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1874, Ail 28.
Bequest of
Ken. Chas. Summit,
of Bustin

(H. U. 1830.)

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by

TICKNOR, REED, AND FIELDS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

THE WAR SYSTEM OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS.

AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY, AT

ITS ANNIVERSARY IN BOSTON, May 28, 1849 .

1-106

SPEECH AGAINST THE ADMISSION OF TEXAS AS A SLAVE

STATE, MADE AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL,

BOSTON, Nov. 4, 1845 .

107-116

SPEECH ON THE ANTI-SLAVERY DUTIES OF THE WHIG

PARTY, BEFORE THE WHIG STATE CONVENTION, at Fan-

EUIL HALL, IN BOSTON, SEPT. 23, 1846.

117 - 130

LETTER TO HON. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, REPRESENTATIVE

IN CONGRESS FROM BOSTON, ON THE DECLARATION OF WAR

AGAINST MEXICO, AND HIS VOTE FOR IT. OCTOBER 25,

1846

131-145

SPEECH AGAINST THE MEXICAN WAR, AND ALL SUPPLIES FOR

ITS PROSECUTION, AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE TREMONT

TEMPLE, BOSTON, Nov. 4, 1846

146-162

Argument before the Supreme Court of MASSACHUSETTS,

AGAINST THE VALIDITY OF ENLISTMENTS IN THE MASSA-

CHUSETTS REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MEXICAN

WAR, JANUARY, 1847

163-185

!

SPEECH CALLING FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE AMERICAN

TROOPS FROM MEXICO, AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN FANEUIL

HALL, BOSTON, FEBRUARY 4, 1847

186-195

SPEECH BEFORE THE BOSTON PRISON DISCIPLINE SOCIETY,

AT THE TREMONT TEMPLE, JUNE 18, 1847 . . 196-242

SPEECH FOR POLITICAL ACTION AGAINST THE SLAVE POWER

AND THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY, IN THE WHIG STATE

CONVENTION OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT SPRINGFIELD, Sept.
29, 1847
243-249

SPEECH FOR UNION AMONG MEN OF ALL PARTIES AGAINST

THE SLAVE POWER, AND THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY,

A MASS CONVENTION AT WORCESTER, JUNE 28,

1848
250-264

IN

SPE
EECH FOR THE BUFFALO PLATFORM AND CANDIDATES; ON

TAKING THE CHAIR AS PRESIDING OFFICER OF A PUBLIC

MEETING TO RATIFY THE NOMINATIONS OF THE BUFFALO

CONVENTION, AT FANEUIL HALL, AUG. 22, 1848.265-272

LETTER ON PARTIES, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A FREE SOIL

ORGANIZATION; ADDRESSED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE FREE

SOIL PARTY IN BOSTON, OCT. 26, 1848

273-289

REMARKS ON CALLING THE FREE SOIL STATE CONVENTION

OF MASSACHUSETTS TO ORDER; AT WORCESTER, SEPT.

12, 1849.
290, 291

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS, EXPLAINING

AND VINDICATING THE FREE SOIL MOVEMENT; REPORTED

TO THE FREE SOIL STATE CONVENTION, AND ADOPTED BY

THAT CONVENTION, AT WORCESTER, SEPTEMBER 12,

ARGUMENT AGAINST THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SEPARATE

COLORED SCHOOLS, BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF MAS-

SACHUSETTS, IN THE CASE OF SARAH C. ROBERTS VS. THE

CITY OF BOSTON, DEC. 4, 1849.

332-377

REPORT ON THE LAW SCHOOL OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY;

MADE IN BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE OVERSEERS,

FEBRUARY 7, 1850.

378-395

SPEECH ON OUR PRESENT ANTI-SLAVERY DUTIES, AT THE

FREE SOIL STATE CONVENTION IN BOSTON, OCTOBER 3,

1850

396-420