Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 10 (of 20)
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume X (of 20), by Charles Sumner
WILLIAM H. SEWARD
A. W. Elson & Co., Boston
Copyright, 1872 and 1873, BY CHARLES SUMNER.
Copyright, 1900, BY LEE AND SHEPARD.
Statesman Edition.
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Norwood Press Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Charles Sumner
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Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 10 (of 20)
CONTENTS OF VOLUME X.
SPEECH.
APPENDIX.
RELATION BETWEEN SLAVERY AND THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTS.
THE FUGITIVE CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE RULES FOR ITS INTERPRETATION.
ANALYSIS OF THE WORDS OF THE FUGITIVE CLAUSE.
APPLICABLE TO INDENTED SERVANTS.
NO LAPSE OF TIME CAN DEFEAT AN INTERPRETATION IN FAVOR OF LIBERTY.
PERVERSIONS WITH REGARD TO ORIGIN OF THE FUGITIVE CLAUSE.
TRUE ORIGIN OF THE FUGITIVE CLAUSE.
LEGISLATION FOR RENDITION OF FUGITIVE SLAVES.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL USURPATION OF POWER BY CONGRESS.
AUTHORITIES AGAINST THE POWER OF CONGRESS.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL DENIAL OF TRIAL BY JURY.
OBJECTIONS TO TRIAL BY JURY.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL DELEGATION OF JUDICIAL POWER TO COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE NOT JUDGES.
OTHER OBJECTIONS TO THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT.
CONSEQUENCES OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT.
AUTHORS OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT.
CONCLUSION.
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