Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20)Sumner, Charles
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20)
Sumner, Charles
Slavery -- United States; Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Revolutionary War, opposed by English Whigs in Parliamentary debates, I.
340-349.
Compared to Mexican War, I. 382.
Contributions of Northern and Southern States to, IV. 197 _et seq._;
American and foreign testimony to same, IV. 199-211.
Lafayette’s enthusiasm for, VII. 111.
List of statutes for confiscation of property in, IX. 59-64;
same defended by American diplomatists and courts, IX. 65-69.
Testimony to employment of slaves in, IX. 217-220.
Contrasted with our Civil War, X. 24, 256-258; XII. 238; XVII. 301.
Object of, XIII. 154, 172; XVI. 55.
Official history of, XIV. 88.
Rhode Island, appeal to Republicans of, in 1856, VI. 9.
Richard, Henry, M.P., letter to, XX. 273.
Right of Search, employed by Great Britain to impress American seamen,
VIII. 42;
testimony to same, VIII. 42-45, 51 _et seq._,--and to opposition of
United States Government to same, VIII. 45-54.
Should not exist, except for suppression of slave-trade, VIII. 78;
proposed by Great Britain for same, VIII. 339, 343,--but refused by
United States, VIII. 341.
Not objectionable against slave-trade, VIII. 344.
Exercise of, by privateers, IX. 282.
Should be employed only by national ships, IX. 299.
See _Neutral Rights_.
Rights. See _Civil Rights_, _Equal Rights_, _Human Rights_, _Neutral
Rights_, _Rights of War_, and _State Rights_.
Rights of War, IX. 1, 34; X. 210; XIII. 325,--especially against enemy
property, IX. 35-44.
Authorities respecting, IX. 36 _et seq._; XIII. 326.
Include liberation of slaves, IX. 43, 71, 131, 146.
Have no constitutional limitations, IX. 45, 71, 131-138, 183-185, 216.
To be exercised only in war, IX. 48 _et seq._
Policy of exercising, against Rebels, IX. 70-72.
Not to be exercised by the President alone, IX. 138-140.
Roads, policy of, III. 182.
Roberts, Joseph, Rev., his work on caste quoted, III. 76-80; XVII. 144.
Roscoe, William, labors of, for reform of prisons, II. 120.
Incorrectly quoted on Pennsylvania system, II. 128.
Rousseau, treatise of, on peace, II. 391; XVIII. 233.
His opinions on equality, III. 60, 91; XIX. 235.
On slavery, VI. 137.
Russell, Earl, on Trent case, VIII. 35.
On the Emancipation Proclamation, X. 20.
His unfriendliness to United States during Rebellion, X. 39.
On necessity of prize courts, X. 130 _et seq._
On escape of the Alabama, XVII. 66.
Russia, army of, in 1845, I. 75.
Navy of, in 1837, I. 76.
Serfdom in, restricted to original country, IV. 96.
Emancipation of serfs in, VII. 267; XII. 312-314; XIII. 57-60; XIV.
57, 315.
The Emperor of, and emancipation, XIV. 56.
Cession of Russian America to United States by, XV. 1;
reasons for same, XV. 20-23.
Friendship of, for United States, XV. 48-50.
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