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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 1 1 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 52: Tenure-of-office act.—equal suffrage in the District of Columbia, in new states, in territories, and in reconstructed states.—schools and homesteads for the Freedmen.—purchase of Alaska and of St. Thomas.—death of Sir Frederick Bruce.—Sumner on Fessenden and Edmunds.—the prophetic voices.—lecture tour in the West.—are we a nation?—1866-1867. (search)
reconstruction; and this agreement was carried out by the adoption of a rule to that effect in the Senate. Sumner, believing that legislation for the protection of the freed men and on other subjects was imperatively required, resisted the passage of the rule; and when reminded of caucus obligations, he maintained that senators were to look to the Constitution and not to a caucus for rules of honor and duty. The rule was adopted, and Sumner was very restive under the restriction. July 3, 5, 10, 1867; Works, vol. XI. pp. 369-396. Some of his amendments to the third reconstruction bill, offered Jul 11, were ruled out under the restriction; but two of them were held not to be excluded, and were carried, July 11 and 13. Works, vol. XI. pp. 397-408. This debate, which called out much feeling, is one of the few in Congress which has raised the question of the obligations of a party caucus. In a debate Dec. 18. 1871 (Congressional Globe, p 190), Sumner treated senatorial caucuses