HEISTER, JOSEPH, Representative from Pennsylvania, 188, 429, 497, 569, 693.
HELMS, WILLIAM, Representative from New Jersey, 569, 693.
HEMPHILL, JOSEPH, Representative from Pennsylvania, 569, 693;
on call for information relative to cession of Louisiana, 704.
HENDERSON, ARCHIBALD, Representative from North Carolina, 14, 120, 179, 429,
498, 569, 694;
on the accommodation of the President, 88, 92;
against the repeal of the Judiciary Establishment, 597.
HENDERSON, PLEASANT, claim to certain lands, 518.
HENRY, JOHN, Senator from Maryland, 3, 117;
vote for, as President in 1796, 63.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
HILL, WILLIAM H., Representative from North Carolina, 429, 500, 570, 696;
on petition of free blacks, 438;
on reporting the debates, 501.
HILLHOUSE, JAMES, Senator from Connecticut, 3, 118, 171, 323, 399, 481, 544,
664;
elected President of Senate _pro tem._, 488.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
HINDMAN, WILLIAM, Representative from Maryland, 14, 120, 179, 327.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
HOBART, JOHN SLOSS, Senator from New York, 171;
resigns, 172.
HOGE, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 569, 693.
HOLLAND, JAMES, Representative from North Carolina, 14, 570, 693;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 59;
on increase of duties, 71, 74;
on increase of duties on salt, 75;
on the accommodation of the President, 90;
on naval appropriations, 100.
HOLMES, DAVID, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497, 569,
693;
on printing the laws in the German language, 165.
HOSMER, HEZEKIAH L., Representative from New York, 120, 179, 326.
_House_, secret session of, 79;
adjourns at close of fourth Congress, 111;
answer to President Adams' first message, 123;
answer as delivered to President Adams' first message, 143;
answer to President's message, 180;
answer to President's message to third session, fifth Congress, 329;
_note_ on, 330;
address in answer to President's message, 431;
thanks to General Lee for eulogium on memory of Washington, 436;
refuses to accompany Senate to hear eulogium on Washington, 447;
answer to President's message second session, sixth Congress, 499;
proceedings relative to purchase of Louisiana, 721;
tenders thanks to Speaker Macon, 744.
HOWARD, JOHN E., Senator from Maryland, 6, 114, 171, 323, 403, 481, 540, 661;
chosen President of Senate _pro tem._, 481.
HUGER, BENJAMIN, Representative from South Carolina, 572, 694;
for a mausoleum to Washington, 516;
on collection of internal revenue, 588;
on call for papers relative to cession of Louisiana, 699, 719;
on considering the French spoliations, 733;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 736.
HUNT, SAMUEL, Representative from New Hampshire, 693.
HUNTER, JOHN, Senator from South Carolina, 6, 114.
HUNTER, NARSWORTHY, Delegate from Mississippi, 569;
decease of, 640.
I
IMLAY, JAMES H., Representative from New Jersey, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497.
_Impressment of Seamen_, message in relation to, 333.
_Imprisonment for debt._--Bill making provision for relief of persons, passed,
479;
particulars of bill, 479;
resolution to revise the laws, offered, 593;
object, to secure debtor his property and provide some remedy beside
imprisonment, 593;
considerations against imprisonment urged, 593.
_Inaugural Address_ of John Adams, 11;
of Thomas Jefferson, 490.
_Indian Lands_ within a State, rights over, _see Index_, vol. 1.
_Indian Trading Houses._--_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Intercourse with France._--_See France, relations with._
IREDELL, JAMES, vote for as President in 1796, 63.
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JACKSON, ANDREW, Representative from Tennessee, 14;
first appearance in National Councils, 48;
_note_, 48;
on petition of Hugh Lawson White, 48, 49;
presents petition of George Colbert, 49;
Senator from Tennessee, 165;
resigns as Senator, 321.
JACKSON, GEORGE, Representative from Virginia, 14, 429, 497, 569, 693;
on a direct tax on slaves, 53;
on the Judiciary Establishment, 552;
on resolutions relative to the navigation of the Mississippi, 678.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
JACKSON, JAMES, Senator from Georgia, 541.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
JARVIS, JAMES, officer on frigate Constellation, 470.
JAY, JOHN, vote for as President, 63, 487.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS, his address as President of the Senate, 10; _note_, 10;
vote for as President in 1796, 62;
Vice President and President of Senate, 113, 171, 323;
Vice President attends Senate, 404, 484;
vote for as President, 487;
address on retiring from Senate, 488;
inauguration as President, 490;
address, 490;
answer to notification of the House of his election, 535;
letter to President of Senate, 541; _note_, 541;
views on slavery, an obstacle to his receiving the vote of South Carolina for
President, 636.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
JOHNSON, CHARLES, Representative from North Carolina, 569.
JOHNSTON, SAMUEL, vote for as President in 1796, 63.
JONES, JAMES, Representative from Georgia, 429, 501;
on petition of free blacks, 439, 443;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 456;
on the apportionment bill, 574.
JONES, WALTER, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 327.
JONES, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 569, 723.
_Judiciary System_, bill to amend a previous act establishing judicial courts,
419;
ordered to second reading, 419;
numerous reasons for the introduction of the bill, 420;
parts of the bill, 427;
bill passed to third reading, 427; _note_, 427.
_In the Senate_, part of message relating to Judiciary system, read, 545;
motion that the act of last session respecting the Judiciary
Establishment be repealed, 546; _note_, 546;
motion debated, 546;
1st. the law is unnecessary and improper--2d. the judges and
courts created by it, can, and ought to be abolished, 546;
existing courts, competent and able to discharge duties, 546;
such was the case when the law passed, 546;
amount of business before the courts, 546;
suits decreasing, 546;
United States never need thirty-eight federal judges, 547;
limit to federal judicial powers, 547;
power of Congress to put down these additional courts and judges,
examined, 547;
may be abolished as well as created under the constitution, 547;
a judge cannot hold his office after it is abolished, 548;
once a judge always a judge, examined, 548;
one of the most important questions ever before a Legislature, 548;
what says the constitution?, 548;
judges _hold_ during good behavior, 548;
their compensation as prescribed, designed to preserve their existence, 549;
motion unconstitutional, 549;
the ancient system stated, 549;
if you repeal so far as regards these judges, you may for all, 550;
thereby you destroy the check provided in the constitution, 550;
all power is not vested in the Legislature, 550;
constitutional power, 550;
words _shall_ and _may_, 550;
more afraid of an army of judges than an army of soldiers, 552;
it is said the law which creates a judge cannot be touched, 552;
the moment it is passed it exists to the end of time, 552;
the power to alter the system rests here, or nowhere, 552;
extent of our country, 553;
tendency of acts of late administration, 553;
history of legislative proceedings in the formation of the
Judiciary system, 553;
is this system so vicious as to deserve nothing but abhorrence?, 554;
the letter and spirit of the constitution against the repeal, 555;
Judicial Department should be independent, 555;
but not independent of the nation itself, 555;
what are the facts?, 555;
if a court once established, cannot be vacated, the greatest
absurdities follow, 556;
the judges of Mississippi Territory, 556;
further remarks on the independence of the Judiciary, 557;
the expediency of repealing the law considered, 557;
shall we restore to the people their former courts? is the
true question, 558;
defects of the present system, 559;
reasons for the repeal insufficient, 560;
the expediency of the repeal examined, 560, 561;
the constitutional point examined, 562;
repeal needed as a precedent, 562;
our government a system of salutary checks, 563;
constitutional point further examined, 563, 564, 565;
bill passed, 565; _note_, 565.
_In the House_, resolutions offered in committee relative to the Judiciary
considered, 581;
resolutions agreed to, 581;
motion to refer to committee, 581;
remarks on reference, 581;
resolutions referred, 583;
bill from the Senate to repeal considered in House, 596; _note_, 596;
the people have established three departments for the powers of
government, 597;
tenure by which the judges hold office, 597;
the words "during good behavior" are a limitation on executive
and legislative power, 597;
examination of these words, 598;
a subsequent legislature can repeal the acts of a previous one,
examined, 598;
any other construction leads to a concentration of executive and
legislative power, 598;
this is the spirit of innovation which has prostrated the old world, 599;
expediency of the repeal examined, 599;
comparison of the present and former system, 600;
constitutionality of the measure examined, 600;
delegated powers, 601;
Judiciary is a check on the legislature, shown, 601;
the judges are expounders of the constitution and laws, 602;
they ought to be independent of the other branches of government,
particularly the legislative, 602;
concentration of power is the essence of tyranny, 602;
as we advance to it, we recede from liberty, 602;
what was the intention of the framers in introducing the words
"good behavior"?, 602;
origin of parties in this country fundamental, 603;
manner of growth, 604;
proceedings of the favorers of patronage, 604;
the strict letter of the constitution now appealed to, 605;
will the repeal of this law violate in any respect the salutary or
practicable independence of the judges, secured by the
constitution?, 605;
the terms "independence of the judges" or "Judiciary" not found
in the constitution, 605;
relationship between the Executive and Judiciary Departments, 606;
clauses of the constitution examined, 607, 608, 609;
are not the judges more independent under this view than those
of England?, 610;
it is admitted Congress may increase or diminish the duties of judges, 610;
preceding arguments for repeal examined in detail, and a defence of the late
administration, 611, 612, 613, 614;
inexpediency of the present bill shown by the expediency of the judicial
law of last session, 617;
the pre-existing system examined, and its defects and evils, as
affected by the late act, considered, 617, 618, 619;
changes made by the late law, 620, 621;
when did the right of the Executive to recommend modifications of
the Judiciary system cease, or of Congress to act?, 622;
former practice with present theory compared, 622;
doctrine of the Judiciary in Virginia, 623, 624;
point conceded, 624;
further debate, 625, 626;
practice of North Carolina relative to instructions, 627;
constitution of North Carolina, 627;
interpretation of the words "during good behavior" there, 627;
arguments against the bill examined, 628;
further debate, 629, 630, 631;
intention of the convention to make the judges independent of both
executive and legislative power, so universally admitted at the time, 632;
hence any intrusion or intermeddling by Congress is usurpation, 632;
what avail are prohibitory clauses in the constitution, if there be no
power to check Congress and the President?, 632;
these regulations designed for the safety of the State Governments and the
liberties of the people, 632;
but the doctrine urged to-day will sweep away all barriers, 632;
illustrations given by reference to the constitution, 632;
expense of the national Judiciary, 633;
reasons for passing the law of last session, 633;
influence upon the elections, 633;
vote at the election in the House, 634; _note_, 634;
the professed friends of the people, 635;
course of South Carolina on the Presidential election, 635, 636;
Jefferson's views on slavery prevented his receiving the vote of
South Carolina, 636; note, 636;
what manifestation of the public will was there in reference to
the late election for President?, 637;
further debate, 637, 638;
motion to postpone the bill lost, 638;
bill passed, 655.
_United States' Judges, Memorial of_, in Senate, report of committee on, 665;
what is due to the supreme law of the land?, 666;
memorialists ask if the law of last session deprived them of their office of
judge, 666;
a question not cognizable by the Senate, to whom it does not belong to
interpret their own acts, 666;
it should be speedily settled by the proper tribunals, 666;
effect of such a decision, 667;
committee should have confined themselves to the points of the
question, 667;
constitutional power of Senate reviewed, 667;
resolution of committee lost, 668.
Petitions of, 727;
reference moved, 728;
memorial does not embrace any point of inquiry, 728;
it should be referred to Committee of the Whole, 728;
the constitutional question already determined, 728;
undoubtedly a constitutional question, 728;
reference unnecessary, subject already fully discussed, 728;
referred to Committee of the Whole, 729;
discussion in committee, 729;
question been settled as to right of depriving the judges of their
office, but not the question as to their compensation, 729;
resolutions offered, 729;
a new doctrine advanced, that a judge is entitled to his
compensation, after being deprived of his authority and his
powers are transferred to another, 729;
true question on the constitutionality of the law, 730;
if the courts are abolished, are the officers abolished?, 730;
would the Supreme Court in this case be an impartial tribunal?, 730;
it would be improper to authorize the Supreme Court to decide upon the
constitutionality of the law, 730;
when there are no services, there can be no claim for salary, 730;
memorial is a protest, and let it rest on the files of the House, 730;
resolutions lost, 731.
K
_Kentucky_, vote for President, 62, 487.
KITCHELL, AARON, Representative from New Jersey, 14, 429, 498;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42;
on petition of Hugh L. White, 51;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 60;
on increase of duties on sugar, 71;
on military appropriations, 98;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 451.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
KITTERA, JOHN WILKES, Representative from Pennsylvania, 120, 191, 326, 429;
on a direct tax on slaves, 56;
on naval appropriations, 101, 105;
presides in Committee of the Whole, 193, 194;
on the limits of Georgia, 220;
on the bill relative to the protection of commerce, 289;
on abrogation of treaty with France, 313.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
KOSCIUSKO, General, claim of, 191;
history of, 192;
proceedings on, 192;
accounts of, 193.
L
LAFAYETTE, GENERAL.--Resolution relative to, 108;
negotiations to effect his release from imprisonment, 108;
his services for this country, 108;
propriety and duty of negotiations on the part of the Executive, 108;
subject improper to be introduced to the House--President knows the
will of the people, 109;
no impropriety in it, 109;
further debate, 110;
question lost, 111;
_note_, 111.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Lake Superior._--Copper lands and mines--resolution authorizing the purchase of
copper lands, 456;
report of committee, 472;
resolution reported agreed to, 472.
LANGDON, JOHN, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 113, 165, 321, 399, 481.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
LATIMER, HENRY, Senator from Delaware, 3, 114, 165, 321, 400.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
LAURANCE, JOHN Senator from New York, 4, 114, 165, 321, 399;
elected President _pro tem._ of Senate, 321.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Law of Retaliation._--_See Defensive Measures._
LEAR, TOBIAS, letter to President announcing death of Washington, 434.
LEE, HENRY, Representative from Virginia, 432, 497;
delivers an oration on death of Washington, 404;
letter accepting thanks of House, 436;
on petition of free blacks, 437;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 450, 455;
on mausoleum for Washington, 503, 504, 512, 513;
on reporting the debates, 509;
on jurisdiction over District of Columbia, 518, 524.
LEE, SILAS, Representative from Massachusetts, 429, 497.
LEIB, MICHAEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 429, 497, 569, 693.
LEONARD, GEORGE, Representative from Massachusetts, 57.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Library of Congress_, resolution for a committee to procure, 474;
bill regulating the use of, considered, 578;
discussion of details, 578.
_Limitation, Acts of_, report on, 189;
_note_ on, 190.
LINCOLN, LEVI, Representative from Massachusetts, 528.
LINN, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 429, 498.
LISTON, ROBERT, note to Secretary of State, 445.
LIVERMORE, SAMUEL, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 113, 165, 321, 400, 481;
chosen President of Senate _pro tem._, 400;
on disputed Presidential elections, 406.
LIVINGSTON, EDWARD, Representative from New York, 17, 120, 179, 334, 429, 522;
on the address to the President, 29, 31;
on a National University, 37;
on military and naval appropriations, 107;
on liberation of Lafayette, 108;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 136, 141;
on arming merchant vessels, 147;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
reports on petition of daughters of Count de Grasse, 192;
on expenditure for the naval service, 196, 197;
on diplomatic intercourse, 216;
on relations with France, 241;
on establishing the Navy Department, 251;
on the sedition bill, 307, 318;
on relations with France, 356, 357;
on the capture of French vessels, 361, 363;
on repeal of alien and sedition law, 384;
on the law of retaliation, 385;
proposes resolutions in case of Jonathan Robbins, 446;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 448, 449, 451, 453, 457.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
LLOYD, JAMES, Senator from Maryland, 171, 323, 402;
resigns seat in Senate, 484.
LLOYD, THOMAS, proposes to report debates of House, 14.
LOCKE, MATTHEW, Representative from North Carolina, 14, 121, 179, 326.
LOGAN, GEORGE, Senator from Pennsylvania, 541, 661.
_Louisiana, cession of, in the House_.--Resolution calling on the President for
any documents relative to the cession of Louisiana to France,
considered, 697;
subject akin to one that had been discussed with closed doors, it
should therefore be referred in the same manner, 698;
nothing which ought to be kept secret involved in the transaction, 698;
why refer the resolution calling for information to a committee? 698;
if publicity will interfere with constitutional functions of the President,
resolution should not be supported, 698;
the cession is a public fact, 698;
custom of the House should determine this fact, 698;
no impropriety in this request, 699;
widest publicity desirable where it will not prove injurious, 699;
let the call prevail, 699;
advantage of going into Committee of the Whole, 699;
what is the object of those refusing information? 699;
if proper we ought to have these documents, 699;
this the first instance a resolution allowed to be important had been
refused a reference, 700;
object of reference is discussion with closed doors, 700;
case of the British Treaty, 700;
logic of the opposition, 700;
what end is to be answered by committal, 700;
case of British Treaty restated, 700;
reference carried, 701;
in committee--shall the doors be closed as heretofore ordered in respect
to this subject, 701;
discussed, 701, 702;
resolutions in secret session, 702;
resolutions for a call for papers again considered, 703;
should not be referred to a secret committee, 703;
motion has already been decided, 703;
the President alludes to the subject as one which may require Legislative
interposition, yet persists in refusing information, 703;
why do we want information, but that we may have a more clear view of
the general subject, 704;
only two points connected with the subject in which documents could be
required or secrecy necessary, 704;
material connection between shutting the port of New Orleans
and the cession of Louisiana--one has been ordered to be
discussed with shut doors, how proper then to introduce the
other in debate, 704;
numerous reasons for opposing the resolution, 705;
speech of Mr. Monroe in the Virginia Convention, 705;
_note_, 705;
who now are the friends of the West and the free navigation of the river? 708;
the sentiments displayed in this proceeding a phenomenon in the history of
regular governments, 708;
a history of political parties unnecessary, 709;
resolution lost, 709;
further resolutions moved, 710;
lost, 710;
motion for call renewed, 713;
confidential subjects have been decided, 713;
information necessary to legislation, 713;
no fact has been communicated in the message, 713;
it conveys the suspicion that Spain has ceded to France indefinitely, 714;
unwise in the cradle of negotiation to throw out insinuations that
may disgust, 714;
farther discussion, 715;
what is the inference from previous proceedings of these
gentlemen? they will not assert our rights because they have
no confidence in the Executive, 715;
objections to the resolution, 716;
relations of the departments of Government, 717;
it will offend foreign nations to agree to the resolutions, 718;
further debate, resolution lost, 720;
motion to discharge committee to whom was referred a motion
respecting official information, 720;
the practice has alarmingly increased to resist a call for information, 720;
reasons given, 721.
_Purchase of Louisiana_, resolutions, 721;
report thereon, 721;
_note_, 723.
_Louisiana, purchase of, in Senate._--A bill making further provision for the
expenses attending intercourse between the United States and
foreign nations, considered, 671;
read third time, 671;
passed, 671;
_note_, 6, 71.
LOWNDES, THOMAS, Representative from South Carolina, 569, 694;
on public printing, 573;
relative to State balances, 594;
on French spoliations, 640;
on the circulation of gold coin, 695;
_note_, 695;
on the call for information relative to cession of Louisiana, 703.
LYMAN, SAMUEL, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
LYMAN, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 14;
on the address to the President, 17, 19;
on a National University, 36;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 40;
on liberation of Lafayette, 110.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
LYON, MATTHEW, Representative from Vermont, 120, 179, 358, 429;
on accompanying the House to deliver their answer to the
President's message, 142;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 157;
on additional duty on salt, 164;
on printing the laws in the German language, 165;
on address to the President, 182;
attack on Roger Griswold, 205;
letter of, relative to attack on Roger Griswold, 206;
proceedings relative to his assault on Roger Griswold, 208;
on treatment of alien enemies, 281.
_Expulsion of_ from House.--Resolution proposed, 364;
objection to an immediate vote, 364;
record of the trial proves the facts, 365;
power of the House in reference to expulsion, 366;
acts committed out of the House, 366;
the acts of Lyon, 366;
something should have been shown in the character of Lyon so infamous as
to render him unfit to sit in the House, 366;
the charges against the member ought not to have been inquired into under the
sedition law, 367;
charges, 367;
examination of them, 367;
the member is re-elected by constituents having a full knowledge of
the prosecution, 368;
remarks of Lyon, 368;
reply, 369;
further discussion of the law and the case, 369, 370;
an examination of the letter published, 371;
the constitutionality of the law under which the member was tried
and manner of trial, 372;
resolution to expel lost, 373;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 472.
LYON, MATTHEW, case of, _see Breach of Privilege_.
M
MACHIR, JAMES, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 326.
MACLAY, SAMUEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
MACON, NATHANIEL, Representative from North Carolina, 14, 121, 179, 326, 429,
497, 569, 693;
on a National University, 34;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 41;
on land for Canadian refugees, 45;
on kidnapping negroes, 46;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 60;
on the accommodation of the President, 89, 91;
on address to the President, 182;
on the Quakers' memorial, 184, 187;
on stamp duties, 185;
advocates weekly licenses to distillers, 194;
on report relative to the Matthew Lyon affair, 207;
on the limits of Georgia, 219;
on a provisional army, 247;
on establishing the Navy Department, 249;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 262;
on temporary direct tax, 270;
on persons to be admitted to citizenship, 279;
on bill relative to instructions to armed vessels, 287;
on the sedition bill, 308, 317;
on intercourse with France and St. Domingo, 343;
on the capture of French vessels, 358;
on the law of retaliation, 388;
against mausoleum to Washington, 504, 514, 515;
on reporting the debates, 510;
on jurisdiction over District of Columbia, 525, 527;
elected Speaker, 569;
address to House, 569;
on ratio of representation, 573;
on Georgia limits, 577;
on repeal of internal taxes, 580;
relative to State balances, 596;
in favor of repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 626;
acknowledges thanks of House, 747. _See Index_, vol. 1.
MADISON, JAMES, Representative from Virginia, 14;
on a National University, 37;
on liability of United States to a State for war expenses, 50;
on a direct tax on land and slaves, 52;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 58;
on liberation of Lafayette, 109. _See Index_, vol. 1.
MALBONE, FRANCIS, Representative from Rhode Island, 14. _See Index_,
vol. 1.
MARSHALL, HUMPHREY, Senator from Kentucky, 3, 119, 165, 321, 399, 481. _See
Index_, vol. 1.
MARSHALL, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 429;
on breach of privilege, 429;
announces death of Washington in House, 433;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 453;
his great speech, 457.
MARTIN, ALEXANDER, Senator from North Carolina, 3, 114, 165, 323. _See
Index_, vol. 1.
_Maryland_, vote for President, 62, 487.
MASON, JONATHAN, Senator from Massachusetts, 544, 661;
on repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 548.
MASON, STEVENS T., Senator from Virginia, 6, 114, 171, 323, 405, 481, 540, 661;
on breach of privilege, 417;
on the repeal of the Judiciary Establishment, 555;
on the resolutions relative to the right of the United States to the
free navigation of the Mississippi, 686. _See Index_, vol. 1.
_Massachusetts_ vote for President, 62, 487.
MATHERS, JAMES, Sergeant-at-Arms to Senate, 541;
his extra allowance, 541.
MATTHEWS, WILLIAM, Representative from Maryland, 120, 180, 330.
MATTOON, EBENEZER, Representative from Massachusetts, 523, 569, 694.
_Mausoleum_ for Washington, report of committee in Senate, 485.
MCCLAY, SAMUEL, Senator from Pennsylvania, 14, 665.
MCCLENACHAN, BLAIR, Representative from Pennsylvania, 120, 179, 326.
MCDOWELL, JOSEPH, Representative from North Carolina, 129, 189;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 140;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 246;
on establishing the Navy Department, 250;
on the naturalization laws, 256, 257;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 261;
moves to postpone bill for a provisional army, 275;
on residence before citizenship, 277;
on the bill relative to protection of commerce, 288;
on intercourse with France, 292;
on the sedition bill, 307;
on instructions to armed vessels, 319;
on intercourse with France, 346;
on the bill relative to the capture of French vessels, 358;
on the capture of French vessels, 359;
on repeal of alien and sedition law, 384. _See Index_, vol. 1.
MCHENRY, JAMES, letter to the House on the application of money drawn from
the Treasury, 696.
MCMILLAN, Delegate from North-west Territory, 498.
_Mediterranean Powers_, report relative to affairs with, 79;
_note_, 81;
bill in relation to, 81.
_Mediterranean Trade_, resolution calling for information relative to
exports to the Mediterranean considered, 584;
upon the report a calculation will be made of the expense of protection, 584;
report must be defective, 584;
this call may delay passage of an important bill, 585;
resolution agreed to, 585;
bill for the protection of commerce in Mediterranean considered, 586;
amendment to give President power to issue letters of marque to
affect Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, 586;
it seems to invite war, 586;
their perfidiousness made this necessary, 586;
other reasons urged, 586;
not carried, 586.
MERIWETHER, JAMES, Representative from Georgia, 693.
_Message_, Washington to second session, fourth Congress, 15;
of President John Adams to Congress, 114;
confidential from President to Senate relative to the Dey of Algiers, 119;
documents accompanying first message of John Adams to Congress, 121;
of President Adams to second session, fifth Congress, 167;
on the Creek Indians, 171;
do. on French outrage, 171;
do. on despatches from France, 172;
on affairs with France, 173;
from President Adams to Senate with Washington's letter accepting
Lieutenant-Generalship, 177;
to House relative to persons imprisoned for debt, 198;
on French outrages, 207;
on relations with France, 217, 304;
from President Adams to third session of fifth Congress, 327;
with documents relative to impressment of seamen, 333;
on French affairs, 347;
President Adams to first session, sixth Congress, 400;
to Senate announcing death of Washington, 403;
from House on death of Washington, 403;
of President on sending resolutions to Mrs. Washington, 405;
fourth of President Adams to second session, sixth Congress, 482;
_note_, 482;
first of President Jefferson, 541;
from President on Georgia limits, 566;
of President Jefferson, second session, seventh Congress, 662;
on negotiation for acquisition of Louisiana, 664;
with papers relative to removal of deposit at New Orleans, 694.
_Military Academy_, bill for establishing, introduced and read, 470;
motion to reject it, 470;
do. negatived, 470;
bill referred, 470;
postponement carried, 476.
_Military Interference_ in elections, resolution relative to, 446.
MILLEDGE, JOHN, Representative from Georgia, 34, 121, 569;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 40;
on military appropriations, 98;
on the limits of Georgia, 217;
moves amendment to bill relative to Mississippi Territory, 224;
on Georgia limits, 576.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Mint_, motion to consider a repeal of act establishing, 695;
present state of matters at the mint, 695;
no advantage in the discussion at this time, 695;
no member sees a gold coin, 695;
two millions deposited in the bank, 695;
_note_, 695;
reasons adduced for its abolition are insufficient, 695.
_Mint, Establishment of._--_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Mississippi Question, or free navigation of the Mississippi_, considered in
Senate, 668;
conduct of Spanish officers at New Orleans, 668;
the power must be given and the means voted to vindicate in a becoming
manner the honor and interests of the country, 668;
spoliations by Spanish armed vessels, 668;
our right to free navigation of the Mississippi, 669;
denied, 669;
consequence, 669;
should take the command of the river, 669;
feelings of Western people, 669;
resolutions, 670;
_note_, 671;
resolutions mark out a system of measures honorable to the country, 671;
extract from our treaty with Spain, 671;
notwithstanding the treaty, New Orleans has been wrested from us, 672;
represented as the rash act of an officer and not of the Spanish
Government, 672;
measures adopted, 672;
agency of Bonaparte concealed, 673;
danger of French control over the navigation of the Mississippi, 673;
what is the true state of facts? 674;
reasons for an immediate appeal to arms, 674;
substitute for the resolutions moved, 675;
a constant eye has been kept on this important subject by our
Government in its negotiations, 676;
history of negotiations, 676;
conduct of the Intendant at New Orleans is an atrocious infraction
of the treaty, 676;
was it authorized by Spain or not? 676;
true state of Spanish aggression, 676;
nature, character and tendency of the remedy proposed, 676;
proposes to seize part of the Territory, 676;
in this case the controversy must be decided by force, 676;
resolution then a war resolution, 677;
its justice and policy considered, 677;
in vain to say the Western States will seize New Orleans, 678;
an indignity has been offered the United States by the Spanish Government, by
withdrawing the right of deposit at New Orleans in this manner, 678;
the right of the free navigation of the Mississippi, and to a place of deposit
indisputable, 678;
to seize any place or places is an act of war, 679;
should we be justified in this measure on the grounds of private or
public justice or the law of nations, considered? 679;
what evidence that the Intendant is not authorized by the Spanish or French
Government? 680;
our interests, our honor, our safety require the course pointed out by the
resolutions, 680;
the resolutions do not go far enough, 680;
we wish for peace, how is it to be preserved? 681;
what is the state of things? 681;
effect of this cession on the United States in general point of view, 682;
its effects on the various divisions of the country, 682;
its consequences to other nations, 683;
the first resolution intended to involve members opposed to hostile
measures in a dilemma, 685;
they call on us to declare the deprivation of our right of deposit to be
hostile to our interests and our honor, 685;
effects of negotiation heretofore, 686;
it is said negotiation is not the course for us to pursue, 687;
merits of the different propositions, 687;
it is said Spain had no right to cede Louisiana to France, 687;
extraordinary aspect of the Senate, 688;
on what right could we hold the country against France? 689;
we have nothing to fear from the colony of any European nation on
this continent, 689;
conduct of this House on former occasions, 690;
our object to obtain prompt redress of injuries immediately affecting
our Western brethren, 690;
we are not for rushing into war, but for repelling insult, 691;
members have pledged themselves to employ force on failure of
negotiations, 691;
resolutions passed, 692;
proceedings in secret session relative to free navigation of Mississippi, 710.
_Mississippi Territory._--_See Territories._
MITCHELL, SAMUEL L., Representative from New York, 569, 693;
on protection against the Barbary powers, 571;
in favor of resolution relative to state balances, 594;
on French spoliations, 640, 645, 726, 732.
MONROE, JAMES, speech in Virginia Convention relative to surrender of the
navigation of the Mississippi, 705.
_Monuments_ to Generals and to the captors of Andre, 712.
MOORE, THOMAS, Representative from South Carolina, 11, 569, 693;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42, 43;
on a direct tax on slaves, 53.
MORGAN, DANIEL, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 326.
MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR, Senator from New York, 481, 545, 664;
on the resolutions relative to the right of the United States to the
free navigation of the Mississippi, 680.
MORRIS, LEWIS R., Representative from Vermont, 155, 179, 429, 498, 570, 696.
MORRIS, THOMAS, Representative from New York, 569, 694;
on repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 549, 560;
on the apportionment bill, 575;
on the collection of internal revenue, 588;
relative to state balances, 595;
on memorial of United States Judges, 666;
for the reading of the letter of McHenry, 697;
on granting land-warrants to La Fayette, 743.
MOTT, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 569, 693.
MUHLENBERG, FREDERICK A., Representative from Pennsylvania, 14, 429, 497.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
MURRAY, WILLIAM VANS, Representative from Maryland, 14;
on a national university, 38;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42;
on kidnapping negroes, 46, 47;
on a direct tax on slaves, 53;
on the purchase of a site for a navy yard, 67.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
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_National University._--Report on, considered, 34;
the time has not arrived to incorporate a university, 35;
if the House once enters on this subject, the responsibility will fall on
it to keep it up, 35;
the commissioners only ask to be incorporated, so as to receive legacies, 35;
the President has already made a donation, 35;
is it a proper step, 35;
we are only asked to permit its encouragement, 35;
better to ask this of Maryland, 36;
improper time to decide upon a national university, 36;
effects of the resolution, if adopted, 37;
will we grant power and security to individuals to receive donations for this
object, 37;
negatived in committee, 38;
further debate, 38;
subject postponed, 39;
vote on postponement of consideration of, 39;
memorial of Samuel Blodget relative to, 712.
_Naturalization Laws._--_Resolution to prolong term of residence_ before
aliens shall be admitted as citizens, considered, 253;
five years too short, 253;
at least ten should be required, 253;
high time to recover from the mistake of admitting foreigners to
citizenship, 253;
amendment offered that no alien, not at present a resident, shall be
capable of holding any office under U. S., or voting, 254;
civil rights might be extended in full to foreigners, but not
political rights, 254;
unnecessary they should take a part in government, 254;
only persons born in a country should do it, 254;
the form of the amendment examined, 254;
resolution proposed as a substitute, excluding all aliens not citizens
from holding any U. S. office, 254;
House not authorized to enact this principle into a law, 255;
it ought to be considered as a proposition to amend the constitution, 255;
if the House had power to extend the term of residence, they could
make it for life, 255;
question made on amendment of previous resolution, 255;
President and Senate always appoint such men as they think proper, 255;
people can elect a foreign-born citizen to any State office, 255;
no doubt of the constitutionality of restricting aliens, 255;
what advantage to be derived from giving aliens office? 255;
propriety of action on the subject, 256;
amendment withdrawn and original resolution adopted, 256;
resolution relative to removal of resident aliens whose Government is
at war with this country, considered, 256;
what shall be considered "at war?" 256;
foreigners have been invited here, this resolution will unnecessarily
distress their minds, 256;
intriguing aliens should be removed, 256;
a positive declaration of war should be required before aliens are sent
from the country and our citizens abroad similarly exposed, 257;
only dangerous persons should be sent away, 257;
the resolution proposes to give the President power to remove aliens when the
country from which they come _threatens_ invasion, 257;
evil threatened at the present time, 257;
commissions issued here by foreign ministers, 258;
_note_, 258;
this an essential feature of defence, about which Congress has been
engaged during the session, 258;
great number of French aliens in the country endeavoring to
create divisions, 258;
the same degree of hospitality is not due to French aliens and to
alien friends, 258;
moved to extend to _all_ alien residents, 258;
look at the results of French emissaries in Venice, Switzerland,
and Rome, 259;
similar emissaries in this country, 259;
views of the committee who reported the resolution, 259;
further debate, 260;
last motion withdrawn, 260;
proposition to add the words, "between which and the United States
shall exist a state of war," 260;
debate thereon, 260;
postponement carried, 261;
consideration resumed, and subject referred, 272;
amended resolution, 272.
_Motion to require fourteen_ years' residence before admission to citizenship,
277;
tend to discourage emigration, 277;
carried, 277;
discussion on the retrospection of the bill, 277;
committee thought bill should pass in its present form, 278;
amendments proposed, 278;
also to except residents previous to 1795, 278;
reason in favor of the amendment, 278;
no exception should be made, 278;
the character of the persons who have come here is such as to require
the amendment, 279;
it is a question of right or expediency;
considered as the latter, the danger is apparent of permitting foreigners
to become citizens as heretofore, 279;
injustice to a great number of people to pass the bill without
the amendment, 279;
amendment passed, 280; negatived in the House, 280;
bill ordered to a third reading, 280.
_Alien Laws, petition for repeal_ of, 364;
motion to refer, 364;
part of the petition contains an atrocious libel against the courts
and juries of the country, 365;
this should not be referred, 365;
this is the ground suggested by the greatest enemies of these laws, that
the right of petitioning might next be restricted, 365;
to object is to say we have the power of defining the nature
of petitions, 365;
further remarks on the character of the petition, 365;
further petitions for repeal, 373; report of committee on petitions
for repeal, 373;
resolution that it is inexpedient to repeal alien law, considered, 373;
number of petitioners, 373;
objectionable clause of the alien law, 373;
grounds of objection by petitioners, 373;
objections examined, 374;
report of committee examined, 375, 376, 377, 378;
resolution carried, 378.
_Naturalization Laws._--_See Index_, Vol. 1.
_Naval Armament._--_See Appropriations_, naval.
_Naval Captains_, bill for pay of, 357.
_Naval and Marine_ officers, bill for relief of widows and orphans
of, 566.
_Naval Establishment_--Purchase of a site for a navy yard, considered, 66;
at some future day we shall become a naval power; it is now economy to
prepare for it, 66;
expense of this business alarming, 66;
if the thing is proper, two or three years can make very
little difference, 66;
a navy would never do any real good to this country, 66;
this country depends wholly on commerce for revenue, 67;
that commerce is now in jeopardy, and no substitute for revenue found, 67;
the money thrown away on Algiers to buy a peace would have been much
better expended in building ships, 67;
want of a navy will have a similar effect on all our negotiations, 67;
our live-oak timber is too rich a mine to be neglected, 67;
they must provide for the protection of commerce, or give it up, 67;
is the measure proper, and is it not best to postpone it for the present? 68;
if a navy is necessary to protect commerce, it must be such a one as
will vie with those of other nations, 69;
who can show that commerce and a navy have gone hand in hand? 69;
this country not equal to support a navy, 69;
how can such a navy, be manned? 69;
our peculiar situation affords means of protection, 69;
our only mode of warfare against Europe is by putting our seamen on board of
privateers, 69;
_note_, 69.
_Bill to establish Navy Department_ considered, 248;
unnecessary, 248;
one department sufficient for army and navy, 248;
objections have been to increase the navy because of enormous expense
arising from want of knowledge--this department will obviate this, 248;
necessity for this establishment, 249;
notwithstanding all resistance the establishment of a naval force must soon be
seriously considered, 249;
the necessity for the department examined, 249;
a want of knowledge of naval affairs in the War Department is the
occasion of this bill--this can be obviated, 249;
economy requires the department, 250;
this bill is founded on the idea of establishing a large naval power, 250;
economy further considered, 250;
not for the interest of the country to establish a naval power, 251;
large debts exist with large navies, 251;
every measure to increase the navy will have a bad effect, 251;
further debate, 251;
bill ordered to third reading, 252;
passed, 252;
_note_, 252.
_Bill for augmentation of the Navy_ considered, 348;
question of the propriety of building ships of the line, 348;
reasons for building smaller ships of the line, 348;
is it proper at this time to lay the foundation of a navy that might be
able to give us weight with Europe? 348;
expense of proposed navy, 348;
reasons urged against a large navy, 349;
the extent and advantages of our commerce entitle it to competent
protection, 350;
British navy contrasted with ours, 350;
expense of a navy, 350;
Jefferson's views, 351;
means by which to raise the money needed, 351;
usefulness of a naval establishment considered, 351;
navy of Holland, 353;
instruction to be drawn from this example, 354;
propriety of a naval force for warring with Europe, 355;
arguments on, examined, 355;
no good reason for its establishment exists, 356;
motion to strike out ships of the line lost, 356;
_note_, 356.
_Bill for fixing pay of Captains_ of ships, &c., 356;
details, 357. _See Appropriations_, and _Index_, vol. 1.
_Naval Peace Establishment_, bill for, passed House, 537.
_Navy, Admirals_ in, _see Admirals in the Navy_.
_Negroes, kidnapping of_, report on memorial of State of Delaware relative to
kidnapping negroes and mulattoes considered, 45;
this practice done by masters of vessels, 45;
plan was to pass an act requiring masters of vessels to have a certificate
of the number and situation of any on board, 45;
laws in the several States fully adequate, 46;
State laws being local do not reach the case, 46;
design is to prevent selling free negroes as slaves and taking slaves
to make them free, 46;
many serious questions involved, 46;
committee better rise as the measure is improper, 46;
many instances of this practice had occurred, 46;
it is that kind of business which, by the constitution, was to be left to the
different States, 47;
the House should not interfere with the States, 47;
motion for the committee to rise carried, 47;
motion to discharge committee carried, 47;
motion to recommit to report by bill or otherwise, 47;
propriety of sending it to committee doubtful, 47;
postponement carried, 48.
NEUFVILLE, JOHN DE, claim of widow of, 69;
particulars of, 70.
NEW, ANTHONY, Representative from Virginia, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497, 569,
693;
advocates weekly license to distillers, 194. _See Index_, vol. 1.
_New Hampshire_, vote for President, 62, 487.
_New Jersey_, vote for President, 62, 487.
_Newspapers_, resolution of House relative to, 430;
resolution of Senate for, 400.
NEWTON, THOMAS, jr., Representative from Virginia, 569, 693.
_New York_, vote for President, 62, 487.
NICHOLAS, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 120, 180, 429, 497;
on the address to the President, 18, 28;
on a National University, 35, 36;
on kidnapping negroes, 47;
on liability of United States to a State for war expenses, 51;
on a direct tax on land and slaves, 52, 53, 54;
on the purchase of a site for a navy yard, 66;
on increase of duties on sugar, 72, 73;
on increase of duties on salt, 74;
on naval appropriation, 76, 77;
on suability of the States, 86;
on the accommodation of the President, 88, 90;
on the military establishment, 96, 99;
on naval appropriations, 99, 100, 102;
on military and naval appropriations, 106;
on liberation of La Fayette, 108;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 125;
on resolutions relative to defensive measures, 145;
on a naval armament, 153, 154;
on tax on lawyers, 155, 156;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 157;
on composition with banks in lieu of a tax, 162;
on additional duty on salt, 164;
on the Quakers' memorial, 186;
advocates weekly licenses to distillers, 194;
on naval expenditure, 197;
on foreign intercourse, 199, 203;
on report relative to Matthew Lyon, 207, 208;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 210, 211;
on diplomatic intercourse, 216;
on the limits of Georgia, 219, 223;
on relations with France, 227;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 243;
on the sedition bill, 307, 316;
on intercourse with France and St. Domingo, 334, 335, 340;
on increase of the navy, 354;
on the capture of French vessels, 362;
on the expulsion of Matthew Lyon, 366;
on repeal of sedition law, 378;
on breach of privilege, 418;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 451, 453, 457;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 471;
on the bill to prohibit carrying on the slave trade, 475;
on reporting the debates, 502;
on mausoleum to Washington, 503;
on reporting the debates, 506, 510;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 518, 520;
on the right of the United States to the free navigation of the
Mississippi, 688.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
NICHOLAS, WILSON CARY, Senator from Virginia, 405, 481, 540, 664.
NICHOLSON, JACOB a manumitted slave, petition of, 57.
NICHOLSON, JOSEPH H., Representative from Maryland, 429, 497, 569, 693;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 454;
relative to officers and crew of frigate Constellation, 470;
on reporting the debates, 507;
on protection against the Barbary powers, 571;
on public printing, 573;
on the Mediterranean trade, 584;
on unauthorized purchase of navy yards, 657;
on amendment to the bankrupt act, 724.
NICHOLSON, JUPITER, a manumitted slave, petition of, 57.
_North Carolina_, vote for President, 62, 487.
NOTT, ABRAHAM, Representative from South Carolina, 429, 501;
on mausoleum to Washington, 503.
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_Oaths._--_See Index_, vol. 1.
OGDEN, AARON, Senator from New Jersey, 489, 541, 661.
_Ohio School Fund_, resolutions relative to, 742.
_Ohio State Government._--Report of Select Committee on admission of
North-western Territory as a State, 648;
after one State is laid off, Congress is under an obligation to form the
remainder into a State, 648;
number of the population, 648;
manner of dividing the territory, 648;
further debate thereon, 649;
report agreed to and bill ordered, 650;
do. before the House, 651;
amendment moved to embrace Eastern division, 651;
rights of all the inhabitants equal--if one part formed into a State,
all must be under the compact, 651;
arguments from expediency, 651;
objections urged, 651;
amendment lost, 651;
various amendments proposed, 652;
bill ordered to be engrossed, 653;
do. passed, 654.
OLCOTT, SIMEON, Senator from New Hampshire, 541, 661;
on the repeal of the Judiciary Establishment, 559.
ORR, ALEXANDER D., Representative from Kentucky, 49.
OTIS, HARRISON GRAY, Representative from Massachusetts, 120, 179, 326, 429,
498;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 134, 141;
on expatriation, 152;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 159, 160;
on address to President, 182;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 212;
on the limits of Georgia, 220, 222;
on relations with France, 231;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 243;
on establishing the Navy Department, 249;
proposes amendment to naturalization laws, 254, 255, 256, 257;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 262;
on opposition to a direct tax, 268;
on bill relative to treatment of alien enemies, 283;
on the bill relative to the protection of commerce, 289;
on intercourse with France, 295;
on abrogation of treaty with France, 314;
on the sedition bill, 307, 316;
on intercourse with France and St. Domingo, 335;
on the law of retaliation, 387;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 452;
on petition of free blacks, 437;
on reporting the debates, 502;
on mausoleum to Washington, 503;
on reporting the debates, 507;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 519.
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PAGE, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 17;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42;
on a direct tax on slaves, 55. _See Index_, vol. 1.
PAGE, ROBERT, Representative from Virginia, 431, 497.
PAINE, ELIJAH, Senator from Vermont, 3, 118, 165, 321, 401, 485;
on breach of privilege, 417. _See Index_, vol. 1.
PARKER, ISAAC, Representative from Massachusetts, 179, 326;
on the Quakers' memorial, 185.
PARKER, JOSIAH, Representative from Virginia, 17, 129, 180, 380, 431, 498;
on the address to the President, 18, 29;
on the compensation of President and other officers, 61;
on resolution to notify the Vice President of his election, 63;
on compensation of President and other officers, 63;
on naval appropriation, 77, 99, 102;
on military and naval appropriations, 106;
on defensive measures, 145;
on the Quakers' memorial, 185;
relative to General Kosciusko, 191;
advocates weekly licenses to distillers, 194;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 210;
on third reading of the bill relative to protection of commerce, 291;
on a marine corps, 292;
on increase of the navy, 350;
on the capture of French vessels, 360;
reports a bill authorizing increase of marine corps, 373;
on conduct of officers and crew of frigate Constellation, 470;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 471;
on admirals in the navy, 473. _See Index_, vol. 1.
PATTON, JOHN, Representative from Delaware, 14.
_Pennsylvania_ insurgents, _see Index_, vol. 1.
_Pennsylvania_, vote for President, 62, 487.
PERKINS, ELIAS, Representative from Connecticut, 569, 693.
_Petitions_ for repeal of alien and sedition law, 373.
_Petitions, reception of_.--Petition of four negroes,
manumitted by their master, and afterwards sold into slavery
under the laws of North Carolina, and subsequently escaping
and being arrested under the fugitive act in Philadelphia,
considered, 57;
they pray the House to modify the fugitive act so as not to affect
persons of their description, 58;
very proper to refer petition to a committee, 58;
persons aggrieved have a sacred right to petition, 58;
laws of North Carolina forbid emancipation, 58;
men not free, 58;
United States nothing to do with it, 58;
if free by the laws of North Carolina, they should apply to
those laws to establish their freedom--if slaves, the
constitution gives them no hope of being heard here, 58;
a committee could inquire into the facts, 58;
every due respect should be paid to the petition, 59;
former practice was to send the petition back, 59;
they are slaves--a kind of property on which the House has no power
to legislate, 59;
cannot the House receive a petition without evidence that it is from
a free man? 59;
unjust to deprive them of the right of petitioning, 59;
it is a judicial question, 59;
by application to North Carolina justice would be done them, 60;
they have received injury under a law of the United States, and have,
therefore, a right to the attention of the Government, 60;
receiving the petition negatived, 60.
_Quakers, memorial_ of, 182;
motion to read second time, 183;
every Legislature should set their face against remonstrances complaining
of what it is impossible to alter, 183;
to read and commit is the regular way of getting rid of the difficulty, 183;
no objection to commit if the committee will report the censure deserved, 183;
no reason why the petition should not be dealt with in the ordinary way, 183;
the practice of the House--what objection to it now? 184;
_note_, 184;
nature of the petition, 184;
no authority over the subject, 184;
Quakers war-makers, 184;
_note_, 184;
unconstitutional to ask the House to do what they had no power to do, 185;
only object of petition to sow dissension, 185;
nothing prayed for, 185;
unnecessary to refer such a petition, 185;
no objection in general principles to a reference of the petition, 185;
contents of the petition, 185;
previous treatment of abolition petitions, 185;
to appear to be afraid of inquiring, will do more harm to slave property
than a fair investigation, 186;
reasons urged for the second reading, 186;
the doors should be shut against any thing tending to produce
such confusion as exists in West India Islands, 187;
no ground of irritation in the question, 187;
nothing unconstitutional be done, 187;
the fact called for examination, 187;
if petition is received and early reported on, it would stop the
mouth of these people, 187;
further debate, 187, 188;
second reading carried, 188;
referred to a select committee, 188;
report of committee on Quakers' memorial, 209;
remarks thereon, 209;
memorialists have leave to withdraw, 209.
_Petition of free blacks_ of the City and County of Philadelphia, considered,
436;
outline of the petition, 437;
reference moved, 437;
any reference improper, 437;
only two grievances noticed in the petition--fugitive act and
slave trade, 437;
a duty to grant relief so far as the House has power, 437;
signers incapable of writing their names or reading the petition, 437;
those who do not possess this property better leave its regulation
to those who do, 437;
so improper is it to consider this subject that some States
would not have adopted the federal form of government if it
had not been secured that Congress would never legislate on
it, 438;
no subject so likely to cause a division as this, 438;
if an evil exists under any law, a committee should be appointed
to examine it, 438;
constitution put it out of the power of the House, 438;
petition only asks amelioration of severities, 439;
petition examined, 439;
further debate, 440, 441;
former treatment of petitions, 442;
would gentlemen feel calm if measures were taken to destroy most of
their property, 442;
no danger from committing the petition, 443;
further debate, 444;
resolution relative to petition adopted, 444.
_See Index_, vol. 1, _Slavery and Slave Trade_.
_Philadelphia_, first session, 5th Congress, commenced at, 113.
PICKERING, JOHN, impeached before the Senate by the House, 692.
PICKERING, TIMOTHY, report of, as Secretary of State, 80;
letter with papers in Jonathan Robbins' case, 444.
PIERCE, JOSEPH, Representative from New Hampshire, 570.
_Pilnitz, Treaty_ of, a forgery, 239.
PINCKNEY, CHARLES, Senator from South Carolina, 324, 405;
vote for, as President in 1796, 63;
on disputed Presidential elections, 406;
on breach of privilege, 409;
on bill to amend act establishing Judiciary courts, 419;
vote for, as President, 487.
PINCKNEY, THOMAS, Representative from South Carolina, 180, 300;
vote for, as President in 1796, 62;
on answer to President's message, 181;
relative to Gen. Kosciusko, 192;
on foreign intercourse, 203;
on relations with France, 232;
letter relative to presents offered to him by courts in Europe, 253;
on presents to Ministers by foreign courts, 269;
on intercourse with France and St. Domingo, 342, 346;
on the capture of French vessels, 360.
PLATER, THOMAS, Representative from Maryland, 569, 693.
PLATT JONAS, Representative from New York, 429, 497;
on petition of free blacks, 440.
PLUMER, WILLIAM, Senator from New Hampshire, 661.
POLLOCK, OLIVER, bill reported for relief of, 207.
_Post Office, franking privilege._--Motion to pay $4,500 on letters to and from
certain officers of the army, 723;
unnecessary, 723;
Government ought to support this expense, 723;
all franking wrong, 724;
considerations in favor thereof, 724.
_Post Office._--_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Potomac Canal_, shares in, given to the President, 87;
_note_, 37.
POTTER, ELISHA R., Representative from Rhode Island, 34, 120;
on a direct tax on personal property, 54;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 159.
POWELL, LEVEN, Representative from Virginia, 429, 497.
_Presents to Ministers._--Letter of Mr. Pinckney relative to presents offered to
him by Spanish and British courts considered, 253;
referred to a select committee, 253;
resolution from the Senate granting leave to Mr. Pinckney to accept certain
presents, 261;
moved to concur, 261;
if we allow presents to be received, we must prepare to give them, 261;
if it should ever be allowed in consideration of public service, there
never could be a better occasion, 261;
object of the constitution is to oblige ministers to make known to the
world the presents they receive, 261;
this particular case considered, 261;
policy dictates the propriety of rejecting the resolution, 261;
object of the constitution to lock up every door to foreign influence, 262;
if leave granted, a precedent established and a title will be
tendered hereafter, 262;
this will be the last application, if resolution rejected, 262;
no grounds for apprehension, 262;
practice under the confederation, 262;
action in this case will fix future usage, 262;
not necessary to accept them as a point of etiquette, 262;
a dangerous principle as it opens an avenue to foreign influence, 263;
a stop should be put to this business, 263;
further debate--House refused to concur, 264;
explanation and views of Mr. Pinckney, 269;
reason of the House for refusal, 276.
_Presents to a Minister's wife._--Letter from Col. Humphrey, 731;
referred to a select committee, 732.
_Presidency_, vacancy in, _see Index_, vol. 1.
_President's election disputed in the Senate._--Resolution
for the appointment of a committee to inquire what
provisions should be made by law to decide &c., considered, 405;
if any thing is done it must be by an amendment to the constitution, 406;
dangerous practice to endeavor to amend the constitution by making
laws for it, 406;
Legislature has a right to make such provision as may be necessary, 406;
questions to be considered with regard to _electors_, 406;
do. 407;
committee appointed, 407;
bill reported, 407;
postponed, 408.
_In the House_, bill considered, 473;
motion debated, 473;
postponed, 478;
message from Senate disagreeing to amendments, 479;
House adhere, 479;
bill lost, 479.
PRITCHETT, THOMAS, a manumitted slave, petition of, 57.
_Proceedings_ in Senate on ratification of convention with French Republic, 492.
_Protection_ of Trade, _see Appropriations_, naval.
_Public Lands._--_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Public Printing._--Report in favor of appointing a public printer considered,
573;
various objections urged, 573;
reasons in favor stated, 573;
lost, 573.
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_Quakers' Memorial._--_See Petitions._
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RANDOLPH, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 429, 498, 569, 694;
on petition of free blacks, 438;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 450;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 471;
moves $500 for furniture for President, 473;
on a mausoleum to Washington, 516, 517;
on jurisdiction over District of Columbia, 520;
on public printing, 573;
on the apportionment bill, 575;
on library of Congress, 578;
on reduction of the army, 578;
on resolutions relative to Judiciary, 582;
in favor of repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 621;
against reading the letter of McHenry, 697;
on motion to establish the mint, 695;
on the call for papers relative to the cession of Louisiana, 698, 700,
713, 715, 717;
on amendment to the bankrupt act, 724, 725;
on petition of United States judges, 728, 729;
against taking up resolution relative to French spoliations, 732;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 738.
_Ratio of representation, in the Senate_, bill to fix, considered, 550;
moved to strike out 33,000 and insert 30,000, 550;
unless amended 28,800 persons in Delaware will have no representative, 550;
equity of the case, 550;
other reasons urged, 551;
motion to strike out lost, 551;
moved to allow one member for every fraction of 27,000, 551;
reasons for the motion, 551;
lost, 551;
bill passed, 551.
_In the House._--Resolution to fix the ratio at 33,000, 572;
various numbers proposed, 572;
arguments in favor of a small and of a large ratio, 572;
resolution carried, 573;
move to strike out 33,000 and insert 30,000, 573;
object to lessen the size of the districts that electors might know
the elected, 573;
smallest ratio preferred as a matter of principle, 573;
Delaware an extreme case, 574;
small States materially affected by the ratio in the bill, 574;
views of the people, 574;
experience of the States, 574;
large representation relied on for safety and economy, 574;
further debate, 575;
heretical and improper to consider the House as the representative
of the people, 575;
the members of the House are the representatives of the States in
proportion to their numbers, 575;
the apportionment is among the States, not among the people, 575;
further debate, 576;
motion to strike out eight and insert nine as the representation
from Maryland, 583;
motion carried, 583.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
READ, JACOB, Senator from South Carolina, 3, 117, 165, 321, 399, 484;
elected President _pro tem._ of the Senate, 166.
READ, JOHN, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497;
on increase of duties on sugar, 72;
on breach of privilege, 418.
READ, NATHAN, Representative from Massachusetts, 498, 569, 693.
_Report_ on memorial of Anna de Neufville, 69;
of Secretary of State, relative to affairs with Mediterranean powers, 79;
on petition of widow of Hanging Maw, 97;
on petition of daughters of Count de Grasse, 192;
on the Matthew Lyon affair, 206;
of Committee on Privileges on Griswold and Lyon case, 213;
on petition of Stephen Cantrell, 242;
on remonstrance of Georgia, 331;
on petitions for repeal of alien and sedition law, 373;
on measures in relation to breach of privilege, 422, 423;
in Senate on mausoleum for Washington, 485;
of committee of House on credentials, 500;
of Committee on Unfinished Business, 522;
on credentials of members, 530;
of Committee on State Balances, 534;
of committee on remonstrance of Georgia, 537;
on the Wyoming controversy, 639;
on State balances, 639;
in Senate on memorial of United States Judges, 666;
of committee on case of Van Ness, 725.
_Resolution_ in Senate relative to joint meeting of two Houses to count
votes for President, 6;
of relief in lands to Canadian refugees, 44, 45;
of Andrew Jackson on petition of Hugh L. White, 48;
on direct taxes, 52;
to notify Vice President Jefferson of his election, 63;
relative to lands of live-oak and red timber, 69;
relative to grant of lands to John C. Symmes, 70;
relative to suability of the States, 88;
relative to statements from War Department, 105;
relative to Gen. Lafayette, 108;
relative to defensive measures, 144;
relative to printing the laws in the German language, 165;
ordering newspapers for Senators, 166;
authorizing Minister to Spain to receive presents, 173;
relative to Gen. Kosciusko, 191;
relative to attack of Matthew Lyon on Roger Griswold, 206;
on Quakers' memorial, 209;
relative to disorderly behavior of Roger Griswold and Matthew Lyon, 210;
of Otis, relative to case of Griswold and Lyon, 212;
relative to claim of Amy Dardin, 213;
on relations with France, 225;
that no alien shall ever be a citizen, 254;
relative to direct taxes, 265;
relative to naturalization, 272;
relative to presents to ministers by foreign courts, 276;
relative to relations with France, 296;
giving bounty on capture of French armed vessels, 320;
relative to remonstrance of Georgia, 348;
for the expulsion of Matthew Lyon, 364;
relative to prints of John Trumbull, 402;
of Senate relative to death of Washington, 403;
of House sent to Senate on death of Washington, 404;
of House relative to commemoration of death of Washington, 405;
in Senate on disputed Presidential elections, 405;
of Senate to hear eulogium on Washington, 408;
of Senate relative to breach of privilege, 408;
relative to prosecution of William Duane, 427;
relative to prints of John Trumbull, 431;
to grant W. H. Harrison franking privilege, 433;
in House relative to death of Washington, 434;
of respect to memory of Washington, 435;
relative to amendment to constitution, 446;
in case of Jonathan Robbins, 447-452;
relative to western lands, 448;
relative to conduct of officers and crew of frigate Constellation, 470;
for a medal to Capt. Truxton, 469-471;
on Lake Superior lands, 457-472;
relative to lands given in satisfaction of judgments, 473;
on appropriation for holding Indian treaties, 477;
relative to additional revenue, 477;
relative to an additional army, 477;
relative to the memory of Washington, 478;
relative to counting votes for President, 486;
of old Congress relative to statue to Washington, 512;
relative to election of President, 522, 523;
relative to the Judiciary, 581;
relative to Lieut. Sterret, officers, and crew, 593;
relative to imprisonment for debt, 593;
on decease of Narsworthy Hunter, 640;
relative to French spoliations, 642;
relative to funeral expenses of members, 648;
relative to free navigation of Mississippi, 670;
in Senate relative to impeachment of John Pickering, 692;
calling for papers relative to removal of deposit at New Orleans, 694;
relative to J. P. Van Ness, 696;
calling for information relative to the cession of Louisiana, 697;
relative to cession of Louisiana, 702;
relative to the navigation of the Mississippi, 710;
do. considered in secret session, 710;
for monuments to various officers and others, 712;
for a monument to Gen. Gates, 725;
relative to pay of late U. S. Judges, 731;
relative to French spoliations, 732;
on receding to the respective States jurisdiction over the District
of Columbia, 736;
relative to Ohio School Fund, 742.
_Revenue_ statements, reports on, made, 214.
_Revenue_, collection of; resolution for information relative to expense of
collecting the revenue, &c., considered, 587;
great objection to internal taxes; the expense of collection, 588;
information sought, that it may be reduced, 588;
expense of collecting other taxes, 588;
the collection of some cost more than the collection of other
taxes--discrimination required, 588;
statements of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 589;
further debate, 589;
the intention seems to be to repeal the internal taxes, right or wrong, 589;
further debate, 590;
motion lost, 591.
_Rhode Island._--Vote for President, 62, 487.
_Rhode Island._--_See Index_, vol. 1.
RICHARDS, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14.
ROBBINS, JONATHAN, case of, 444;
papers in, 444;
resolutions of Mr. Bayard, 446;
do. of Mr. Livingston, 447;
resolutions of Mr. Livingston taken up, 448; _note_, 448;
statement of facts, 448;
record of the court should be obtained, 448;
kind of evidence to be adduced, 449;
point to be gained, 449;
motion to discharge committee, not sufficient evidence before them, 450;
if interference of Executive improper, it did not proceed from
improper motives, 450;
claim of citizenship and protection by Robbins, 450;
further debate relative to rising of the committee, 450, 451, 452;
motion negatived, 452;
resolutions calling on President for copy of the proceedings of the court
considered, 452;
is there any such evidence as will throw light on the case? 453;
all the evidence necessary should be obtained, 453;
extraordinary resolution--was the President clerk of the court? 453;
the resolution must be negatived, and the debate on the merits go
forward, if the end is to be reached this session, 453;
motion will operate as a discharge of the committee, 454;
further debate, 454;
substitute moved requiring Speaker of the House to obtain the
proceedings of the Court, 454;
postponement moved, 454;
object of the resolution, a charge upon the President and upon the District
Judge, 454;
conduct of both called into view, and the reprehensibleness defended on the
testimony before the House, 455;
what do the resolutions amount to, 455;
question of great importance to the American people and to the
reputation of the House, 455;
doubtful if the President has acted with propriety or not, 455;
particulars of the case, 455;
further debate, 456;
motion to postpone negatived, 456;
adoption of the resolution negatived, 456;
Mr. Livingston's resolutions considered, 457;
record of Circuit Court of New Jersey, 457;
change of conduct in the Executive, 457;
Committee disagree with Mr. Livingston's resolutions, 457;
will the House concur, considered, 457;
conduct of the Executive cannot be justly charged with the errors
imputed to it, 458;
the case within the 27th article of the Treaty between U. S.
and Great Britain, 458;
was the murder committed within the jurisdiction of Great Britain, 458;
extent of a nation's jurisdiction examined, 458;
jurisdiction of a nation at sea, 459;
illustrations, 459;
piracy, 459, 460;
application of the Treaty, 460;
act of Congress considered, 461;
does not comprehend case of murder committed in a foreign ship of war, 461;
English cases cited, 462;
indictments found at Trenton, 462;
bearing on jurisdiction, 462;
secondly, the case was a case for Executive not Judicial decision, 462;
this point examined, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466;
the President, in exercising this power and in performing
the duty it enjoins, has not committed an unauthorized
interference with Judicial decisions, 467;
this point examined, 467, 468;
House agree with Committee of the Whole in their disagreement
to the resolutions, 469;
committee discharged from further consideration, 469.
ROSS, JAMES, Senator from Penn., 6, 119, 171, 322, 400, 485, 665;
on disputed presidential elections, 406;
on the Mississippi question, 668.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Rules for the Election of President_ reported, 529.
RUTHERFORD, JOHN, Senator from New Jersey, 3, 117, 175.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
RUTHERFORD, ROBERT, Representative from Va., 14;
on the address to the President, 28;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 41;
on petition of Hugh L. White, 49;
on liability of U. S. to a State for war expenses, 51;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 58;
on compensation of President and other officers, 65;
on increase of duties on sugar, 72;
on increase of duties on salt, 75;
on the accommodation of the President, 89, 91.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
RUTLEDGE, JOHN, Jr., Representative from South Carolina, 121, 179, 326, 429,
505, 694;
on answer of House to President Adams' 1st message, 132;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duties, 158;
on answer to President's message, 181;
on the Quakers' memorial, 183, 187;
on naval expenditure, 198;
on report on the Quakers' memorial, 209;
on the limits of Georgia, 222;
on relations with France, 228;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 246, 248;
on the naturalization laws, 256;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 263;
on intercourse with France, 294;
on the capture of French vessels, 362;
on petition of free blacks, 437, 438, 440, 441, 442;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 451, 454;
on the bill against the slave-trade, 475, 476;
on reporting the debates, 508;
for a mausoleum to Washington, 514;
on a bill relative to District of Columbia, 523;
on repeal of internal taxes, 579;
on the collection of internal revenue, 590;
on reducing duties on imports, 591;
on imprisonment for debt, 593;
against repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 632;
in favor of relief for French spoliations, 645;
on a public discussion of cession of Louisiana, 698;
on taking up the French spoliation subject, 733.
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_Savannah, relief to._--Resolution to afford some relief to the sufferers by the
late fire at Savannah, debated, 39;
most calamitous event of the kind in United States--relief
was granted to sufferers by fire at St. Domingo--if it was
just in case of foreigners, it was equally so in the case of
citizens, 40;
if the unfortunate have any claim on the Government, none could
have greater, 40;
the city is a wide waste of ruin, 40;
if relief is granted in this case, it should be also to New York and
Charleston, and other places, 40;
no occasion for insurance companies if Government makes good these losses, 40;
the principle a bad one, 40;
this is a distinct case, 40;
the loss unexampled--only a contribution is asked, 40;
it will not serve as a precedent, 40;
motion to go into Committee of the Whole lost, 40;
motion to discharge the committee made, 40;
more respect due to the feelings of the sufferers than to dispose
of the subject without discussion, 40;
the Legislature of Pennsylvania had contributed, 40;
$10,000 were given to sufferers in St. Domingo, 40;
relief granted to the daughters of Count de Grasse, 41;
too tenacious about approaching the treasury, 41;
duty of Government to relieve such distress, 41;
what would $30,000 be when divided among all the people of the Union, 41;
motion to go into Committee of the Whole carried, 41;
neither the act for relief to sufferers in St. Domingo, nor to the
daughters of Count de Grasse, in point, 41;
let gentlemen put their finger on that part of the constitution which
gave the House power to grant relief, 41;
if the United States become underwriters for the whole Union, where shall
the line be drawn? 41;
the constitution does not authorize any such grant, 41;
our duty to grant relief from humanity and from policy, 41;
no difference between the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, yet the House of the
latter had voted unanimously, 42;
members, as individuals, can subscribe, but it is not constitutional to afford
relief from the treasury, 42;
if the principle is adopted it should be general--every sufferer has
an equal claim, 42;
motion to add Lexington to Savannah, 42;
the House cannot undertake to make good individual misfortunes, 42;
but the line is distinct between individual and national, and this is
a national calamity, 42;
Savannah and Lexington should not be united, 43;
the former is an important place, 43;
Lexington had not asked for relief, 43;
our duty to pay claims of distressed soldiers first, 43;
this amendment designed to defeat a laudable object, 43;
this case a sharp conflict between humanity and the constitution, 43;
amendment lost, 43;
the greatness of the calamity is admitted and the
disposition to relieve entire--a written constitution,
however, prescribes the manner in which money shall be drawn
from the treasury, yet it is impossible to obtain absolute
directions in every case, 43;
the objects are specified in the eighth section, yet many laws have passed not
exactly specified, 43;
the constitution cannot be administered under so rigorous and mechanical a
construction, 43;
the principle is the thing aimed at for establishment, 44;
it is not what generosity and humanity require, but what the constitution
and duty require, 44;
disagreed to in committee, 44.
SCHUREMAN, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 121, 180, 326;
Senator from New Jersey, 400, 481;
resigns seat in Senate, 487.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Seat of Government_, resolution relative to proper measures to be adopted
preparatory to removal of, 470;
bill to make further progress for removal and accommodation of the Government
considered, 472;
motion to fill blanks for expenses, 473.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
SEDGWICK, THEODORE, Senator from Massachusetts, 5, 114, 171;
elected President _pro tem._ of Senate, 173;
Representative from Massachusetts, 429, 497;
elected Speaker, 429;
speech, 429;
acknowledges thanks of House, 538.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Seditious practices_, bill for restraint of, 295;
details of do., 296;
bill for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States
considered, 305;
its outlines, 305;
motion to reject it, 305;
necessity of the law, 305;
extensive combinations exist, 306;
freedom of the press an example, 306;
effects of such liberty in France, 306;
true meaning of liberty of the press, 306;
its extent in this country, 307;
it is striking at the root of a republican government to restrict the use of
speaking and writing, 307;
features of the bill, 307;
the bill in direct opposition to the constitution, 308;
operation of such laws, 308;
does the situation of the country require any law of this kind, 308;
the bill has two objects--to punish conspiracies and calumnies against the
Government, 309;
question on rejection of the bill lost, 310;
question on its passage, 316;
not within the powers of the House to act on this subject, 316;
consider its effects, 316;
had the constitution cognizance of these offences, and had its amendments
taken that away? 317;
this is the commencement of a system which may be extended to religious
establishments, 317;
prosecutions for libel cannot take place under general Government, 318;
further debate, 318;
bill passed, 319.
_Resolution that it is inexpedient_ to repeal the sedition law
considered, 378;
objectionable clause, 378;
the constitutional argument in relation thereto, 379;
power of Congress over the press, 379;
is it proper for Congress to possess the power claimed for it, 380;
arguments in support of it examined, 381, 382, 383, 384;
resolution carried, 384;
question that the bill for repeal of part be engrossed, 535;
grounds upon which the original bill was passed, 535;
experience of the last two years, 535;
further remarks, 536;
engrossment refused, 536.
_Senate._--Reply to the valedictory of John Adams as Vice President, 9;
special session at inauguration of John Adams, 10;
meets the House to count votes for President, 62;
answer to President Adams' first message, 117;
adjournment of, at 1st session, 5th Congress, 119;
answer to President's message, 2d session, 5th Congress, 169;
Legislative session adjourned, 175;
Executive session, 175;
adjourned, 178;
answer to President's message at 3d session, 5th Congress, 322;
form of warrant of, to be issued for apprehension of William Duane, 426;
adjournment 1st session, 6th Congress, 427;
message to House on eulogium to Washington, 447;
answer to President's message 2d session, 6th Congress, 483;
answer to address of Jefferson on retiring from Vice Presidency, 488;
special session convened March 4, 1801, 489;
secret session to ratify convention with French Republic, 492;
adjourns 1st session, 7th Congress, 569.
SEWALL, SAMUEL, Representative from Massachusetts, 15, 120, 180, 326, 429;
on expatriation, 149, 150, 152;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 161;
on the Quakers' memorial, 184;
against weekly licenses to distillers, 194;
on naval expenditure, 197;
on breach of privilege, 205, 208;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 212;
on relations with France, 228;
on a provisional army, 243;
on establishing the navy department, 249;
on the naturalization laws, 253, 256, 259;
on a provisional army, 275;
on the persons to be excluded from citizenship, 278, 279;
on bill relative to treatment of alien enemies, 281, 282, 283;
on instructions to armed vessels, 286;
on a marine corps, 292;
on intercourse with France, 293;
on the abrogation of the treaty with France, 310, 312.
SHEAFE, JAMES, Senator from New Hampshire, 544.
SHEPARD, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497,
569, 693;
on military appropriations, 252;
on the bill relative to the protection of commerce, 288.
SHERBURNE, JOHN S., Representative from New Hampshire, 14;
on the address to the President, 20;
on the accommodation of the President, 92.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
SINNICKSON, THOMAS, Representative from New Jersey, 121, 179, 329.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
SITGREAVES, SAMUEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14, 120, 180;
on the address to the President, 17, 24, 31;
on land for Canadian refugees, 45;
on kidnapping negroes, 47;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 58;
on the accommodation of the President, 88, 89, 90;
on naval appropriations, 99, 100, 104;
on liberation of Lafayette, 109;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 132, 140;
on expatriation, 150, 152;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 158, 160;
on foreign intercourse, 201;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 211, 212, 214;
on relations with France, 225;
on the naturalization laws, 256, 258, 260;
on a new census for a direct tax, 265;
on admission of aliens to citizenship, 279;
on letters of marque, 299;
on the abrogation of the treaty with France, 310, 311.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Slave Act_, Mississippi, for bringing slaves into, 427.
_Slavery, prohibiting_ it in a Territory, _see Territories_.
_Slavery, prohibition_ of, in a Territory, debate on, 217.
_Slave Trade, &c._, bill from Senate to prohibit carrying on, considered, 474;
manner of the passage of the former act, 474;
conveniences of the commerce, 475;
further debate, 475;
most defective bill, 475;
motion to refer to a select committee, 476;
too late in the session, 476;
the New England States should enjoy the profit of this traffic as well as the
English, 476;
present law does not stop the trade, 476;
its extent, 476;
bill committed, 476;
bill passed, 477.
_Slavery and Slave Trade._--_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Slaves emancipated_ from West Indies, memorial respecting, 725.
SKINNER, THOMPSON J., Representative from Massachusetts, 57, 182.
SMILIE, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 429, 497, 569, 693;
on petition of free blacks, 437;
against a mausoleum to Washington, 513;
on bill relative to District of Columbia, 523, 524, 526;
on the apportionment bill, 574;
on repeal of internal taxes, 580;
on imprisonment for debt, 593;
on call for papers relative to cession of Louisiana, 699;
on amendment to the Bankrupt Act, 724;
on compensation to the ex-United States judges 730;
on taking up the French spoliation subject, 788;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 736;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 738.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
SMITH, DANIEL, Senator from Tennessee, 321.
SMITH, ISAAC, Representative from New Jersey, 14;
on kidnapping negroes, 46.
SMITH, ISRAEL, Representative from Vermont, 14, 569, 694.
SMITH, JEREMIAH, Representative from New Hampshire, 14, 121;
on the accommodation of the President, 91;
on a direct tax on slaves, 53.
SMITH, JOHN, Representative from New York, 497, 569, 693.
SMITH, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 569, 693.
SMITH, JOHN COTTON, Representative from Connecticut, 497, 569, 693;
on a mausoleum to Washington, 516.
SMITH, JOSIAH, Representative from Massachusetts, 569, 693.
SMITH, NATHANIEL, Representative from Connecticut, 14, 120, 179, 326;
on naval appropriations, 78;
on expatriation, 151;
on foreign intercourse, 203;
on relations with France, 231;
on the naturalization laws, 256;
on a provisional army, 274;
on bill relative to treatment of alien enemies, 281.
SMITH, SAMUEL, Representative from Maryland, 14, 135, 180, 326, 569, 693,
429, 497;
on a direct tax on slaves, 54;
on increase of duties on sugar, 73, 74;
on _tacking_ bills, 77;
on indirect taxes, 84;
on arming merchant vessels, 147, 148;
on relations with France, 241;
on a provisional army, 247;
on establishing the Navy Department, 249;
on the naturalization laws, 254;
on temporary direct tax, 271;
on direct taxes, 303;
on abrogation of treaty with France, 313;
on intercourse with France, 320;
on intercourse With France and St. Domingo, 334, 339;
on the law of retaliation, 388;
on reporting the debates, 510;
on protection against the Barbary powers, 571;
on the apportionment bill, 576;
on the Mediterranean trade, 584;
on French spoliations, 640, 647;
on call for papers relative to cession of Louisiana, 698, 700, 715;
on amendment to the Bankrupt Act, 725.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
SMITH, SAMUEL H., memorial to House relative to reporting the debates, 505;
letter to Senate respecting reports of their proceedings, 545.
SMITH, WILLIAM, Representative from South Carolina, 14, 121, 179, 326;
on address to the President, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 40, 41;
on kidnapping negroes, 46, 47;
on liability of United States to a State for war expenses, 50;
on printing expenditure, 57;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 59, 60;
on the purchase of a site for a navy yard, 66;
on increase of duties, 71;
on naval appropriation, 76, 78, 79;
on indirect taxes, 83;
on military and naval appropriations, 94;
on the military establishment, 96, 97, 98;
on naval appropriations, 99, 101, 104;
on military and naval appropriations, 107;
on liberation of Lafayette, 109;
answer of House to President Adams' 1st message, 127, 139, 141;
offered resolutions relative to defensive measures, 144, 145;
on resolutions relative to defensive measures, 146;
to provide further naval force, 148, 149;
on expatriation, 150, 151, 152;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 157, 159, 161;
on duty on stamps, 162;
on additional duty on salt, 163;
appointed Minister to Portugal, 180.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
SOUTHARD, HENRY, Representative from New Jersey, 569, 693;
against resolution relative to extinguishing State balances, 596;
to postpone resolution relative to the mint, 695;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 741.
_South Carolina._--Vote for President, 62, 487;
militia, vindication of, 273.
SPAIGHT, RICHARD DOBBS, Representative from North Carolina, 328, 497;
on intercourse with France, 345.
SPRAGUE, PELEG, Representative from New Hampshire, 191, 326;
on intercourse with France, 346.
SPRIGG, RICHARD, JUNR., Representative from Maryland, 14, 120, 179, 569;
on a National University, 36, 38;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 41;
on compensation of President and other officers, 64;
on relations with France, 225, 226.
SPRIGG, THOMAS, Representative from Maryland, 60.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
STANFORD, RICHARD, Representative from North Carolina, 121, 179, 326, 429,
497, 569, 693.
STANLEY, JOHN, Representative from North Carolina, 569, 693;
against repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 597;
on the reading the letter of James McHenry, 696.
STANTON, JOSEPH, JUNR., Representative from Rhode Island, 569, 693.
_State Balances_, report of committee on 534;
resolution for a committee to inquire into expediency of extinguishing certain
balances due from States, &c., 594;
debate thereon, 594, 595, 596;
motion lost, 596;
report of committee, 639;
bill to extinguish claims of United States against certain States
considered, 640;
some of the States believe they were wronged in the settlement made, 640;
rule adopted for apportioning the expenses of the war considered, 640;
the original contract, 640;
effect of adopting an enumeration of inhabitants made seven or eight years
after the war, 641;
the rule unjust and unequal, 641;
what has New York done? 641;
further debate, 642;
bill ordered to be engrossed, 642;
bill postponed, 647.
_Stenographer_ to the Senate, admission of, 545;
to the House, debate on, 583, 584.
STERRET, LIEUT., his officers and crew, 592.
STEWART, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 528, 569, 693.
STOCKTON, RICHARD, Senator from New Jersey, 3, 117, 165, 321.
STODDERT, BENJAMIN, letter of to commanders of armed vessels, 333.
STONE, DAVID, Representative from North Carolina, 429, 498, 545, 664;
on the repeal of the Judiciary Establishment, 558.
STRATTON, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 569, 696.
STRUDWICK, WILLIAM, Representative from North Carolina, 17.
_Suability of States._--On report authorizing the President to make inquiry if
certain States adopted proposed amendment to constitution on suability
of States, 86;
question whether eleven States ratifying the ten amendments in 1791, should be
considered three-fourths of fourteen, or whether a division of States
could be made? 86;
the fourth part of fourteen is three and a half, if a State
cannot be divided, then four States must be taken instead of
three and a half as one-fourth of fourteen, 87;
eleven States have ratified the amendments, but are not twelve of the fourteen
required, 87;
discussion of the subject, 87, 88.
SUMTER, THOMAS, Representative from South Carolina, 121, 188, 429, 497;
Senator from South Carolina, 545, 569, 661;
vindication of South Carolina militia, 273.
SWANWICK, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14, 120, 179;
on the address to the President, 20, 24, 26;
on kidnapping negroes, 45, 46, 47;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 58;
on the purchase of a site for a navy yard, 66;
on increase of duties on sugar, 72, 73;
on naval appropriations, 76, 77, 99, 100, 103;
on liberation of Lafayette, 108;
on answer of House to President Adams' 1st message, 135;
on defensive measures, 144, 147;
on a naval armament, 154;
moves ten dollars duty on attorney's licenses, 155;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 159;
on the Quakers' memorial, 183.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
SWIFT, ZEPHANIAH, Representative from Connecticut, 14.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
SYMMES, JOHN C.--Contract for land, 70;
particulars of his case, 81;
case of, 567.
T
TALIAFERRO, BENJAMIN, Representative from Georgia, 429, 497.
TALIAFERRO, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 569, 694.
TALLEYRAND, letter to American Minister in Paris, 304.
TALLMADGE, BENJAMIN, Representative from Connecticut, 569, 693.
TATTNALL, JOSIAH, Senator from Georgia, 6, 114, 171, 323.
_Taxes, direct and indirect_, proposition for a tax on land and on slaves, 52;
should be separated, 52;
associated together in order to do justice, and conform to
the established usage of a large tract of country where one
tax without the other was objectionable, 52;
the resolution for a tax on land carried, 52.
_Direct tax on slaves considered_, 52;
reason for bringing this species of personal property under view whilst
all other personal property unnoticed, 52;
slaves are laborers--not right to vote to tax laborers, 53;
a tax on slaves would lighten the tax on land in the Southern
States--would the tax on land be equal? 53;
a direct tax should be equal as possible, 53;
a tax on slaves the most productive tax in the Southern States, 54;
exact equality impossible, 54;
personal property in the Southern States should not bear a part of the
burden whilst exempted elsewhere, 54;
the objections can be completely obviated, 54;
enumeration of slaves adds to the expense, 55;
propriety of taxing personal property in one State and not in another, 55;
the South is ready to pay the tax on slaves, 55;
those who oppose the tax on slaves oppose all direct taxes, 56;
motion to tax slaves carried, 56; _note_, 56;
income and expenditure considered, 82;
doubtful if a majority of the country in favor of the measure, 82;
no deficiency in the revenue at present to make additional taxes
necessary, 82;
great argument for direct taxes is the uncertainty of a revenue
from commerce, 82;
receipts of 1797, 83;
expenses of 1798, 83;
receipts and expenditures of 1797, 83;
for a sufficiency of revenue for 1798 direct taxes required, 84;
a plan for direct taxes should be formed in case of extremity, 84;
revenue for 1797, 84;
estimated expenses for 1797, 85.
_Bill for Stamp Duties_, 149;
do. considered, 155;
moved to add certificates of naturalization, 155;
naturalized persons cannot refuse to pay a small tax for the right
of citizenship, 155;
tax would fall heavy on persons who came here to live by their labor, 155;
amendment carried, 155.
_Moved to tax lawyers' licenses_ $10, 155;
carried, 155;
moved to extend the tax to lawyers in State, as well as United States
courts, 155;
lawyers in some States already highly taxed, 155;
if a tax of this kind is right, it might be extended to any other officer
of State Governments, 156;
not unconstitutional, 156;
State lawyers a fair object for taxation--motion withdrawn, 156.
_Moved to tax deeds of conveyance_, 156;
this would clash with State jurisdiction, 156;
the tax a good and profitable one, 156;
interferes with State Governments, 156;
further debated, 156;
motion lost, 157.
_Clause exempting bank-notes_, moved to strike out, 157;
all notes should be placed on the same footing, 157;
subject too important and intricate for this session, 157;
object is to tax the right an individual has of transferring his
property and the evidences of it, 157;
no objection to the principle, but to the convenience of the thing, 157;
it is said, do not meddle with corporations, 157;
it cannot be proved that stamping bank notes will embarrass their
circulation, 158;
motion essentially just and right, 158;
operation of the tax considered, 158;
objections considered, 158;
foreign banks commute with their governments, 159;
the introduction of this principle will destroy the bill, 159;
analogy between private notes and bank notes? 159;
great difficulties attend its operation, 159;
no danger of a run on a bank, 159;
a beginning should be made, 160;
not the intention of opponents to screen the moneyed interest, 160;
how shall the tax be arranged, 160;
commutation can be made, 160;
amount of the tax less than one per cent., 161;
difference between bank and individual notes, 161;
an estimate showing the operation of the tax on banks, 161;
further debate, 162;
bill passed, 162;
_note_, 162.
_Duties on Distilled Spirits_, and on stills under debate, 193;
proposition to allow to distillers weekly licenses, 194;
designed to accommodate distillers from fruit, 194;
distillers from fruit pay less duty than distillers from grain, 194;
this proposition will give them an unfair advantage, 194;
other objections in detail, 194;
most distillers of peach-brandy now excluded under present law from
distilling early fruit, 194;
reason in favor at length, 194; capacity of peach stills, 195;
motion carried, 195;
present law on entry of stills, 195;
four cents per gallon on weekly licenses adopted, 195;
bill of Senate referred to a select committee, 302;
resolution to inquire into the expediency of repealing laws laying duties on
stills, distilled spirits, &c., considered, 579;
time to commence proceedings on this subject, 579;
it reduces the revenue, 579; reasons for referring the subject stated, 579;
other subjects to be decided before this should be, 579;
motion seeks information, 580;
should be taken up at once, 580;
President said the taxes might be dispensed with, if expenses were
reduced, 580;
information needed, 580;
further debate, 580, 581;
reference carried, 581.
_Resolution to raise additional revenue annually_ by tax on
land, houses, and slaves, to be apportioned according to the
last census, considered in committee, 265;
moved to strike out last census, 265;
proper to have new census before the tax was assessed, 265;
great inconvenience thereby incurred, 265;
debate upon the census for taxation, 265;
on report to the House moved to strike out "annually," 266;
the tax not wanted for permanent revenue, but to meet present
exigencies, 266;
examination of present revenue, 266;
the present revenues are equal to the expenditures, including
redemption of public debt, except in case of war, 267;
imposts and tonnage yielded a million more than the estimate, 267;
arguments are presented as if a state of profound peace prevailed, and the
defences of the country of no importance, 267;
course of members on this subject, 268;
censure of the House by members, 268;
debate adjourned, 269;
motion to strike out "annually" withdrawn, and limitation moved, 270;
if laid for a number of years, the tax will be more unpopular, 271;
it depends on a contingency whether the tax will be wanted or not, 271;
it is a new tax, unsatisfactory to some parts, and should be of
short duration, 271;
no question about the propriety of levying a direct tax--only difference
related to time of operation, 271;
fears of the member from Pennsylvania, 272;
two reasons against striking out the word "annually," 272;
amendment lost, 272; word "annually" struck out, 272;
bill providing for the valuation of houses and lands and enumeration
of slaves read a third time, 302;
the tax will bear hard on Kentucky, money is so scarce there, 302;
such is the case of Tennessee, 302;
both States have many advantages in respect to this tax, 302;
the money was necessary, and the law as good as it well could be made, 308;
loans and taxes the only resource, 303;
no other objects so suitable for taxation, 303;
fears respecting the ability of Kentucky and Tennessee not be realized, 303;
tax not just and equal, 304;
every species of property should be taxed, 304;
bill passed, 304;
bill to amend act for laying and collecting direct tax considered, 586;
repeals clause for redemption of land sold for unpaid taxes, 586;
this clause inoperative on account of its expense, 586;
will be a hardship to non-residents, 587;
non-payment had arisen in Southern States from a want of collectors, 587;
committee rose, 587.
TAZEWELL, HENRY, Senator from Virginia, 5, 117, 323;
decease of, 344.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
TAZEWELL, LYTTLETON W., Representative from Virginia, 498.
_Tennessee_, vote for President, 62, 487;
admission of, _see Index_, vol. 1.
TENNEY, SAMUEL, Representative from New Hampshire, 505, 569, 693.
_Territories._--Subject of fixing the limits of Georgia, and erecting the
Mississippi territory considered, 217;
amendment proposed, "after the consent of the Legislature of Georgia shall
have been obtained," 217;
claim of the United States to this territory examined, 217;
to proceed without consent of Georgia unconstitutional, 218;
United States possess the right, 218; who is the judge? 218;
amendment will defeat the bill, 218;
shall the territory remain defenceless? 218;
question of right examined, 218;
point of right be settled hereafter, 218;
terms required by Georgia, 219;
proposed measure absolutely necessary for the people of that territory, 219;
arguments so far do not show the right of the United States, but only the
convenience of the measure, 219;
advantages of the measure to Georgia as a protection against the Indians, 219;
most proper that the amendment should be adopted, 219;
the only reason for the amendment is, that if the bill pass without it,
offence will be given to Georgia, 220;
neither party has governed the territory, and Georgia cannot take offence
in we hold it till the dispute is settled, 220;
particulars relative to the territory, 220;
Georgia always disposed to cede, 221;
further discussion, 221;
amendment lost, 221.
_Clause providing that slavery shall not be forbidden_, motion to
strike out, 221;
clause very proper in the North-western Territory, but very improper in the
Mississippi Territory, 221;
it would banish all the settlers, and exclude those intending to go
there, 221;
Congress should so far respect the rights of humanity as not to
legalize slavery any further than it now exists, 222;
is it proper on every occasion to bring forward the Southern States
in an odious light? 222;
an immediate insurrection will take place if this is adopted, 222;
the motion will not be withdrawn, 222;
the tendency of this motion is not really to further the rights of man, 223;
it is a serious attack on the property of the country, 223;
the amendment should not be rejected on the ground of jurisdiction, 223;
only objection to the amendment is with regard to the people
settled there, 223;
interest of the United States to reject the amendment, 223;
spreading the blacks over the country, 224;
question negatived, 224; _note_, 224.
_Report on the credentials_ of the Delegate from the Mississippi Territory,
576;
Georgia has the right to the soil, and the laws of Congress for the
government of the Territory are void, 576;
the Delegate has no right to a seat, 576;
no further proceedings should take place till the dispute is settled, 576;
the only question is whether the member is duly chosen, 576;
wait till the dispute is settled, 577;
let the report lie on the table, and the member keep his seat according
to former practice, 577;
sufficient facts to decide the case without prejudicing the claims
of Georgia, 577;
report agreed to, 578.
THATCHER, GEORGE, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429,
498, 693;
on the address to the President, 20;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 57, 59;
on answer to President Adams' first message, 124, 140;
on the Quakers' memorial, 183, 187;
on breach of privilege, 208;
on report on Quakers' memorial, 209;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 210, 211;
on the limits of Georgia, 221, 222, 223, 224;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 263;
on petition of free blacks, 438, 440, 442, 443;
on reporting the debates, 509.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
THOMAS, DAVID, Representative from New York, 569, 693;
in favor of a bill to extinguish State balances, 640.
THOMAS, JOHN CHEW, Representative from Maryland, 429, 497.
THOMAS, RICHARD, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497.
THOMPSON, JOHN, Representative from New York, 429, 497.
THOMPSON, MARK, Representative from New Jersey, 14, 120, 180, 329.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
THOMPSON, PHILIP R., Representative from Virginia, 569, 693.
TICHENOR, ISAAC, Senator from Vermont, 3, 113.
TILLINGHAST, THOMAS, Representative from Rhode Island, 179, 326, 569, 693.
_Title_, of President, &c., _see Index_, vol. 1.
TRACY, URIAH, Senator from Connecticut, 3, 113, 165, 322, 399, 481, 541, 661;
on breach of privilege, 409, 416, 418;
elected President of Senate, _pro tem._ 427.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Treason and Sedition_, bill to define, 175.
_Treasury Department_, bill providing that the Secretary shall lay before
Congress annual report with plans for improving revenue, &c., 478;
House only has right to originate money bills, 478;
not Senate or Secretary, 478;
ordered to third reading, 478.
_See Index_, vol. 1, _Executive Departments_.
_Treaty with Great Britain_, motion that no person be delivered up
under the 27th article, 476;
debated, 476;
lost, 476.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
TRIGG, ABRAM, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497, 569,
694.
TRIGG, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 121, 179, 326, 497, 569, 693.
TRUMBULL, JOHN, presents to the Senate two prints, 400;
letter to House, offering two prints, 430; _note_, 430.
TRUXTON, CAPTAIN, resolution to present a medal to, 469;
no official information received on the subject, 470;
resolution does not go far enough, 470;
resolution to call for information adopted, 470;
report of Secretary of the Navy in accordance therewith, 470;
resolutions considered, 471;
was it the duty of the commander of the Constellation to persist in
the chase, and compel to action a ship of such superior force? 471;
rash conduct, 471;
law of Congress prescribes duty of naval commanders, 471;
nothing in their conduct but what was highly laudatory, 471;
frigates were constructed for protecting commerce--was this
protecting commerce, to reduce his ship to a wreck? 472;
resolution carried, 472.
U
_United States Judges_, memorial of to Senate, 665;
petitions of, 727.
UPHAM, GEORGE P., Representative from New Hampshire, 569, 693.
V
VAN ALLEN, JONATHAN E., Representative from New York, 14, 120, 179, 326.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Van Cortlandt, Philip_, Representative from New York, 14, 120, 180, 329, 429,
497.
VAN HORN, ISAAC, Representative from Pennsylvania, 569, 693.
VAN NESS, JOHN P., Representative from New York, 569, 693;
on the apportionment bill, 574;
case of, considered, 696;
the member of the House has exercised the authority of a
major of militia, under the authority of the United States,
and thereby forfeited his seat, resolution to inquire
considered, 696;
important as deciding a principle, 696;
resolution should go to committee on elections, 696;
reference ordered, 697;
report of committee, 725;
explanation of Van Ness, 726;
resolutions unanimously adopted;
on the case of Van Ness, 697, 726.
VAN RENSSELAER, KILLIAN K., Representative from New York, 569, 693.
VARNUM, JOSEPH BRADLEY, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 120, 179, 326,
429, 497, 569, 693;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 60;
on military appropriations, 98, 99;
on military and naval appropriations, 107;
on tax on lawyers' licenses, 155;
on the Georgia limits, 221;
on temporary direct tax, 272;
on bill relative to protection to commerce, 291;
on a marine corps, 292;
on direct taxes, 304;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 455;
on repeal of internal taxes, 580. _See Index_, vol. 1.
VENABLE, ABRAHAM, Representative from Virginia, 14, 120, 180, 326;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42;
on lands for Canadian refugees, 45;
on naval appropriations, 76, 77, 101, 103;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 140;
on expatriation, 151;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 157, 159;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 212;
on the naturalization laws, 255, 256;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 263;
relative to letters of marque, 297.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
_Vermont._--Vote for President, 62, 487.
_Veto_ of army bill, by President Washington, 95.
VINING, JOHN, Senator from Delaware, 6,114. _See Index_, vol. 1.
_Virginia._--Vote for President, 62, 487.
W
WADSWORTH, PELEG, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 179, 326, 429, 497,
570, 693.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
WALKER, BENJAMIN, Representative from New York, 569.
WALN, ROBERT, Representative from Pennsylvania, 326, 529, 497;
presents petition of free blacks, 436, 437;
on petition of free blacks, 438, 440, 441;
on the bill prohibiting the slave-trade, 476.
WASHINGTON, reply to address of Senate, 5;
present at the inauguration of John Adams, 11; _note_ 11;
vote for, as President, in 1796, 62;
vetoes army bill, 96;
administration of, _note_, 111;
letter accepting Lieutenant-Generalship, 177;
as Lieutenant General, visits the House, 327;
Mrs., reply to resolutions of Congress, 405;
his death announced to House, 483;
memory of, resolution on, 478;
bill for erecting mausoleum reported, 478;
discussion, 478;
bill passed, 479;
in Senate, bill to erect mausoleum, considered, 485;
amendments agreed to, 486;
bill passed, 486;
bill to erect a mausoleum considered, 503;
first section, 503;
amendment moved to erect a monument, 503;
a mausoleum preferable to a monument, 503;
propriety of a monument, 503;
a mausoleum more imperishable, 503;
the adoption of the amendment equivalent to rejecting every plan, 504;
expense of the proposed measure, 504;
difference of expense between the two measures, 511;
proceedings of last session, 512;
bill recommitted, 512;
proceedings of Congress in 1783; bill reported for a mausoleum as
before, excepting a difference in materials, 513;
various amendments proposed, 513;
expense discussed, 514;
blank filled with $200,000, 514;
bill on third reading, 515;
equestrian statue more proper than a mausoleum, 515;
suitableness of a mausoleum, 515;
the idea that a mausoleum would be equal to the character of Washington
preposterous, 516;
a tedious and useless debate, 516;
a departure from the original plan a violation of the feelings of
Mrs. Washington, 516;
further debate, 517;
bill ordered to be engrossed, 518;
bill passed, 522;
amendments of Senate considered, 538;
House agree, 538.
_See Index_, vol. 1, _Washington_.
_Washington City_, first meeting of Congress at, 481.
WATSON, JAMES, Senator from New York, 322, 399.
WELLS, WILLIAM HILL, Senator from Delaware, 323, 400, 481, 540, 664;
on the resolutions relative to the right of the United States to the
free navigation of the Mississippi, 680.
_Western lands_, resolutions relative to, 448.
WHEATON, JOSEPH, elected sergeant-at-arms to House, 430, 569.
WHITE, HUGH LAWSON, petition of, 48;
report of committee on, 48;
claim of, for services against the Indians, 48;
committee report the expedition as undertaken without
authority from the President, under laws of the United
States, but the Indians highly aggressive, 48; _note_, 48;
expedition just and necessary, 48;
Indians carried the station and threatened to carry the seat of
government, 48;
the rations found for the troops on the expedition had been paid for,
and no reason exists why the whole expense should not be paid, 49;
if the expedition was unconstitutional, it should not affect the
soldier who was obliged to obey his superior, 49;
if this claim is allowed, it establishes a principle for all the militia
in that expedition, 49;
the expedition was a necessary one, 49;
Congress were in session, and received information, but took no
order thereon, 50;
the constitution prescribes that if a State is actually
invaded, it may engage in war; this is a case coming within
the constitutional limits, 50; _note_, 50;
referred to a select committee, 51; _note_, 52.
WHITE, Right Rev. Bishop, appointed chaplain to Senate, 166.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
WHITE, SAMUEL, Senator from Delaware, 540, 661, 665;
on the apportionment bill, 550;
on the Mississippi question, 671.
WILLIAMS, JOHN, Representative from New York, 14, 120, 179, 326;
on the address to the President, 18;
on compensation of President and other officers, 64;
on increase of duties on sugar, 71, 72;
on the accommodation of the President, 90;
on the military establishment, 96;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 139;
on arming merchant-vessels, 147;
on a naval armament, 154;
on relief to daughters of Count de Grasse, 195;
on expenditure for the naval service, 196;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 210, 211, and 212;
on the limits of Georgia, 219;
on relations with France, 232;
on establishing the Navy Department, 248, 251;
on a new census for a direct tax, 265;
on a direct tax, 268;
on admission of aliens to citizenship, 279;
on instructions to armed vessels, 286;
on the bill relative to protection to commerce, 288;
on direct taxes, 303;
on intercourse with France, 347.
_See Index_, vol. 1.
WILLIAMS, LEMUEL, Representative from Massachusetts, 429, 497, 569, 693.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT, Representative from North Carolina, 121, 179, 725;
on a tax on lawyers, 156;
advocates weekly license to distillers, 194;
on the Griswold and Lyon case, 215;
on establishing the Navy Department, 251;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 263;
a bill relative to treatment of alien enemies, 284;
relative to letters of marque, 297;
relative to State balances, 595;
on considering the French spoliations, 734.
WOODS, HENRY, Representative from Pennsylvania, 429, 497, 569, 693.
WOOSTER, GENERAL, and others, bill relative to, 664.
WRIGHT, ROBERT, Senator from Maryland, 540, 661;
on memorial of United States Judges, 667.
WYNN, THOMAS, Representative from North Carolina, 693.
Y
_Yeas and Nays_ in Senate on bill to accommodate the President, 9;
in the House on amended answer to President's message, 33;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 44;
on a direct tax on land, 52;
on a direct tax on slaves, 56;
in House on naval appropriations, 79;
in House on bill relative to Mediterranean Powers, 81;
on the appropriation for the accommodation of the President, 92;
in House on naval appropriation, 105;
in House on bill relative to military and naval appropriations, 107;
on adoption of answer of House to President Adams' 1st message, 142;
on a bill providing for a naval armament, 155;
on bill laying stamp duty, 162;
on bill laying additional duties on salt, 164;
in Senate on act to declare treaty with France void, 173;
in Senate on resolution authorizing Minister to Spain to receive
presents, 173;
in Senate on bill to define and punish treason and sedition, 173, 175;
relative to landing French passengers, 174;
do. on census bill, 174;
on motion to reconsider do. 174;
on enumeration of slaves, 174;
on bill to encourage capture of French armed vessels, 175;
on bill making appropriations for a naval force, 175;
on expulsion of Matthew Lyon, 208;
relative to claim of Amy Dardin, 213;
on the Griswold and Lyon case, 216;
on the bill establishing the Navy Department, 252;
on the resolution relative to presents to our Ministers at
foreign courts, 264;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 276;
on the bill relative to alien enemies, 286;
on the bill relative to protection of commerce, 291;
on resolutions granting letters of marque, 300;
on the sedition bill, 310;
on the abrogation of the treaty with France, 316;
on bill for sedition and punishment of crimes, 319;
on instructions to armed vessels, 319;
in Senate on non-intercourse with France, 324;
do. on aliens holding lands in the Territories, 324;
do. on vesting power of retaliation in President, 324;
in Senate on increase of army, 325;
on increase of salaries, 325;
on acceptance of jurisdiction over Western Reserve, 325;
on establishing United States post office, 325;
on bill relative to intercourse with France, 347;
on bill to increase the navy, 356;
on agreeing to report of committee relative to capture of French vessels, 364;
on the expulsion of Matthew Lyon, 372;
on repeal of alien and sedition law, 384;
on amendments to bill relative to disputed Presidential elections, 408;
in Senate on resolution relative to breach of privilege, 421;
on resolutions of Committee on Privileges, 422;
on adopting form of warrant of Senate for apprehension of William Duane, 426;
on Mississippi Slave Act, 427;
relative to petition of free blacks, 444;
on resolutions in case of Jonathan Robbins, 469;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 472;
on postponing the bill relative to admirals in the navy, 474;
on bill prohibiting the slave trade, 477;
on the bill to erect a mausoleum for Washington, 479;
in Senate relative to mausoleum for Washington, 486;
relative to reporting the debates, 511;
on the bill for a mausoleum to Washington, 518;
on passage, 522;
on the engrossment of the bill to repeal a part of the sedition act, 536;
on bill in House to establish uniform system of bankruptcy, 536;
on Senate amendments to bill for mausoleum to Washington, 538;
in Senate on admission of a stenographer, 545;
on the apportionment bill, 551;
in Senate on the repeal of the Judiciary Establishment, 565;
note, 565;
on bill for State Government of Ohio, 566;
on bill for relief of widows and orphans of naval and marine officers, 566;
on repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 638;
on bill amending naturalization laws, 639;
on the bill relative to Ohio State Government, 653, 654;
on passage of bill relative to Judiciary System, 655;
in Senate on agreeing to report on memorial of United States Judges, 668;
in Senate on the resolutions relative to the right of the United States
to the free navigation of the Mississippi, 692;
on reference of resolution calling for papers relative to cession
of Louisiana, 701;
on going into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union relative to the
cession of Louisiana, 709, 720;
on resolutions relative to navigation of Mississippi, 710, 711;
on refusing prayer of late United States Judges, 731;
on receding to the respective States jurisdiction over the District
of Columbia, 741;
on bill relative to importation of emancipated slaves, 742.
Z
ZANE, ISAAC, petition of, 545.