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.

BOSTON:
THURSTON, TORRY & COMPANY, PRINTERS,

DEVONSHIRE STREET.

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.

1847.

29,

243-249

SPEECH FOR UNION AMONG MEN OF ALL PARTIES AGAINST

THE SLAVE POWER, AND THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY,

IN A MASS CONVENTION AT WORCESTER, JUNE 28,

1848

250-264

SPEECH 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,

1849 .

292-331

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,