[Illustration: A. W. Elson & Co. Boston: JAMES BUCHANAN] Statesman Edition VOL. VI Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR [Illustration] BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCM COPYRIGHT, 1872, BY CHARLES SUMNER. 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 VI. PAGE APPEAL FOR THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Letter to the Republican Committee at Boston, June 21, 1856 1 LONGING FOR RESTORATION TO ACTIVE DUTIES, WITH APPEAL TO THE YOUNG MEN OF MASSACHUSETTS. Letter to the Committee of a Young Men’s Convention at Fitchburg, August 5, 1856 6 APPEAL TO THE REPUBLICANS OF RHODE ISLAND. Letter to a Committee, September 4, 1856 9 CONTRIBUTION FOR KANSAS. Letter to Messrs. Greeley and McElrath, of the New York Tribune, September 23, 1856 10 REGRET FOR CONTINUED DISABILITY. Letter to Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, September 24, 1856 11 EFFECT OF A VOTE FOR BUCHANAN: APPEAL TO THE REPUBLICANS OF ILLINOIS. Letter to a Committee of Republicans at Joliet, October 2, 1856 13 APPEAL FOR THE REPUBLICAN CAUSE. Letter to a Committee of Hudson River Counties, Poughkeepsie, New York, October 3, 1856 15 RELIEF FOR KANSAS. Letter to a Committee of the Kansas Aid Society at Boston, October 3, 1856 18 DUTY TO VOTE FOR KANSAS AND FOR BURLINGAME. Letter to a Meeting at Faneuil Hall, October 29, 1856 20 PUBLIC RECEPTION OF MR. SUMNER, ON HIS RETURN TO BOSTON: WITH THE SPEECHES: November 3, 1856 22 AID FOR KANSAS. Letter to Hon. M. F. Conway, November 17, 1856 40 CONGRATULATION ON REËLECTION OF ANSON BURLINGAME AS REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS. Letter to a Banquet at Faneuil Hall, November 24, 1856 41 THE LATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OUR BUNKER HILL. Letter to a Committee at Worcester, November 24, 1856 43