[Illustration: A. W. Elson & Co. Boston: HANNIBAL HAMLIN] Statesman Edition VOL. IX 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. 259 Norwood Press: NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A. CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX. PAGE RIGHTS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND RIGHTS OF WAR: TWO SOURCES OF POWER AGAINST THE REBELLION. Speech in the Senate, on his Bill for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves belonging to Rebels, May 19, 1862 1 NO SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE SLAVES IN WASHINGTON. Resolution and Remarks in the Senate, May 23, 1862 78 INFORMATION IN REGARD TO FREEING SLAVES BY OUR ADVANCING ARMIES. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862 82 HELP FROM SLAVES, WITH RECIPROCAL PROTECTION IN THEIR RIGHTS AS MEN. Resolution in the Senate, May 26, 1862 83 TAX ON COTTON. Speeches in the Senate, May 27 and June 4, 1862 84 TAX ON SLAVE-MASTERS. Speeches in the Senate, on Amendment to the Internal Tax Bill, May 28 and June 6, 1862 93 PROPER DESPATCH OF BUSINESS. Remarks in the Senate, on the Order of Business, May 30, 1862 110 SHUTTING UP OF COLORED SCHOOLS BY THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. Resolution and Remarks in the Senate, June 2, 1862 112 STAND BY THE ADMINISTRATION. Letter to ----, June 5, 1862 116 POWER OF CONGRESS _vs._ MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF STATES. Resolutions in the Senate, June 6, 1862 119 AIR-LINE RAILROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. Resolution in the Senate, June 9, 1862 121 ABOLITION AND PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY IN WEST VIRGINIA. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill for the Admission of West Virginia as a State, June 26, July 1 and 14, 1862 122