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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX.

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[Rights of Sovereignty and Rights of War: Two Sources of Power against the Rebellion. Speech in the Senate, on his Bill for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves belonging to Rebels, May 19, 1862]1
[No Surrender of Fugitive Slaves in Washington. Resolution and Remarks in the Senate, May 23, 1862]78
[Information in regard to Freeing Slaves by our Advancing Armies. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862]82
[Help from Slaves, with Reciprocal Protection in their Rights as Men. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862]83
[Tax on Cotton. Speeches in the Senate, May 27 and June 4, 1862]84
[Tax on Slave-Masters. Speeches in the Senate, on Amendment to the Internal Tax Bill, May 28 and June 6, 1862]93
[Proper Despatch of Business. Remarks in the Senate, on the Order of Business, May 30, 1862]110
[Shutting up of Colored Schools by the Provisional Government of North Carolina. Resolution and Remarks in the Senate, June 2, 1862]112
[Stand by the Administration. Letter to ——, June 5, 1862]116
[Power of Congress vs. Military Government of States. Resolutions in the Senate, June 6, 1862]119
[Air-Line Railroad between Washington and New York. Resolution in the Senate, June 9, 1862]121
[Abolition and Prohibition of Slavery in West Virginia. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill for the Admission of West Virginia as a State, June 26, July 1 and 14, 1862]122
[War Powers of Congress: Confiscation and Liberation. Speech in the Senate, on the House Bill for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves belonging to Rebels, June 27, 1862]128
[Prize Money and its Policy. Remarks in the Senate, June 30, 1862]148
[The Rank of Admiral. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill to establish the Grades of Navy Officers, July 2, 1862]150
[Testimony of Colored Persons in the Courts of the United States. Speeches in the Senate, on an Amendment to two different Bills, one relating to the Judiciary, and the other to the Competency of Witnesses, July 3 and 15, 1862]152
[Provisional Governments and Reconstruction. Remarks in the Senate, on a Bill to establish Provisional Governments in Certain Cases, July 7, 1862]162
[Taxes on Knowledge. Remarks in the Senate, on the Duties upon Imported Books and Rags, July 8, 1862]166
[Constitutional Quorum of the Senate. Speech in the Senate, on a Resolution declaring the Constitutional Quorum, July 12, 1862]169
[Protest against Final Adjournment of Congress. Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution for the Final Adjournment of the Two Houses, July 12, 1862]176
[Patriotic Unity and Emancipation. Letter to a Public Meeting at New York, July 14, 1862]180
[Harmony with the President and Emancipation. Speech in the Senate, on the Joint Resolution explanatory of the Act for Confiscation and Liberation, July 16, 1862]182
[Union of Good Citizens for a Final Settlement. Letter to the Republican State Committee, September 9, 1862]187
[The Proclamation of Emancipation: its Policy and Necessity as a War Measure for the Suppression of the Rebellion. Speech at Faneuil Hall, October 6, 1862. With Appendix, on the Nomination and Reëlection of Mr. Sumner as Senator]191
[The Emancipation Proclamation our Corner-Stone. Letter to Fellow-Citizens at Salem, October 10, 1862]247
[Farmers, their Happiness and Liberal Sentiments. Speech at the Dinner of the Hampshire County Agricultural Society, at Northampton, Mass., October 14, 1862]248
[Ambulance and Hospital Corps. Resolution in the Senate, December 3, 1862]255
[Celebration of Emancipation. Letter to a Public Meeting of Colored Citizens in Boston, January 1, 1863]256
[Prudence in our Foreign Relations. Remarks in the Senate, on Resolutions against French Interference in Mexico, February 3, 1863]257
[Employment of Colored Troops. Bill in the Senate, February 9, 1863]262
[Immediate Emancipation, and not Gradual. Speech in the Senate, on the Bill providing Aid for Emancipation in Missouri, February 12, 1863]266
[Letters of Marque and Reprisal. Speeches in the Senate, on the Bill to authorize the President, in all Domestic or Foreign Wars, to issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal, February 14 and 17, 1863]278
[Appointments to the Naval Academy. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill to regulate the Appointment of Midshipmen to the Naval Academy, February 16, 1863]301
[Exemption of Clergymen from Military Conscription. Remarks on the Conscription Law, February 16, 1863]303
[Protest against Foreign Intervention, and Declaration of National Purpose. Concurrent Resolutions of Congress, reported in the Senate, February 28, 1863]307
[Inexpediency of Letters of Marque. Letter to a Citizen of New York, March 17, 1863]313
[Unity for the Sake of Freedom, and Freedom for the Sake of Unity. Letter to a Public Meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, May 18, 1863]316
[Pacific Railroad. Letter to Messrs. Samuel Hallett & Co., May 23, 1863]318
[Union of the Mississippi and the Lakes by Canal. Letter to a Convention at Chicago, May 27, 1863]320
[The Issues of the War. Dedication of a New Edition of the Speech on the Barbarism of Slavery, July 4, 1863]322
[Let Colored Men Enlist. Letter to a Convention at Poughkeepsie, New York, July 13, 1863]325