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| [A Republican Form of Government our First Duty and the Essential Condition of Peace. Bills and Resolutions in the Senate, at the Opening of the Session of Congress, December 4, 1865] | 1 |
| [Colored Suffrage in the District of Columbia. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865] | 5 |
| [Impartial Jurors for Colored Persons. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865] | 10 |
| [Oath to Maintain a Republican Form of Government in the Rebel States. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865] | 12 |
| [Part Execution of the Guaranty of a Republican Form of Government. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865] | 14 |
| [Equal Rights of Colored Persons to be protected by the National Courts. Bill in the Senate, to enforce the Constitutional Amendment abolishing Slavery, December 4, 1865] | 16 |
| [Representation according to Voters. Joint Resolution in the Senate, to amend the Constitution, December 4, 1865] | 19 |
| [Scheme of Reconstruction on the Basis of Equal Rights. Bill in the Senate, to enforce the Guaranty of a Republican Form of Government in Certain States, December 4, 1865] | 21 |
| [Adoption of the Constitutional Amendment abolishing Slavery. Concurrent Resolutions in the Senate, declaring the Adoption, December 4, 1865] | 30 |
| [Five Conditions of Reconstruction. Resolutions in respect to Guaranties of the National Security and the National Faith, December 4, 1865] | 33 |
| [Rights of Loyal Citizens, and a Republican Government. Resolutions in the Senate, declaring the Duty of Congress, December 4, 1865] | 35 |
| [The Late Senator Collamer. Speech in the Senate, on his Death, December 14, 1865] | 38 |
| [“Whitewashing” by the President. Remarks in the Senate, on a Message of President Johnson on the Condition of the Southern States, December 19, 1865] | 47 |
| [Enfranchisement and Protection of Freedmen. Actual Condition of the Rebel States. Speech in the Senate, on a Bill to maintain Freedom in those States, December 20, 1865] | 55 |
| [The Whites vs. Colored Suffrage in the District Of Columbia. Remarks in the Senate, on presenting a Petition from Citizens of the District, December 21, 1865] | 98 |
| [Protection of the National Debt, and Rejection of Every Rebel Debt. Constitutional Amendment in the Senate, January 5, 1866] | 99 |
| [Kidnapping of Freedmen. Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution of Inquiry, January 9, 1866] | 101 |
| [The Late Henry Winter Davis. Article in the New York Independent, January 11, 1866] | 104 |
| [Disfranchisement inconsistent with Republican Government. Remarks in the Senate, on the Credentials of a Senator from Florida, January 19, 1866] | 109 |
| [Impanelling of Juries, and Trial of Jefferson Davis. Remarks in the Senate, on a Bill removing Certain Objections to Jurors, January 22, 1866] | 111 |
| [Carrying out the Guaranty of Republican Government, and Enforcement of the Prohibition of Slavery.Joint Resolution in the Senate, February 2, 1866] | 113 |
| [The Equal Rights of All: the Great Guaranty and Present Necessity, for the Sake of Security, and to maintain a Republican Government. Speech in the Senate, on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution fixing the Basis of Representation, February 5 and 6, 1866. With Appendix] | 115 |
| [Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Dominica. Bill in the Senate, February 6, 1866] | 270 |
| [Protection of Civil Rights. Remarks in the Senate, February 9, 1866] | 271 |
| [The City of Boston and Mr. Sumner. Letter to the Mayor of Boston, in Acknowledgment of a Resolution of the Board of Aldermen, March 5, 1866] | 280 |
| [Political Equality without Distinction of Color. No Compromise of Human Rights. Second Speech in the Senate on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution fixing the Basis of Representation, March 7, 1866] | 282 |
| [Opposite Sides on the Meaning of the Proposed Constitutional Amendment. Final Speech in the Senate on this Amendment, March 9, 1866] | 338 |
| [No More States with the Word “White” in the State Constitution. Speeches in the Senate, on the Bill for the Admission of the State of Colorado into the Union, March 12 and 13, April 17, 19, and 24, and May 21, 1866] | 346 |
| [Opposition to the Constitutional Amendment on the Basis of Representation. Letter to the Boston Daily Advertiser, March 15, 1866] | 375 |
