Charles Sumner:
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共 128 题- Statesman Edition Vol. XIX
- Charles Sumner
- HIS COMPLETE WORKS
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIX.
- PAGE
- COLORED SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON.
- SPEECH IN THE SENATE, FEBRUARY 8, 1871.
- Mr. Sumner said:--
- He then proceeds:--
- HON. JOHN COVODE, LATE REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
- SPEECH IN THE SENATE, ON HIS DEATH, FEBRUARY 10, 1871.
- ITALIAN UNITY AGAIN.
- CHARLES SUMNER.
- VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND USURPATIONS OF WAR POWERS.
- SPEECH IN THE SENATE, ON HIS SAN DOMINGO RESOLUTIONS, MARCH 27, 1871.
- On these Resolutions Mr. Sumner, March 27th, spoke as follows:--
- THE QUESTION STATED.
- REASON FOR INTEREST IN THE QUESTION.
- CONTRACT FOR CESSION OF TERRITORY.
- BOAST OF SPAIN.
- CONTRAST BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
- TRAGICAL END OF SPANISH OCCUPATION.
- AN ENGLISH PRECEDENT.
- NICE AND SAVOY.
- SEIZURE OF WAR POWERS BY OUR GOVERNMENT.
- BAEZ, THE USURPER.
- ORIGIN OF THE SCHEME.
- OPEN INFRACTION OF THE DOMINICAN CONSTITUTION.
- ALLEGATIONS IN FORMER SPEECH NOW REPEATED.
- WAR.
- TWO SOURCES OF TESTIMONY.
- CONFESSION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
- Then under date of February 8, 1870, Mr. Perry reports again:--
- AN AMERICAN CITIZEN SACRIFICED TO HELP THE TREATY.
- CONFESSION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARD TO HAYTI.
- RECORD OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
- BELLIGERENT INTERVENTION IN DOMINICA.
- BELLIGERENT INTERVENTION IN HAYTI.
- TWO PROPOSITIONS ESTABLISHED.
- GREAT PRINCIPLE OF “EQUALITY OF NATIONS” VIOLATED.
- The German Heffter states the rule more simply, but with equal force:--
- Twiss follows Phillimore, but gives to the rule a fresh statement:--
- BELLIGERENT INTERVENTION CONTRARY TO INTERNATIONAL LAW.
- Wheaton lays down the same rule substantially, when he says:--
- Then again Halleck says, in words applicable to the present case:--
- USURPATION OF WAR POWERS CONTRARY TO THE CONSTITUTION.
- Again Benton says:--
- SUMMARY.
- PRESENT DUTY.
- STATEMENT PREPARED FOR PRESENTATION IN THE SENATE, MARCH, 1871.
- TO THE READER.
- NOTE.
- STATEMENT.
- THE KU-KLUX-KLAN.
- OUR DUTY AGAINST WRONG.
- LETTER TO THE REFORM LEAGUE, NEW YORK, MAY 8, 1871.
- CHARLES SUMNER.
- A. W. POWELL, ESQ.
- POWER OF THE SENATE TO IMPRISON RECUSANT WITNESSES.
- SPEECHES IN THE SENATE, MAY 18 AND 27, 1871.
- Mark, Sir, if you please, how positive he is in his language,--
- Then he gives his conclusion:--
- Lord Brougham observed that--
- THE HAYTIAN MEDAL.
- RESPONSE TO THE LETTER OF PRESENTATION, JULY 13, 1871.
- CHARLES SUMNER.
- EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
- CHARLES SUMNER.
- PEACE AND THE REPUBLIC FOR FRANCE.
- THE GREAT FIRE AT CHICAGO, AND OUR DUTY.
- MR. MAYOR AND FELLOW-CITIZENS:--
- RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF OUR COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS.
- CHARLES SUMNER.
- HON. H. M. TURNER.
- ONE TERM FOR PRESIDENT.
- RESOLUTION AND REMARKS IN THE SENATE, DECEMBER 21, 1871.
- The Chief Clerk read as follows:--
- ARTICLE ----.
- THE BEST PORTRAITS IN ENGRAVING.
- And after describing this head, the learned connoisseur proceeds:--
- EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW PROTECTED BY NATIONAL STATUTE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- MR. HILL. Not unless he was invited, perhaps. [_Laughter._]
- SPEECH.
- Mr. Sumner resumed:--
- EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW.
- CASE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
- CASE OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR DUNN.
- REQUIREMENT OF REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS.
- REAL ISSUE OF THE WAR.
- Then, glorying in this terrible shame, he added:--
- TWO EXCUSES.
- NO QUESTION OF SOCIETY.
- EQUALITY NOT FOUND IN EQUIVALENTS.
- THE REMEDY.
- PUBLIC HOTELS.
- The summary of our great jurist, Judge Story, shows the law:--
- This great authority says again, quoting a decided case:--
- And the Encyclopædia adds:--
- PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
- Professor Parsons states the rule strongly:--
- PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT.
- COMMON SCHOOLS.
- OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
- And Chaucer even denies the distinction in life:--
- PREJUDICE OF COLOR.
- THE WORD “WHITE.”
- CITIZENSHIP.
- EQUAL RIGHTS AND AMNESTY.
- And then again:--
- REPLY TO MR. MORRILL.
- The letter, as read by Mr. Sumner, concluded as follows:--
- You see the point, Mr. President,--“coupled with complete amnesty”--
- After reading the letter at length, Mr. Sumner proceeded:--
- Then he shows the necessity:--
- It is stronger,--more energetic:--
- Mark, Sir, the vitality of the word--
- Referring to the Senator from Maine--
- It is difficult to answer that. The writer proceeds:--
- The writer is not content with one clause of the Constitution:--
- Then again:--
- REPLY TO MR. CARPENTER.
- Observe, Sir, what it is,--
- Our authority, Judge Story, continues in another place:--
- After quoting other authorities, Mr. Sumner proceeded:--
- What?--
- SECOND REPLY TO MR. CARPENTER.
- FOOTNOTES