THE

BARBARISM OF SLAVERY.

MR. MADISON THOUGHT IT WRONG TO
ADMIT IN THE CONSTITUTION THE

IDEA OF PROPERTY IN MEN.

Debates in the Federal Convention, 25th Aug., 1787

SPEECH OF HON. CHARLES SUMNER,

ON THE

BILL FOR THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS AS A FREE STATE,
IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE,

JUNE 4, 1860.

BOSTON:

THAYER AND ELDRIDGE,

114 & 116 WASHINGTON STREET.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

THAYER & ELDRIDGE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

TO

THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS,

THIS

First Effort of Health Tardily Restored;

HAVING FOR ITS OBJECT

THE EXPOSURE OF SLAVERY IN DIRECT REPLY TO THE ASSUMPTIONS

OF ITS PARTISANS, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE

PRACTICAL VINDICATION OF

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MADE IN THE EARNEST HOPE OF AIDING THE CAUSE OF CIVILIZATION,

Es most gratefully Enscribed

BY THEIR

FAITHFUL SERVANT AND FELLOW CITIZEN,

CHARLES SUMNER.

SENATE CHAMBER, June, 1860.