The word MAN is thought to carry somewhat of dignity in its sound; and we commonly make use of this, as the last and the most prevailing argument against a rude insulter, “I am not a beast, a dog, but I am a Man as well as yourself.” Since, then, human nature agrees equally to all persons, and since no one can live a sociable life with another who does not own and respect him as a Man, it follows, as a command of the Law of Nature, that _every man esteem and treat another as one who is naturally his equal, or who is a Man as well as he_.--PUFENDORF, _Law of Nature and Nations_, tr. Kennett, Book III., Ch. 2, § 1. * * * * * Carrying his solicitude still farther, Charlemagne recommended to the bishops and abbots, that, in their schools, “they should take care to make no difference between the sons of serfs and of freemen, _so that they might come and sit on the same benches to study grammar, music, and arithmetic_.”--GUIZOT, _History of France_, tr. Black, (London, 1872,) Vol. I. p. 239. INTRODUCTION. May 13, 1870, Mr. Sumner asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in a bill “Supplementary to an Act entitled ‘An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication,’ passed April 9, 1866,” which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. July 7th, only a few days before the close of the session, Mr. Trumbull, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bundle of bills, including that above mentioned, adversely, and all, on his motion, were postponed indefinitely. January 20, 1871, Mr. Sumner again introduced the same bill, which was once more referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. February 15th, Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee, again reported the bill adversely; but, at the suggestion of Mr. Sumner, it was allowed to go on the Calendar. Owing to the pressure of business in the latter days of the session, he was not able to have it considered, and the bill dropped with the session. * * * * *