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CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII.

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[The Unconstitutionality of Slavery shown from its Barbarism. Letter to a Political Antislavery Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts, September 9, 1860]1
[The Fugitive Slave Act must be a Dead Letter. Letter to a Public Meeting at Syracuse, New York, September 9, 1860 ]3
[Example of Massachusetts against Slavery. Speech at a Mass Meeting of Republicans, in the Open Air, at Myrick’s Station, Massachusetts, September 18, 1860]5
[Contributions of Schools for Statue of Horace Mann. Letter to the Agent for receiving Contributions, September 19, 1860]20
[Reminiscence of the Late Theodore Parker. Remarks at the Annual Opening of the Fraternity Lectures of Boston, October 1, 1860]22
[Threat of Disunion by the Slave States, and its Absurdity. Speech at a Mass Meeting of Republicans, in the Open Air, at Framingham, Massachusetts, October 11, 1860]25
[No Popular Sovereignty in Territories can establish Slavery. Speech in the Mechanics’ Hall, Worcester, November 1, 1860]41
[Evening before the Presidential Election. Speech at Faneuil Hall, Boston, November 5, 1860]70
[Evening after the Presidential Election. Speech to the Wide-Awakes of Concord, Massachusetts, November 7, 1860]76
[Joy and Sorrow in the Recent Election. Letter to the Wide-Awakes of Boston, at their Festival, after Election, November 9, 1860]80
[The Victory and Present Duties. Speech to the Wide-Awakes, at Providence, Rhode Island, November 16, 1860]82
[Moderation in Victory; Standing by our Principles. Speech to the Wide-Awakes of Lowell, November 21, 1860]86
[Memorial Stones of the Washingtons in England. Letter to Jared Sparks, Historian of Washington, November 22, 1860. From the Boston Daily Advertiser]89
[Lafayette, the Faithful One. Address at the Cooper Institute, New York, November 30, 1860]101
[Disunion and a Southern Confederacy: the Object. Remarks in the Senate, December 10, 1860]165
[Attempt at Compromise: the Crittenden Propositions. Incidents and Notes, December 18, 1860, to March 4, 1861]169
[Anxieties and Prospects during the Winter. Letters to John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts, January 17 to February 20, 1861]186
[No Surrender of the Northern Forts. Speech in the Senate, on a Massachusetts Petition in Favor of the Crittenden Propositions, February 12, 1861]200
[Duty and Strength of the Coming Administration. From Notes of Undelivered Speech on the Various Propositions of Compromise, February, 1861]213
[Foreign Relations: Arbitration. Report from Committee on Foreign Relations, advising the President to submit the San Juan Boundary Question to Arbitration, in the Senate, March 19, 1861]216
[Beginning of the Conflict. Speech before the Third Massachusetts Rifles, in the Armory at New York, April 21, 1861]224
[Passports for Colored Citizens. Note to the Secretary of State, June 27, 1861]229
[Object of the War. Proceedings in the Senate, on the Crittenden Resolution declaring the Object of the War, July 24 and 25, 1861]231
[Sympathies of the Civilized World not to be repelled. Speech in the Senate, against Increase of Ten Per Cent on all Foreign Duties, July 29, 1861]234
[Emancipation our Best Weapon. Speech before the Republican State Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts, October 1, 1861. With Appendix]241
[The Rebellion: its Origin and Mainspring. Oration, under the Auspices of the Young Men’s Republican Union of New York, at Cooper Institute, November 27, 1861. With Appendix]305
[Welcome to Fugitive Slaves. Remarks in the Senate, on a Military Order in Missouri, December 4, 1861]359
[Slavery and the Black Code in the District of Columbia. Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution for the Discharge of Fugitive Slaves from the Washington Jail, December 4, 1861]361
[The Late Senator Bingham, with Protest against Slavery. Speech in the Senate, on the Death of Hon. Kinsley S. Bingham, late Senator of Michigan, December 10, 1861]364
[The Late Senator Baker, with Call for Emancipation. Speech in the Senate, on the Death of Hon. Edward D. Baker, late Senator of Oregon, December 11, 1861. With Appendix]370