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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVIII.

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[Admission of Mississippi to Representation in Congress. Speech in the Senate, February 17, 1870]1
[The First Colored Senator. Speech in the Senate, on the Admission of Hon. Hiram R. Revels, a Colored Person, as Senator of Mississippi, February 25, 1870]6
[Consideration of Treaties in Open Senate. Remarks in the Senate, March 17, 1870]9
[Eligibility to the Senate: Question of Inhabitancy. Remarks in the Senate, on the Admission of General Adelbert Ames as a Senator of Mississippi, April 1, 1870]11
[Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. Speech at a Serenade before Mr. Sumner’s House in Washington, April 1, 1870]20
[Admission of Georgia to Representation in Congress. Speech in the Senate, April 5, 1870]23
[Income Tax. Remarks in the Senate, April 7, 1870]40
[More Work to be done. Letter to the American Antislavery Society at its Final Meeting, April 8, 1870]45
[Education. Remarks in the Senate, May 9, 1870]47
[No Exclusion of Retired Army Officers from Civil Office. Remarks in the Senate, May 12, 1870]51
[Arctic Expeditions. Remarks in the Senate, May 27, 1870]54
[One Cent Postage with Abolition of Franking. Speech in the Senate, June 10, 1870]57
[Chinese Indemnity Fund. Report in the Senate, of the Committee on Foreign Relations, June 24, 1870]115
[Tax on Books. Remarks in the Senate, June 30, 1870]141
[Naturalization Laws: No Discrimination on Account of Color. Remarks in the Senate, July 2 and 4, 1870]144
[The Republican Party: its Past and Future Work. Speech at a Ratification Meeting in Faneuil Hall, October 15, 1870]169
[The Duel between France and Germany, with its Lesson to Civilization. Lecture in the Music Hall, Boston, October 26, 1870]175
[The Patriot Dead at Arlington. Speech in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution to remove their Remains, December 13, 1870]254
[Naboth’s Vineyard. Speech in the Senate on the Proposed Annexion of San Domingo to the United States, December 21, 1870]257
[New Year’s Day. Article in the New York Independent, January 5, 1871]300
[Italian Unity. Letter to a Public Meeting at the Academy of Music in New York, January 10, 1871]307
[Response to a Toast. Remarks at a Complimentary Dinner to Colonel John W. Forney, at Washington, January 28, 1871]310
[Duty of the Young Colored Lawyer. Address at the Commencement Exercises of the Law Department of Howard University at Washington, February 3, 1871]314
[Charity to France or Germany? Speech in the Senate, February 4, 1871]319