Charles Sumner; his complete works, Volume 4 (of 20) HENRY WILSON [Illustration: Eng^d. by A H Richie] Statesman Edition VOL. IV Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR [Illustration] BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCM COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY LEE AND SHEPARD. Statesman Edition. LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND COPIES. OF WHICH THIS IS No. 565 Norwood Press: NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A. CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV. PAGE ANDREW J. DOWNING, THE LANDSCAPE GARDENER. Speech in the Senate, in Favor of an Allowance to the Widow of the late Andrew J. Downing, August 26, 1852 1 THE PARTY OF FREEDOM: ITS NECESSITY AND PRACTICABILITY. Speech at the State Convention of the Free-Soil Party of Massachusetts, held at Lowell, September 15, 1852 3 CIVIL SUPERINTENDENTS OF ARMORIES. Speech in the Senate, on the Proposition to change the Superintendents of Armories, February 23, 1853 12 NECESSITY OF UNION TO UPHOLD FREEDOM. Letter to a Rhode Island Committee, March 26, 1853 15 AGAINST SECRECY IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE. Speech in the Senate, on the Proposition to limit the Secret Sessions of the Senate, April 6, 1853 16 THE GERMAN EMIGRANT MUST BE AGAINST SLAVERY. Letter to Lewis Tappan, Esq., May 17, 1853 19 POWERS OF THE STATE OVER THE MILITIA: EXEMPTIONS FOR CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES. Speech in Convention to revise and amend the Constitution of Massachusetts, June 21, 1853 20 POWERS OF THE STATE OVER THE MILITIA: COLORED COMPANIES. Speech in Convention to revise and amend the Constitution of Massachusetts, June 22, 1853 25 THE PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Letter to the Mayor of Boston, for the Celebration of July 4, 1853 32