OF

CHARLES SUMNER.

BY

EDWARD L. PIERCE.

VOL. IV.

1860-1874.

BOSTON:

ROBERTS BROTHERS.

1894.

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Copyright, 1898,

BY EDWARD L. PIERCE.

All Rights Reserved.

SECOND EDITION.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:

JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

CHAPTER XLIV.

November, 1860 — April, 1861.

SECESSION. SCHEMES OF COMPROMISE.- CIVIL WAR.-CHAIRMAN

OF FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE. DR. LIEBER

CHAPTER XLV.

1861-1862.

AN ANTISLAVERY POLICY.-THE "TRENT" CASE.-THEORIES OF RE-

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MARQUE AND REPRISAL. FOREIGN MEDIATION.

CERTAIN MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.

ACTION ON

- PERSONAL RELATIONS

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WITH FOREIGNERS AT WASHINGTON. LETTERS TO BRIGHT,

COBDEN, AND THE DUCHESS OF ARGYLL.

- ENGLISH OPINION

ON THE CIVIL WAR.- EARL RUSSELL AND GLADSTONE.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

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GERS.

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CHAPTER XLIX.

1863-1864.

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LETTERS TO EUROPE. - TEST OATH IN THE SENATE. FINAL

REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE-SLAVE ACT. ABOLITION OF THE

COASTWISE SLAVE-TRADE. — FREEDMEN'S BUREAU. — EQUAL

RIGHTS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE AS WITNESSES AND PASSEN-

EQUAL PAY OF COLORED TROOPS. FIRST STRUGGLE

FOR SUFFRAGE OF THE COLORED PEOPLE. THIRTEENTH

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION. FRENCH SPOLIATION

CLAIMS. TAXATION OF NATIONAL BANKS. - DIFFERENCES

WITH FESSENDEN. - CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

ELECTION. PARTING WITH FRIENDS

CHAPTER L.

1864-1865.

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LINCOLN'S RE-

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LAST MONTHS OF THE CIVIL WAR. —CHASE AND TANEy, Chief-

JUSTICES. THE FIRST COLORED ATTOrney in the SUPREME

COURT. - RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA. — THE NEW JERSEY

MONOPOLY. RETALIATION IN WAR. RECONSTRUCTION.

DEBATE ON LOUISIANA. - LINCOLN AND SUMNER. VISIT TO

RICHMOND. THE PRESIDENT'S DEATH BY ASSASSINATION.

SUMNER'S EULOGY UPON HIM. PRESIDENT JOHNSON; HIS

METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTION. SUMNER'S PROTESTS AGAINST

RACE DISTINCTIONS. DEATH OF FRIENDS. FRENCH VISIT-

ORS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

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RECONSTRUCTION UNDER JOHNSON'S POLICY. THE FOURTEENTH

AMENDMENT ΤΟ THE CONSTITUTION. DEFEAT OF EQUAL

SUFFRAGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND FOR COL-

ORADO, NEBRASKA, AND TENNESSEE. - FUNDAMENTAL CON-

DITIONS. PROPOSED TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. THE

NEUTRALITY ACTS. STOCKTON'S CLAIM AS A SENATOR.

TRIBUTES TO PUBLIC MEN. CONSOLIDATION OF THE STAT-

UTES.- - EXCESSIVE LABOR. ADDRESS ON JOHNSON'S POLICY.

- HIS MOTHER'S DEATH. - HIS MARRIAGE

TENURE-OF-OFFICE ACT. - EQUAL SUFFRAGE IN THE DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA, IN NEW STATES, IN TERRITORIES, AND IN RE-

CONSTRUCTED STATES. SCHOOLS AND HOMESTEADS FOR THE

FREEDMEN.- PURCHASE OF ALASKA AND OF ST. THOMAS.

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