[2] The Equal Rights of All,—Speech on the proposed Amendment of the Constitution fixing the Basis of Representation, February 5 and 6, 1866: Ante, Vol. XIII. pp. 190-4.

[3] See article entitled “Admission of a Colored Lawyer to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States,” February 1, 1865: Ante, Vol. XII. pp. 97, seqq.

[4] “Le domicile est l’habitation fixée en quelque lieu, dans l’intention d’y demeurer toujours.”—Le Droit des Gens, Liv. I. ch. 19, § 218.

[5] Senate Reports, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., No. 75, p. 2.

[6] March 16th, Mr. Revels, the recently admitted colored Senator from Mississippi, made an eloquent speech in opposition to the Bingham Amendment.

[7] American Insurance Co. v. Canter: 1 Peters, S. C. R., 542.

[8] M’Culloch v. The State of Maryland: 4 Wheaton, R., 409.

[9] “Habemus … Senatusconsultum, verumtamen inclusum in tabulis, tanquam gladium in vagina reconditum.”—Oratio I. in Catilinam, Cap. 2.

[10] Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. p. 429.

[11] Law of Nations, Book II. ch. 12, § 197.