Charles Sumner

action adjourned adopted amendment annexation anti-slavery argument attack bill Boston campaign Charles Francis Adams Charles Sumner citizens civil claims committee compromise Congress Constitution contest convention Court debate December December 9 declared defeated Democrats discussion doubt Douglas duty election emancipation England equal rights Faneuil Hall favor feeling felt foreign Free-Soilers freedmen freedom friends Fugitive Slave Law governor Grant House influence insisted John Bright Kansas leaders legislature letters Lincoln March Massachusetts ment Mexico Missouri Compromise negroes never nomination North opinion opponents passed peace political position present President President's proposition race or color rebel recognized reconstruction reëlection relations reply reported Republican party resolution San Domingo saying seceded secession secure Senate sent session Seward slave power slaveholders slavery South Carolina Southern speech spoke suffrage Sumner opposed Sumner took territory tion treaty Union United urged vote Whig Whig party whole Winthrop wrote