[Illustration: JAMES G. BLAINE] Statesman Edition VOL. XIII Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR [Illustration] BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCM COPYRIGHT, 1874, BY FRANCIS V. BALCH, EXECUTOR. 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 XIII. PAGE A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT OUR FIRST DUTY AND THE ESSENTIAL CONDITION OF PEACE. Bills and Resolutions in the Senate, at the Opening of the Session of Congress, December 4, 1865 1 COLORED SUFFRAGE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865 5 IMPARTIAL JURORS FOR COLORED PERSONS. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865 10 OATH TO MAINTAIN A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE REBEL STATES. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865 12 PART EXECUTION OF THE GUARANTY OF A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Bill in the Senate, December 4, 1865 14 EQUAL RIGHTS OF COLORED PERSONS TO BE PROTECTED BY THE NATIONAL COURTS. Bill in the Senate, to enforce the Constitutional Amendment abolishing Slavery, December 4, 1865 16 REPRESENTATION ACCORDING TO VOTERS. Joint Resolution in the Senate, to amend the Constitution, December 4, 1865 19 SCHEME OF RECONSTRUCTION ON THE BASIS OF EQUAL RIGHTS. Bill in the Senate, to enforce the Guaranty of a Republican Form of Government in Certain States, December 4, 1865 21 ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ABOLISHING SLAVERY. Concurrent Resolutions in the Senate, declaring the Adoption, December 4, 1865 30 FIVE CONDITIONS OF RECONSTRUCTION. Resolutions in respect to Guaranties of the National Security and the National Faith, December 4, 1865 33