POWER OF CONGRESS _vs._ MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF STATES.
Resolutions in the Senate, June 6, 1862 119
AIR-LINE RAILROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. Resolution
in the Senate, June 9, 1862 121
ABOLITION AND PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY IN WEST VIRGINIA. Remarks
in the Senate, on the Bill for the Admission of West Virginia
as a State, June 26, July 1 and 14, 1862 122
WAR POWERS OF CONGRESS: CONFISCATION AND LIBERATION. Speech
in the Senate, on the House Bill for the Confiscation of
Property and the Liberation of Slaves belonging to Rebels,
June 27, 1862 128
PRIZE MONEY AND ITS POLICY. Remarks in the Senate, June 30,
1862 148
THE RANK OF ADMIRAL. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill to
establish the Grades of Navy Officers, July 2, 1862 150
TESTIMONY OF COLORED PERSONS IN THE COURTS OF THE UNITED
STATES. Speeches in the Senate, on an Amendment to two
different Bills, one relating to the Judiciary, and the other
to the Competency of Witnesses, July 3 and 15, 1862 152
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND RECONSTRUCTION. Remarks in the
Senate, on a Bill to establish Provisional Governments in
Certain Cases, July 7, 1862 162
TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Remarks in the Senate, on the Duties upon
Imported Books and Rags, July 8, 1862 166
CONSTITUTIONAL QUORUM OF THE SENATE. Speech in the Senate, on a
Resolution declaring the Constitutional Quorum, July 12, 1862 169
PROTEST AGAINST FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. Remarks in the
Senate, on a Resolution for the Final Adjournment of the Two
Houses, July 12, 1862 176
PATRIOTIC UNITY AND EMANCIPATION. Letter to a Public Meeting at
New York, July 14, 1862 180
HARMONY WITH THE PRESIDENT AND EMANCIPATION. Speech in the
Senate, on the Joint Resolution explanatory of the Act for
Confiscation and Liberation, July 16, 1862 182
UNION OF GOOD CITIZENS FOR A FINAL SETTLEMENT. Letter to the
Republican State Committee, September 9, 1862 187
THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION: ITS POLICY AND NECESSITY AS
A WAR MEASURE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION. Speech at
Faneuil Hall, October 6, 1862. With Appendix, on the Nomination
and Reëlection of Mr. Sumner as Senator 191
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION OUR CORNER-STONE. Letter to
Fellow-Citizens at Salem, October 10, 1862 247
FARMERS, THEIR HAPPINESS AND LIBERAL SENTIMENTS. Speech at
the Dinner of the Hampshire County Agricultural Society, at
Northampton, Mass., October 14, 1862 248
AMBULANCE AND HOSPITAL CORPS. Resolution in the Senate,
December 3, 1862 255
CELEBRATION OF EMANCIPATION. Letter to a Public Meeting of
Colored Citizens in Boston, January 1, 1863 256
PRUDENCE IN OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. Remarks in the Senate, on
Resolutions against French Interference in Mexico, February 3,
1863 257
EMPLOYMENT OF COLORED TROOPS. Bill in the Senate, February 9,
1863 262
IMMEDIATE EMANCIPATION, AND NOT GRADUAL. Speech in the Senate,
on the Bill providing Aid for Emancipation in Missouri,
February 12, 1863 266
LETTERS OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL. Speeches in the Senate, on the
Bill to authorize the President, in all Domestic or Foreign
Wars, to issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal, February 14 and
17, 1863 278
APPOINTMENTS TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY. Remarks in the Senate, on
the Bill to regulate the Appointment of Midshipmen to the Naval
Academy, February 16, 1863 301
EXEMPTION OF CLERGYMEN FROM MILITARY CONSCRIPTION. Remarks on
the Conscription Law, February 16, 1863 303
PROTEST AGAINST FOREIGN INTERVENTION, AND DECLARATION OF
NATIONAL PURPOSE. Concurrent Resolutions of Congress, reported
in the Senate, February 28, 1863 307
INEXPEDIENCY OF LETTERS OF MARQUE. Letter to a Citizen of New
York, March 17, 1863 313
UNITY FOR THE SAKE OF FREEDOM, AND FREEDOM FOR THE SAKE OF
UNITY. Letter to a Public Meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, May 18,
1863 316
PACIFIC RAILROAD. Letter to Messrs. Samuel Hallett & Co., May
23, 1863 318
UNION OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE LAKES BY CANAL. Letter to a
Convention at Chicago, May 27, 1863 320
THE ISSUES OF THE WAR. Dedication of a New Edition of the
Speech on the Barbarism of Slavery, July 4, 1863 322
LET COLORED MEN ENLIST. Letter to a Convention at Poughkeepsie,
New York, July 13, 1863 325