[327]Ante, Vol. X. p. 338.[328]Life and Letters of Joseph Story, edited by his Son, Vol. II. p. 396.[329]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1873, April 26, 1864.[330]Act to provide a National Currency, February 25, 1863, Sec. 17: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 669.[331]Sonnet XVII.: To Sir Henry Vane the Younger.[332]4 Wheaton, R., 316.[333]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 1896, 1897, April 27, 1864. See, also, pp. 1900, 1955, 1956.[334]Act to authorize the Issue of United States Notes, Sec. 2, February 25, 1862: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 346.[335]Rapport, p. 70.[336]Statutes at Large, Vol. IV. p. 774.[337]Politics, Book I. ch. 9.[338]De la Baisse probable de l’Or, Sec. II. ch. 1.[339]Wealth of Nations, Book I. Ch. 11, Part 2, (London, 1802,) Vol. I. p. 269.[340]Statutes at Large, Vol. V. pp. 137, 138.[341]Acts, 1870-71, Ch. 114, Sec. 9: Statutes at Large, Vol. XVI. pp. 514, 515.[342]4 Devereux and Battle, R., 25.[343]5 Iredell, R., 253.[344]Post, pp. 397, 398.[345]America; Review of Seybert’s Statistical Annals: Edinburgh Review, January, 1820: Works (London, 1840), Vol. I. p. 372.[346]Acts 1861, Ch. III. Sec. 5: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 257.[347]Acts 1861-2, Ch. LXXXI. Sec. 3: Ibid., p. 404.[348]Acts 1861-2, Ch. XCVIII.: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. pp. 424, 425.[349]Acts 1862-3, Ch. CXX.: Ibid., pp. 820, 821.[350]Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 1863, Paper No. 28: Executive Documents, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., H. of R., No. 3.[351]Supplemental Report to the Secretary of War, by James McKaye, Special Commissioner, pp. 28, 29.[352]Speech of Judge Humphrey, at a Union meeting at Huntsville, Alabama: McKaye’s Supplemental Report, p. 23.[353]Speech in the House of Lords on the Immediate Emancipation of the Negro Apprentices, February 20, 1838; Works (London and Glasgow, 1857), Vol. X. pp. 276-279.[354]Final Report of the American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission: Senate Documents, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 53, p. 109.[355]See,ante, pp. 487, 488.[356]McKaye’s Supplemental Report to the Secretary of War, p. 24.[357]Whitelocke, Notes upon the King’s Writ for choosing Members of Parliament, Vol. II. p. 329. Cushing, Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies, p. 284.[358]Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 1262.[359]Speeches, p. 455.[360]American Insurance Companyv.Canter, 1 Peters, S. C. R., 542.[361]7 Howard, R., 42.[362]Commentaries on American Law (6th edit.), Vol. I. p. 92, notea.[363]Ante, p. 296.[364]Ante, p. 2.[365]Speeches, Vol. I. p. 25.[366]See, especially, Resolutions entitled “State Rebellion, State Suicide; Emancipation and Reconstruction,†February 11, 1862,—ante, Vol. VI. pp. 301-305.[367]Mr. Hale and Mr. Sumner sat next to each other.[368]Mr. Everett was one of the Republican Electors at Large.[369]Note in reference to Peace Overtures at Niagara Falls, July 18, 1864. See Raymond’s Life of Lincoln, p. 580.[370]Speech at Cleveland, May 20, 1863: Comments on the Policy inaugurated by the President, p. 11.[371]This Introduction, by the Committee of the Young Men’s Republican Union, appeared as a “Prefatory Note†to the New York pamphlet edition.[372]House Journal, 37th Cong. 1st Sess., July 22, 1861, p. 123; Senate Journal, July 25, 1861, p. 92. See, also,ante, Vol. V. p. 499.[373]Duyckinck’s History of the War for the Union, Vol. I. p. 118. See also Stephens’s Constitutional View of the late War between the States, Vol. II. p. 415.[374]Carlyle, Chartism, Ch. VIII.: New Eras, Fifth Excerpt from “History of the Teuton Kindred,†by Herr Professor Sauerteig.[375]Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation: Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., 4th Ser., Vol. III. pp. 89, 90.[376]Letter of John Robinson and William Brewster to Sir Edwin Sandys, Leyden, December 15, 1617; Ibid., pp. 32, 33.[377]Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol. II. p. 136, October 1, 1645.[378]Capital Laws, 1649: General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts Colony, revised and reprinted by order of the General Court, 1672, p. 15.[379]History of England (London, 1786), Vol. V. p. 183, Ch. XL.[380]“We are the gentlemen of this country,†said Mr. Toombs in 1860. He had already threatened to call the roll of his slaves on Bunker Hill.[381]History of South Carolina, p. 60.[382]Historical Account, Vol. II. p. 272.[383]Martin, History of North Carolina, Vol. I. p. 218,et passim.[384]I should not have deemed it necessary to make this inquiry, had I seen the thorough pamphlet of Mr. William H. Whitmore, entitled “The Cavalier Dismounted: an Essay on the Origin of the Founders of the Thirteen Colonies,†which appeared contemporaneously with this speech.[385]Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America, and the Islands adjacent unto the same, made first of all by our Englishmen, and afterward by the Frenchmen and Britons, etc. [By Richard Hakluyt.] Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcock, 1582.[386]Strachey’s History of Travel into Virginia Britannia: Introduction, p. xxxii.[387]Stith’s History of Virginia, p. 167.[388]New England’s Trials, p. 16: Force’s Tracts, Vol. II.[389]Nova Britannia, p. 19: Ibid., Vol. I.[390]Sermon CLVI.: Works (London, 1839), Vol. VI. p. 232.[391]A New Discourse of Trade (5th edit.), p. 138, Ch. X.,Concerning Plantations.[392]Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, etc., of the British Settlements in North America, (Boston, 1749,) Vol. I. Part 1, p. 115.[393]Ibid., Vol. I., Part 2, p. 490, note.[394]History of the United States (Boston, 1845), Vol. I. pp. 53, 54.[395]History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, p. 168. See, also, p. 103.[396]Howison, History of Virginia, Vol. I. p. 169.[397]Ibid., Vol. II. p. 201.[398]London Magazine, July, 1751, Vol. XX. p. 293.[399]Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders: Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe (Oxford, 1840), Vol. IV. pp. 87, 88.[400]Postlethwayt, Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, (London, 1757), Vol. II. p. 319, Art.Naval Stores.[401]Itinerant Observations in America: London Magazine, July, 1746, Vol. XV. p. 326.[402]The City Madam, Act V. Sc. 1.[403]History of South Carolina, pp. 2-5.[404]History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 82.[405]Hewit, Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of South Carolina and Georgia, Vol. I. p. 104.[406]Ibid., pp. 92, 115.[407]History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 120.[408]Kenelm Henry Digby, Godefridus, p. 86.[409]Only a short time before this speech, a Rebel incursion, organized in Canada, had reached this place.[410]See,ante, Vol. VIII. pp. 165, 169, 175.[411]McPherson’s Political History of the United States during the Great Rebellion, p. 406.[412]Ibid., p. 301.
[327]Ante, Vol. X. p. 338.
[327]Ante, Vol. X. p. 338.
[328]Life and Letters of Joseph Story, edited by his Son, Vol. II. p. 396.
[328]Life and Letters of Joseph Story, edited by his Son, Vol. II. p. 396.
[329]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1873, April 26, 1864.
[329]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1873, April 26, 1864.
[330]Act to provide a National Currency, February 25, 1863, Sec. 17: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 669.
[330]Act to provide a National Currency, February 25, 1863, Sec. 17: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 669.
[331]Sonnet XVII.: To Sir Henry Vane the Younger.
[331]Sonnet XVII.: To Sir Henry Vane the Younger.
[332]4 Wheaton, R., 316.
[332]4 Wheaton, R., 316.
[333]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 1896, 1897, April 27, 1864. See, also, pp. 1900, 1955, 1956.
[333]Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 1896, 1897, April 27, 1864. See, also, pp. 1900, 1955, 1956.
[334]Act to authorize the Issue of United States Notes, Sec. 2, February 25, 1862: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 346.
[334]Act to authorize the Issue of United States Notes, Sec. 2, February 25, 1862: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 346.
[335]Rapport, p. 70.
[335]Rapport, p. 70.
[336]Statutes at Large, Vol. IV. p. 774.
[336]Statutes at Large, Vol. IV. p. 774.
[337]Politics, Book I. ch. 9.
[337]Politics, Book I. ch. 9.
[338]De la Baisse probable de l’Or, Sec. II. ch. 1.
[338]De la Baisse probable de l’Or, Sec. II. ch. 1.
[339]Wealth of Nations, Book I. Ch. 11, Part 2, (London, 1802,) Vol. I. p. 269.
[339]Wealth of Nations, Book I. Ch. 11, Part 2, (London, 1802,) Vol. I. p. 269.
[340]Statutes at Large, Vol. V. pp. 137, 138.
[340]Statutes at Large, Vol. V. pp. 137, 138.
[341]Acts, 1870-71, Ch. 114, Sec. 9: Statutes at Large, Vol. XVI. pp. 514, 515.
[341]Acts, 1870-71, Ch. 114, Sec. 9: Statutes at Large, Vol. XVI. pp. 514, 515.
[342]4 Devereux and Battle, R., 25.
[342]4 Devereux and Battle, R., 25.
[343]5 Iredell, R., 253.
[343]5 Iredell, R., 253.
[344]Post, pp. 397, 398.
[344]Post, pp. 397, 398.
[345]America; Review of Seybert’s Statistical Annals: Edinburgh Review, January, 1820: Works (London, 1840), Vol. I. p. 372.
[345]America; Review of Seybert’s Statistical Annals: Edinburgh Review, January, 1820: Works (London, 1840), Vol. I. p. 372.
[346]Acts 1861, Ch. III. Sec. 5: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 257.
[346]Acts 1861, Ch. III. Sec. 5: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 257.
[347]Acts 1861-2, Ch. LXXXI. Sec. 3: Ibid., p. 404.
[347]Acts 1861-2, Ch. LXXXI. Sec. 3: Ibid., p. 404.
[348]Acts 1861-2, Ch. XCVIII.: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. pp. 424, 425.
[348]Acts 1861-2, Ch. XCVIII.: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. pp. 424, 425.
[349]Acts 1862-3, Ch. CXX.: Ibid., pp. 820, 821.
[349]Acts 1862-3, Ch. CXX.: Ibid., pp. 820, 821.
[350]Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 1863, Paper No. 28: Executive Documents, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., H. of R., No. 3.
[350]Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 1863, Paper No. 28: Executive Documents, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., H. of R., No. 3.
[351]Supplemental Report to the Secretary of War, by James McKaye, Special Commissioner, pp. 28, 29.
[351]Supplemental Report to the Secretary of War, by James McKaye, Special Commissioner, pp. 28, 29.
[352]Speech of Judge Humphrey, at a Union meeting at Huntsville, Alabama: McKaye’s Supplemental Report, p. 23.
[352]Speech of Judge Humphrey, at a Union meeting at Huntsville, Alabama: McKaye’s Supplemental Report, p. 23.
[353]Speech in the House of Lords on the Immediate Emancipation of the Negro Apprentices, February 20, 1838; Works (London and Glasgow, 1857), Vol. X. pp. 276-279.
[353]Speech in the House of Lords on the Immediate Emancipation of the Negro Apprentices, February 20, 1838; Works (London and Glasgow, 1857), Vol. X. pp. 276-279.
[354]Final Report of the American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission: Senate Documents, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 53, p. 109.
[354]Final Report of the American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission: Senate Documents, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 53, p. 109.
[355]See,ante, pp. 487, 488.
[355]See,ante, pp. 487, 488.
[356]McKaye’s Supplemental Report to the Secretary of War, p. 24.
[356]McKaye’s Supplemental Report to the Secretary of War, p. 24.
[357]Whitelocke, Notes upon the King’s Writ for choosing Members of Parliament, Vol. II. p. 329. Cushing, Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies, p. 284.
[357]Whitelocke, Notes upon the King’s Writ for choosing Members of Parliament, Vol. II. p. 329. Cushing, Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies, p. 284.
[358]Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 1262.
[358]Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 1262.
[359]Speeches, p. 455.
[359]Speeches, p. 455.
[360]American Insurance Companyv.Canter, 1 Peters, S. C. R., 542.
[360]American Insurance Companyv.Canter, 1 Peters, S. C. R., 542.
[361]7 Howard, R., 42.
[361]7 Howard, R., 42.
[362]Commentaries on American Law (6th edit.), Vol. I. p. 92, notea.
[362]Commentaries on American Law (6th edit.), Vol. I. p. 92, notea.
[363]Ante, p. 296.
[363]Ante, p. 296.
[364]Ante, p. 2.
[364]Ante, p. 2.
[365]Speeches, Vol. I. p. 25.
[365]Speeches, Vol. I. p. 25.
[366]See, especially, Resolutions entitled “State Rebellion, State Suicide; Emancipation and Reconstruction,†February 11, 1862,—ante, Vol. VI. pp. 301-305.
[366]See, especially, Resolutions entitled “State Rebellion, State Suicide; Emancipation and Reconstruction,†February 11, 1862,—ante, Vol. VI. pp. 301-305.
[367]Mr. Hale and Mr. Sumner sat next to each other.
[367]Mr. Hale and Mr. Sumner sat next to each other.
[368]Mr. Everett was one of the Republican Electors at Large.
[368]Mr. Everett was one of the Republican Electors at Large.
[369]Note in reference to Peace Overtures at Niagara Falls, July 18, 1864. See Raymond’s Life of Lincoln, p. 580.
[369]Note in reference to Peace Overtures at Niagara Falls, July 18, 1864. See Raymond’s Life of Lincoln, p. 580.
[370]Speech at Cleveland, May 20, 1863: Comments on the Policy inaugurated by the President, p. 11.
[370]Speech at Cleveland, May 20, 1863: Comments on the Policy inaugurated by the President, p. 11.
[371]This Introduction, by the Committee of the Young Men’s Republican Union, appeared as a “Prefatory Note†to the New York pamphlet edition.
[371]This Introduction, by the Committee of the Young Men’s Republican Union, appeared as a “Prefatory Note†to the New York pamphlet edition.
[372]House Journal, 37th Cong. 1st Sess., July 22, 1861, p. 123; Senate Journal, July 25, 1861, p. 92. See, also,ante, Vol. V. p. 499.
[372]House Journal, 37th Cong. 1st Sess., July 22, 1861, p. 123; Senate Journal, July 25, 1861, p. 92. See, also,ante, Vol. V. p. 499.
[373]Duyckinck’s History of the War for the Union, Vol. I. p. 118. See also Stephens’s Constitutional View of the late War between the States, Vol. II. p. 415.
[373]Duyckinck’s History of the War for the Union, Vol. I. p. 118. See also Stephens’s Constitutional View of the late War between the States, Vol. II. p. 415.
[374]Carlyle, Chartism, Ch. VIII.: New Eras, Fifth Excerpt from “History of the Teuton Kindred,†by Herr Professor Sauerteig.
[374]Carlyle, Chartism, Ch. VIII.: New Eras, Fifth Excerpt from “History of the Teuton Kindred,†by Herr Professor Sauerteig.
[375]Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation: Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., 4th Ser., Vol. III. pp. 89, 90.
[375]Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation: Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., 4th Ser., Vol. III. pp. 89, 90.
[376]Letter of John Robinson and William Brewster to Sir Edwin Sandys, Leyden, December 15, 1617; Ibid., pp. 32, 33.
[376]Letter of John Robinson and William Brewster to Sir Edwin Sandys, Leyden, December 15, 1617; Ibid., pp. 32, 33.
[377]Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol. II. p. 136, October 1, 1645.
[377]Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol. II. p. 136, October 1, 1645.
[378]Capital Laws, 1649: General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts Colony, revised and reprinted by order of the General Court, 1672, p. 15.
[378]Capital Laws, 1649: General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts Colony, revised and reprinted by order of the General Court, 1672, p. 15.
[379]History of England (London, 1786), Vol. V. p. 183, Ch. XL.
[379]History of England (London, 1786), Vol. V. p. 183, Ch. XL.
[380]“We are the gentlemen of this country,†said Mr. Toombs in 1860. He had already threatened to call the roll of his slaves on Bunker Hill.
[380]“We are the gentlemen of this country,†said Mr. Toombs in 1860. He had already threatened to call the roll of his slaves on Bunker Hill.
[381]History of South Carolina, p. 60.
[381]History of South Carolina, p. 60.
[382]Historical Account, Vol. II. p. 272.
[382]Historical Account, Vol. II. p. 272.
[383]Martin, History of North Carolina, Vol. I. p. 218,et passim.
[383]Martin, History of North Carolina, Vol. I. p. 218,et passim.
[384]I should not have deemed it necessary to make this inquiry, had I seen the thorough pamphlet of Mr. William H. Whitmore, entitled “The Cavalier Dismounted: an Essay on the Origin of the Founders of the Thirteen Colonies,†which appeared contemporaneously with this speech.
[384]I should not have deemed it necessary to make this inquiry, had I seen the thorough pamphlet of Mr. William H. Whitmore, entitled “The Cavalier Dismounted: an Essay on the Origin of the Founders of the Thirteen Colonies,†which appeared contemporaneously with this speech.
[385]Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America, and the Islands adjacent unto the same, made first of all by our Englishmen, and afterward by the Frenchmen and Britons, etc. [By Richard Hakluyt.] Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcock, 1582.
[385]Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America, and the Islands adjacent unto the same, made first of all by our Englishmen, and afterward by the Frenchmen and Britons, etc. [By Richard Hakluyt.] Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcock, 1582.
[386]Strachey’s History of Travel into Virginia Britannia: Introduction, p. xxxii.
[386]Strachey’s History of Travel into Virginia Britannia: Introduction, p. xxxii.
[387]Stith’s History of Virginia, p. 167.
[387]Stith’s History of Virginia, p. 167.
[388]New England’s Trials, p. 16: Force’s Tracts, Vol. II.
[388]New England’s Trials, p. 16: Force’s Tracts, Vol. II.
[389]Nova Britannia, p. 19: Ibid., Vol. I.
[389]Nova Britannia, p. 19: Ibid., Vol. I.
[390]Sermon CLVI.: Works (London, 1839), Vol. VI. p. 232.
[390]Sermon CLVI.: Works (London, 1839), Vol. VI. p. 232.
[391]A New Discourse of Trade (5th edit.), p. 138, Ch. X.,Concerning Plantations.
[391]A New Discourse of Trade (5th edit.), p. 138, Ch. X.,Concerning Plantations.
[392]Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, etc., of the British Settlements in North America, (Boston, 1749,) Vol. I. Part 1, p. 115.
[392]Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, etc., of the British Settlements in North America, (Boston, 1749,) Vol. I. Part 1, p. 115.
[393]Ibid., Vol. I., Part 2, p. 490, note.
[393]Ibid., Vol. I., Part 2, p. 490, note.
[394]History of the United States (Boston, 1845), Vol. I. pp. 53, 54.
[394]History of the United States (Boston, 1845), Vol. I. pp. 53, 54.
[395]History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, p. 168. See, also, p. 103.
[395]History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, p. 168. See, also, p. 103.
[396]Howison, History of Virginia, Vol. I. p. 169.
[396]Howison, History of Virginia, Vol. I. p. 169.
[397]Ibid., Vol. II. p. 201.
[397]Ibid., Vol. II. p. 201.
[398]London Magazine, July, 1751, Vol. XX. p. 293.
[398]London Magazine, July, 1751, Vol. XX. p. 293.
[399]Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders: Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe (Oxford, 1840), Vol. IV. pp. 87, 88.
[399]Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders: Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe (Oxford, 1840), Vol. IV. pp. 87, 88.
[400]Postlethwayt, Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, (London, 1757), Vol. II. p. 319, Art.Naval Stores.
[400]Postlethwayt, Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, (London, 1757), Vol. II. p. 319, Art.Naval Stores.
[401]Itinerant Observations in America: London Magazine, July, 1746, Vol. XV. p. 326.
[401]Itinerant Observations in America: London Magazine, July, 1746, Vol. XV. p. 326.
[402]The City Madam, Act V. Sc. 1.
[402]The City Madam, Act V. Sc. 1.
[403]History of South Carolina, pp. 2-5.
[403]History of South Carolina, pp. 2-5.
[404]History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 82.
[404]History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 82.
[405]Hewit, Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of South Carolina and Georgia, Vol. I. p. 104.
[405]Hewit, Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of South Carolina and Georgia, Vol. I. p. 104.
[406]Ibid., pp. 92, 115.
[406]Ibid., pp. 92, 115.
[407]History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 120.
[407]History of the United States, Vol. II. p. 120.
[408]Kenelm Henry Digby, Godefridus, p. 86.
[408]Kenelm Henry Digby, Godefridus, p. 86.
[409]Only a short time before this speech, a Rebel incursion, organized in Canada, had reached this place.
[409]Only a short time before this speech, a Rebel incursion, organized in Canada, had reached this place.
[410]See,ante, Vol. VIII. pp. 165, 169, 175.
[410]See,ante, Vol. VIII. pp. 165, 169, 175.
[411]McPherson’s Political History of the United States during the Great Rebellion, p. 406.
[411]McPherson’s Political History of the United States during the Great Rebellion, p. 406.
[412]Ibid., p. 301.
[412]Ibid., p. 301.