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
Virginia, Declaration of Rights of, IV. 68; XIII. 192, 298.
Early social life of, VII. 11; XI. 448.
Early opposition of, to common schools, VII. 11; XIV. 337.
Paper money in, VIII. 189.
Character of first settlers of, XI. 449;
testimony to same, XI. 452-458.
Representation of, in the Senate, XII. 134.
Prohibition of colored suffrage in, XIII. 192.
Admission of, to representation in Congress, XVII. 204.
Speech of Gov. Walker of, quoted, XVII. 215.
Fraudulent election in, XVII. 231.
Virginius, case of the, XX. 284.
Voltaire, on war, II. 354.
On a slave-master, VI. 166.
His meeting with Franklin, X. 238.
Asserts equal rights of all, XI. 219 _et seq._
On republican government, XIII. 199.
Volunteers, not militia, I. 357.
Laws on term of enlistment of, in United States, quoted, I. 367;
Justice Johnson on same, I. 367.
Votes, importance of, III. 145.
Authorities on disallowance of, in legislative assemblies, XIV. 21
_et seq._;
striking out, from journal of same, XIV. 23-26.
W.
Wade, Benjamin F., Senator from Ohio, reply to, in debate on admission of
Nebraska, XIV. 131-133, 135 _et seq._
On one term for the President, XIX. 172; XX. 159, 221.
Walker, George W., letter to, XIX. 158.
Waller, Edmund, on English captives in Algiers, II. 28.
On true glory, II. 185 _et seq._
Walpole, Horace, XV. 301.
His prophecies concerning America, XV. 303-306.
War, dishonorable now, I. 9; II. 189, 429.
Always popular, I. 10; II. 185.
Napier on, I. 12, 34.
Joseph de Maistre on, I. 12.
Sanctioned by international law as arbiter between nations, I. 13, 15,
293; II. 340; XVIII. 182.
Definitions of, I. 14; II. 194, 341; IX. 21.
At present a trial of right, I. 16.
Men resemble beasts in, I. 18.
Delight of historians in, I. 21.
Horrors of, I. 22-29; II. 350-352.
Ineffectual, I. 31.
Often decided by chance, I. 33.
Napoleon on, I. 33, 34; II. 353.
Organized murder and robbery, I. 48.
Belief in necessity of, unfounded, I. 50.
Substitutes for, I. 51; II. 414-416; XX. 80.
Can and should be abolished by nations, I. 51; II. 412; XVIII. 305.
Commonness of, no argument in its favor, I. 52.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Rev. A. H. Vinton and Earl of Abingdon on, I. 55.
Cicero on, I. 56 (see _note_).
Tacitus and Frederick of Prussia on invoking God in, I. 56.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Not required by honor, I. 62.
Demanded by exaggerated patriotism, I. 67.
Cause of public debts, I. 72.
Longfellow on, I. 83.
Encouraged by mottoes and emblems, I. 93.
Auguries for cessation of, I. 111.
Changes in, I. 113; II. 412.
Condemned by Marshal Bugeaud, I. 116;
and by Penn, I. 117.
Inconsistent with true greatness, I. 122.
Its virtues those of peace, I. 125.
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