MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. Speech in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution releasing the Pacific Mail Steamships from stopping at the Sandwich Islands on their Route to Japan and China, July 17, 1866 110 TENNESSEE NOT SUFFICIENTLY RECONSTRUCTED. Speech in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution declaring Tennessee again entitled to Senators and Representatives in Congress, July 21, 1866 114 THE SENATE CHAMBER: ITS VENTILATION AND SIZE. Speech in the Senate, on an Amendment to the Civil Appropriation Bill, July 23, 1866 119 A SHIP-CANAL THROUGH THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN. Remarks in the Senate, on an Amendment to the Civil Appropriation Bill, July 25, 1866 124 INQUIRY INTO THE TITLE OF A SENATOR TO HIS SEAT. Remarks in the Senate, on the Credentials of the Senator from Tennessee, July 26, 1866 126 NO MORE STATES WITH THE WORD “WHITE” IN THE CONSTITUTION. Speeches in the Senate, on the Admission of Nebraska as a State, July 27, December 14 and 19, 1866, and January 8, 1867 128 THE METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Speech in the Senate, on Two Bills and a Joint Resolution relating to the Metric System, July 27, 1866 148 ART IN THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Speech in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution authorizing a Contract with Vinnie Ream for a Statue of Abraham Lincoln, July 27, 1866 164 THE ONE MAN POWER _VS._ CONGRESS. THE PRESENT SITUATION. Address at the Opening of the Annual Lectures of the Parker Fraternity, at the Music Hall, Boston, October 2, 1866 181 THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA. Answer to Invitation to attend a Banquet at New York, in Honor of Cyrus W. Field, November 14, 1866 220 ENCOURAGEMENT TO COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS. Letter to a Convention of Colored Citizens, December 2, 1866 222 THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF RECONSTRUCTION. ILLEGALITY OF EXISTING GOVERNMENTS IN THE REBEL STATES. Resolutions and Remarks in the Senate, December 5, 1866 224 FEMALE SUFFRAGE, AND AN EDUCATIONAL TEST OF MALE SUFFRAGE. Speech in the Senate, on Amendments to the Bill conferring Suffrage without Distinction of Color in the District of Columbia, December 13, 1866 228 PROHIBITION OF PEONAGE. Resolution and Remarks in the Senate, January 3, 1867 232