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| [Majority or Plurality in the Election of Senators.
Speech in the Senate, on the Contested Election of Hon.
John P. Stockton, of New Jersey, March 23, 1866] | 1 |
| [A Senator cannot vote for Himself. Speech in the
Senate, on the Vote of Hon. John P. Stockton affirming
his Seat in the Senate, March 26, 1866] | 15 |
| [Remodelling of the Supreme Court of the United
States. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill to reorganize
the Judiciary of the United States, April 2, 1866] | 30 |
| [The Late Solomon Foot, Senator from Vermont. Speech
in the Senate, on his Death, April 12, 1866] | 33 |
| [Complete Equality in Rights, and not Semi-Equality.
Letter to a Committee on the Celebration of Emancipation
in the District of Columbia, April 14, 1866] | 41 |
| [Justice to Mechanics in the War. Speech in the Senate,
on a Bill for the Relief of certain Contractors, April 17,
1866] | 43 |
| [Power of Congress to counteract the Cattle-Plague.
Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution to print a Letter
of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the Cattle-Plague,
April 25, 1866] | 49 |
| [Urgent Duty of the Hour. Letter to the American Antislavery
Society, May 1, 1866] | 51 |
| [Time and Reconstruction. Remarks in the Senate, on a
Resolution to hasten Reconstruction, May 2, 1866] | 52 |
| [The Emperor of Russia and Emancipation. Remarks
on a Joint Resolution relative to Attempted Assassination
of the Emperor, May 8, 1866] | 56 |
| [Power of Congress to provide against Cholera from
Abroad. Speeches in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution
to prevent the Introduction of Cholera into the Ports
of the United States, May 9, 11, and 15, 1866] | 59 |
| [Rank of Diplomatic Representatives Abroad. Speeches
in the Senate, on an Amendment to the Consular and
Diplomatic Bill, authorizing Envoys Extraordinary and
Ministers Plenipotentiary instead of Ministers Resident,
May 16 and 17, 1866] | 74 |
| [Office of Assistant Secretary of State, and Mr.
Hunter. Remarks in the Senate, on an Amendment to
the Consular and Diplomatic Bill, creating the Office of
Second Assistant Secretary of State, May 16 and 17, 1866] | 82 |
| [Delay in the Removal of Disabilities. Letter to an
Applicant, May, 1866] | 85 |
| [Interruption of Right of Petition. Remarks in the
Senate, on the Withdrawal of a Petition from Citizens
of Virginia, May 24, 1866] | 86 |
| [Official History of the Rebellion. Remarks in the
Senate, on a Joint Resolution to provide for the Publication
of the Official History of the Rebellion, May 24, 1866] | 88 |
| [Equal Rights a Condition of Reconstruction. Amendment
in the Senate to a Reconstruction Bill, May 29, 1866] | 92 |
| [Inter-State Intercourse by Railway. Remarks in the
Senate, on the Bill to facilitate Commercial, Postal, and
Military Communication in the several States, May 29,
1866] | 93 |
| [Attitude of Justice towards England. Remarks in the
Senate, on the Bill for the Relief of the Owners of the
British Vessel Magicienne, June 26, 1866] | 96 |
| [Power of Congress to make a Ship Canal at Niagara.
Remarks in the Senate, on a Bill to incorporate the
Niagara Ship-Canal, June 28, 1866] | 99 |
| [Honor to a Constant Union Man of South Carolina.
Remarks in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution to authorize
the Purchase for Congress of the Law Library of the
Late James L. Pettigru, of South Carolina, July 3, 1866] | 103 |
| [Open Voting in the Election of Senators; Secret Voting
at Popular Elections. Speech in the Senate, on
the Bill concerning the Election of Senators, July 11, 1866] | 105 |
| [Mail Service between the United States and the Sandwich
Islands. Speech in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution
releasing the Pacific Mail Steamships from stopping
at the Sandwich Islands on their Route to Japan and
China, July 17, 1866] | 110 |
| [Tennessee not sufficiently reconstructed. Speech in
the Senate, on a Joint Resolution declaring Tennessee
again entitled to Senators and Representatives in Congress,
July 21, 1866] | 114 |
| [The Senate Chamber: its Ventilation and Size. Speech
in the Senate, on an Amendment to the Civil Appropriation
Bill, July 23, 1866] | 119 |
| [A Ship-Canal through the Isthmus of Darien. Remarks
in the Senate, on an Amendment to the Civil Appropriation
Bill, July 25, 1866] | 124 |
| [Inquiry into the Title of a Senator to his Seat. Remarks
in the Senate, on the Credentials of the Senator
from Tennessee, July 26, 1866] | 126 |
| [No More States with the Word “White” in the Constitution.
Speeches in the Senate, on the Admission
of Nebraska as a State, July 27, December 14 and 19,
1866, and January 8, 1867] | 128 |
| [The Metric System of Weights and Measures. Speech
in the Senate, on Two Bills and a Joint Resolution relating
to the Metric System, July 27, 1866] | 148 |
| [Art in the National Capitol. Speech in the Senate, on
a Joint Resolution authorizing a Contract with Vinnie
Ream for a Statue of Abraham Lincoln, July 27, 1866] | 164 |
| [The One Man Power vs. Congress. The Present Situation.
Address at the Opening of the Annual Lectures
of the Parker Fraternity, at the Music Hall, Boston,
October 2, 1866] | 181 |
| [The Ocean Telegraph between Europe and America.
Answer to Invitation to attend a Banquet at New York,
in Honor of Cyrus W. Field, November 14, 1866] | 220 |
| [Encouragement to Colored Fellow-Citizens. Letter to
a Convention of Colored Citizens, December 2, 1866] | 222 |
| [The True Principles of Reconstruction. Illegality
of Existing Governments in the Rebel States.
Resolutions and Remarks in the Senate, December 5,
1866] | 224 |
| [Female Suffrage, and an Educational Test of Male
Suffrage. Speech in the Senate, on Amendments to
the Bill conferring Suffrage without Distinction of Color
in the District of Columbia, December 13, 1866] | 228 |
| [Prohibition of Peonage. Resolution and Remarks in the
Senate, January 3, 1867] | 232 |
| [Precaution against the Revival of Slavery. Remarks
in the Senate, on a Resolution and the Report of the
Judiciary Committee, January 3 and February 20, 1867] | 234 |
| [Protection against the President. Speeches in the Senate,
on an Amendment to the Tenure-of-Office Bill,
January 15, 17, and 18, 1867] | 239 |
| [Denunciation of the Coolie Trade. Resolution in the
Senate, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
January 16, 1867] | 262 |
| [Cheap Books and Public Libraries. Remarks in the
Senate, on Amendments to the Tariff Bill reducing the
Tariff on Books, January 24, 1867] | 263 |
| [Cheap Coal. Speech in the Senate, on an Amendment to
the Tariff Bill, January 29, 1867] | 271 |
| [A Single Term for the President, and Choice by Direct
Vote of the People. Remarks in the Senate, on an
Amendment of the National Constitution, February 11,
1867] | 278 |
| [Reconstruction at Last with Colored Suffrage and
Protection against Rebel Influence. Speeches in
the Senate, on the Bill to provide for the more Efficient
Government of the Rebel States, February 14, 19, and
20, 1867] | 282 |
| [The Department of Education. Remarks in the Senate,
on the Bill to establish a Department of Education,
February 26, 1867] | 297 |
| [Monuments to Deceased Senators. Remarks in the Senate,
on a Resolution directing the Erection of such Monuments,
February 27, 1867] | 299 |
| [A Victory of Peace. Speech in the Senate, on a Joint
Resolution giving the Thanks of Congress to Cyrus W.
Field, March 2, 1867] | 301 |
| [Further Guaranties in Reconstruction. Loyalty, Education,
and a Homestead for Freedmen; Measures
of Reconstruction not a Burden or Penalty. Resolutions
and Speeches in the Senate, March 7 and 11, 1867] | 304 |
| [Generosity for Education. Speech in the Senate, on a
Joint Resolution giving the Thanks of Congress to George
Peabody, March 8, 1867] | 317 |
| [Reconstruction again. The Ballot and Public Schools
open to All. Speeches in the Senate, on the Supplementary
Reconstruction Bill, March 15 and 16, 1867] | 321 |
| [Prohibition of Diplomatic Uniform. Speech in the Senate,
on a Joint Resolution concerning the Uniform of
Persons in the Diplomatic Service of the United States,
March 20, 1867] | 344 |
| [Vigilance against the President. Remarks in the Senate,
on Resolutions adjourning Congress, March 23, 26, 28,
and 29, 1867] | 348 |
| [Loyalty and Republican Government Conditions of
Assistance to the Rebel States. Remarks in the
Senate, on a Joint Resolution authorizing Surveys for
the Reconstruction of the Levees of the Mississippi,
March 29, 1867] | 358 |
