REVISION AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE NATIONAL STATUTES. Resolution
and Speech in the Senate, December 12, 1861 1
DENIAL OF PATENTS TO COLORED INVENTORS. Resolution and Remarks
in the Senate, December 16, 1861 6
THE NATIONAL ARMIES AND FUGITIVE SLAVES. Resolution and Remarks
in the Senate, December 18, 1861 7
EXPULSION OF TRUSTEN POLK, OF MISSOURI. Resolution and Remarks
in the Senate, December 18, 1861 12
EMANCIPATION AND THE PRESIDENT. Letter to Governor Andrew, of
Massachusetts, December 27, 1861 14
THE TRENT CASE, AND MARITIME RIGHTS. Speech in the Senate,
on the Surrender of Mason and Slidell, Rebel Agents, taken
from the British Mail Steamer Trent, January 9, 1862.
With Appendix 15
OFFICE OF SENATOR, AND ITS INCOMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER OFFICE.
Remarks in the Senate, on the Case of General Lane, of Kansas,
January 13, 1862 105
EXPULSION OF JESSE D. BRIGHT, OF INDIANA. Speeches in the
Senate, January 21 and February 4, 1862 114
ANSWER OF A WITNESS CRIMINATING HIMSELF. Remarks in the Senate,
on the Bill relating to Witnesses before Committees, January
22, 1862 152
LIMITATION OF DEBATE IN THE SENATE. Remarks in the Senate, on
a Five Minutes’ Rule, January 27 and 29, 1862 155
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AT LONDON. Speech in the Senate, on the
Joint Resolution providing for Representation there, January
31, 1862 157
ORDER IN BUSINESS: EACH QUESTION BY ITSELF. Remarks in the
Senate, February 6, 1862 161
STATE REBELLION, STATE SUICIDE; EMANCIPATION AND
RECONSTRUCTION. Resolutions in the Senate, February 11, 1862.
With Appendix 163
TREASURY NOTES A LEGAL TENDER. Speech in the Senate, on the
Clause making Treasury Notes a Legal Tender, February 13,
1862 181
LOYALTY A QUALIFICATION REQUIRED IN A SENATOR. Speeches in the
Senate, February 18 and 26, 1862 208
HELP FOR MEXICO AGAINST FOREIGN INTERVENTION. Report from the
Committee of Foreign Relations upon the Draught of a Convention
with Mexico, February 19, 1862 227
NO RECOGNITION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL. Motion and Remarks
in the Senate, February 25, 1862 238
OUR GERMAN FELLOW-CITIZENS, AND A TRUE RECONSTRUCTION. Letter
to the German Republican Central Committee of New York,
February 25, 1862 241
STATE SUICIDE AND EMANCIPATION. Letter to a Public Meeting at
the Cooper Institute, New York, March 6, 1862 243
REMOVAL OF DISQUALIFICATION OF COLOR IN CARRYING THE MAILS.
Bill in the Senate, March 18, 1862, and Incidents 247
RANSOM OF SLAVES AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Speech in the Senate,
on the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of
Columbia, March 31, 1862 251
REBEL BARBARITIES, AND THE BARBARISM OF SLAVERY. Resolution and
Remarks in the Senate, April 1, 1862 301
TESTIMONY OF COLORED PERSONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Remarks
in the Senate, on the Emancipation Bill, April 3, 1862 304
INDEPENDENCE OF HAYTI AND LIBERIA. Speech in the Senate, on the
Bill to authorize the Appointment of Diplomatic Representatives
to the Republics of Hayti and Liberia, April 23, 1862 307
FINAL SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. Speech in the Senate, on
the Treaty with Great Britain, April 24, 1862 336
ENFORCEMENT OF EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT. Resolution and
Remarks in the Senate, April 28, 1862 349
CONDUCT OF OUR GENERALS TOWARDS FUGITIVE SLAVES. Speech in the
Senate, on a Resolution of Inquiry, May 1, 1862 351
NO NAMES OF VICTORIES OVER FELLOW-CITIZENS ON REGIMENTAL
COLORS. Resolution in the Senate, May 8, 1862 361
BOUNTY LANDS FOR SOLDIERS OUT OF REAL ESTATE OF REBELS.
Resolution in the Senate, May 12, 1862 363
TESTIMONY OF COLORED PERSONS IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS FOR
CONFISCATION AND EMANCIPATION. Resolution in the Senate, May
12, and Remarks, June 28, 1862 364
THE LATE HON. GOLDSMITH F. BAILEY, REPRESENTATIVE FROM
MASSACHUSETTS. Speech in the Senate, on his Death,
May 15, 1862 366
USE OF PARCHMENT IN LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Resolution and
Speech in the Senate, on the Enrolment of Bills, May 16, 1862 372