Charles Sumner.
F. M. Vaughan, Esq., Secretary, &c., &c.
REFUSAL TO COLORED PERSONS OF RIGHT OF PETITION.
Notes of undelivered Speech in the Senate, on Resolution refusing to receive Petition from Citizens of Massachusetts of African Descent, June 15, 1860.
June 5, 1860, Mr. Sumner presented a petition of citizens of Massachusetts, of African descent, praying the Senate to suspend the labors of the Select Committee appointed to investigate the facts of the late invasion and seizure of public property at Harper’s Ferry, and that all persons now in custody under the proceedings of such Committee be discharged, which was duly referred to the Select Committee.
June 15, Mr. Mason submitted a report from the Committee, accompanied by the following resolution:—