Transcriber’s Note: All other volumes are available as Project Gutenberg ebooks. A list is given at the end. [Illustration: Eng’d by A H Ritchie: HORACE GREELEY] Statesman Edition Vol. XX Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR [Illustration] BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCM COPYRIGHT, 1883, 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 XX. PAGE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: ITS PROPER NUMBER. Remarks in the Senate, on the Bill for the Apportionment of Representatives among the States, January 29, 1872 1 REFORM AND PURITY IN GOVERNMENT: NEUTRAL DUTIES. SALE OF ARMS TO BELLIGERENT FRANCE. Speech in the Senate, February 28, 1872 5 PARLIAMENTARY LAW ON THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE. Two Protests against the Competency of the Senate Committee to investigate the Sale of Arms to France, March 26 and 27, 1872 45 BOOKS ON THE FREE LIST. Remarks in the Senate on moving an Amendment to a Tariff Bill, March 27, 1872 61 THE NASBY LETTERS. Introduction to the Collection, April 1, 1872 65 ADVICE TO THE COLORED PEOPLE. Letter to the National Convention of Colored People at New Orleans, April 7, 1872 68 DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES NOT TO ACCEPT GIFTS FROM FOREIGN POWERS. Remarks in the Senate, May 2, 1872 70 PRESERVATION OF THE PARK AT WASHINGTON. Remarks in the Senate, May 15, 1872 72 HOURS OF LABOR. Letter to the Convention of the Massachusetts Labor Union in Boston, May 25, 1872 79 ARBITRATION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WAR. Resolutions in the Senate, May 31, 1872, concerning Arbitration as a Substitute for War in determining Differences between Nations 80 REPUBLICANISM _vs._ GRANTISM. Speech in the Senate, May 31, 1872 83