Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 48285-h.htm or 48285-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48285/48285-h/48285-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48285/48285-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/charlessumnerhis10sumn [Illustration: A. W. Elson & Co., Boston: WILLIAM H. SEWARD] Statesman Edition VOL. X CHARLES SUMNER HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction by Hon. George Frisbie Hoar [Illustration] Boston Lee and Shepard MCM Copyright, 1872 and 1873, 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 X. PAGE OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS: SHOWING PRESENT PERILS FROM ENGLAND AND FRANCE, NATURE AND CONDITION OF INTERVENTION BY MEDIATION AND ALSO BY RECOGNITION, IMPOSSIBILITY OF ANY RECOGNITION OF A NEW POWER WITH SLAVERY AS A CORNER-STONE, AND WRONGFUL CONCESSION OF OCEAN BELLIGERENCE. Speech before the Citizens of New York, at the Cooper Institute, September 10, 1863. With Appendix 1 OUR DOMESTIC RELATIONS: POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE REBEL STATES. Article in the Atlantic Monthly, October, 1863 167 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND JOHN SLIDELL AT PARIS. Article in the Atlantic Monthly, November, 1863 221 VICTORY AND PEACE THROUGH EMANCIPATION. Letter to Colored Citizens in New York, celebrating the Anniversary of the Proclamation, December 18, 1863 259 THE MAYFLOWER AND THE SLAVE SHIP. Letter to the New England Society at New York, December 21, 1863 260 COMMUTATION FOR THE DRAFT: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RICH AND POOR. Remarks in the Senate, on an Amendment moved to the Enrolment Bill, January 8, 12, and June 20, 1864, and February 7, 1865 262 SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SLAVERY AND FREEDMEN. Resolution in the Senate, January 13, 1864 271 FOUNDATION OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN BOSTON. Letter to a Committee in Boston, January 20, 1864 272 LOYALTY IN THE SENATE: THE IRON-CLAD OATH FOR SENATORS. Speech in the Senate, on a New Rule requiring the Oath of Loyalty for Senators, January 25, 1864 273 THE LATE HON. JOHN W. NOELL, REPRESENTATIVE OF MISSOURI. Remarks in the Senate, on his Death, February 1, 1864 293