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A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT OUR FIRST DUTY AND THE ESSENTIAL CONDITION OF PEACE. Bills and Resolutions in the Senate, at the Opening of the Session of Congress, December 4, 1865 1
COLORED SUFFRAGE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865 5
IMPARTIAL JURORS FOR COLORED PERSONS. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865 10
OATH TO MAINTAIN A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE REBEL STATES. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865 12
PART EXECUTION OF THE GUARANTY OF A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865 14
EQUAL RIGHTS OF COLORED PERSONS TO BE PROTECTED BY THE NATIONAL COURTS. Bill in the Senate, to enforce the Constitutional Amendment abolishing Slavery, December 4, 1865 16
REPRESENTATION ACCORDING TO VOTERS. Joint Resolution in the Senate, to amend the Constitution, December 4, 1865 19
SCHEME OF RECONSTRUCTION ON THE BASIS OF EQUAL RIGHTS. Bill in the Senate, to enforce the Guaranty of a Republican Form of Government in Certain States, December 4, 1865 21
ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ABOLISHING SLAVERY. Concurrent Resolutions in the Senate, declaring the Adoption, December 4, 1865 30
FIVE CONDITIONS OF RECONSTRUCTION. Resolutions in respect to Guaranties of the National Security and the National Faith, December 4, 1865 33
RIGHTS OF LOYAL CITIZENS, AND A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT. Resolutions in the Senate, declaring the Duty of Congress, December 4, 1865 35
THE LATE SENATOR COLLAMER. Speech in the Senate, on his Death, December 14, 1865 38
"WHITEWASHING" BY THE PRESIDENT. Remarks in the Senate, on a Message of President Johnson on the Condition of the Southern States, December 19, 1865 47
ENFRANCHISEMENT AND PROTECTION OF FREEDMEN. ACTUAL CONDITION OF THE REBEL STATES. Speech in the Senate, on a Bill to maintain Freedom in those States, December 20, 1865 55
PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT, AND REJECTION OF EVERY REBEL DEBT. Constitutional Amendment in the Senate, January 5, 1866 99
KIDNAPPING OF FREEDMEN. Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution of Inquiry, January 9, 1866 101
THE LATE HENRY WINTER DAVIS. Article in the New York Independent, January 11, 1866 104
DISFRANCHISEMENT INCONSISTENT WITH REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT. Remarks in the Senate, on the Credentials of a Senator from Florida, January 19, 1866 109
IMPANELLING OF JURIES, AND TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. Remarks in the Senate, on a Bill removing Certain Objections to Jurors, January 22, 1866 111
CARRYING OUT THE GUARANTY OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY. Joint Resolution in the Senate, February 2, 1866 113
THE EQUAL RIGHTS OF ALL: THE GREAT GUARANTY AND PRESENT NECESSITY, FOR THE SAKE OF SECURITY, AND TO MAINTAIN A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT. Speech in the Senate, on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution fixing the Basis of Representation, February 5 and 6, 1866. With Appendix 115
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF DOMINICA. Bill in the Senate, February 6, 1866 270
PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS. Remarks in the Senate, February 9, 1866 271
THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MR. SUMNER. Letter to the Mayor of Boston, in Acknowledgment of a Resolution of the Board of Aldermen, March 5, 1866 280
POLITICAL EQUALITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF COLOR. NO COMPROMISE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Second Speech in the Senate on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution fixing the Basis of Representation, March 7, 1866 282
OPPOSITE SIDES ON THE MEANING OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Final Speech in the Senate on this Amendment, March 9, 1866 338
NO MORE STATES WITH THE WORD "WHITE" IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION. Speeches in the Senate, on the Bill for the Admission of the State of Colorado into the Union, March 12 and 13, April 17, 19, and 24, and May 21, 1866 346
OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE BASIS OF REPRESENTATION. Letter to the Boston Daily Advertiser, March 15, 1866 375
A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT OUR FIRST DUTY AND THE ESSENTIAL CONDITION OF PEACE.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS IN THE SENATE, AT THE OPENING OF THE SESSION OF CONGRESS, DECEMBER 4, 1865.
This session of Congress was occupied by Reconstruction, especially the question of suffrage for the colored race, with differences between Congress and President Johnson, culminating at the next Congress in his impeachment.
Mr. Sumner, on the first day of the session, as soon as he could obtain the floor, introduced the following measures.
A bill to carry out the principles of a republican form of government in the District of Columbia.
A bill to preserve the right of jury trial, by securing impartial jurors in the courts of the United States.
A bill to prescribe an oath to maintain a republican form of government in the Rebel States.
A bill in part execution of the guaranty of a republican form of government in the Constitution of the United States.
A bill supplying appropriate legislation to enforce the Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting Slavery.
A bill to enforce the guaranty of a republican form of government in certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown.
A joint resolution proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Concurrent resolutions declaring the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment abolishing Slavery.
Resolutions declaring the duties of Congress in respect to guaranties of the National Security and the National Faith in the Rebel States.
Resolutions declaring the duty of Congress, especially in respect to loyal citizens in the Rebel States.
This series of propositions attracted the attention of the country. Expressions of sympathy and gratitude were abundant. Colored fellow-citizens at Philadelphia addressed Mr. Sumner in earnest words.
"PHILADELPHIA, PA., December 6, 1865.
"HON. CHARLES SUMNER:--
"DEAR SIR,--At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the colored citizens of this city, held in the Philadelphia Institute this evening, the undersigned were charged with the duty of conveying to you, in behalf of twenty-five thousand disfranchised Americans here, their most heartfelt gratitude for the noble, fearless, patriotic stand taken by you at the opening of the present Congress. No day of our lives seems brighter than that upon which the foremost champion of Freedom boldly directs the attention of the nation to a series of clear, sound, statesmanlike measures looking to the complete enfranchisement of America.
"God bless the Christian gentleman and scholar, the ablest of American statesmen! God bless the noble, spotless man, Charles Sumner! is the fervent prayer of four millions of disfranchised Americans, not less than of
"Yours, admiringly and sincerely,
"EBENEZER D. BASSETT, ISAIAH C. WEAR, NATHANIEL W. DEPEE."
"No need of many words to-day. Your openings yesterday were sublime,--a genuine Apocalypse! God grant it be but the key-note to the grandest oratorio ever performed by less than the morning stars and all the sons of God shouting together!"
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