considered, 507;
these articles incapable of bearing a burden, 507;
of the nature of an excise, and the money can be raised either way, 507;
if the bill is thrown out, then farewell to firm and determined measures,
507;
objections to an excise, 507;
the principle of excise is settled, 507;
reasons in favor of the duty, 507;
delay urged, 509;
money needed, 509;
a considerable deficiency, 509;
imports reduced by capture of American shipping, 509;
a general increased import would not effect the object, 509;
if peace continues, the revenue may be adequate--if war comes, it will be
deficient, 510;
better to postpone the subject, 510;
motion to reject the bill lost, 511;
amended so as to confine the duty to manufactured snuff, 511;
moved to strike out duty on refined sugars, 511;
now in its infancy, 512;
state of the trade--objections to the duty considered, 512;
motion to strike out lost, 512.
_Duties on Tonnage._--Debate in Committee of the Whole, 48;
objects of tonnage duties, 48;
motion to reduce from thirty to twenty cents, 48;
the objects accomplished, 48;
Southern products cannot bear high duties, 48;
reasons for the reduction insufficient, 49;
if we have various, we have not opposite interests, 49;
no feeling of jealousy or rivalry exists, 49;
encouragement of navigation indispensably necessary, 49;
the price of freight will equalize itself, 49;
regulation in favor of American shipping absolutely necessary to restore
equality with foreigners, 50;
Southern States indignant at the power which foreigners have over their
commerce, 50;
they look forward to the day when their navigation will be secured to the
Eastern States, 50;
under present circumstances a heavy tonnage duty will be attended with
dangerous consequences at the South, 50;
the principle of preference being fixed, it only remains to ascertain the
proper degree, 50;
a moderate duty should be allowed now, 50;
but little difference in the capacity of the several States for
ship-building, 50;
this encouragement will diffuse and equalize its operation in every port,
50;
proposition to lay a duty of fifty cents per ton on all vessels wholly or in
parts, owned by subjects of foreign powers, 53;
motion to reduce to forty until 1791; then increase it to seventy-five
cents, 53;
State duties are higher, and, if now reduced, will cause distress, 54;
if sufficient encouragement is given now, our navigation will probably
immediately flourish, 54;
doubtful policy now to reduce and then increase duty at the end of two
years, 54;
ship-building now needs the greatest encouragement, owing to its present low
state, 54;
different course pursued by the members from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania,
54;
people of the Southern States in debt, and have no shipping, and are unable
to sustain any new burdens, 55;
the difference in views does not arise from the geographical situation of
the country, 55;
the States expect Congress to protect their citizens in the property
acquired under State legislation, 55;
forty cents not too low, 54;
many years must elapse before we have sufficient tonnage to export our
commodities, 55;
the business is now in the hands of foreigners, and a duty will cause a rise
of freight by them, 55;
is fifty cents too high? 55;
a permanent regulation best, 55;
British shipping now crowds the ports of Virginia, although the tonnage duty
is twice as high, 56;
the question of discrimination has been decided, 56;
two years will not produce sufficient shipping--it will be improper to raise
the duty then, 56;
a certain tonnage duty best, 56;
motion to reduce, and then raise in two years, lost, 57;
regulations as adopted, 57;
_see Address_ of House to President, and page 257.
_Duties_, protective, on unwrought steel advocated, 35.
DUVALL, GEORGE, Representative from Maryland, 604.
E
EARLE, SAMUEL, Representative from South Carolina, 604.
EDWARDS, JOHN, Senator from Kentucky, 380, 441, 520.
_Elections_, contested, 94;
case of Wm. Smith, 94;
do. _note___, 94.
_Elections.--See Contested Elections._
_Electors of President._--Bill in relation to election of President
considered, 333;
longer time for the choice of Electors of President and Vice President, 333;
disagreeable consequences likely to follow a failure of choice, 333;
moved to strike out thirty days, 333;
if possible, the Electors should meet on the very day they are chosen, 333;
fourteen days would be a more proper time, 333;
it was hardly possible to know electors would agree in a choice--in such
cases a short time might answer, 333;
motion negatived, 333.
Objections urged to the clause requiring Executives to certify the names of
Electors, 333;
no person can be called on to discharge any duty for the U. S. who does not
receive an appointment from the U. S., 333;
if Congress cannot call upon Executives, upon whom can they call? 334;
provision improper, 334;
on the contrary, it is neither an undue assumption nor degrading to the
Executives, 334;
motion to strike out lost, 334.
ELLSWORTH, OLIVER, Senator from Connecticut, 9, 168, 251, 313, 380,
441, 520, 591;
ordered to inform the House of a quorum in the Senate, &c., 9;
appointed on Committee on Rules, in case of conference, first Congress--on
electing Chaplain, 10;
appointed on Judiciary Committee, first Congress, 10;
on committee on titles of President and Vice President, 13;
delivered message from the Senate to the House, 22;
report upon the commencement of the term of office of President, &c., 171;
on answer to President's speech, 596;
on consideration of resolutions relative to presentation of French flag,
598;
on resolutions relative to presentation of French flag, 599, 600.
ELMER, JONATHAN, Senator from New Jersey, 9, 151, 170.
_Embargo._--_See Great Britain_, retaliatory measures upon.
_Emigration_, Proclamation of Spanish Governor of Illinois Posts, 114;
encouragement of, 114.
_Estimates of Money_ necessary for 1794, 480.
_Excise Laws_, Debate, 263.
See "_Duties on Imports_" under head of _Distilled Spirits_;
memorial on the, 328.
_Excise.--See Duties_ on Imports, manufactured tobacco, 507.
_Executive Departments._--Resolution respecting, 85;
debate thereon, 85; how many departments shall be established? 85;
three moved, 85;
founded upon the constitutional division of these powers, 85;
Home Department should be added, 85;
previous motion withdrawn, 85;
new motion to establish a Department of Foreign Affairs, one of the
Treasury, one of War, 86;
Department of Foreign Affairs agreed to, 86.
_Mode of appointing the officer_, 86;
motion to strike out "by the President with the advice of the Senate," as
unnecessary, 86;
no serious reason against their insertion, 86;
the power of appointing is the gift of the Legislature, as the Secretary is
an inferior officer, 86;
the words only repeat those in the constitution, 86; words struck out by a
vote, 86.
_Power of Removal_ in the President doubted, 86;
impeachment the only mode, 86;
what the consequences of such an interpretation, 86;
absolutely necessary the President should have the power of removal, 87;
if an officer can be removed only by impeachment, he holds his office during
good behavior, 87;
it does not consist with the nature of things that impeachment should be the
only mode of removal, 87;
the power given to the Senate respecting appointments would be almost
nugatory if the President had the power of removal, 87;
if the House had the power of removal by the constitution, they could not
give it out of their hands, 87;
not a proper construction of the constitution to say impeachment is the only
mode of removal, 87;
a legislative construction of this part of the constitution necessary, 88;
in all cases the party who appointed should judge of the removal, unless
otherwise excepted, 88;
a liberal construction should be given to the constitution, 88;
the President should be made as responsible as possible for the conduct of
his officers, 88;
how the constitution provides for the appointment of public officers, 89;
the power which appointed had the right of removal--shall it be given to the
President alone? 89;
the power of removal exists somewhere, and where? 89;
it is an executive power, and belongs to the President, 89;
the power declared to be in the President by a large majority, 90.
_Department of Foreign Affairs_, in Committee of the Whole on the bill
to establish a, 102;
on the words, "To be removable from office by the President of the United
States," 102;
debate, 102;
the power of appointing and dismissing united in their natures, 102;
motion to strike out the words, 102;
the declaration should not be made even if the President has the power, 102;
no right to deprive the Senate of their constitutional prerogative, 102;
we are declaring a power in the President which may be greatly abused, 103;
the constitution the only guide; as it is silent, Congress should say
nothing about it, 103;
the nature of things; the express objects of the constitution require this
power in the President as the most suitable person, and it must be conferred
upon him by the constitution as the executive officer of the Government, 104;
safer in the hands of the President than elsewhere, 104;
if this power is not in the President, it is not vested anywhere, 105;
this construction preserves to the department the full exercise of its
powers, 105;
the precedent of the individual States, 106;
may arrive at something near certainty by attending to the leading
principles of the constitution, 106;
examination of the constitution, 107;
motion to strike out decided in the negative, 108;
passage of the bill, 108;
same clause attached to the bill organizing Department of War, 108.
_Treasury Department._--Debate, 90;
shall this important department be in the hands of a single officer or in a
Board of Commissioners? 90;
duties to be assigned to the Secretary, 90;
a Board of Treasury would conduct the business of finance with greater
security and satisfaction than a single officer, 92;
experience shows a Board of Treasury is the worst of all institutions, 92;
experience with a single individual, 92;
not so much system, energy, or responsibility in a Board as in a single
officer, 93;
with, a single officer there is safety, if the various business of the
department is divided and modified, 93;
with a Board more power is given to each individual than is proposed to give
to a Secretary, 93;
shall the department be under one or more officers is the question;
what does experience show? 93;
motion in favor of a Board lost, 94.
The words in bill to "digest and report plans for the improvement and
management of the revenue and the support of public credit," objected to, 109;
Debate thereon, 109;
to require the Secretary to make out and prepare estimates is sufficient--
any thing farther is a dangerous innovation upon the constitutional privilege
of the House, 109;
to report plans will abridge the privileges of the House, 109;
the bill will be nugatory without this clause, 109;
it cannot infringe the privileges of the House, 109;
from the nature of his office, the Secretary will be better acquainted than
any other person, 110;
the constitution expressly delegates to us
the business of revenue--if we blindly follow an unskilful minister, our
constituents have no security, 110;
the power of originating money bills here is a sacred deposit, 110;
we may neither violate it nor divest ourselves of it, 110;
the circumstances of the country are such that the House needs the aid of
such an individual, 111;
too great jealousy for liberty hurtful, 111;
the clause is unsafe and inconsistent with the constitution, 111;
the object of the clause is good, viz: to get information, but the Secretary
should not possess a right to give it, 111;
what is this officer to be responsible for, to entitle him to such powers?
112;
difficult to see where the danger lies, 112;
what is meant by responsibility? 112;
something of the kind is required in the bill, 112;
motion to strike out lost, 113.
_Home Department_ moved, 127;
duties of it proposed, 127;
necessity of it not apparent, 127;
duties may be distributed to other departments, 127;
they have not been so distributed, 127;
foreign to the other officers, 128;
economy forbids it, 128;
motion to establish lost, 128.
_Reception of a Letter from the Head of Department._--Motion to refer
a message of the President laying before Congress a copy of a letter from the
Secretary of War, &c., 566;
objected to, as showing too much deference to heads of departments, 566;
the President had a right to send the communication and the subject of
utmost importance, 567;
it is an executive comment on a Legislative proceeding, 567;
a defence of a measure adopted by the Senate condemned by implication
another of the House, 567;
no good reason to reject information because we had not asked for it, 567;
reference to the constitution, 567;
such jealousy needless, 567;
objections unfounded, 567;
letter of Secretary extremely improper and ill-judged, 567;
former practice, 568;
passage from the letter, 568;
the idea of a dangerous precedent at hand, 568;
report unworthy of the notice of the House, 569;
the amendment wrong in principle and practice, 569;
farther consideration of the subject, 570;
amendment negatived, 571.
F
FEW, WILLIAM, Senator from Georgia, 9, 168, 251, 309, 380;
on committee of arrangements for reception of President, 10;
appointed on Judiciary Committee, 1st Congress, 10.
FINDLAY, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 317, 389, 455,
532, 606;
on the ratio of representation, 324;
on the petition of Catharine Greene, 336;
on discharging committee in case of St. Clair, 395;
on the reduction of the army, 408;
further remarks, 414;
on the official conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, 424;
objects to additional duty on salt, 506;
on intruders on Indian lands, 585;
on a salary for members of Congress, 636;
on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 668.
FISHBOURN, BENJAMIN, nomination as naval officer at Savannah rejected
by the Senate, 17.
FITCH, JOHN, petition for protection of his rights in applying steam
power to purposes of navigation, 73.
FITZSIMONS, THOMAS, Representative from Pennsylvania, 22, 175, 255,
315, 388, 455, 527;
remarks on duties on imports--offers an amendment fixing certain duties on
certain articles, 24;
on duty on molasses, 29, 30, 31;
on duty on Madeira wine, 31;
on duty on teas, 32;
on sugar, 33;
on duty on beer, &c., 33;
do. on candles, 34;
advocates do. on unwrought steel, 35;
on duty on hemp, 36;
do. on nails, 38;
motion relative to duty on teas, 41;
proposes drawback on distilled spirits, 43;
proposes drawbacks on foreign goods exported, 43;
opposes low tonnage duties, 54;
explanation of his remarks relative to duty on molasses, 69;
on the time for continuing in force the impost bill, 77;
further remarks, 84;
on the finances, 128;
offers resolution for the appointment of commissioners
to select site for a seat of government, &c., 159;
presents the address of Friends in Pennsylvania, &c., against the African
slave trade, _note_, 201;
on Treasury returns, 263;
against attendance of Secretary of War, 391;
on the reduction of the army, 400; on official conduct of Secretary of
Treasury, 426;
on the pay of soldiers, 460;
on the French emigrants from St. Domingo, 463;
on the commerce of the United States, 468;
on the preparations for the Algerine war, 478;
against the embargo laws, 499;
defends the tax on coal, 506;
on duty on sugar, 513;
on an increase of the army, 515;
amendment relative to the President's speech, 533, 537;
on intruders on Indian lands, 585.
_French Flag._--Resolutions relating thereto, considered in the Senate,
597;
moved to postpone consideration, 597;
it might convey a distrust of the sense of the Senate on the Republic, 598;
no difference of feeling in the Senate on the subject, but more time was
desirable, 598;
moved to strike out certain words, 598;
the parts of the President's communication, 598;
the subject was divided into two parts, 599;
other points considered, 599;
the Senate should express their own sentiments, 599;
former practice, 600;
other cases considered, 600;
no difference, except in a matter of form, 600;
further considerations, 601;
motion carried, 601;
presentation to the House, 615;
do. description of, 615.
_Flag of the United States._--A bill from the Senate to alter the flag of
the United States, considered, 461;
if it is altered from thirteen to fifteen stripes because Vermont and
Kentucky have been added, it may be necessary to alter it for a hundred years,
461;
very important not to offend the new States, 461;
the whole idea ridiculous, 461;
important to inform the rest of the world that two States were added, 461;
the alteration would cost every vessel in the Union sixty dollars, 462;
bill ordered to third reading, 462.
FLOYD, WILLIAM, Representative from New York, 27, 175, 255.
_Foreign Intercourse.--See Intercourse._
FORREST, URIAH, Representative from Maryland, 458;
on the commerce of the United States, 467.
FOSTER, ABIEL, Representative from New Hampshire, 137, 175, 255, 604.
FOSTER, DWIGHT, Representative from Massachusetts, 527, 604;
on the execution of the British treaty, 734.
FOSTER, THEODORE, Senator from Rhode Island, 309, 380, 444, 520, 591.
_France, Advance of Money to._--The report relative to an advance of
money requested by the Minister of the French Republic, considered, 514;
American citizens have claims for indemnification, why use the money to pay
to France before it is due, 514;
the cause of France and this country inseparably connected, 514;
they are our old allies, 514;
the loan in Europe was obtained for the defence of this country--it would be
imprudence to apply it to any other purpose, 514;
no ground for a plea of necessity for giving this money, 514;
no good reason for disposing of this money in this way, 514;
complaints have arisen of want of money in the Treasury since that has been
proposed, 517; bill
amended and passed, 517.
_France._--Letter of French King, 313;
resolutions on courtesies of, 370.
_Franking Privileges.--See Post Office Bill._
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, death announced to the House, 239;
eulogy on, in France, sent to Senate, 253.
FRANKLIN, JESSE, Representative from North Carolina, 604.
_Freedom of Conscience._--Amendment to the constitution, debate on, 137.
FREEMAN, NATHANIEL, Jr., Representative from Mass., 604;
on the answer to the President's speech, 606.
FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK, Senator from New Jersey, 524, 591.
_French Committee_ of Public Safety, address of, 616.
_French Minister's_ address to the President on the presentation of the
Flag of the French Republic, 616.
_French Refugees._--The petition of the committee appointed by the
Legislature of Maryland to draw and distribute the money appropriated by that
State to the French refugees, considered, 462;
three thousand fugitives from St. Domingo had been at once landed, 462;
what article of the constitution grants a right to Congress to expend on
benevolent objects the money of their constituents? 462;
a dangerous precedent would be established, 462;
generosity of the English Parliament in 1755, 462;
perhaps some other mode can be devised, 462;
as much authority for relieving these fugitives as for indemnifying citizens
for losses by British pirates, 462;
the two cases widely different, 463;
no difficulty in this matter, we are bound by the law of nature and of
nations to relieve the citizens of a Republic who were our allies, and
formerly our benefactors, 463;
look at our treatment of the Indian embassies, 463;
delay was desirable in this matter, 463;
its legality is doubtful, 463;
an appeal to our humanity is out of place, 463;
petition for the speedy action of Congress on the memorial, 474;
moved to pay $10,000 and negotiate the matter with the French Minister, 474;
House has a right to, 474;
passage of the motion warmly urged, 474;
not to be tied up by the constitution in such a case, 474;
it should be done as an act of charity, 475;
motion passed, 475.
_Frontiers, Protection of._--Bill for further and more effectual
provision for the protection of the frontiers, considered, 341;
moved to strike out the section for raising three regiments of infantry and
a squadron of dragoons, 341;
the Indian war is unjust and unwise, 341;
the general treatment of the Indians unwise and impolitic, 341;
_note_, 341;
peace may be obtained at less expense than is necessary for war, 342;
the roving disposition of frontier settlers should be checked, 342;
no hope of success while Britain retains possession of the posts, 342;
should be content to defend the frontier and not invade, 342;
frontier militia better than regular troops, 342;
even to secure the objects in view no such increase in the military
establishment necessary, 343;
the troops to be employed should be raised at once, 343;
information on the report not implicitly reliable, 343;
frontier militia the best troops, 343;
the expense a serious matter at this time, 343;
is not the object of this movement to raise a standing regular military
force? 344;
no one knows for what reason the war has been carried on three years, 344;
it is said a sum might be appropriated to enable the executive to act as
circumstances require, but it is the duty of the House to appropriate money
for specific purposes, 344.
We could have had the British posts if an embargo had been laid, 344;
no man who regards self-preservation can doubt the justice of the war, 344;
the murders and depredations of years call for redress, 344;
the whites have seldom committed depredations, 345;
peace is utterly unattainable by friendly efforts in the present state of
affairs, 345;
frequent attempts at treaties have been made, but in vain, 345;
Indians have rejected our offers and added insults, 345;
it is too late to inquire into the justice of the war, 345;
a force must be raised, and the question is what the force shall be, 346;
the number proposed is not extravagant if the number of the Indians is
considered, 346;
every reason to expect a most formidable opposition, 346;
the objection of increased expense is vain compared with an unsuccessful
campaign, 346;
the experience of Virginia and Kentucky offers no inducement to the
government to follow any other plan than the one proposed, 347;
militia quickly disband or become insubordinate from slight causes, 347;
Cornplanter's speech referred to, 347;
galleries cleared and speech confidentially read, 347;
_note_, Cornplanter's speech, 347;
subject originally referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, 348;
consequences of that reference, 348;
clauses of the bill, 348;
what reflection arises from a contemplation of this bill, 349;
motion to strike out, lost, 349;
bill passed, 350.
_South-western Frontier_, to protect more effectually, bill considered,
517;
when all other schemes have been voted down for raising a military force, it
appears in this form, 517;
regular troops useless in this service, 517;
this no part of a system, 517;
Indians are fifteen thousand strong, 517;
a body of militia only is wanted, 517;
this bill proposes a bounty for raising a particular corps, while the army
needs all to fill its deficiencies, 518;
Indians eight thousand strong, 518; posts do more mischief than service,
518;
experience of years, 518;
amendment lost, 518.
_Fugitives from justice._--Bill of Senate, 384, 385;
bill passed Senate, 416;
read in the House, &c., 417;
passed, 417;
_note_, 417.
G
GALE, GEORGE, Representative from Maryland, 21, 175;
on duty on beer, &c., 33.
GALLATIN, ALBERT, Senator from Pennsylvania, 386, 441;
proves citizenship, 448, 450, 452;
Representative from Pennsylvania, 604;
on the support of existing establishments, 626, 628;
on the call for papers relative to British treaty, 640;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 644;
on the execution of the British treaty, 735;
on the admission of Tennessee, 757, 759;
on the military and naval appropriation, 763, 764, 765, 766.
_Georgia_, vote for President, 10, 385.
_General Wayne_, resolutions of thanks to, considered, 542;
bad consequences might ensue from the practice of giving opinions of men,
542;
abundance of precedents, 543;
it must be shown that it is improper in any case to pass such a vote, or
that this is an improper case, 543;
the resolution proper and unexceptionable, 544;
this point considered, 544;
it is simply a question of mere propriety, 545;
this propriety considered, 545;
resolutions adopted, 546.
_General welfare_, clause examined and explained, 362.
GERRY, ELBRIDGE, Representative from Massachusetts, 21, 175, 255,
315, 388;
appointed on Committee of Supplies, 46;
on application to amend the constitution, 48;
doubts the power of Congress to require oaths of State officers, 51;
reports a bill for the collection of duties, 57;
on effects of high duties, 64;
asks further investigations relative to duty on molasses, 72;
urges limitation of the impost bill, 78;
further remarks, 80;
doubts the power of the President to remove heads of departments, 89;
on organization of Treasury Department, 90;
called to order, 91;
_note_ on, 91;
on Board of Treasury, 92;
on President's power of removal, 106;
on identity of reporting plans and originating money bills, 111;
on the finances, 128;
on the amount of pay of members of Congress, 131, 132;
on the form of amending the constitution, 135;
on the terms federalist and anti-federalist, 138;
on the right and obligation of instruction, 139, 142, 143;
urges delay in fixing seat of Government, 166;
on manner in which Secretary of the Treasury shall make his report, 177;
on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 183;
on the humanity of the Quaker memorial, 204;
upon constitutionality of interference of Congress with slave trade, 211;
on a seat of Government, 245;
further remarks, 247;
on vacancy in the Presidency, 269;
on interference of excise officers in elections, 271;
on the commitment of the bill for a bank of the U.S., 273;
speech on the bank, 300; on the ratio of representation, 320;
further remarks, 327;
does a resignation produce a vacancy, 329;
offers a resolution on reports of Secretary of Treasury, 330;
on vacancy of Presidency, 335;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 356;
on the publication of the debates, 377;
on attendance of Secretary of War, 392;
on discharging committee on defeat of St. Clair, 394, 395.
GILBERT, EZEKIEL, Representative from New York, 455, 527, 604;
on a salary for members of Congress, 636.
GILES, WILLIAM B. Representative from Virginia, 255, 315, 388, 455,
528, 604;
on excise bill, 266;
on vacancy in the Presidency, 270;
speech on the Bank of the U.S., 296;
on the ratio of representation, 324;
is a resignation a constitutional vacancy, 328;
on vacancy of Presidency, 334;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 350;
on the stamp of American coin, 372;
on the apportionment bill, 374;
against attendance of Secretary of War, 391;
on attendance of Secretary of War, 392;
on discharging committee on defeat of St. Clair, 393, 394;
on the official conduct of the Secretary of Treasury, 425;
further remarks, 427;
on the flag of the Union, 461;
on the French emigrants from St. Domingo, 463;
on conducting the Algerine War, 477, 480;
examination of principles relative to the sequestration of British debts,
486;
against the continuance of the embargo, 500;
on modifying it, 502;
urges postponement of indemnity resolutions, 505;
against increase of the army, 515;
on the advance of money to France, 516;
on the bill to raise a force for the protection of the frontier, 517;
on admitting the delegate south of the Ohio, 529;
on the President's speech, 533, 538;
reports a bill on soldier's pay, 541;
on the resolutions of thanks to Gen. Wayne, 542, 544;
on the investigation of losses by Pennsylvania insurgents, 553;
on an amendment to the Naturalization laws, 555;
on excluding titled foreigners from citizenship, 557, 558, 560, 563;
on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 567, 569;
on the reduction of salaries, 575;
on the frontier settlers, 587;
on the answer to the President's speech, 606;
on the attempt at bribery, by Robert Randall, 610;
on the resolution relative to bribery, 622;
on the support of existing establishments, 628;
on establishing Indian trading houses, 634;
on a salary for members of Congress, 635;
on the pay of the Speaker, 638, 639;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 653;
on the execution of the British treaty, 718;
on the army establishment, 760.
GILLESPIE, JAMES, Representative from North Carolina, 459, 536;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 576.
GILLON, ALEXANDER, Representative from South Carolina, 498;
in favor of continuing the embargo, 501;
opposes the tax on salt, 506;
against duties on tobacco and sugar, 510;
on the advance of money to France, 514, 516;
on force to protect the S. W. frontier, 517;
deceased, 582.
GILMAN, NICHOLAS, Representative from New Hampshire, 21, 175, 255,
315, 388, 455, 527, 604;
on a committee to report a bill regulating oaths, 22.
_Glass, window and other_, duty fixed, 41.
GLENN, HENRY, Representative from New York, 455, 527.
GOODHUE, BENJAMIN, Representative from Massachusetts, 21, 175, 255,
315, 388, 455, 527, 604;
on duty on molasses, 29, 31;
on duty on salt beef, 34;
on manufacture of nails, &c., 38;
on duty on teas, 42;
on giving preference to American shipping, 50;
the object to raise revenue, 65;
opposes deliberation on subject of President's title, 67;
thinks duties too high for collection, excepting that on molasses, 69;
on connection of molasses trade with the fisheries, 71;
on concurrence of the Senate in appointments, 88;
on location of the seat of Government, 145;
further remarks, 148, 149, 160;
on ratio of representation, 322;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 351;
further remarks, 360;
on the flag of the Union, 461;
on the commerce of the United States, 472;
on the preparations for the Algerine war, 479;
moves to refer indemnity resolutions to Committee of the Whole, 503;
opposed to referring indemnity resolutions to committee on sequestration of
British debts, 503, 504;
urges delay in laying duties on tobacco and sugar, 509;
on a salary for members of Congress, 635;
on the pay of the Speaker, 638;
on the execution of the British treaty, 717.
GOODRICH, CHAUNCEY, Representative from Connecticut, 604.
GORDON, JAMES, Representative from New York, 315, 388, 455, 527.
GRAYSON, WILLIAM, Representative from Virginia, 15.
_Great Britain, Treaty with.--See Treaty, &c._
_Great Britain, Retaliatory Measures upon.--Sequestration of debts due_
to, considered, 482;
considering the conduct of Great Britain sequestration, merely, is a great
lenity, 483;
no hope of the restitution of our property plundered on the seas--no
possibility of indemnification, 483;
no other method by which to enforce our claims, 483;
it would be warrantable to sequester without negotiation, 483;
with these resolutions, we may have peace--without them we shall have war,
483;
not for the interest of the United States at this time, 484;
the proposition is to arrest, not confiscate debts due to British subjects,
484;
law of nations considered, 484;
by this measure we make their motives for peace more weighty, and show our
amicable disposition, 484;
various points considered, 485;
two points involved--the right of one nation to sequester the property of
another in any possible case, and the policy of exercising this right at this
time, 486;
these points considered, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492.
_Non-intercourse with Great Britain_, considered, 493;
moved to prohibit all commercial intercourse between citizens of the United
States and subjects of Great Britain, as respects articles of the growth or
manufacture of Great Britain, 493;
the line of conduct that should be pursued, 493;
this measure, a war measure, 493;
no representation of our injuries has been made, 494;
how far does cool, temperate reflection direct our conduct? 494;
constitutional considerations, 495;
answers to them, 495;
admitting the constitutionality and the right of the committee to originate
the measure, and the aggression of Great Britain; are these principles
sufficient to justify so harsh a measure?. 496;
resolutions adopted, 498.
_Embargo, continuation of_, considered, 498;
reason for its adoption ceased, 499;
numerous inconveniences have arisen from the measure, 499;
British conduct now altered, 499;
should not be revoked until a change of system by the British Government
warrants it, 499;
if it continues, the value of our imports will rise one hundred per cent.,
500;
France will suffer considerably if it is continued, 500;
the other measures of the system have been laid aside and this should be,
500;
although the reasons for it have not changed, it should be discontinued, as
it will now operate against ourselves and our allies, 500;
farmers suffer from the present restraints, 500;
letter from the merchants of Charleston, 500;
various considerations for its continuance, 501;
the reason for the embargo, 501;
reason for its continuance, 501;
resolution for its continuance lost, 502.
_Indemnity for Spoliations_ considered, 503;
resolution that the United States indemnify her citizens for property
captured and confiscated by Great Britain, &c., 503;
moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee of the Whole, 503;
moved to amend by referring it to the committee to whom was referred the
resolution for the sequestration of British debts, 503;
objected that the subject was distinct and separate, 503;
urged that the two subjects ought not to be separated, 503;
wrong to bring up this motion alone, 503;
only course of indemnity was by sequestration, 503;
security and protection should be extended to all interests, and redress for
all injuries, 504;
if present negotiations fail, we owe it to our citizens to obtain redress,
504;
the reference moved is not fair for various reasons, 504;
a tax should be laid to effect indemnity to our citizens, 504;
the subject should be laid aside for the present, 505;
there are strong reasons for indemnity, and also against connecting it with
sequestration, 505;
amendment agreed to, 505.
GREEN, ASHBEL, chosen Chaplain, 388.
GREENE, CATHARINE, Petition of widow, to obtain an indemnification
from United States against certain engagements of General Greene, undertaken
while commanding officer of U. S. army, 335;
recommendation of Secretary of Treasury, 335;
pressing necessity compelled General Greene to become surety, for which
indemnity is now claimed, 336;
the claim is just, 336;
a resolution moved, 336;
three alternatives were left to the committee, 336;
claim should be granted by special law as matter of right, 336;
circumstances connected with the evacuation of Charleston, 337;
how to distinguish between the articles necessary and the other goods, 337;
danger of establishing a bad precedent considered, 338;
the measure not proper or just, 338;
contract not beneficial to the United States, 338;
character and circumstances of General Greene, 339;
of the manner of conducting the affairs in South Carolina, 339;
points of contest before the committee, 340;
those points considered, 340;
further debate, 340;
resolution negatived, 340;
further resolution relative to the report of Secretary of the Treasury, 340;
resolutions on indemnity, 370;
do. passage, 375;
petition for indemnity against the demands of Harris & Blatchford
considered, 761;
report of committee, 761;
resolution referred to Committee on Claims, 762;
facts, 762.
GREENUP, CHRISTOPHER, Representative from Kentucky, 455, 527, 609;
on the flag of the Union, 461;
on intruders on Indian lands, 585.
GREGG, ANDREW, Representative from Pennsylvania, 317, 397, 455, 528,
609;
on the sense of the House relative to the British treaty, 751.
GRIFFIN, SAMUEL, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 255, 315,
388, 457, 527;
on committee for reception of President, 27.
GRISWOLD, ROGER, Representative from Connecticut, 604;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 647;
on the execution of the British treaty, 735.
GROUT, JONATHAN, Representative from Massachusetts, 46, 175, 255.
GROVE, WILLIAM BARRY, Representative from North Carolina, 317, 393,
458, 528, 604.
GUNN, JAMES, Senator from Georgia, 10, 254, 313, 448, 524, 591.
H
HAMPTON, WADE, Representative from South Carolina, 608.
HANCOCK, GEORGE, Representative from Virginia, 457, 527, 604.
HANCOCK, JOHN, votes for, as Vice President, in 1789, 10.
HARPER, ROBERT G., Representative from South Carolina, 582, 604;
on difficulties with the Indians, 588;
on the answer to the President's speech, 607;
on the Randall bribery case, 611;
on a stenographer for the House, 631;
on establishing Indian trading-houses, 634;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 643;
on the sense of the House relative to the British treaty, 752.
HARRISON, CARTER B., Representative from Virginia, 455, 528, 604.
HARRISON, ROBERT H., votes for, as Vice President, 10.
HARTLEY, THOMAS, Representative from Pennsylvania, 21, 175, 260, 309,
455, 527, 606;
speech on laying duties on imports, 25;
on duties of the Secretary of the Treasury, 111;
on the form of amending the constitution, 136;
on the right of instruction, 138;
on location of the seat of Government, 146;
further remarks, 148;
on the propriety of naturalization laws, 185;
urges residence as a condition of naturalization, 186;
further remarks, 190;
on the Quaker memorial, 202;
calls up memorial of Pennsylvania Society, 208;
further remarks, 229;
on discrimination among the public creditors, 219;
moves report on memorial of officers of the navy, 239;
do. remarks on, 239;
on a seat of Government, 246;
on the petition of Catharine Greene, 339;
on the reduction of the army, 399;
further remarks, 403;
on indemnification to sufferers by Pennsylvania insurgents, 550, 551;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 647.
HATHORN, JOHN, Representative from New York, 43, 175, 260, 608.
HAVENS, JONATHAN N., Representative from New York, 604.
HAWKINS, BENJAMIN, Senator from North Carolina, 170, 251, 309, 380,
441, 520.
HEATH, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 455, 527, 604;
on indemnification to sufferers by Pennsylvania insurgents, 549;
on the execution of the British treaty, 719.
HEISTER, DANIEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 21, 175, 255, 315,
458, 528, 604;
appointed by the House to make list of votes for President as they are
counted in the Senate, 22;
advocates encouragement to growth of hemp by duty, 37;
appointed on committee to draft bill on tonnage duties, 57;
moves to select Harrisburg for the seat of Government, 151.
_Hemp_, debate on duty on, 36, 37;
do. fixed, 38.
HENDERSON, THOMAS, Representative from New Jersey, 606.
HENRY, JOHN, Senator from Maryland, 10, 168, 254, 312, 382, 523, 591.
HILLHOUSE, JAMES, Representative from Connecticut, 315, 389, 456,
527, 604;
on the ratio of representation, 327;
on vacancy of Presidency, 335;
on the reduction of the army, 414;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 429;
on the advance of money to France, 514;
on the President's speech, 532, 540;
on thanks to General Wayne, 542;
on damages by Pennsylvania insurgents, 547, 554;
on the admission of foreigners to citizenship, 560;
on the resolutions relative to intruders on Indian lands, 585;
on the resolution relative to bribery, 622;
on a salary for members of Congress. 635;
on the pay of the Speaker, 638;
on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 690;
on the execution of the British treaty, 721;
on the sense of the House relative to the British treaty, 751.
HINDMAN, WILLIAM, Representative from Maryland, 457, 527, 604.
HOLLAND, JOHN, Representative from North Carolina, 604;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 661;
on the execution of the British treaty, 730.
HOLTEN, SAMUEL, Representative from Massachusetts, 455, 527.
_House_, elects Frederick A. Muhlenberg Speaker, 9;
of Representatives, meets in Senate Chamber to count electoral votes, 10;
meets Senate to count electoral votes, 22;
proceedings relative to Washington's inaugural, 46;
answer to same, 47, 53;
thanks presented to the Speaker, 90;
conference with the Senate on the impost bill, 113;
results of, 113;
adjournment of, 167;
journal of, title of, 176;
answer to President's speech, 178;
answer to President's address at 3d session, 1st Congress, 259;
answer to President's message, 316;
answer to the President's message, 389;
answer to the President's address, 456;
answer of, to President's speech, 609;
answer to the President's speech, 2d session, 3d Congress, 541.
HUGER, DANIEL, Representative from South Carolina, 27, 175, 255, 315,
390.
HUNTER, JOHN, Representative from South Carolina, 457, 528;
on the relief of the French emigrants, 474.
HUNTINGDON, SAMUEL, votes for, as Vice President, 10.
HUNTINGTON, BENJAMIN, Representative from Connecticut, 21, 175, 255;
on application to amend the constitution, 48;
urges limitation of the impost bill, 79;
on the power of removal, 103;
on the amendment to the constitution relative to freedom of conscience, 137;
opposes easy terms of naturalization, 189;
on memorial of officers of navy, 240;
on a seat of Government, 242.
I
_Imports.--See Duties_ on imports.
_Indemnity_, for spoliations.--_See Great Britain._
_Indian lands within a State, Rights over._--The claim of Thomas Person
to certain lands on the frontier of North Carolina, and ceded by the United
States Commissioners to the Indians, considered, 576;
_note_, 576;
the conduct of other States, 576;
the Government of the United States has converted property of the citizens
of North Carolina, and they ask compensation, 576;
examination of authorities on the rights of the sovereign to take property,
576;
detail of the circumstances of the present dispute, 577;
the claim of North Carolina to sell the land was wrong, 578;
the cause of all the disputes with the Federal Government, 578;
have the United States taken away any claim which the purchasers of these
lands had, 578;
suitable method to settle the matter, 578;
Indians never occupied the lands, 578;
on the limits of the States and the right to what was jointly acquired, 579;
North Carolina could grant only the pre-emption right, 579;
further details respecting the grants in North Carolina, 579;
these lands within the limits guaranteed by the articles of Confederation,
580;
further particulars, 580;
resolutions reported to the House, 582;
do. further reported, 583.
_Indian lands disposed of by the Legislature of Georgia_, considered,
583;
resolutions on the subject, 584;
they subject persons to martial law, 584;
amendment proposed, 584;
also that persons in pursuit of Indians should not be liable to the law,
584;
useless to expend money to protect the frontier if this permission is
granted, 585;
better declare there shall be no frontier, 585;
no man could be arrested under this amendment, 585;
amendment carried in committee, 585;
reported to House, 586;
reasons for authorizing pursuit of Indians, 587;
importance of the amendment, 587;
further considerations, 588;
lost, 589.
_Indians, Southern_, treaty to be negotiated with, 18.
_Indian Trading Houses_, bill for establishing trading houses for
supplying Indians considered, 585;
tends to conciliate an unhappy and distressed people, 585;
bill of utmost consequence, 586;
system of arrangements for the frontiers proposed, 586;
bill to establish trading post considered, 624;
amendments made, 624;
the object of the bill unattainable, 624;
it effects a change in our system, 625;
influence of the Canada traders, 625;
_note_, 625;
objects of the measure, 625;
bill put on its passage, 625;
principles of the bill considered, 634;
no opinion of governmental bargains, 634;
_note_, 634;
bill passed, 635.
_Indian Tribes._--Message from the President on disputes between the same
and some of the States, 16.
_Instruction_, right of debate on, 138.
_Insurgents of Pennsylvania.--See Pennsylvania Insurgents._
_Intercourse Foreign_.--On the bill providing means of intercourse with
foreign nations, 242;
moved to strike out thirty and insert forty thousand dollars, 242;
reasons urged in opposition, 242;
reasons urged in favor of the motion, 242;
motion adopted, 242.
_Invalid Pensions_, bill reported, 406.
IRVINE, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 455, 551.
IZARD, RALPH, Senator from South Carolina, 10,168,251,309, 380, 441,
520;
on committee on future disposition of papers of late Secretary of Congress,
10;
added to Judiciary committee, 10;
on committee for conducting reception of President, 11;
on committee to wait on Vice President, 11.
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JACKSON, GEO., Representative from Virginia, 604.
JACKSON, JAMES, Representative from Georgia, 42, 175, 255;
remarks in favor of reducing duties, 44;
remarks on tonnage duties, 48;
on power of Congress to require oaths of State officers, 51;
objects to high duties on account of expense of their collection, 64;
temptation to smuggle, 64;
considers subject of title for President as trifling, 68;
urges postponement of consideration of duty on African slaves imported, 73;
further remarks, 74;
urges limitation to impost bill, 81;
on the power of the President to remove officers, 87;
remarks on citizenship and foreign allegiance, 98;
opposes discrimination in the pay of Senators and Representatives, 123;
further remarks, 126;
on the form of amending the constitution, 136;
on the rights of instruction, 139;
on location of a seat of Government, 149;
on amendments of the Senate to House bill on seat of Government, 165;
on subjects embraced in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 182;
further remarks, 183, 184;
on testimonials of behavior and conduct as requisites of naturalization,
187;
favors a progressive and probational naturalization, 189;
further remarks, 189;
a funded debt is an injury, 191;
further remarks, 195, 197, 199;
opposes a commitment of the Quaker memorial, 202;
on property of master in the slave, 209;
on discrimination among the public creditors, 216;
further remarks, 217;
on memorial of Officers of the Navy, 240;
on answer to the President's message, 256;
further remarks, 257;
on price of public lands, 261;
moves to strike out essential part of first clause of bill relating to
duties on distilled spirits, 261;
remarks on, 261;
further remarks, 264,270,271,272;
on the commitment of the bill for Bank of the United States, 272;
speech on the Bank, 285;
petition on election and return of Anthony Wayne, 324;
Senator from Georgia, 445, 520.
JACOBS, ISAAC, Representative from Pennsylvania, 389.
_Jails of the States_, resolutions on, 308.
JAY, JOHN, votes for, as Vice President in 1789, 10.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS, desires to return from France as Minister, 15;
votes for, as Vice President in 1793, 386.
JOHNS, KINSEY, claims a seat as Senator from Delaware--claim
considered, 453;
rejected, 453.
JOHNSON, WM. S., Senator from Connecticut, 9, 168, 254;
resigned, 309;
on committee on future disposition of papers of late Secretary of Congress,
10;
on committee of arrangements for reception of President, 10;
on committee to prepare answer to Washington's inaugural, 12;
on committee on titles of President and Vice President, 13.
JOHNSTON, SAMUEL, Senator from North Carolina, 171, 251, 309, 383.
JOHN TORREY.--Petition of, in Committee of the Whole on report of
Secretary of Treasury, 317;
Congress promised half-pay to the officers who should continue in service to
_the end of the War._--Major Torrey continued in service till near end of
1783 and died, did he continue in service to the end of the war? 318;
peace concluded April, 1783, 318;
what was the intention of the parties in this contract? 318;
when did the war end? 318;
what does the law of nations say? 318;
distinction between preliminaries and a definite treaty by the law of
nations, 318;
objections considered, 319;
the question does not turn on a judicial principle, 319;
certain established rules have been observed in settling with every officer,
320;
terms of contract decided by the sovereign power, 320;
motion for accepting report carried, 320.
_Judiciary_, Senate committee on, first Congress, 10.
K
_Kentucky_, memorial of a convention in, 253;
vote for President in 1793, 385.
KEY, PHILIP, Representative from Maryland, 388.
KING, RUFUS, Senator from New York, 16, 168, 251, 312, 380, 444,
520, 591;
on answer to Presidents speech, 594.
KITCHELL, AARON, Representative from New Jersey, 316, 388, 455, 527,
604;
on the ratio of representation, 328;
on the execution of the British treaty, 734.
KITTERA, JOHN W., Representative from Pennsylvania, 323, 388, 455,
527, 604;
on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 569;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 578;
on the execution of the British treaty, 729.
L
LA FAYETTE, bill relative to the accounts of, 448;
son of, letter from, 740.
_Lands, Western_, disposal of, 99;
report of committee, 113;
plan of land office, 115.
_See Public Lands._
LANGDON, JOHN, Senator from New Hampshire, 9, 168, 251, 309, 380,
441, 520, 590;
elected President of Senate, 9;
on committee of arrangements for reception of President, 10;
address to Vice President on his taking the chair, 11;
administers the oath to the Vice President according to law, 15;
elected President of Senate _pro tem._, in the absence of Vice
President, and President _pro tem._, 380;
elected President _pro tem._ of Senate, 441.
LATIMER, HENRY, Representative from Delaware, 527.
LATIMER, HUGH, Senator from Maryland, 524, 591.
LAWRENCE, JOHN, Representative from New York, 22, 175, 255, 315,
388;
remarks on laying duties on imports as proposed, 24;
remarks on duty on distilled spirits, 38;
favors high duty on beer, 33;
do. duty on candles, 35;
advocates duty on salt, 39, 40;
on requiring oaths of State officers, 52;
favors permanent rate of tonnage duties, 55, 56;
on the object of duties, 65;
doubts the propriety of limiting the impost bill, 78;
on duties of Secretary of Treasury, 112;
on the compensation of the President, 116;
opposes furnishing houses, &c., 116;
on the form of amending the constitution, 135;
on the location of the seat of Government, 149;
on the manner of persuading members, 154;
on the constitutional requirements for a seat of Government, 160;
on the mode and reason for admitting foreigners to citizenship, 185;
further remarks, 187;
on the validity of the full amount of the debt, 195;
on effects of stopping importation of slaves, 202;
on Pennsylvania memorial, 209;
presents the address of Society of Friends in New York against the African
slave trade, 211;
on discrimination of public creditors, 213;
on a seat of Government, 244;
further remarks, 247;
moves to strike out "Potomac," and insert Baltimore, 249;
on price of public lands, 261;
further remarks, 262;
on excise bill, 264;
on vacancy in the Presidency, 268;
on officers, 271;
on the commitment of the bill for a bank of the United States, 273;
speech on the bank, 284;
on claim of John Torrey, 317;
on ratio of representation, 320;
further remarks, 322;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fishery, 361;
on attendance of Secretary of War, 391, 392;
on discharging committee on defeat of St. Clair, 394;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 426;
further remarks, 427.
LEARNED, AMASA, Representative from Connecticut, 315, 388, 455, 527.
LEE, RICHARD BLAND, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 235, 317,
465, 527;
on duty on steel, 35;
on duty on nails, &c., 38;
makes report of Committee on Messages between the two Houses, 45;
favors a limited time for the impost bill to be in force, 77;
on citizenship during absence, 97;
favors discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses of Congress,
123;
offers a resolution on the principles which should control the choice of a
seat of Government, 146;
further remarks, 147;
vote, 147;
further remarks, 148;
do. on the Potomac, 153, 161;
in favor of New York for seat of Government, 163;
do. on amendments of the Senate to House bill on seat of Government, 165;
on a seat of Government, 243;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 429;
on harmony between the Eastern and Southern States, 560.
LEE, RICHARD HENRY, Senator from Virginia, 9, 254;
on committee on rules in cases of conference, 1st Congress, 10;
do. on manner of electing chaplains, 10;
do. on rules of business, 10;
appointed on Judiciary Committee, 1st Congress, 10;
on committee for conducting reception of President, 11;
on committee on titles of President and Vice President, 13.
LEONARD, GEORGE, Representative from Massachusetts, 21, 175, 250,
388, 604.
LEWIS, ----, counsel for petitioners relative to seat of Albert
Gallatin, 449;
speech of, 449, 452.
_Liberty street_, New York, name of, 563.
_Lighthouses, &c._, bill for the establishment of, passed, 129.
LINCOLN, BENJAMIN, votes for, as Vice President, 10.
LINN, WILLIAM, elected chaplain of the House, 46.
_List of Persons_ employed in Treasury Department reported to the House,
406;
do. employed in War Department, reported to the House, 406.
LIVERMORE, SAMUEL, Representative from New Hampshire, 46, 175, 255,
315, 388;
considers motion to lay duty on African slaves improper at that time, 74;
on the time of extending the impost bill, 77;
on the Executive Departments, 86;
on removals, 89;
on the power to remove officers, 107;
on the power of originating bills, 110;
on a salary for the President, 117;
on form of amending the constitution, 135;
motion relative to the amendment of the constitution touching freedom of
conscience, 138;
on the doctrine of instruction, 142;
further remarks, 143;
on funding the debts of the States 192;
do. on the reduction of the debt from its nominal value, 196;
on discrimination among the public creditors, 227;
on a seat of Government, 247;
on excise bill, 265;
on excise officers, 271;
on vacancy in the Presidency, 267, 268;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 360;
on American coins, 371;
further remarks, 371;
against attendance of Secretary of War, 391;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 428;
Senator from New Hampshire, 441, 520, 590.
LIVINGSTON, EDWARD, Representative from New York, 604;
on salary for members of Congress, 636;
on the treaty with Great Britain, 640;
on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 675.
LOCKE, MATTHEW, Representative from North Carolina, 455, 527, 604.
LYMAN, SAMUEL, Representative from Massachusetts, 604;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 658;
on the execution of the British treaty, 706.
LYMAN, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 455, 527, 604;
on the flag of the Union, 461;
opposes the duties on manufactured tobacco and refined sugar, 507;
on the President's speech, 534;
on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 569;
on intruders on Indian lands, 587;
on the reports of the debates, 632;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 670;
on the admission of Tennessee, 755.
M
MCDOWELL, JOSEPH, Representative from North Carolina, 455, 528;
against duty on sugar, 518;
against raising a force for the protection of a S.W. frontier, 517;
on admitting the delegate south of the Ohio, 529;
on the President's speech, 535, 539;
on amending the naturalization laws by requiring foreigners to renounce
their slaves, 559;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 580;
on difficulties with the Indians, 587.
MCINTOSH, LACHLAN, nominated as naval officer at Savannah, 17.
MACLAY, WILLIAM, Senator from Pennsylvania, 9, 168, 251;
appointed on Judiciary Committee, first Congress, 10;
on committee on future disposition of papers of late Secretary of Congress,
10;
on committee on rules in cases of conference, first Congress, 10;
on manner of electing chaplains, 10;
on rules of business, 10.
MACLAY, SAMUEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 604.
MACON, NATHANIEL, Representative from North Carolina, 388, 455, 527,
604;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 579;
on the resolution relative to the heirs of Count de Grasse, 583;
on establishing Indian trading houses, 625, _note_, 625;
on the admission of Tennessee, 756.
_Madeira Wine_, proposed duty on, 81;
duty on, 32.
MADISON, JAMES, Jr., Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 255, 315,
388, 455, 527, 604;
informs the Senate that the House agrees that the notifications of the
election of President and Vice President be made by the former, 10;
on a committee to report a bill regulating oaths, 22;
speech introducing the measure for imposing impost and tonnage duties, 23;
his manner of proceeding, _note_, 23;
further speech on laying duties on imports, 25;
on duty on distilled spirits, 28; on duty on molasses, 29;
on duty on salt beef, 34;
on duty on beer, 34;
proposes duty on hemp, 36, 38;
on duty on nails, &c., 38;
on duty on salt, 40;
opposes duty on teas, 42;
on drawback on distilled spirits, 43;
on high duties, 44;
reports an answer to Washington's Inaugural, 47;
on tonnage duties and their equality, 50;
on tonnage duties, 53, 55;
do. discrimination of, 56;
on the scale of duties proposed, 60, 62;
where the burden of duties would operate, 64;
opposes title for President as hostile to spirit of the Government, 67, 68;
thinks arguments against duty on molasses inconsistent, &c., 71;
further remarks, 71;
remarks on the motion to lay a duty on African slaves imported, 75, 76;
moves a limitation clause to the impost bill--respecting the time of its
continuance, 77;
remarks on the same, 77, 80;
withdraws his motion to limit impost bill and introduces another, 83;
on organization of the Treasury Department, 84;
moves the organization of three departments, 86;
on power of President to remove officers, 86;
further remarks, 87;
remarks on citizenship, 97;
on the admission of Rhode Island, 101;
on the power of removal of officers, 104;
on the power to report plans of revenue by the Secretary of the Treasury,
112;
on the compensation of the President, 117;
on the compensation of the Vice President, 121;
thinks discrimination in the pay of Senators and Representatives necessary,
124;
moves a discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 131;
on the form of amendment of the constitution, 134;
on the amendment to the constitution relative to the freedom of conscience,
137;
further remarks, 138;
on the right of instruction, 139;
on the principles which should govern the selection of a seat of Government,
147;
further remarks, 147, 148, 151;
on deliberation in choosing the seat of Government, 154;
on the place for a seat of Government, 155;
further remarks, 160; constitutional objection, 164;
further remarks on amendments of the Senate, 166;
further remarks, 167;
on census of United States, 181;
on residence as essential to naturalization, 186;
on the constitutional privilege to import African slaves, 201;
further remarks favoring the commitment of the Quaker memorial as harmless,
204;
on propriety of committing Pennsylvania memorial, 211;
moves to discriminate between original creditors and present holders of
public debt, 205;
do. speech thereon, 205, 223;
announces the death of Dr. Franklin, 239;
on a seat of Government, 245;
further remarks, 248;
on answer to President's message, 258;
on excise bill, 264;
on vacancy in the Presidency, 268;
on the commitment of the bill for a bank of the United States, 273;
do. speech on the bank, 274, 306;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 361;
on attendance of the Secretary of War to report, 391, 392;
on the case of General St. Clair, 393;
further, 394;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 431;
on the French emigrants from St. Domingo, 462;
on the relief of the French emigrants, 474;
on the preparations for the Algerine War, 475, 477, 479;
speech on the commerce of the United States, 458, 465, 469;
on duties on tobacco and sugar, 510;
against the bill to increase the army, 516;
on the delegate south of the Ohio, 531;
on indemnification to sufferers by Pennsylvania insurgents, 549;
on amending naturalization laws, 555;
on the exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 557;
on the renunciation of nobility for citizenship, 562, 565;
on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 567;
on the Randall bribery case, 610;
moves a resolution on post roads, 637;
on the pay of the Speaker, 638;
on the call for papers on the British treaty, 640;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 648;
on the resolutions relative to the refusal of the President to furnish
papers on the treaty with Great Britain, 696;
on the execution of the treaty with Great Britain, 702.
MALBONE, FRANCIS, Representative from Rhode Island, 457, 527, 604.
_Malt_, duty on fixed, 38.
MARSHALL, HUMPHREY, Senator from Kentucky, 591.
MARTIN, ALEXANDER, Senator from North Carolina, 442, 520, 591.
_Maryland_, offers ten miles square to Congress for a seat of
Government, 81; vote for President, 10, 385.
MASON, STEVENS T., Senator from Virginia, 591; on answer
to the President's speech, 594.
_Massachusetts._--Vote for President, 10, 385.
MATTHEWS, GEORGE, Representative from Georgia, 175, 255.
MATTHEWS, JAMES, elected doorkeeper, 10.
MAXWELL, CORNELIUS, appointed messenger by the Senate, 10.
MEBANE ALEXANDER, Representative from North Carolina, 455, 527.
_Members_ of the House.--_See Representation._
MERCER, JOHN FRANCIS, Representative from Maryland, 320, 360;
on the protection of the frontiers, 348;
on the stamp of American coins, 372;
on the publication of the debates, 379;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 427;
on the legality of the sequestration of British debts, 484.
_Message, &c._, between the two Houses--report of House Committee, 45;
from the President, 167;
of the President, 251;
from the President, on commerce with England, 308;
of the President, first session, second Congress, 310, _note_, 311;
of the President to Senate, on fugitives from justice, 312;
from the President on defeat of St. Clair, 330;
of the President, with a veto of the apportionment bill, 374;
of the President to second session of second Congress, 381;
from the President, on Spanish interference, 389;
of the President to first session of third Congress, 442;
of the President, on foreign relations, 443;
of President, relative to South-western frontier, 447;
from the President, relative to foreign relations, 454;
of the President, to second session of third Congress, 520;
of President to the House, declining to furnish papers relative to the
treaty with Great Britain, 692, _note_, 692;
message, see _Address_.
MILLEDGE, JOHN, Representative from Georgia, 396, 605;
on the reduction of the army, 407;
on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 685.
MILTON, JOHN, votes for, as Vice President, in 1789, 10.
_Mint, establishment of._--Bill from the Senate to establish a mint
considered, 371;
moved to strike out clause requiring a representation of the head of the
President, &c., on the coins, and insert emblems of Liberty, &c., 371;
the practice of monarchs not to be regarded 371;
the emblems of Liberty more acceptable to the people, 371;
no consequence whether the head of Liberty or that of the President is on
the coins, 371;
motion carried, 371;
disagreement of the Senate, 371;
moved that the House recede, 371;
no friend of the President could refuse such a tribute to him, 372;
compared with the other representation, 372;
tyrants' heads have been stamped on the coin, 372;
republican cautions not a subject to be treated with levity, 372;
motion to recede lost, 373;
facts relative to the coinage of cents, 546;
committee of examination, &c., appointed, 547.
MITCHELL, STEPHEN MIX, Senator from Connecticut, 442, 524.
_Molasses_, proposed duty on, 29;
duty on, 31;
duty on considered, 69;
decided, 73.
_See Duties on imports._
MONROE, JAMES, Senator from Virginia, 251, 380, 441.
MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 456, 528;
on Indian trading houses, 586.
MOORE, ANDREW, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 255, 315, 388,
455, 527, 604;
on duty on hemp, 36, 37;
opposes duty on salt as unjust, 39;
opposes discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 124;
on the reduction of the army, 410;
on the execution of the British treaty, 727.
MORRIS, ROBERT, Senator from Pennsylvania, 9, 168, 251, 309, 380,
441, 520.
MUHLENBERG, FREDERICK A., Representative from Pennsylvania, 21, 175,
255, 315, 388, 455, 527, 604;
elected Speaker, 21;
speech on thanks tendered him by the House, 308;
chosen Speaker, 455;
do. _note_, 455;
against a duty of two cents on sugar, 511;
answer to thanks of House, 590.
MUHLENBERG, PETER, Representative from Pennsylvania, 21, 175,
255, 315, 388, 455, 527;
on committee for reception of President, 27;
appointed on a committee to draft a bill relative to the importation of
African slaves, 84.
MURRAY, WILLIAM VANS, Representative from Maryland, 320, 388, 456,
527, 604;
does a resignation produce a vacancy, 329;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 351;
further remarks, 356;
on attendance of Secretary of War, 392;
on discharging committee on defeat of St. Clair, 395;
on the reduction of the army, 414;
on the relief of the Trench emigrants, 474;
on conducting the Algerine war, 478;
against continuing the embargo, 501;
on force to protect S. W. frontier, 517;
on the President's speech, 532, 536;
on thanks to Gen. Wayne, 544;
on the renunciation of nobility for citizenship, 562;
for the reference of letter of Secretary of War, 566, 567;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 578;
on Indian trading houses, 586; on intruders on Indian lands, 588;
on the answer to President's speech, 606;
on the attempt at bribery by Robert Randall, 610, 612;
statement of the case of Randall and Whitney, 617;
on establishing Indian trading-houses, 625;
on the support of existing establishments, 627, 628;
on the pay of the Speaker, 639;
opposes the resolution calling for papers on British treaty, 640.
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_Nails and Spikes_, debate on duty on, 38; do. fixed, 38.
_Naturalization Laws._--The bill under consideration, 184;
motion to strike out "and shall have resided in the U. S. one year," 184;
it was policy to let aliens come in and take the oath, and hold lands
without any residence, 184;
some security for their fidelity and allegiance was required, 185;
without a residence the terms are too cheap, 185;
policy of European nations, 185;
does not apply here, 185;
we should be inconsistent by prescribing too long a term for the enjoyment
of our privileges, 185;
foreign merchants could evade additional duties on foreign vessels unless
residence was required, 185;
the reason of admitting foreigners is to encourage emigration and people our
large tract of country, 185;
a long term may restrain emigration, 185;
cautions necessary to guard against abuses, 186;
the object is not merely to swell the catalogue of the people, but add to
the wealth and strength of the community, 186;
the admission step by step is a nice question, but residence should be
required, 186;
a sufficient residence should be required for the privilege of electing and
being elected, 186;
many of the States admit aliens step by step, 186;
doubtful if the constitution authorizes Congress to say on what terms aliens
may hold land in the respective States, 186;
Congress possesses power only to make a uniform rule of naturalization, 186;
if the motion prevails, vagrants, paupers, and outcasts of Europe will find
too easy an admission to citizenship, 187;
some probation necessary and testimonials of a proper and decent behavior,
187;
no creditable man can think such terms difficult, 187;
grand jury or district courts could determine on the character of the man,
175;
excluding bad men impracticable, 187;
propriety of residence doubted, 187;
every person, rich or poor, adds to our wealth and strength, 187;
citizenship can be made progressive, 187;
policy of settling the vacant territory by emigration doubtful, 188;
some probation requisite, 188;
some classes should be received with encouragement, 188;
others excluded, 188;
naturalization progressive in England, 189;
in some States an act of the Legislature is now required--this is
sufficiently easy, 189;
unless some residence is required confusion may arise, 189;
no person should hold land without a residence and an intention of becoming
a citizen, 189;
story of voting in Philadelphia, 189;
two years inserted in the bill, _note_, 190;
act to establish a uniform rate of naturalization considered, 555;
moved to insert the words "attached to a Republican form of government,"
555;
or "attached to the Constitution of the United States," 555;
both superfluous, 555;
word Republican very indefinite, 555;
do. used in the constitution, 555;
difficult for many citizens to find two reputable witnesses, 555;
other amendments proposed, 555;
do. to strike out word "moral" in the words good moral character, 556;
the word too strict, 556;
the whole useless, 556;
moved to exclude from citizenship any emigrant who had borne a title of
nobility, 557;
reasons for the same, 557;
better be required to renounce every thing contrary to the spirit of the constitution, 557;
nothing more grateful to a republican than to see them renounce their
titles, 557;
the title is destroyed when the allegiance is broken, 558;
if we cannot manufacture a commodity at home, it is unlawful to import it
from abroad, 558;
yeas and nays threatened, 558;
moved to amend by requiring the emigrant to renounce the possession of all
slaves, 558;
not a proper connection with the subject, 558;
the amendment unnecessary, as slavery was declining fast as possible, 558;
the amendment a retaliation upon those who call for the yeas and nays, 559;
both amendments unnecessary, 559;
what right had the House to say one class of people shall not have that kind
of property which others have? 559;
amendment withdrawn, 560;
further discussion relative to renouncing titles of nobility, 561, 562, 563,
564, 565;
amendment adopted, 566.
_Naval Establishment_, on a permanent, 481.
_Navy, officers of._--Report of the committee on the memorial of officers
of the Navy relative to a difference of pay compared with the officers of the
army, 239;
justice of their claims, 240;
origin of commutation, 240;
the grounds of their claims, 240;
circumstances which led to a distinction, 240;
no precedent for extending commutation to officers of the navy, 240;
examination of the grounds of these demands, 241;
difference between officers of the army and navy, 241;
claims strictly just, 241.
NEVILLE, JOSEPH, Representative from Virginia, 456, 527.
NEW, ANTHONY, Representative from Virginia, 455, 527, 606.
_New Hampshire_, vote for President, 10, 385.
_New Jersey_, vote for President, 10, 385.
_New York City_ Corporation, vote of thanks to, 250.
_New York_, vote for President in 1793, 385.
NICHOLAS, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 455, 528, 606;
on the French emigrants from St. Domingo, 463;
on the relief of, 474;
speech on the commerce of the United States, 468;
on the power of the Algerines, 476, 478;
on the advance of money to France, 514;
on the bill to protect the South-western frontiers, 517;
on the President's speech, 532, 536, 538;
on indemnification to sufferers by the Pennsylvania insurgents, 541, 548;
on amending the naturalization laws, 555, 556;
on exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 558;
on the reference of a letter of the Secretary of War, 566;
on the reduction of salaries, 572;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 577;
on the Randall bribery case, 615;
on the resolution relative to bribery, 621;
on the support of existing establishments, 628;
on a stenographer for the House, 631;
on a salary for members of Congress, 636;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 641;
on the execution of the British treaty, 710;
on the military and naval appropriations, 766.
NILES, NATHANIEL, Representative from Vermont, 317, 388, 527;
on the Electoral College, 333;
on the flag of the Union, 461.
_Non-intercourse_ with Great Britain, _see Great Britain_.
_North Carolina_, vote for President in 1793, 385.
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_Oaths_, a bill to regulate the time and manner of administering certain,
reported, 11;
administered to Vice President and each Senator, 15;
to Secretary of Senate, 15;
leave to bring in a bill, in the House--form of, for the members of the
House, 22;
of President--proceedings of the House after its administration, 46.
Amendments of the Senate to the bill regulating the time and manner of
taking oaths, 51;
whence is derived the power to oblige members of State Legislatures to take this oath? 51;
no doubt respecting the powers of Congress on the subject, 51;
if left to State Legislatures, different laws might be passed, and different
degrees of obligation required, 51;
the power appears to be generally conceded; the principle of policy should
be examined, 51;
not a suitable time; it argues a jealousy in the national Government, 52;
the States should comply with an act of Congress, 52;
Congress has not the power to carry it into effect, 52;
Congress has such power, 52;
the policy depends on a variety of circumstances, 52;
it may be considered an interference with the State Governments, 53;
no reason offered by the Senate for concurrence, 53;
a general provision better than particular ones, 53;
no other Legislature capable to make one, 53;
it is the duty of the House to detail the general principles laid down by
the constitution, and reduce them to practice, 53.
O'BRIEN, RICHARD, petition of, 389.
_Officers_, removal of, 102;
debate on the power of the President, 103.
_See Executive Departments._
ORR, ALEXANDER D., Representative from Kentucky, 457, 528.
OTIS, SAMUEL ALYNE, elected Secretary of the Senate, 10.
P
PAGE, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 317, 388, 477,
546, 604;
presides in Committee of Whole, 22, 24, 27, 33, 37, 39, 41, 42;
on application to amend the constitution, 48;
on tonnage duties--experience of Virginia, 56;
presides in Committee of the Whole, 57, 58, 71;
opposed to all titles for the President, 66, 68;
on the admission of Rhode Island, 101;
remarks on the Treasury Department, 109;
further remarks, 110;
on the compensation of President, &c., 116;
further remarks, 119;
do. on Vice President, 122;
on amount of compensation of members, 129, 132;
on the right of Instruction, 139;
do. further, 143;
on the admission of reporters for the press, 180;
on making easy terms of naturalization, 185, 187;
on the public debt, 193;
urges commitment of Pennsylvania memorial, 210;
on discrimination among the public creditors, 221;
do. further remarks, 228;
on a seat of Government, 247;
speech on ratio of Representation, 325;
a bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 364;
on the head to be stamped on American coins, 371, 372;
on discharging committee in case of St. Clair, 395;
on reference to the Committee of the Whole of the resolutions relative to
the official conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, 420;
on the exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 557;
on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 570;
on the reduction of salaries, 573;
on the support of existing establishments, 627;
on the pay of the Speaker, 638;
on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 664;
on the execution of the British treaty, 726.
PAINE, ELIJAH, Senator from Vermont, 591.
PAINE, WINGATE, Representative from New Hampshire, 455, 527.
_Paris._--Letter of President of Commonalty on death of Dr. Franklin,
256.
PARKER, JONATHAN, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 259, 388;
appointed by House to make list of votes for President when counted in the
Senate, 22;
appointed on Committee of Supplies, 46;
appointed of Committee of Conference on subject of title of
President--because it is all repugnant to republicanism, 67;
moves a duty on importation of African slaves, 73, 74;
withdraws motion for duty on African slaves, 76;
appointed on committee to draft a bill relative to the importation of
African slaves, 84;
on duties on distilled spirits, 263;
further remarks, 264.
PARKER, JOSIAH, Representative from Virginia, 456, 527, 604;
on the reduction of the army, 399;
further remarks, 405;
on the commerce of the United States, 472;
against the embargo laws, 499;
on the President's speech, 539;
on resolutions of thanks to General Wayne, 543;
on Indian trading houses, 585;
on the address to the President, 605, 606;
on establishing Indian trading houses, 625, 633.
PARTRIDGE, GEORGE, Representative from Massachusetts, 22, 175, 255;
on duty on molasses, 31;
on duty on hemp, 36, 37.
PATERSON, WILLIAM, Senator from New Jersey, 9, 168;
appointed on Judiciary Committee, first Congress, 10;
on committee to prepare answer to Washington's Inaugural, 12;
resigns his seat in Senate, 251.
PATTON, JOHN, Representative from Delaware, 457, 604.
_Pennsylvania._--Vote for President, 10, 385.
_Pennsylvania Insurgents._--The recommendation of compensation to the
sufferers by the Pennsylvania insurgents considered, 546;
proposed to confine it to officers of the Government, 547;
sound policy required indemnification of the sufferers, 547;
the whole affair but a trifle, not twenty thousand dollars, 547;
there should be no discrimination, 547;
it should be confined to persons who had suffered in defence of Government,
547;
a private person more entitled to indemnification than revenue officers who
are paid for their services, 547;
let the sufferers have recourse to the laws, 547;
Government equally bound to make compensation to those who suffered by
British soldiers, 548;
amendment rejected, 548;
on the bill before the House, immediate indemnity, objected to, 548;
if you pay the claims you cut off civil process, 549;
it becomes a precedent, 549;
the measure will encourage a spirit to suppress insurrections, and it may
encourage insurrections, 549;
resolution is unsound policy, 549;
the subject should be postponed to another session, 550;
no civil process will lie in the case, 550;
the amendment to confine the damages to citizens personally aiding or
assisting the officers, considered, 551;
it becomes the honor and justice of the Legislature to indemnify them, 551;
the point of law considered relative to civil actions, 552;
the British had practised indemnification to the Royalists, 553;
previous question carried, 553;
other amendments added, 554.
PERSON, THOMAS, petition of, _see Indian lands_ within States, &c.
_Petition_, of Catharine Greene, 335;
of William Dunbar, in behalf of the heir of George Galphin, 383;
of Richard O'Brien, 339;
of Warner Mifflin, on subject of negro slavery, 397;
to make Hudson, N. Y., port of entry, 410;
of Conrad Laub, respecting the seat of Albert Gallatin in the Senate, 442;
from the Quakers of Rhode Island, relative to the slave trade, 446.
_Philadelphia._--Letter from Commissioners offering Congress the Court
House, 251.
PICKENS, ANDREW, Representative from South Carolina, 457, 528.
PINKNEY, WILLIAM, resignation of, 320.
_Post Office._--Bill to establish post offices and post roads, 249;
moved to empower Postmasters General to establish certain roads under the
direction of the President, 249;
reasons for opposing a concurrence in this amendment, 249;
reasons in favor of the amendment, 249.
_Franking Privilege_ under consideration, 330;
it is presumed no gentleman will ask a member to frank for him, 330;
if abuses arise, Legislature can correct them, 330;
to take away privilege of franking would level a deadly stroke at the
freedom of the press, 331;
dangerous to take any measures that may stop the channels of public
information, 331;
franking granted, not as a personal benefit, but for the good of the
constituents, 331;
means of bringing much information to the House, 331;
some restrictions can be put on it, 331;
equally as objectionable in the hands of the President, 331;
so long as it is advantageous to citizens it should not be relinquished,
331;
motion to withdraw the privilege from members of both Houses, 332;
the security of the people is that their Representatives are subject to the
same regulations as themselves, 332;
Congress enjoys only such rights as are mentioned in the charter, 332;
people view this privilege with a jealous eye, 332;
example of Great Britain shows to what an enormous height the abuse can be
carried, 332;
the privilege is unequal in its operation, 332;
the diminution of revenue not a sufficient reason for abolishing the
privilege, 332;
revenue a secondary consideration, 332;
if this privilege be taken away, the avenues of information cut off, 333;
various other considerations in favor of retaining the privilege considered,
333;
bill passed, 335.
_Post Roads_ from Maine to Georgia, resolution relative to a survey
of, &c., considered, 637;
the business of the General Government to undertake the improvement of
roads, 637;
present roads greatly improved by adopting the resolution, 637;
not right to apply revenues of post office to this object, 637;
resolution offered by Mr. Madison, 637.