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THE
WORKS
OF
CHARLES SUMNER.
Veniet fortasse aliud tempus, dignius nostro, quo, debellatis odiis, veritas triumphabit. Hoc mecum opta, lector, et vale.
LEIBNITZ.
VOL. III.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD.
1871.
H
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, BY CHARLES SUMNER,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co.,
CAMBRIDGE.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
WELCOME TO KOSSUTH. Speech in the Senate, December 10, 1851.
OUR COUNTRY ON THE SIDE OF FREEDOM, WITHOUT BELLIGERENT
INTERVENTION. Letter to a Philadelphia Committee, December
23, 1851.
CLEMENCY TO POLITICAL OFFENDERS. Letter to an Irish Festival at
Washington, January 22, 1852
JUSTICE TO THE LAND STATES, AND POLICY OF ROADS. Speeches in
the Senate, on the lowa Railroad Bill, January 27, February 17,
and March 16 1852.
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4
J. FENIMORE COOPER, THE NOVELIST. Letter to the Rev. Rufus W.
Griswold, February 22, 1852 .
43
CHEAP OCEAN POSTAGE. Speech in the Senate, on a Resolution in
Relation to Cheap Ocean Postage, March 8, 1852
PARDONING POWER OF THE PRESIDENT. Opinion submitted to
the President, May 14, 1852, on the Application for the Pardon
of Drayton and Sayres, incarcerated at Washington for helping
the Escape of Slaves
45
49
PRESENTATION OF A MEMORIAL AGAINST THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
BILL. Remarks in the Senate, May 26, 1852
64
THE NATIONAL FLAG THE EMBLEM OF UNION FOR FREEDOM.
Letter to the Boston Committee for the Celebration of the 4th of
July, 1852
68
UNION AGAINST THE SECTIONALISM OF SLAVERY. Letter to a Free-
Soil Convention at Worcester, July 6, 1852
70