THE METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Speech in the Senate, on Two Bills and a Joint Resolution relating to the Metric System, July 27, 1866 148
ART IN THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Speech in the Senate, on a Joint Resolution authorizing a Contract with Vinnie Ream for a Statue of Abraham Lincoln, July 27, 1866 164
THE ONE MAN POWER _VS._ CONGRESS. THE PRESENT SITUATION. Address at the Opening of the Annual Lectures of the Parker Fraternity, at the Music Hall, Boston, October 2, 1866 181
THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA. Answer to Invitation to attend a Banquet at New York, in Honor of Cyrus W. Field, November 14, 1866 220
ENCOURAGEMENT TO COLORED FELLOW-CITIZENS. Letter to a Convention of Colored Citizens, December 2, 1866 222
THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF RECONSTRUCTION. ILLEGALITY OF EXISTING GOVERNMENTS IN THE REBEL STATES. Resolutions and Remarks in the Senate, December 5, 1866 224
FEMALE SUFFRAGE, AND AN EDUCATIONAL TEST OF MALE SUFFRAGE. Speech in the Senate, on Amendments to the Bill conferring Suffrage without Distinction of Color in the District of Columbia, December 13, 1866 228
PROHIBITION OF PEONAGE. Resolution and Remarks in the Senate, January 3, 1867 232
PRECAUTION AGAINST THE REVIVAL OF SLAVERY. Remarks in the Senate, on a Resolution and the Report of the Judiciary Committee, January 3 and February 20, 1867 234
PROTECTION AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. Speeches in the Senate, on an Amendment to the Tenure-of-Office Bill, January 15, 17, and 18, 1867 239
DENUNCIATION OF THE COOLIE TRADE. Resolution in the Senate, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, January 16, 1867 262
CHEAP BOOKS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Remarks in the Senate, on Amendments to the Tariff Bill reducing the Tariff on Books, January 24, 1867 263
CHEAP COAL. Speech in the Senate, on an Amendment to the Tariff Bill, January 29, 1867 271
A SINGLE TERM FOR THE PRESIDENT, AND CHOICE BY DIRECT VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. Remarks in the Senate, on an Amendment of the National Constitution, February 11, 1867 278
RECONSTRUCTION AT LAST WITH COLORED SUFFRAGE AND PROTECTION AGAINST REBEL INFLUENCE. Speeches in the Senate, on the Bill to provide for the more Efficient Government of the Rebel States, February 14, 19, and 20, 1867 282
