Sumner, Charles

285

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 February 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

285 - L. Feb. 17; ed: 2/1 - Sumner offers the following amendments to the
Constitution of the United States: That Congress he authorized to make
laws to enforce the prohibition of slavery; that representation and
direct taxes shall be apportioned among the states of the Union; to
abolish the provision that a person held to service in one state and
escaping to another state shall by law be returned to the first state.
"We are glad to know that these amendments are to be received by Con- .
gress. Let slavery now receive its quietus." (12)

Constitutions / Amendments

Index terms:

*Amendments, Constitutional; *Constitutions; Sumner, Charles; U. S. Congress; U. S. constitution

954

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 April 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

954 - L. Apr. 8; ed: 2/2 - Sumner, chairman on foreign relations in the
Senate, in his Cooper institute speech, took even stronger ground than
is expressed in the resolution against knuckling to Napoleon. "Napoleon
will now understand the temper of the people of this country; Mexico - -
cannot be the colony of an European Monarch." (4)

Foreign Relations / Border Raids / Diplomats, Appointments, Service

Index terms:

Cooper institute (N. Y.); Mexico; Napoleon, Louis; Sumner, Charles; U. S. Senate

2565

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 February 1864 (ed; 6 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2565 - L. Feb. 11; ed: 2/1, 2 - Sumner's resolutions demand the restoration
of the Union on the broad and righteous basis of universal freedom.
"Such a praliation (sic) will be placing Universal Emancipation under
the sanction of the constitution, so that freedom shall be engraved on
every foot of the soil." (6)

Wars / Civil War / Peace

Index terms:

"Peace (Civil War); Sumner, Charles; Union