 1853 33
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 Constitution of
Massachusetts, July 25, 1853 62
FINGER-POINT FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK. Speech at the Plymouth
Festival in Commemoration of the Embarkation
of the Pilgrims, August 1, 1853 73
IRELAND AND IRISHMEN. Letter to a Committee of Irish-born
Citizens, August 2, 1853 80
THE LANDMARK OF FREEDOM: NO REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI
COMPROMISE. Speech in the Senate, against the
Repeal of the Missouri Prohibition of Slavery north of
36° 30´ in the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, February 21, 1854 81
WHEN WILL THE NORTH BE AROUSED? Letter to a Personal
Friend, March 30, 1854 137
A LIBERTY-LOVING EMIGRATION TO GUARD KANSAS. Letter
to a Massachusetts Committee, May 1, 1854 138
FINAL PROTEST, FOR HIMSELF AND THE CLERGY OF NEW
ENGLAND, AGAINST SLAVERY IN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS.
Speech in the Senate, on the Night of the Final Passage
of the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, May 25, 1854 140
UNION OF ALL PARTIES NECESSARY AGAINST THE SLAVE
POWER. Letter to a Massachusetts Committee, May 29, 1854 157
BOSTON PETITION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
ACT. Speech in the Senate, on the Boston Petition for
the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, June 26, 1854 159
REPLY TO ASSAILANTS: OATH TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION;
WEAKNESS OF THE SOUTH FROM SLAVERY. Second
Speech in the Senate on the Boston Petition for the
Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, June 28, 1854 172
PEACEFUL OPPOSITION TO THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT. Letter
to the Mayor of Boston, for the Celebration of July 4, 1854 228
NO PENSION FOR SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE FUGITIVE
SLAVE ACT. Minority Report to the Senate of the
United States, on the Bill granting to the Widow of
James Batchelder a Provision for her Future Support,
July 13, 1854 230
JAMES OTIS AN EXAMPLE TO MASSACHUSETTS. Letter to
the Cape Cod Association of Massachusetts, July 30, 1854 237
STRUGGLE FOR REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT. Debate
in the Senate, July 31, 1854 239
DUTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS AT THE PRESENT CRISIS. FORMATION
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. Speech before the
Republican State Convention at Worcester, September 7,
1854 255
THE GOOD FARMER AND THE GOOD CITIZEN. Letter to the
Norfolk Agricultural Society, September 25, 1854 280
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT TO BE DISOBEYED. Letter to a
Committee at Syracuse, New York, September 28, 1854 282
POSITION AND DUTIES OF THE MERCHANT, ILLUSTRATED BY
THE LIFE OF GRANVILLE SHARP. Address before the
Mercantile Library Association of Boston, on the Evening
of November 13, 1854 283
WAGES OF SEAMEN IN CASE OF WRECK. Speech in the
Senate, on introducing a Bill to secure Wages to Seamen
in Case of Wreck, February 12, 1855 324
AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Letter to a Committee of
the Massachusetts Legislature, February 12, 1855 331
THE DEMANDS OF FREEDOM: REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE
SLAVE ACT. Speech in the Senate against Mr. Toucey's
Bill, and for the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, February
23, 1855 333