[Illustration: A. W. Elson & Co., Boston: ULYSSES S. GRANT] Statesman Edition Vol. XVIII Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR [Illustration] BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCM COPYRIGHT, 1880 AND 1882, BY FRANCIS V. BALCH, EXECUTOR. COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY LEE AND SHEPARD. Statesman Edition. LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND COPIES. OF WHICH THIS IS No. 320 Norwood Press: NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A. CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVIII. PAGE ADMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI TO REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. Speech in the Senate, February 17, 1870 1 THE FIRST COLORED SENATOR. Speech in the Senate, on the Admission of Hon. Hiram R. Revels, a Colored Person, as Senator of Mississippi, February 25, 1870 6 CONSIDERATION OF TREATIES IN OPEN SENATE. Remarks in the Senate, March 17, 1870 9 ELIGIBILITY TO THE SENATE: QUESTION OF INHABITANCY. Remarks in the Senate, on the Admission of General Adelbert Ames as a Senator of Mississippi, April 1, 1870 11 RATIFICATION OF THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. Speech at a Serenade before Mr. Sumner’s House in Washington, April 1, 1870 20 ADMISSION OF GEORGIA TO REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. Speech in the Senate, April 5, 1870 23 INCOME TAX. Remarks in the Senate, April 7, 1870 40 MORE WORK TO BE DONE. Letter to the American Antislavery Society at its Final Meeting, April 8, 1870 45 EDUCATION. Remarks in the Senate, May 9, 1870 47 NO EXCLUSION OF RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS FROM CIVIL OFFICE. Remarks in the Senate, May 12, 1870 51 ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. Remarks in the Senate, May 27, 1870 54 ONE CENT POSTAGE WITH ABOLITION OF FRANKING. Speech in the Senate, June 10, 1870 57 CHINESE INDEMNITY FUND. Report in the Senate, of the Committee on Foreign Relations, June 24, 1870 115 TAX ON BOOKS. Remarks in the Senate, June 30, 1870 141