Excerpt from The Works of Charles Sumner, Vol. 11 Precaution against the President. Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution asking for Copies of Opinions with regard to the Tenure-of-Office Law and Appointments during the Recess of Congress, April 11, 1867; Finish Our Work before Adjournment. Remarks in the Senate, on a Motion to adjourn without Day, April 11 and 12, 1867; Mediation between Contending Parties in Mexico. Resolution in the Senate, proposing the Good Offices of the United States, April 20, 1867; Equal Suffrage at Once by Act of Congress rather than Constitutional Amendment Letter to the New York Independent, April 20, 1867; Celebration at Arlington, on Assuming Its New Name. Speech at a Dinner in a Tent, June 17, 1867; Powers of the Two Houses of Congress in the Absence of a Quorum. Protest in the Senate, at its Opening, July 3, 1867; Homesteads for Freedmen. Resolution in the Senate, July 3, 1867; Limitation of the Business of the Senate. Obligations of Senate Caucuses; Speeches in the Senate, July 3, 5, and 10, 1867; Reconstruction Once More. Public Schools; Officers and Senators Without Distinction of Color. Speeches in the Senate, on the Third Reconstruction Bill, July 11 and 13, 1867; Suffrage Without Distinction of Color Throughout the United States by Act of Congress. Remarks in the Senate, on a Bill to enforce several Provisions of the Constitution by securing the Elective Franchise to Colored Citizens, July 12, 1867; Opening of Offices to Colored Persons in the District of Columbia. Remarks in the Senate, on a Bill for the further Security of Equal Rights in the District of Columbia, July 16, 1867; Naturalization Without Distinction of Race or Color. Remarks in the Senate, on a Bill to strike out the Word "White" in the Naturalization Laws, July 19, 1867; The President must be Watched by Congress, or Removed. Speech in the Senate, on the Resolution of Adjournment, July 19, 1867. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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