[Illustration: A. W. Elson & Co., Boston: ANDREW JOHNSON] Statesman Edition VOL. XIV Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR [Illustration] BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCM COPYRIGHT, 1874 AND 1875, 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 XIV. PAGE MAJORITY OR PLURALITY IN THE ELECTION OF SENATORS. Speech in the Senate, on the Contested Election of Hon. John P. Stockton, of New Jersey, March 23, 1866 1 A SENATOR CANNOT VOTE FOR HIMSELF. Speech in the Senate, on the Vote of Hon. John P. Stockton affirming his Seat in the Senate, March 26, 1866 15 REMODELLING OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill to reorganize the Judiciary of the United States, April 2, 1866 30 THE LATE SOLOMON FOOT, SENATOR FROM VERMONT. Speech in the Senate, on his Death, April 12, 1866 33 COMPLETE EQUALITY IN RIGHTS, AND NOT SEMI-EQUALITY. Letter to a Committee on the Celebration of Emancipation in the District of Columbia, April 14, 1866 41 JUSTICE TO MECHANICS IN THE WAR. Speech in the Senate, on a Bill for the Relief of certain Contractors, April 17, 1866 43 POWER OF CONGRESS TO COUNTERACT THE CATTLE-PLAGUE. Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution to print a Letter of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the Cattle-Plague, April 25, 1866 49 URGENT DUTY OF THE HOUR. Letter to the American Antislavery Society, May 1, 1866 51 TIME AND RECONSTRUCTION. Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution to hasten Reconstruction, May 2, 1866 52