RIGHT AND DUTY OF COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT. Letter to Colored Citizens of North Carolina, May 13, 1865 231 HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS. Letter to the Editor of “The Leader,” in Charleston, S. C., May, 1865 234 PROMISES OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, June 1, 1865 235 IDEAS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Letter to the Mayor of Boston, on the Celebration of National Independence, July 4, 1865 297 CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED NECESSARY IN THE NEW GOVERNMENTS: ADVICE TO COLORED CITIZENS. Letter to a Committee of Colored Citizens at Savannah, July 8, 1865 298 JUSTICE TO THE COLORED RACE. Letter to a Trustee for Colored Schools in the District of Columbia, August 16, 1865 300 THE LATE GEORGE LIVERMORE, ESQ. Article in the Boston Daily Advertiser, September 2, 1865 301 THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL FAITH: GUARANTIES FOR THE NATIONAL FREEDMAN AND THE NATIONAL CREDITOR. Speech at the Republican State Convention, in Worcester, Massachusetts, September 14, 1865. With Appendix 305 QUORUM OF STATES NECESSARY IN ADOPTION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Letter to the New York Evening Post, September 28, 1865 357 SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE COLORED RACE. EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF COLONEL SHAW, FIRST COMMANDER OF MASSACHUSETTS COLORED TROOPS. Article in the Boston Daily Advertiser, October 2, 1865 361 THE LATE RICHARD COBDEN. Letter to Mrs. Cobden, covering Resolutions of the Republican State Convention of Massachusetts, October 5, 1865 366 EQUAL RIGHTS _vs._ THE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY IN RECONSTRUCTION. Letter to the New York Independent, October 29, 1865 368 CLEMENCY AND COMMON SENSE. A CURIOSITY OF LITERATURE WITH A MORAL. Article in the Atlantic Monthly, December, 1865 371 CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SPEECH AT A PUBLIC MEETING AT FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON, NOVEMBER 8, 1864. At an impromptu meeting for congratulation, on the evening of the Presidential election, as the votes were announced, there were speeches by Mr. Hooper, Mr. Sumner, Dr. Loring, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Everett. Mr. Sumner spoke as follows.