CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Speech at a Public
Meeting at Faneuil Hall, Boston, November 8, 1864 1
JUBILEE OF LIBERTY. Letter to the Young Men’s Republican Union
of New York, November 10, 1864 5
MR. ASHLEY AND RECONSTRUCTION. Letter to a Public Banquet in
Honor of Hon. James M. Ashley, at Toledo, Ohio, November 18,
1864 7
CASE OF THE FLORIDA: ILLUSTRATED BY PRECEDENTS OF BRITISH SEIZURES
IN NEUTRAL WATERS. Articles in the Boston Daily Advertiser,
November 29, 1864, and January 17, 1865 9
RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN: THE ST. ALBANS RAID. Speech in the
Senate, on a Bill for Fortifications and Batteries on the Lakes,
December 19, 1864 42
TERMINATION OF THE CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. Speeches in the
Senate, on the Joint Resolution giving Notice for the Termination
of the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty, December 21, 1864, January
11 and 12, 1865 46
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AND EQUAL RIGHTS. Letter to a
Public Meeting in Philadelphia, December 26, 1864 60
FREEDOM OF WIVES AND CHILDREN OF COLORED SOLDIERS. Speech in the
Senate, on a Joint Resolution for this Purpose, January 5, 1865 61
MASSACRE OF THE CHEYENNE INDIANS. Remarks in the Senate,
on a Joint Resolution relating thereto, January 13, 1865 66
THE LATE HON. EDWARD EVERETT. Telegraphic Despatch to Joint
Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, January 16, 1865 68
TERMINATION OF TREATIES BY NOTICE. Remarks in the Senate, on a
Joint Resolution to terminate the Treaty of 1817 regulating the
Naval Force on the Lakes, January 18, 1865 69
RETALIATION, AND TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR. Speeches in the
Senate, on a Joint Resolution advising Retaliation, January 24
and 29, 1865 74
ADMISSION OF A COLORED LAWYER TO THE BAR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES. Motion in the Supreme Court, February 1, 1865 97
PARTICIPATION OF REBEL STATES NOT NECESSARY IN RATIFICATION OF
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Declaratory Resolutions in the Senate,
February 4, 1865 101
APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES ACCORDING TO VOTERS. Proposed
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, February 6,
1865 104
RAILROAD USURPATION IN NEW JERSEY. Speech in the Senate, on a Bill
to regulate Commerce among the Several States, February 14, 1865 105
REPRESENTATION OF VIRGINIA IN THE SENATE. Remarks in the Senate,
on the Credentials of Hon. Joseph Segar, of Virginia, February 17,
1865 134
REPUDIATION OF THE REBEL DEBT. Concurrent Resolution in the
Senate, February 17, 1865 137
NO BUST FOR AUTHOR OF DRED SCOTT DECISION. Speech in the Senate,
on a Bill providing for a Bust of the Late Chief Justice Taney,
February 23, 1865 138
NO RECONSTRUCTION WITHOUT THE VOTES OF THE BLACKS. Remarks in the
Senate, on the Resolution recognizing the New State Government of
Louisiana, February 24, 25, and 27, 1865 179
GUARANTY OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENTS IN THE REBEL STATES.
Resolutions in the Senate, February 25, 1865 197
NO PICTURE AT THE CAPITOL OF VICTORY OVER FELLOW-CITIZENS. Remarks
in the Senate, on Joint Resolution authorizing a Contract with
William H. Powell, February 27, 1865 201
FREE SCHOOLS AND FREE BOOKS. Remarks in the Senate, on an
Amendment to the Internal Revenue Act, making Books free,
February 27, 1865 204
THREE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE RECEPTION OF SENATORS FROM A
REBEL STATE. Resolution in the Senate, March 8, 1865 208
UNJUST ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF TWO BOSTON MERCHANTS. Protest
and Opinion on the Case of the Messrs. Smith Brothers, March 17,
1865 209
RESPECT FOR THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Resolution adopted at
a Meeting of Senators and Representatives, April 17, 1865 229
RIGHT AND DUTY OF COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF
GOVERNMENT. Letter to Colored Citizens of North Carolina, May 13,
1865 231
HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS. Letter to the
Editor of “The Leader,” in Charleston, S. C., May, 1865 234
PROMISES OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, before the Municipal Authorities of
the City of Boston, June 1, 1865 235
IDEAS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Letter to the Mayor
of Boston, on the Celebration of National Independence, July 4,
1865 297
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED NECESSARY IN THE NEW GOVERNMENTS: ADVICE
TO COLORED CITIZENS. Letter to a Committee of Colored Citizens at
Savannah, July 8, 1865 298
JUSTICE TO THE COLORED RACE. Letter to a Trustee for Colored
Schools in the District of Columbia, August 16, 1865 300
THE LATE GEORGE LIVERMORE, ESQ. Article in the Boston Daily
Advertiser, September 2, 1865 301
THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL FAITH: GUARANTIES FOR
THE NATIONAL FREEDMAN AND THE NATIONAL CREDITOR. Speech at
the Republican State Convention, in Worcester, Massachusetts,
September 14, 1865. With Appendix 305
QUORUM OF STATES NECESSARY IN ADOPTION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT. Letter to the New York Evening Post, September 28,
1865 357
SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE COLORED RACE. EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF COLONEL
SHAW, FIRST COMMANDER OF MASSACHUSETTS COLORED TROOPS. Article in
the Boston Daily Advertiser, October 2, 1865 361
THE LATE RICHARD COBDEN. Letter to Mrs. Cobden, covering
Resolutions of the Republican State Convention of Massachusetts,
October 5, 1865 366
EQUAL RIGHTS _vs._ THE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY IN RECONSTRUCTION.
Letter to the New York Independent, October 29, 1865 368
CLEMENCY AND COMMON SENSE. A CURIOSITY OF LITERATURE WITH A
MORAL. Article in the Atlantic Monthly, December, 1865 371