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

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,

BY CHARLES SUMNER,

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

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII.

RIGHTS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND RIGHTS OF WAR: Two SOURCES OF

POWER AGAINST THE REBELLION. Speech in the Senate, on his

Bill for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves

belonging to Rebels, May 19, 1862.

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1

NO SURRENDer of FugitivE SLAVES IN WASHINGTON. Resolution

and Remarks in the Senate, May 23, 1862

78

INFORMATION IN REGARD TO FREEING SLAVES BY OUR ADVANC-

ING ARMIES. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862

HELP FROM SLAVES, WITH RECIPROCAL PROTECTION IN THEIR

RIGHTS AS MEN. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862.

83

84

TAX ON COTTON. Speeches in the Senate, May 27 and June 4, 1862

TAX ON SLAVE-MASTERS. Speeches in the Senate, on Amendment

to the Internal Tax Bill, May 28 and June 6, 1862

PROPER DESPATCH OF BUSINESS. Remarks in the Senate, on the

Order of Business, May 30, 1862

SHUTTING UP OF COLORED SCHOOLS BY THE PROVISIONAL GOV-

ERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. Resolution and Remarks in

the Senate, June 2, 1862

112

POWER OF CONGRESS vs. MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF STATES.

Resolutions in the Senate, June 6, 1862

119

AIR-LINE RAILROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK.

Resolution in the Senate, June 9, 1862

121

ABOLITION AND PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY IN WEST VIRGINIA.

Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill for the Admission of West

Virginia as a State, June 26, July 1 and 14, 1862

122