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CHARLES SUMNER.

Veniet fortasse aliud tempus, dignius nostro, quo, debellatis odiis,
veritas triumphabit. Hoc mecum opta, lector, et vale.

LEIBNITZ.

VOL. XI.

BOSTON:

LEE AND SHEPARD.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875,

BY FRANCIS V. BALCH, EXECUTOR,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XI.

THE ONE MAN POWER vs. CONGRESS. THE PRESENT SITUATION.

Address at the Opening of the Annual Lectures of the Parker Fra-

ternity, at the Music Hall, Boston, October 2, 1866

THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA. An-

swer to Invitation to attend a Banquet at New York, in Honor of

Cyrus W. Field, November 14, 1866

ENCOURAGEMENT TO COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS. Letter to a Con-

vention of Colored Citizens, December 2, 1866

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ILLEGALITY OF EX-

Resolutions and

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THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF RECONSTRUCTION.

ISTING GOVERNMENTS IN THE REBEL STATES.

Remarks in the Senate, December 5, 1866

FEMALE SUFFRAGE, AND AN EDUCATIONAL TEST OF MALE SUF-

FRAGE. Speech in the Senate, on Amendments to the Bill con-

ferring Suffrage without Distinction of Color in the District of

Columbia, December 13, 1866

PROHIBITION OF PEONAGE. Resolution and Remarks in the Senate,

January 3, 1867

PRECAUTION AGAINST THE REVIVAL OF SLAVERY.

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Remarks in the

Senate, on a Resolution and the Report of the Judiciary Com-

mittee, January 3 and February 20, 1867

PROTECTION AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. Speeches in the Senate, on

an Amendment to the Tenure-of-Office Bill, January 15, 17, and

18, 1867

DENUNCIATION OF THE COOLIE TRADE. Resolution in the Senate,

from the Committee on Foreign Relations, January 16, 1867.

CHEAP BOOKS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Remarks in the Senate, on

Amendments to the Tariff Bill reducing the Tariff on Books, Jan-

uary 24, 1867.

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