Produced by David Widger THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL "HE LOVES HIS COUNTRY BEST WHO STRIVES TO MAKE IT BEST." IN TWELVE VOLUMES, VOLUME IX. POLITICAL NEW YORK THE DRESDEN PUBLISHING CO., C. P. FARRELL DRESDEN EDITION CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX. AN ADDRESS TO THE COLORED PEOPLE. (1867.) Slavery and its Justification by Law and Religion--Its Destructive Influence upon Nations--Inauguration of the Modern Slave Trade by the Portuguese Gonzales--Planted upon American Soil--The Abolitionists, Clarkson, Wilberforce, and Others--The Struggle in England--Pioneers in San Domingo, Oge and Chevannes--Early Op-posers of Slavery in America--William Lloyd Garrison--Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, John Brown--The Fugitive Slave Law--The Emancipation Proclamation--Dread of Education in the South--Advice to the Colored People. INDIANAPOLIS SPEECH. (1868.) Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus--Precedent Established by the Revolutionary Fathers--Committees of Safety appointed by the Continental Congress--Arrest of Disaffected Persons in Pennsylvania and Delaware--Interference with Elections--Resolution of Continental Congress with respect to Citizens who Opposed the sending of Deputies to the Convention of New York--Penalty for refusing to take Continental Money or Pray for the American Cause--Habeas Corpus Suspended during the Revolution--Interference with Freedom of the Press--Negroes Freed and allowed to Fight in the Continental Army--Crispus Attacks--An Abolition Document issued by Andrew Jackson--Majority rule--Slavery and the Rebellion--Tribute to General Grant. SPEECH NOMINATING BLAINE. (1876.) Note descriptive of the Occasion--Demand of the Republicans of the United States--Resumption--The Plumed Knight. CENTENNIAL ORATION. (1876.) One Hundred Years ago, our Fathers retired the Gods from Politics--The Declaration of Independence--Meaning of the Declaration--The Old Idea of the Source of Political Power--Our Fathers Educated by their Surroundings--The Puritans--Universal Religious Toleration declared by the Catholics of Maryland--Roger Williams--Not All of our Fathers in favor of Independence--Fortunate Difference in Religious Views--Secular Government--Authority derived from the People--The Declaration and the Beginning of the War--What they Fought For--Slavery--Results of a Hundred Years of Freedom--The Declaration Carried out in Letter and Spirit. BANGOR SPEECH. (1876.) The Hayes Campaign--Reasons for Voting the Republican Ticket--Abolition of Slavery--Preservation of the Union--Reasons for Not Trusting the Democratic Party--Record of the Republican Party--Democrats Assisted the South--Paper Money--Enfranchisement of the Negroes--Samuel J. Tilden--His Essay on Finance. COOPER UNION SPEECH, NEW YORK. (1876.)