Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20)

A compilation of speeches, letters, protests, and legislative proposals by a prominent nineteenth-century figure in American public life, this volume addresses congressional apportionment, neutral obligations and the sale of arms to belligerents, parliamentary procedure, tariff amendments, labor hours, and preservation of public spaces. It also offers counsel to colored citizens, defenses of administrative integrity, calls for arbitration instead of war, political critiques, and memorial tributes, combining legal reasoning, moral appeal, and procedural detail to advocate government purity, civil rights, and peaceful international conduct.