[Illustration: A. W. Elson & Co. Boston: FREDERICK DOUGLASS] Statesman Edition Vol. XIX Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR [Illustration] BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCM COPYRIGHT, 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 XIX. PAGE COLORED SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON. Speech in the Senate, February 8, 1871 1 HON. JOHN COVODE, LATE REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Speech in the Senate, on his Death, February 10, 1871 12 ITALIAN UNITY AGAIN. Letter to a Public Meeting at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1871 15 VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND USURPATIONS OF WAR POWERS. Speech in the Senate, on his San Domingo Resolutions, March 27, 1871 16 PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF STATE. AN EXPLANATION IN REPLY TO AN ASSAULT. Statement prepared for Presentation to the Senate, March, 1871 99 THE KU-KLUX-KLAN. Speech in the Senate, on the Bill to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, April 13, 1871 125 OUR DUTY AGAINST WRONG. Letter to the Reform League, New York, May 8, 1871 131 POWER OF THE SENATE TO IMPRISON RECUSANT WITNESSES. Speeches in the Senate, May 18 and 27, 1871 132 THE HAYTIAN MEDAL. Response to the Letter of Presentation, July 13, 1871 154 EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Letter to George W. Walker, President of the Board of School Directors of Jefferson, Texas, July 28, 1871 158 PEACE AND THE REPUBLIC FOR FRANCE. Remarks in Music Hall, Boston, introducing M. Athanase Coquerel, of Paris, October 9, 1871 159