Motion to strike out the section which reduces the marine corps

considered, 240;

former price of rations, 240;

proportion of mariners to seamen, 240;

who are the true friends of the Administration? 240;

section stricken out, 242;

motion to amend so as to disband the master commandants, 242;

reasons asked for, 242;

the proposition is preposterous, 242;

never been any reason assigned for the creation of these officers,

242;

this amendment called submission to the belligerents, 242;

our situation requires a war speech against somebody, 243;

well if our relative expenditures could be brought back to Mr.

Adams' Administration, 243;

amendments proposed, 244;

save an expenditure of near a million dollars, 244;

the original bill in a different form, 244;

amendment proposed to limit the number of seamen to fifteen hundred,

245;

this retrenchment in the navy will end in smoke, 245;

Adams' Administration made the only reform ever made in the naval

establishment, 245;

reduction made by the act of 1801, 245;

proceedings in 1806, 245;

further debate, 246;

amendment moved, 247;

lost, 247;

original amendment passed, 247.

_In the Senate._--The bill relative to an increase of the navy

considered, 405;

amendment proposed, authorizing the President to cause to be built,

as soon as possible, a blank number of frigates, 405;

offered from a sense of duty to support the dignity, protect the

rights, and advance the best interests of the country, 406;

if it be not the purpose of the Government to engage in an open,

actual, efficient war, or to place the nation in such a complete

state of defence as to avert war from our readiness to meet it,

then some of the measures of the present session are not only

inexcusable, but nearly treasonable, 406;

what was the consequence of the course of the Government in 1793?

406;

look at the case of the war with Tripoli, 406;

then followed the decrees, 406;

commerce has been abandoned, 406;

what was the leading object of the adoption of the Federal

Constitution in the northern parts of the Union? emphatically to

protect commerce, 406;

the only money paid into the Treasury which can justly be placed to

the exclusive credit of the commerce, is the sum retained in

commerce; how, then, has she done every thing for the

Government? 407;

who are most interested in commerce; the growers of the articles, or

the factors, or freighters employed in their exchange? 407;

exports of foreign productions constitutes a commerce which is the

legitimate offspring of war, and expires with the first dawnings

of peace, 408;

it is prosecuted chiefly by commercial cities east and north of the

Potomac, 408;

a navy can injure commerce, but cannot afford it protection, unless

it annihilates the naval force of the adverse nation, 408;

these frigates are to be employed in destroying the commerce of the

enemy, and not in fighting her armed vessels, according to the

representations of gentlemen, 408;

bill concerning the Naval establishment considered, 477;

moved to fill the blank of the first section with $480,000; a great

question, involving, in this subject, to a considerable extent,

the fate of a species of national defence, the most essential

and necessary, 478;

if the infant Naval establishment is put down, the majority of this

House run a great risk of becoming the minority, 478;

it has been said this country is a great land animal, which should

not venture into the water, 478;

the ocean is the farm of a great portion of our people, 478;

we are now going to war, to protect their rights, 478;

if Great Britain had not the Canadas on our border, how could we

attack or resist her? 478;

the Naval establishment has been too much neglected, 478;

the committee ask what this House will do, principally toward

establishing and perpetuating a respectable naval force, for the

protection of the rights of the people exposed on the ocean,

478;

the adoption of a respectable Naval establishment is deemed improper

on the grounds of its enormous expense, and the inability of the

nation to resist with effect, the immense naval power of Great

Britain, 478;

its expense during eighteen years, 479;

an examination of the figures and statements, 479;

the average annual expense is little more than twice the amount of

our economical civil list, 479;

less expensive than the military establishment, 479;

compare the service of the army with that of the navy, 479;

if the expenses have been extravagant, there is an opportunity

through experience, to reform the abuse, 479;

a naval force the cheapest defence, 479;

compare its expense with that of permanent fortifications, 479;

the force proposed is sufficient to protect us on our own seas, and

defend our ports and harbors against the naval power of Great

Britain, 479;

such is the opinion of naval men, 479;

a triple force will be required by the enemy to put himself on a

footing of equality with that of the United States, 480;

the force sent here must be relieved every three months, 480;

Halifax is the only suitable port Great Britain has on this coast,

480;

great misconception on the subject of the British naval force, 480;

this force examined, 480;

only a limited number of ships can be directed by her towards a

given point, 480;

her seamen, also, are limited, 480;

her pecuniary resources are limited, 480;

what number of vessels is she practically able to keep in

commission? 480;

some oppose this bill, lest we should become too great a naval

power, 481;

but a navy is said to be anti-republican, 481;

we are told that navies have ruined every nation that has employed

them, 481;

objections to the bill, 481;

after the war is over, the navy will remain, 482;

the army will be disbanded, 482;

it is inexpedient to commence a permanent naval establishment, 482;

we are unprepared for it, 482;

we cannot protect our commerce on the ocean, 482;

the expenses of a Naval establishment exceed the profits which arise

from the commerce it protects, 483;

these expenses are a serious objection, 483;

what has the nation benefited for the past enormous expenditure?

483;

details of the expenditure at the Washington Navy Yard, 483;

a navy will be the means of exciting many wars, 483;

consider the fate of all nations who have been famous for their

navies, 483;

Great Britain must sink under the heavy pressure, 484;

our vessels may only tend to swell the present catalogue of the

British Navy, 484;

small ships are proper for the service of the United States, 484;

if we proceed to build a Naval establishment, it may affect the

destinies of this nation to the latest posterity, 484;

this nation is not inevitably destined to become a great naval

power, 484;

reasons why a permanent establishment will prove ruinous, 484;

the proposed establishment cannot be maintained, without permanent

internal taxes and a constant increase of public debt, 484;

navies have never been considered adequate to the complete

protection of commerce, 484;

the situation of Europe is in all respects different from ours, 485;

instructions of the Virginia Legislature to their Senators in

Congress, in 1801, 485;

establish a navy and this country may bid farewell to peace, 485;

our little navy has already contributed much towards the irritation

which exists between us and England, 486;

the object in view is as ruinous to the finances of the people as it

will be destructive to the peace of the nation, 486;

since the political revolution in 1801, the question of building a

navy has never before been presented directly to the

consideration of Congress, 486;

the United States cannot maintain a navy without oppression to the

great mass of the community in the persons of tax-gatherers,

486;

the system as well as the expense objected to, 486;

_note_, 486;

the people will not support such a naval establishment, 487;

the advocates of a navy need not expect to cover the deformity and

danger of the system, by telling the people they are the friends

to the protection of commerce, 487;

the division of sentiment in the delegations from different States,

487;

search for examples in ancient and modern history, 487;

has the navy of Britain ever been confined to the protection of her

lawful commerce? 488;

the report has assumed principles as erroneous as they are novel,

488;

maritime commerce has only a coeval right of protection with other

objects; still the greatest means and resources of the

Government have been devoted to its protection, 488;

it is asked how we shall contend with a maritime nation, without a

navy? objections to the object in view answered, 489;

the nature of commerce, 489;

the value of commerce has been strangely misunderstood, 489;

but we have determined to defend it, 490;

we must employ the cheapest and most efficacious means of hostility

we possess, 490;

if it is absurd to protect commerce by a navy, how much more so by

an army, which costs more than a navy, 490;

the strongest recommendation of a navy to free governments has been

that it was capable of defending, but not of enslaving, 490;

a navy, it is said, would terminate in an aristocracy or a minority,

490;

the constitution was formed by the union of independent States, that

the strength of the whole might be employed for the protection

of every part, 490;

an army the States can have without the Union, but an adequate navy

they cannot, 490;

the experience of the world, 491;

expenses of the navy, 491;

it is said our resources are insufficient for its equipment, 491;

the bill embraces two objects, 492;

one relates to the repairs and equipment of the ships in service;

the other contemplates building ten additional frigates, and

laying the foundation of a new Naval establishment, 492;

as an abstract question, it is for the interest of the United States

to begin the establishment, 492;

this proved by its connection with the great and essential interests

of the country, 492;

commerce springs from our agriculture, and must be protected, 493;

while England and France have been contending for the mastery, we,

with a suitable naval force and strict neutrality, might have

pursued a gainful trade, 493;

this question must have an influence on our destiny favorable if

decided negatively, and adverse if decided affirmatively, 493;

the constitution is not imperative with regard to regulating and

protecting commerce, 494;

the general principles and remote consequences upon which this

question has been considered, 494;

how it is proposed to protect commerce, 495;

from a naval power have flowed the most copious streams of human

misery, 495;

the plunder of half the world has not sustained the British Navy,

495;

a diversity of opinions has always existed on this subject, 496;

extraordinary that so much unreasonable jealousy should exist in

regard to a Naval establishment, 496;

the source of alarm is in ourselves, 497;

abundant security in the nature of our Government against abuse,

497;

what maritime strength is it expedient to provide for the United

States? 497;

three different degrees of power present themselves, 497;

these degrees considered, 497;

views of Col. Daviess, 498;

_note_, 498;

what was folly in 1798 may be wisdom now, 498;

blank filled with $100,000, 498;

bill reported to the House, 498;

question on filling the blank for repairing with $480,000, it was

carried, 498;

question on agreeing to the report of the committee to strike out

the section which contemplated building new frigates, 499;

the time inauspicious to begin a navy, 499;

our ships probably fall a prey to the superior force of England,

499;

the necessity and duty of a systematic protection of our maritime

rights by maritime means, 499;

interest is our only sure and permanent bond of union, 499;

the national protection of our essential interests will be

undertaken by the States if it is not by Congress, 499;

the nature of the interest to be protected, and the nature of the

protection to be extended, 500;

the locality of the interest, 500;

it is the leading interest of more than one-half, and the

predominant interest of more than one-third of the Union, 500;

comparison of our commerce with that of Great Britain, 501;

the permanency of this interest exhibits the folly and madness of

its neglect, 501;

as to the nature of the protection, rights in their nature local can

only be maintained where they exist, and not where they do not

exist, 502;

the nature and degree of maritime protection, and our capacity to

extend it, 502;

our exertions should be extended rather than graduated by the

present exigency, 502;

there can be no mistake touching the branch of interest most

precious to commercial men, 502;

some difference of opinion may arise touching the nature and extent

of this naval force, 503;

is it a want of pecuniary or physical capacity? 503;

this policy will produce confidence at home and respect abroad, 503;

effect of the opposite policy, 503;

a navy never had and never could protect our commerce, 504;

every nation which has embarked in a naval establishment has

eventually been crushed by it, 504;

the embarrassments of our commerce are not owing to a want of a

navy, 504;

this establishment proposed could not be supported but by a ruinous

expense, 504;

question on striking out carried, 504;

amendments offered to procure a dockyard, and to build four

frigates, 505;

do. lost, 505;

bill ordered to a third reading, 505.

_In the House._--Bill from the Senate considered, 599;

moved to add the word "teen," to "four," making fourteen gunships,

599;

time to try the question whether we are to have a navy, 599;

British arms cannot withstand American on the seas, 599;

four seventy-fours are mere mockery, 599;

can easily support such a force 599.

Should guard against being carried too far by the current of popular

opinion, 599;

should authorize that force which can be prepared at the shortest

notice, 599;

for what purpose are these ships to be built? 600;

where is your commerce to protect? 600;

the object of these vessels, then, is to fight your battles, 600;

moved to strike out all relating to seventy-fours, 601;

to introduce these ships would fix the policy of a navy upon the

Government, 601;

scene in the British metropolis, 601;

if in view of recent events a navy is not sustained, its case is

hopeless, 601;

the constitution settles the policy of a navy, 601;

seventy-fours as compared with smaller vessels for service, 602;

protection due to every right, best mode to effect it, 603;

importance of a naval force attested on record, 603;

facts which we have in the case, 603;

is it for an infant nation to be deterred by a want of preparation?

603;

what were the preparations for the Revolutionary war? 603;

a naval force the cheapest the nation can resort to for defence and

protection, 604;

cost of the force, 604;

the different kinds of vessels proposed, 604;

the question is whether it is best to build any ships of the line or

to confine our efforts to frigates, 605;

the objects for their employment to be considered, 605;

ships better for battle, frigates and sloops for cruisers, 605;

as we have no powerful ships, England can easily protect by convoy

all her valuable fleets, 605;

it is said these ships would be blockaded, 605;

we are in a prepared state to build seventy-fours, 606;

motion to strike out seventy-fours negatived, 606;

motion to strike out seventy-fours, and insert frigates and sloops,

carried, 606;

question on the passage of the bill, 609;

a navy will cost more than it ever will be worth to the nation, 609;

a kind of popular delusion at this time about a navy, 609;

further objections, 610;

bill passed, 610.

_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

_Navigation Laws._--In the House, resolutions relative to vessels

coming from ports to which our vessels cannot go and also

sea-letter vessels offered, 188;

motion to refer to Committee on Commerce, 188;

investigation, the object of the resolutions, 188;

character of the propositions such as to require it, 188;

they are founded on permanent principles, to which the nation may

adhere in every alternative, 188;

reference carried, 189.

_Negroes, Kidnapping of._--_See Index_, vol. 2.

NELSON, HUGH, Representative from Virginia, 424, 577;

on rules and orders of the House, 471;

presents the petition of citizens of Louisiana Territory, 474;

on the temporary embargo bill, 547.

NELSON, ROGER, Representative from Maryland, 37, 125, 187;

on submission to the late edicts of England and France, 72;

presents a bill authorizing an increased naval force, 84;

favors the resolution for immediate measures to liberate American

prisoners in Carthagena, 95;

reports on petition of officers of the Revolution, 212.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Neutral Rights, violation of._--In the House, resolutions submitted,

which are designed to vindicate the commercial rights of the

United States against belligerents of Europe, 189;

their introduction not inconsistent with the most friendly

negotiation, 189;

high time these rights were vindicated or abandoned, 189;

upon what principles do the belligerents pretend to justify these

commercial restrictions? 189;

not the true principle, 189;

what principles are more specifically asserted by Great Britain?

189;

the right to blockade by proclamation, 189;

the only principle we recognize, 190;

this right founded on the most arbitrary power, 190;

have we not the same right as Great Britain to prohibit trade? 190;

objected, that the adoption of the resolutions would lead to

hostility, 190;

the resolutions, 190;

laid on the table, 191.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

NEW, ANTHONY, Representative from Kentucky, 424, 577;

on the claim of Matthew Lyon, 426.

_See Index_, vols. 1, 2,3.

NEWBOLD, THOMAS, Representative from New Jersey, 36, 124, 187, 319,

424, 577.

_New Hampshire._--Vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

_New Jersey._--Vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

_Newspapers._--Three daily ordered for the House, 425.

NEWTON, THOMAS, Representative from Virginia, 36, 125, 187, 315, 424,

577;

on additional revenue cutters, 47, 48;

on permitting Swedish and Portuguese vessels to land, 127;

on the remission of certain fines on emigrants from Cuba, 164;

against a committee on manufactures, 193;

relative to the conduct of the British Minister, 206;

reports on the mortality of the troops near New Orleans, 247;

on laying additional duties, 431.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

_New York._--Vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

NICHOLAS, WILSON CARY, Representative from Virginia, 37, 141;

on the proceedings on counting the electoral votes, 105;

on non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, 109.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

NICHOLSON, JOHN, Representative from New York, 124, 188, 319.

_Non-Exportation, Temporary._--Bill passed Senate, 411.

_Non-Exportation in Foreign Bottoms._--In the House, the bill to

prohibit the exportation, &c. of certain articles considered,

719;

bill is not what it professes to be, 719;

it denies commerce to neutrals, 719;

merely calculated to produce vexation and embarrassment at home,

719;

what are the intentions and objects of the bill as stated? 720;

only a part of a contemplated system of non-exportation, 721;

certain articles struck out, 722.

_Non-Importation_, suspension of, report on, 713.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Non-Intercourse._--_See Intercourse._

_North Carolina_, vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

O

_Oaths._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Observatory_, astronomical report on, 705.

_Ohio._--Vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

_Ohio State Government._--_See Index_, vol. 2.

_Officers of the Revolution_, report on petition of, 212.

_Officers, removal of._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Offices, plurality of._--_See Index_, vol. 3.

ORMSBY, STEPHEN, Representative from Kentucky, 442, 577.

_Ordinance of 1787, action of Indiana._--_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Orleans Territory._--_See Territories._

P

PARKER, NAHUM, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 116, 166;

resigns his seat in the Senate, 250.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

PEARSON, JOSEPH, Representative from North Carolina, 126, 187, 315,

425, 577;

on commercial intercourse with France and Great Britain, 390;

on an additional military force, 618.

_Pennsylvania._--Vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

_Pennsylvania Insurgents._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Petitions, reception of._--_See Index_, vol. 2, & _Slavery_, vol. 1.

PICKENS, ISRAEL, Representative from North Carolina, 425, 577;

on Indian Affairs, 428.

PICKERING, TIMOTHY, Senator from Massachusetts, 3, 116, 166, 250;

on the repeal of the embargo act, 21;

on incorporating a bank of the United States, 302.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

PICKMAN, BENJAMIN, jr., Representative from Mass., 124, 197, 319;

on non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, 160;

moves to postpone the resolution relative to the apportionment of

Representation, 224.

PIKE, CAPT. Z. M., bill making compensation to, 96.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

PINCKNEY, C. C., number of votes for, as President, 27.

PIPER, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 424, 703.

PITKIN, TIMOTHY, jr., Representative from Connecticut, 36, 124, 187,

315, 424, 577;

against immediate engrossment of the bill relative to the power of

territorial governments, 40;

supports petition of Elizabeth Hamilton, 215;

reports on the establishment of a first meridian, 222;

on the ratio of representation, 317;

on the admission of the territory of Orleans as a State, 326;

against the admission of Mississippi, 352;

on commercial intercourse with France and Great Britain, 397;

on rules and orders of the House, 472;

on the British intrigues, 515;

on French spoliations, 526;

on pay of the Army, 588;

on an additional military force, 623.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

PLEASANTS, JAMES, jr., Representative from Virginia, 424, 577;

presents memorial of inhabitants of St. Louis, 434;

on an additional military force, 617.

POINDEXTER, GEORGE, delegate from Mississippi, 36, 126, 187, 319, 425,

578;

reports a bill relative to the power of territorial governments, 39;

proposes to have the bill engrossed at once, for a third reading,

39, 40;

on territorial government for Mississippi, 42;

on the petition for a division of the Mississippi territory, 141;

on the admission of the territory of Orleans as a State, 325;

in favor of Mississippi being admitted into the Union, 352;

on Indian affairs, 428;

on the bill to enable the people of Mississippi to form a State

government, 519;

on the admission of Louisiana, 523.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

POND, BENJAMIN, Representative from New York, 424, 577.

POPE, JOHN, Senator from Kentucky, 3, 118, 166, 250, 400, 570;

on the repeal of the Embargo act, 7;

on the enforcement of the Embargo, 26;

on the occupation of Florida, 253;

on incorporating a bank of the United States, 285;

on a recess of Congress, 412.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

PORTER, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36, 124, 187, 316.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

PORTER, PETER B., Representative from New York, 124, 187, 316, 424,

705;

on the Bank of the United States, 343;

reports relative to the continuance of the charter of the United

States Bank, 398;

on Foreign Relations, 432;

on the bill laying an Embargo, 546.

POTTER, ELISHA R., Representative from Rhode Island, 124, 187, 315,

430;

on imposing additional duties, 542;

on an increase of the Navy, 609.

_See Index_, vol. 2.

POSEY, THOMAS, Senator from Louisiana, 570.

_Postage of Newspapers._--_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Post Office._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Potomac River, Bridge._--_See Index_, vol. 3.

POYDRAS, JULIEN, Delegate from the Orleans Territory, 141, 187, 315;

on the Batture at New Orleans, 148, 149.

PREBLE, Commodore, letter of the Secretary of the Navy relative to a

gold medal for, 610.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Presents to Ministers._--_See Index_, vol. 2.

_Presidency, Vacancy in._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_President_, certificate of election of, 27.

_Presidential Election_, certificate of, 574.

_Presidential Election in Massachusetts._--In House, resolution

relative to the mode in which it was conducted, 105;

the present course will make no difference in the result, but it

should induce the House to consider the propriety of providing

some mode of distinguishing between legal and illegal elections,

105.

_Previous Question._--In the House, amendment offered to the rules,

that when the previous question is ordered to be taken, upon the

motion in question being put, every member who has not spoken

shall be at liberty to speak once, 468;

this secures to every member the right to speak at least once on

every question, 468;

what is to justify this measure of imposing silence? it is said the

right of debate has been abused, 468;

the majority insist that the rule will not be abused, 469;

neither the journals of State Legislatures nor the laws of

Parliament offered examples for this arbitrary proceeding, 469;

there is a difference between the freedom of debate and the abuse of

it when you cannot get a decision without an exertion of

physical strength, 469;

this has been our course several times, 469;

a debate is often prolonged to prevent a decision, 469;

if the majority abuse this responsibility, the people will correct

it, 469.

If the majority do not possess it under the constitution, it should

not be given to them, 469;

the rule deserves the character of a _Gag-law_ more than the

sedition law ever did, 469;

this question affects the essential principles of civil liberty, and

saps its hopes at the very foundation, 469;

the ground taken by those who oppose this proposition is, its

necessity and convenience, 469;

these are the points which should be most vigilantly guarded, 469;

the subject is in some respects difficult to manage, 469;

a feeling in and out of the House unpropitious to an impartial

debate, 469;

what is that principle of civil liberty which is amalgamated and

identified with the very existence of a legislative body? 469;

the right of every individual member is in fact the right of his

constituents, 470;

let not any man say this power will not be abused, 470;

the right to speak is an individual right, limit it as you please,

consistent with its single exercise, 470;

it is not true that this power ever was, or ever can be, necessary

in a legislative body, 470;

it may be sometimes convenient, 471;

the haste and clatter which always attends the close of a session is

urged in favor of this measure, 471;

should a member, on great questions, be denied the privilege of

speaking? 471;

to interdict the freedom of speech is a violation of right, 471;

freedom of speech is secured by the constitution, 472;

shall we be deprived of it when we come to this House? 472;

this rule has always been in practice, 472;

the principle is, that a majority at any time in this House can, by

calling the previous question, cut off all debate, 472;

a new construction was given at the close of last session, by which

this rule, which it is proposed to amend, was adopted, 472;

no such power ever before the last session exercised over the

members, 472;

see Journal of the first session of the Third Congress, 472;

reason of the introduction of the previous question, 473;

no necessity for it exists, 473;

amendment lost, 474;

further amendment proposed, 474;

rules adopted, 474;

_note_, 474.

_Privateers_, encouragement to--petition of citizens of New York for a

reduction of duties on prizes, 578;

bill for encouragement of, 580.

_Captures_, petition relative to, 594;

a bill relating to captures, 606;

do. regulating pensions to persons on board private armed ships,

607;

duties on privateer prize goods, report on, 607;

documents referred to in the report, 607;

bill granting a bounty to, considered, 719;

passed, 719.

_In the House._--Bill to compensate officers and crew of our public

vessels, for vessels of the enemy necessarily destroyed at sea,

703;

bill grows out of the case of the Guerriere and Constitution, 703;

principles of the hill unprecedented in any country, 703;

bill defended on the ground of expediency and precedent, 704;

inexpedient and unprecedented, 704.

_In the House._--Bill to provide pensions for persons disabled in

private armed vessels, 704;

improper to adopt a principle so liable to abuse, 704;

a per cent. of wages had been, heretofore, reserved to provide a

fund for this object, 704;

important services rendered by privateers, 704;

doubtful, 704;

bill recommitted, 705;

report on, 712.

_In the House._--Bill to encourage by remitting all claim to duties

on captured goods, 716;

private armed vessels, encouragement of, bill for the, passed, 716.

_Proceedings, confidential_, in the Senate, 415.

_Protective duties._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Pro tem. appointment, duration of._--In the Senate, will an

appointment under a State executive to represent a State in the

Senate, cease on the first day of the meeting of the

Legislature, considered, 118;

resolution submitted, 121;

amendment moved and lost, 121;

resolution passed, 121.

_Public credit_, bill to provide for the support of, passed, 122.

_Public lands_, report on the cash system, 611.

_Public lands._--_See Index_, vols. I, 2, 3.

PUGH, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

Q

_Quakers, memorial of._--_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

_Quartermaster's Department._--In the House, a bill for the

establishment of, from the Senate, came up for its third

reading, 476;

no necessity for this office, and that of a Purveyor of public

supplies, 477;

the great object is to provide for a Quartermaster-General's

department, instead of military agents, as employed at present,

477;

these agents, without much responsibility, had nearly controlled the

whole war department, 477;

the duties of Quartermaster-General and Purveyor are very different,

477;

the former is next in consequence to the Commander-in-chief, every

movement of the army is first communicated to him, 477;

if not a Purveyor of supplies during the Revolutionary war, there

was a clothier, who did nearly the same business, 477;

impossible to go to war without a Quartermaster-General, 477;

bill passed, 477.

QUINCY, JOSIAH, Representative from Massachusetts, 36, 124, 187, 316,

424, 581;

on resolution relative to amending the act laying an embargo, 41;

on voting twelve additional revenue cutters, 48;

on submission to the late edicts of England and France, 49, 56;

on non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, 107;

relative to prosecutions for libel, 134;

on the call on the President for papers, 192;

on the conduct of the British minister, 197;

on the Torpedo experiment, 220;

favors postponement of resolution relative to the apportionment of

representation, 224;

offers a resolution relative to Col. Washington, 226;

on the ratio of representation, 318;

on the admission of the territory of Orleans as a State, 327;

against the admission of Mississippi, 352;

on commercial intercourse with France and Great Britain, 370;

on laying additional duties, 431;

on rules and orders of the House, 469;

on a Quartermaster's department, 477;

in favor of a Naval establishment, 499;

on the British intrigues, 516;

on the temporary embargo bill, 547;

on the temporary embargo bill, 548;

moves an amendment to the bill declaring war with Great Britain,

559;

on the pay of the army, 585;

on the policy of the war, 628;

on encouragement to privateer captures, 704;

on non-importation in foreign bottoms, 722.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

R

RANDOLPH, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 37, 125, 217, 425, 580;

on proceedings on counting electoral votes, 105;

on counting blank ballots, 125;

on a vote of approbation of the conduct of the Executive, 127;

on postponing do., 129;

on Miranda's Expedition, 142, 146;

on the Batture at New Orleans, 149;

offers a resolution relative to the decease of Colonel Washington,

225;

reports a bill for the reduction of the Naval establishment, 227;

on the future Naval establishment, 232;

on the reduction of the Marine corps, 240;

on disbanding the master commandants, 242;

on reduction of the Navy, 245;

on the claim of Matthew Lyon, 426;

on the expenditure of public money, 429;

against the bill for the Government of the territory of Louisiana,

430;

on foreign relations, 434, 436, 462;

on mode of relief of Caraccas, 532;

on the bill laying a temporary embargo, 545, 546;

on pay of the Army, 590;

on the imprisonment of American seamen, 595, 596;

on an additional military force, 681.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

_Rangers for the Frontier_, bill to raise passed in the Senate, 404.

REA, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36, 124, 187, 315.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

REED, PHILIP, Senator from Maryland, 3, 121, 168, 250, 400, 569.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

REED, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 424, 580.

_Report_, on the petition of citizens engaged in Miranda's expedition,

and confined in the jails at Carthagena, 47;

in Senate relative to foreign armed vessels, 122;

of Secretary of Treasury relative to barred claims, 188;

on the letter of I. A. Coles, 204;

on claim of Elizabeth Hamilton, 212;

on the claim of Alexander Scott, for Indian depredations, 217;

on the mortality of the troops at Terre aux Boeuf, 247;

on the conduct of General Wilkinson, 248;

on extending charter of the bank, 311;

on the claim of General Wilkinson, 312;

on the claim for services in the old French war, 319;

on the Spanish American colonies, 436;

with amendments to the report on memorial of Legislative council of

Mississippi for admission as a State, 465;

relative to the pay of the officers and soldiers of the battle of

Tippecanoe, 475;

on sundry divorces in the district of Columbia, 505;

on the disclosures of John Henry, 524;

_note_, 525;

relative to the Cumberland Road, 530;

relative to the conduct of Judge Toulmin, 533;

on an Astronomical observatory, 705;

relative to amending the act for the Government of the Missouri

Territory, 707;

on the suspension of non-importation, 713.

_Representation, ratio of._--In the House, resolution to apportion one

Representative to forty-five thousand inhabitants offered, 224;

motion to postpone, 224;

better be decided at the next session, 224;

better to decide the ratio now than after the result of the census

was known, 224;

if a law is now passed, the fractions would cause an alteration,

224;

this is an attempt to settle a principle before the facts are known,

224;

if postponed till after the census and a particular ratio should

suit the three large States, they would carry it without regard

to fractions in the small States, 224;

if made now it will enable the Legislatures to district the States,

224;

extreme difficulty in settling it after the results of the census

were known, 225;

its settlement heretofore had ended in a bargain between the members

from the different States, 225;

laid on the table, 225;

question on filling the blank with the number of souls which should

entitle to a Representative, 316;

it should be filled before the result of the census is known, 316;

better if the bill declare that the House should consist of a

certain number of members to be apportioned hereafter, 316;

a very important bill fixing the construction of a provision of the

constitution, 317;

important considerations in favor of a large number, 317;

the present Congress may fix the ratio, but it will not be

obligatory upon the next Congress, 318;

the bill premature, 318;

violation of the constitution to pass this bill, 318;

it establishes a ratio which must be abortive, 318;

the apportionment must be according to the numbers in each State,

318;

the numbers are as yet unknown, 318;

idea of its unconstitutionality unwarranted, 318;

bill fixes only the ratio, 318;

object of declaring the ratio is that the State Legislatures may

proceed to district their States, 318;

postponement opposed, 319;

postponement urged, 319;

bill laid on the table, 319;

question on filling the blank for the number of inhabitants to a

Representation, 432;

37,000 moved, 432;

bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 432.

_See Index_, vols. 1, 2.

_Reprisals on British Commerce._--Amendments to the bill declaring

war, 416.

_Resignation, does it cause a Vacancy?_--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Resolution._--To. repeal the embargo act, 5;

relative to counting Electoral votes, 27;

relative to the time of the meeting of the House, 36;

relative to the expediency of continuing the embargo, 41;

relative to citizens engaged in Miranda's expedition, 47;

relative to submission to the late edicts of England and France, 48;

relative to copies of public documents, 56;

relative to admission of British vessels in American ports, 94;

do., passed, 94;

relative to immediate measures for public defence, 95;

relative to counting Electoral votes, 105;

relative to petitions respecting the Presidential election in

Massachusetts, 105;

of thanks to Speaker Varnum, 114;

relative to the decease of Senator Malbone, 121;

relative to exiled Cubans and their slaves, 121, 122;

relative to prosecutions for libel, 133;

relative to the decease of Senator Malbone, 141;

relative to the liberation of American prisoners confined at

Carthagena, 142;

on decease of Samuel White, 168;

relative to the conduct of the British Minister, 169;

relative to demands on Great Britain, 179;

do., withdrawn, 179;

relative to publishing the laws of Louisiana in the English

language, 184;

relative to barred claims, 186;

relative to the navigation laws, 188;

on the violation of neutral rights, 189;

relative to the batture at New Orleans, 191;

calling on the President for papers, 192;

for the appointment of a committee of manufactures, 189;

vote on, 193;

relative to trade to the Baltic, 206;

relative to a Bank of the United States, 216;

relative to the establishment of a first meridian, 223;

relative to apportionment of representation, 224;

relative to the decease of Col. Washington, 225;

relative to secrecy in the Senate, 313;

confidential from the House, 314;

amendments to do., 314;

on an amendment to the constitution relative to the removal of

federal judges, 352;

of thanks to Speaker Varnum, 399;

relative to the burning of Richmond theatre, 404;

relative to British intrigues, &c., 409;

relative to the decease of Vice President George Clinton, 412;

relative to a recess of Congress, 412;

relative to the accounts of Gen. Wilkinson, 414;

on the bill declaring war, 416;

authorizing the President to address a proclamation to the

inhabitants of Canada, 421;

relative to extending the laws of the United States over whites in

the Indian territories, 428;

relative to the protection of American seamen, 429;

relative to increased military and naval force in present state of

foreign relations, 465;

relative to memorial of Legislative Council of Mississippi, 466;

relative to paying the officers and soldiers who served on the

Wabash, 466;

of inquiry relative to exciting the Indians on the western frontier,

466;

relative to the pay of officers and soldiers in the battle of

Tippecanoe, 476;

relative to limitation of claims on the Government, 526;

relative to Virginia military bounty lands, 527;

committing Nathaniel Rounsavell to the custody of the

sergeant-at-arms, 528;

discharging Nathaniel Rounsavell, 530;

relative to the removal of federal judges, 530;

of respect to the memory of Vice President Clinton, 531;

relative to the relief of Caraccas, 531, 532;

relative to amendment of naturalization laws, 543;

of inquiry relative to violations of secrecy, 548;

relative to the occupation of Florida, 561;

of inquiry relative to any proceedings respecting the country South

of Georgia, 562;

to supply each Senator with newspapers, 566;

to inquire into the expediency of offering encouragement to

privateers, 570;

of respect for the memory of John Smilie, 571;

of honors to Hull, Decatur, Jones, and Elliott, 573;

relative to the capture of the Guerriere, 578;

relative to the exemption of soldiers from arrest for debt, 578;

relative to authorizing an expedition of mounted volunteers, 580;

relative to sales of the public lands for cash, 611;

relative to the decease of Smilie, 614;

relative to raising mounted rangers, 651;

relative to the land claims in Mississippi Territory, 703;

relative to encouragement of privateers, 705;

relative to Virginia military bounty lands, 710;

calling for information relative to repeal of the decrees of France,

718;

of thanks to the Speaker, 719;

for information relative to the navy yards, 719.

_Retaliation._--Bill giving power to the President, read third time,

718;

passed, 718;

the bill, 718.

_Revenue Cutters._--In the House, bill to authorize the employment of

twelve additional, considered, 47;

this force necessary for the proper execution of the revenue laws,

47;

has any letter been received from the Secretary of the Treasury? 47;

information had been received directly from him, 47;

more than verbal information required to make the proceeding

correct, 48;

never more than ten employed in the most flourishing times, 48;

no consequence to the House whether there had been a written

communication, so the information come from the proper source,

48;

committee rise, 48;

engrossed bill read a third time, 74;

motion to recommit lost, 74;

bill passed, 74.

RHEA, JOHN, Representative from Tennessee, 36, 125, 187, 315, 425,

577;

on an extra session, 103;

on the conduct of the British Minister, 204;

favors postponement of the resolution relative to the apportionment

of representation, 225;

on reduction of the navy, 243, 244;

on domestic manufactures, 428;

on Indian affairs, 428;

on the bill to enable the people of Mississippi to form a State

Government, 521.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Rhode Island._--Vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711;

resolutions relating to maritime defence, &c., 413;

admission of, _see Index_, vol. 1.

RICHARDS, JACOB, Representative from Pennsylvania, 37.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

RICHARDS, MATHIAS, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36, 124, 187,

315.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM M., Representative from Massachusetts, 496, 577;

on the bill to authorize the people of Mississippi to form a

constitution, 592.

_Richmond Theatre._--Resolution in Senate relative to the burning of,

404.

RIDGELY, HENRY M., Representative from Delaware, 424, 578;

on an additional military force, 622.

RIKER, SAMUEL, Representative from New York, 36.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

RINGGOLD, SAMUEL, Representative from Maryland, 316, 424, 577.

_Roads Post._--_See Index_, vol. 3.

ROANE, JOHN T., Representative from Virginia, 125, 187, 315, 425, 577.

ROBERTS, JONATHAN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 424, 577;

on foreign relations, 455;

against a naval establishment, 493;

on the recall of absentees, 533.

ROBERTSON, THOMAS BOLLING, Representative from Louisiana, 577;

in favor of an additional military force, 666;

on non-exportation in foreign bottoms, 719.

ROBINSON, JONATHAN, Senator from Vermont, 3, 116, 166, 250, 403, 566.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

RODMAN, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 424, 577.

ROGERS, JOHN B., letter with documents relative to impressed seamen,

706.

ROOT, ERASTUS, Representative from New York, 141, 187, 315.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

ROSS, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 124, 191;

moves an amendment relative to the inquiry respecting prosecutions

for libel, 137, 138;

on the remission of certain fines on emigrants from Cuba, 163, 164;

on the conduct of the British Minister, 195.

ROWAN, JOHN, Representative from Kentucky, 97.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

RUSSELL, JOHN, Representative from New York, 36.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

RYLAND, HERMAN W., letter to John Henry, 506.

S

SAGE, EBENEZER, Representative from New York, 124, 187, 316, 424, 577.

SAMMONS, THOMAS, Representative from New York, 124, 187, 315, 424,

577;

on the bill to authorize the appointment of additional

brigadier-generals, 551.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Savannah, relief of._--_See Index_, vol. 2.

SAWYER, LEMUEL, Representative from North Carolina, 36, 125, 187, 316,

425, 580;

against immediate arming of the public vessels, 100;

on the appointment of a committee of manufactures, 189;

on a Naval establishment, 599.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

SAY, BENJAMIN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 37, 141;

presents memorials from officers of the Revolutionary army in

Pennsylvania, 56.

SCUDDER, JOHN A., Representative from New Jersey, 315.

_Seamen, American._--In the House, a resolution offered relative to an

inquiry into the laws for the protection of American seamen,

429;

our laws materially defective on this subject, 429;

their object should be twofold--to protect _bona fide_ American

citizens, and to prevent the abuse of those protections by

citizens of other countries, 429;

case of an Italian at Baltimore, 429.

_In the House._--Resolution of inquiry relative to the seizure by

Great Britain of persons fighting under the American flag and

laying claims to them, &c., 594;

several cases had occurred, 594;

objections to the form and expression of the resolution, 594;

instance of many of the crew of the Wasp, 595;

every man must be protected that is on board a ship of the United

States, 595;

motion withdrawn and a substitute offered, 595;

vigorous retaliation should be made if our countrymen found in arms

are treated as criminals, 595;

not a question whether such persons are British subjects or not, if

they have been fighting our battles, 596;

naturalized foreigners should be protected the same as native

citizens, 596;

expatriation, 597;

resolution agreed to, 597.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Seamen, Regulation of._--Bill for, 712;

passed, 713.

_Seat of Government._--_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

SEAVER, EBENEZER, Representative from Massachusetts, 36, 124, 192,

315, 424, 577.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Secret Proceedings, publication of._--In the House, report of the

committee directed to inquire whether there had been any

violation of the secrecy imposed by the House considered, 527;

Nathaniel Rounsavell brought to the bar of the House and questioned,

527;

ordered into custody till further notice, 527;

letter from Rounsavell, 527;

manner in which the information relative to the embargo was obtained

without doors, 527;

explanations of members, 528;

Rounsavell dismissed, 527.

_In the House._--Resolution offered to inquire if there had been a

violation of the secrecy imposed, 548;

do. passed, 548.

_Secret Proceedings._--Confidential supplemental journal of, 544.

_Secretary of State._--His letters to Gen. Matthews and Col. McKee

relative to possession of Florida, 562, 563;

do. to governor of Georgia, 564.

_Sedition Law._--In the House, resolution offered for an inquiry as to

what prosecutions for libels had been instituted under the act

to punish certain crimes against the United States, 133;

if the committee inquire in the case of libels at common law it is

proper they should inquire in the other case, 133;

one member been a sufferer under the sedition law, 133;

resolution moved, 133;

amendment proposed relating to any private compensation to such

sufferers, 133;

Government could not rightfully inquire into this, 134;

the disclosure might be amusing if the House had power to make it,

134;

who compensated Callender? 134;

prosecutions under the common law and the sedition law essentially

different, 134;

who contributed to the gentleman from Kentucky (Lyon), 134;

this appears to be a proposition to aid a single individual, and by

the amendment gentlemen seem anxious to prevent him from gaining

more than he had paid, 134;

the public should know many of the circumstances of that case, 134;

the imprisonment, 135;

charge of libel in the indictment of Lyon, 135;

what do these words amount to? 135;

the law was passed after the words were uttered, 135;

further facts in the case, 136;

amendment lost, 137;

amendment moved to inquire what compensation should be made to those

who had suffered in consequence of the act to lay and collect a

direct tax, 137;

where shall we stop if we tread back on the steps of each other?

137;

propriety of going the whole length of the principle, 137;

those who paid the tax should also be remunerated, 137;

this principle has not been assumed, 138;

where is the difference in the cases of any of these sufferers? 138;

is this House sitting as a body to remunerate those who violated the

laws? 138;

moved to postpone indefinitely, 138;

the whole discussion of the sedition law turned on its

constitutionality, 138;

if unconstitutional, can it be viewed in the same light as if

constitutional? 138;

the subject of contribution considered, 139;

let the inquiry be made, 139;

what good purpose can it answer? 139;

under what clause of the constitution was Capt. Murray remunerated,

139;

duty of the House to make the inquiry, 139

further debates, 140;

indefinitely postponed, 140.

_Seditious Practices._--_See Index_, vol. 2.

_Senate._--Adjourns at close of Second Session of Tenth Congress, 33;

extra Session of, 33;

adjourns, 35;

adjourns at First Session, Eleventh Congress, 123;

adjourns at Second Session, Eleventh Congress, 186;

Third Session, Eleventh Congress adjourns, 312;

adjourns at close First Session, Twelfth Congress, 423.

SEVIER, JOHN, Representative from Tennessee, 425, 577.

SEYBERT, ADAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 187, 315, 424, 577;

in favor of a committee on manufactures, 193;

on the Bank of the United States, 340;

against a Naval establishment, 481;

on the case of Nathaniel Rounsavell, 529;

on the renewal of Whitney's patent right, 537;

on the bill laying an embargo, 544, 545;

on the imprisonment of American seamen, 595, 596;

on an increase of the navy, 599.

SHATTUCK, JARED, his claim, 352.

SHAW, SAMUEL, Representative from Vermont, 37, 124, 187, 315, 424,

577.

SHEFFEY, DANIEL, Representative from Virginia, 125, 316, 425, 580;

on the batture at New Orleans, 148;

offers resolutions relative to the batture at New Orleans, 191;

supports petition of Elizabeth Hamilton, 215;

on the admission of the Territory of Orleans as a State, 321;

in favor of the admission of Mississippi, 352;

on the imprisonment of American seamen, 596;

on an additional military force, 660.

_Slave Trade._--Memorial relative to, 714.

_Slaves, Importation of._--_See Index_, vol. 3. Duties on Imports.

_Slavery and Slaves._--_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

SLOAN, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 36;

favors the resolution for immediate measures to liberate American

prisoners in Carthagena, 95.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

SMELT, DENNIS, Representative from Georgia, 40, 125, 191, 316.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

SMILIE, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36, 141, 187, 315,

424, 577;

opposes the resolution for immediate measures to liberate American

prisoners in Carthagena, 95;

against the immediate arming of the public vessels, 97;

on an extra session of Congress, 102;

on the proceedings on counting the electoral votes, 105;

on non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, 158;

opposes the postponement of the resolution relative to the

apportionment of representation, 225;

on the resolution relative to the decease of Col. Washington, 225;

on laying additional duties, 431;

presents memorial of managers of Union Canal Company, 432;

on rules and orders of the House, 469;

on the British intrigues, 518;

on the case of Nathaniel Rounsavell, 528;

on mode of relief of Caraccas, 532;

on the bill laying an embargo, 545;

decease of, 614.

_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

SMITH, DANIEL, Senator from Tennessee, 3.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

SMITH, GEORGE, Representative from Pennsylvania, 124, 187, 315, 424,

577.

SMITH, JEREMIAH K., Representative from New Hampshire, 36.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

SMITH, JOHN, Senator from New York, 3, 121, 176, 252, 400.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

SMITH, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 36, 125, 187, 315, 425,

577.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

SMITH, SAMUEL, Senator from Maryland, 3, 33, 116, 168, 250, 400, 566;

on the repeal of the Embargo Act, 10;

offers resolution relative to the mode of counting the Electoral

vote, 27;

on incorporating a Bank of the United States, 292.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

SMITH, SAMUEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36, 124, 187, 315;

on adherence of the Senate to amendments to the bill respecting

non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, 180.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_South Carolina_, vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

_Soldiers of the Revolution._--_See Index_, vol. 3.

SOUTHARD, HENRY, Representative from New Jersey, 36, 124, 187, 315;

opposes the resolution for immediate measures to liberate American

prisoners in Carthagena, 95.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

STANFORD, RICHARD, Representative from North Carolina, 36, 125, 187,

315, 425, 577;

on counting blank ballots, 125;

on prosecutions for libel, 133, 134;

on the conduct of the British Minister, 197;

on foreign relations, 457;

on rules and orders of the House, 469.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

STANLEY, JOHN, Representative from North Carolina, 125, 187, 315;

relative to the conduct of the British Minister, 208.

_State Balances._--_See Index_, vol. 2.

STEDMAN, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 36, 124, 191.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

STEPHENSON, JAMES, Representative from Virginia, 125, 187, 315.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

STEVENSON, ARCHER, Representative from Maryland, 424, 577.

_St. Domingo._--_See Index_, vol. 3.

_St. Louis_, memorial of inhabitants of, 434.

STORY, JOSEPH, Representative from Massachusetts, 96;

in favor of an immediate arming of the public vessels, 97.

STORER, CLEMENT, Representative from New Hampshire, 36.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

STOW, SILAS, Representative from New York, 424, 577;

on the bill laying an embargo, 544;

on the temporary embargo bill, 547;

on pay of the army, 582;

in favor of building seventy-fours, 605;

on an additional military force, 690;

on privateer pensions, 704;

on war taxes, 715.

STRONG, WILLIAM, Representative from Vermont, 424, 577.

STEWART, PHILIP, Representative from Maryland, 426, 577.

STURGES, LEWIS B., Representative from Connecticut, 36, 124, 187, 316,

424, 578;

on commercial intercourse with France and Great Britain, 364.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Suability of States._--_See Index_, vol. 2.

SULLIVAN, GEORGE, Representative from New Hampshire, 424, 716.

SUMPTER, THOMAS, Senator from South Carolina, 3, 116, 166.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

SWART, PETER, Representative from New York, 36.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

SWOOPE, JACOB, Representative from Virginia, 125, 187, 316.

T

TAGGART, SAMUEL, Representative from Massachusetts, 37, 126, 187, 316,

424, 578.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

TAIT, CHARLES, Senator from Georgia, 176, 250, 400, 566.

TALIAFERRO, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 432, 578.

_See Index_, vol. 2.

TALLMADGE, BENJAMIN, Representative from Connecticut, 36, 124, 187,

315, 424, 578;

on the Torpedo experiment, 221;

on establishing a Quartermaster's department, 477;

on the resolution of the Senate relative to the decease of the Vice

President, 531;

on an additional military force, 613;

on the causes of the war, 647.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

TALLMAN, PELEG, Representative from Massachusetts, 424, 703.

_Taxes, War._--In the House, resolution to instruct the Committee of

Ways and Means to report a bill laying taxes for the support of

the war, 715;

opposed, as impracticable, 715;

advocated because the House should redeem pledges of last session,

715;

unnecessary to lay taxes, 715;

impracticable to act on the subject at this session, 715;

further debate, 716;

resolution lost, 716.

_Taxes, direct and indirect._--_See Index_, vol. 2.

TAYLOR, JOHN, Representative from South Carolina, 36, 125, 187, 315;

opposes the resolution for immediate measures to liberate American

prisoners in Carthagena, 95;

on non-intercourse, 106;

on Miranda's expedition, 145;

on non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, 153, 159, 160;

on the remission of certain fines, on emigrants from Cuba, 164;

reports on the letter of I. A. Coles, 204;

Senator from South Carolina, 260, 400, 566;

on incorporating a bank of the United States, 300;

reports in favor of postponing bills relative to the Mississippi

territory becoming a State, &c., 411;

on the memorial of citizens of New York, 414.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Tennessee_, vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

_Tennessee, admission of._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Territorial Governments, ordinance of 1787._--In the House, bill

reported to take away from Governors of Territories the power of

proroguing or dissolving their legislature, 39;

moved to engross for a third reading, 39;

a decision of a question of this kind should not be precipitated,

39;

the ordinance for the government of territories should be treated

with as much delicacy as the constitution of the General

Government, 39;

this is a mistake; the ordinance is a mere statute, 40;

these ordinances should be regarded as a compact between the General

Government and the territories, 40;

questionable whether an alteration could be made without their

consent, 40;

mature deliberation, not procrastination, was what was wanted, 40;

the ordinance is considered as a compact equally sacred with the

Constitution of the United States, and as unalterable, without

the consent of the parties to it, 40;

opinion of St. George Tucker, 40;

effect of taking away this power, 40;

taking away the power to prorogue would not deprive the governors of

their veto on laws, 40;

now, if there is any misunderstanding, the Governor sends them home,

40;

right of this House to pass the bill denied, 42;

condition of the cession by Georgia, 42;

_note_, 42;

basis of the territorial governments, 42;

amendment proposed, 42;

two parts to the ordinance, 43;

opinion of Judge Tucker, 43;

special reason for the bill, 43;

this principle must have been adopted originally without any

discussion, 44;

this was an objection to George III., in the Declaration of

Independence, 44;

opinion of Judge Tucker read, 44;

parties to the present compact, 44;

what was the policy of the ordinance, and what the object of its

framers? 44;

if you have a right to repeal one part of the ordinance, you can

another part, 44;

the Constitution of the United States does not give to the people of

the territories the same rights as the people of the States, 45;

the articles of this ordinance were enacted previous to the adoption

of the constitution, and are made binding by that instrument,

45;

the old Congress wisely reserved the right to control the people of

the territories, 45;

the state of things now existing in Mississippi noticed, 45;

what part of these articles is unalterable? 45;

the articles of ordinance and not the form of government, 45;

application of the opinion of Judge Tucker, 45;

situation of the people will be improved, 45;

whatever leads to the conclusion that the people are always wrong

and the Executive right, strikes at the root of republican

institutions, 45;

facts respecting the people of Mississippi, 45;

no proposition for the good of this territory, but has met the

opposition of Georgia, 46;

a compact exists between the United States and Georgia, and let it

be adhered to, 46;

indefinite postponement moved, 46;

carried, 46.

_Territory of Louisiana._--In the House, bill for the government of

the Louisiana Territory considered, 430;

moved to strike out the section requiring a freehold to be possessed

by all voters, 430;

moved to amend by striking out every qualification but that of free

white male citizens, &c., 430;

question considered, whether it is better to require voters to hold

freehold property, or to suffer every man to possess the

privilege who is twenty-one years old, 430;

life and liberty are superior to property, 430;

dearer to the poor man than all his property to the rich, 430;

impossible to carry the principle of equality to its fullest extent,

430;

remonstrance of the inhabitants of St. Louis, 434.

_Territory of Mississippi._--In the House, petition for the division

of, 141;

moved to lay on the table, 141;

consent of three parties necessary to a division, 141;

the Territory, Georgia, and the United States, neither has

consented, 141;

if the request was improper, the report of a committee would settle

it, 141;

no harm can arise from the inquiry, 141;

certain facts might be inquired into, such as population, their

character, &c., 141;

petition laid on the table, 142;

report in favor of admitting the Mississippi Territory into the

Union, 352;

have sufficient population before a representative is elected, 352;

Orleans when admitted had a minor population, 352;

some respect due to the feelings of the Eastern States, 352;

admission of one State during a session was sufficient, 352;

why not wait for the actual census of the territory? 352;

resolution agreed to, 352.

_In the Senate._--Bill to authorize Mississippi to form State

Government referred, 411;

report on, 411.

_In the House._--Bill to authorize the people of Mississippi

Territory to form a State Government, 519;

the population is sufficient, and authority has heretofore wisely

been conferred in all such cases, 519;

particulars respecting the limits, 520;

amendment offered relative to the Territory of West Florida, 520;

debate thereon, 521;

carried, 522;

bill passed, 522;

bill to authorize the people to form a State government considered,

592;

inexpedient to give a territory with so small a population an equal

representation in the Senate with a State, 592;

proposes to include Mobile, now in possession of a foreign power,

592;

population greater than represented, 592;

anxious to bear their share of the burdens of the war, 592;

bill ordered to third reading and passed, 592.

_Territory of Orleans._--In Senate, bill to authorize the Territory

of Orleans to form a State Government, 265;

various amendments proposed, 265;

bill read a third time, 265.

_In the House._--Bill for admitting the Territory of Orleans as a

State into the Union, 320;

the bill proposes to include in the State all that part of the

territory lying west of the Perdido, the right to this part is

declared to be subject to negotiation; if it becomes a State,

this right of negotiation will be taken from the President, 320;

the necessity of a State government calls for this measure, 320;

it is a point of country particularly important to the Union, 320;

power of self-preservation necessary to the people there, 321;

the objection of title does not meet the merits of the bill, 321;

not ready to transfer the inheritance purchased by the blood of our

fathers to foreigners, 321;

doubtful if 30,000 inhabitants in the territory, 321;

these people are a part of the nation, and should so be considered,

321;

the great object is to make us one people, 321.

Have we constitutional authority to legislate on this subject, and

is it expedient so to do? 321;

by the enacting clause of our constitution it was ordained and

established for the _then_ United States, 322;

its framers and those who adopted it never intended its immediate

operation should extend to any people that did not then, or

should not thereafter, be included in the limits of the United

States, 322;

they did not intend to enter into partnership of this sort, 322;

Orleans was not within these limits when the constitution was

established, 322;

upon this principle we may form all the territories into States,

then what will become of the old United States? 322;

the constitution requires that Senators should have been citizens

nine years, a period longer than the people of this territory

have belonged to the Union, 322;

it is said, several new States have been formed by Congress, 322;

these were formed out of territories within the limits of the Union

on the adoption of the constitution, 322;

even if constitutional, it is an extremely impolitic and inexpedient

measure, 323;

two applications pending, neither has sufficient population, 323;

it is objected to this bill that the population of the State will

not be American, 323;

what power have we to negotiate about the territory of any of the

States? 323;

objections to annexing West Florida to Orleans, 323;

amendment moved to consolidate the Orleans and Mississippi

Territories, 323;

a stipulation in the treaty of cession, 324;

to waste the territories would violate previous engagements, 324;

the consent of Georgia would be necessary, 324;

meaning of the constitution, 324;

the right to become States was conceded to the old territories

before the adoption of the constitution, 325;

the article of the constitution was unnecessary unless it applied to

new territory, 325;

not for us to consider who shall be their Senators, 325;

Mobile and Orleans should not be under the same government, 325;

the trust embraced in the amendment is too extensive for a local

State government, 325;

other geographical limits proposed, 325;

amendment disagreed to, 326;

claims of the United States respecting the western limits of the

Orleans Territory, 326;

this bill extends jurisdiction over the province of Texas, 326;

remarks relative to arranging the western boundary, 326;

the principle of this bill materially affects the liberties and

rights of the whole people of the United States, 327;

it would justify a revolution in this country, 327;

if this bill passes, the bonds of the Union are virtually dissolved,

327;

called to order, 327;

repeated, that its passage is virtually a dissolution of the Union,

&c., 327;

decision of the Speaker on the propriety of the expression demanded,

327;

decision that a portion of the remarks are in order, and a portion

not, 327;

appeal from the decision, 327;

Speaker not sustained, 327;

the separation of the States resulting from a violation of the

constitution, is a necessity deeply to be deprecated, 327;

the bill assumes that this National government without recurrence to

conventions of the people or Legislatures of the States, can

admit new portions in countries out of the original limits of

the United States, 328;

if this authority is delegated by the constitution, it results from

its general nature as from its particular provisions, 328;

the preamble examined, 328;

its meaning, the extent of the country at that time, Louisiana not

then in the limits, 328;

if any particular power exists, it is the treaty-making power, 329;

this power examined, 329;

this question goes to the very seat of the power and influence of

the present members of the Union, 329;

the term, "New States," applies to territory within the then limits

of the Union, 329;

evidence of history, 329;

resolution passed, July 3d, 1788, is further authority, 329;

its meaning, 330;

the evidence should be very strong to prove the terms intended

something else besides this obvious purpose, 330;

its meaning can be proved, both affirmatively, with regard to new

States from the existing limits, and negatively, against new

States without those limits, 330;

this assertion examined, 330;

is it possible that such a power, if it had been intended to be

given by the people, should have been left dependent upon the

effect of general expressions, 331;

it is not so much a question concerning the exercise of sovereignty,

as it is who shall be sovereign, 331;

the treaty-making power has limitations, 331;

the situation of New Orleans, 332;

the moral and political consequences of usurping this power, 332;

what is this liberty of which so much is said? 333;

no fear of analyzing the nature of this love of our Union, 333;

this bill, if passed is a death-blow to the constitution, 334;

the bill will neither justify a dissolution of the Union nor lead

any citizen attached to it to contemplate it, 334;

our authority to erect new States is proved by theory and practice,

334;

the articles of confederation are evidence, 334;

similarity of the constitution and the articles of confederation in

many sections, 324;

further debate, 324;

indefinite postponement lost, 335;

bill passed, 335.

_Territories._--_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

_Territory, Missouri_, report relative to amending the act for the

government of, 707.

THOMAS, JESSE B., Delegate from Indiana Territory, 53;

moves the appointment of a committee relative to a division of the

Indiana Territory, 87;

makes a report relative to a division of the Indiana Territory, 96.

THOMPSON, JOHN, Representative from New York, 36, 124, 187, 315.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

THURSTON, BUCKNER, Senator from Kentucky, 3, 116, 166.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

TIFFIN, EDWARD, Senator from Ohio, 3;

reports engrossed bill on non-intercourse with Great Britain, 28.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Tippecanoe, Battle of_, message communicating, 466.

_Title of President._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Torpedo Experiments._--In the House, letter from Robert Fulton, 213;

the author a man of science and successful experiment, 214;

letter referred, 214;

report on do., 214;

resolution to grant Mr. Fulton use of the Hall for a public lecture,

214;

the Hall is exclusively appropriated to legislative purposes, 214;

an injurious precedent, 214;

hold out the idea that the House sanctioned it, 214;

words "public lecture" struck out and "explaining" inserted, 215;

bill making an appropriation for an experiment on the practical use

of the Torpedo, or submarine explosion, 218;

is this such a proposition that we can step out of the ordinary

course of encouragement given to inventors? 218;

is the experiment worthy to be made? 218;

this resolution appropriates money for an experiment, 219;

nothing new in it, 219;

the invention of David Bushnell, 219;

difference between the two, 219;

all-important to defend our ports and harbors, 219;

Mr. Fulton has little merit in originating this thing, 220;

alarm occasioned to the British during the Revolutionary war, 220;

verses of Hopkinson, 220;

if one of these machines in a hundred should take effect, the object

would be perfectly gained, 220;

nothing result from it of service to the country, 220;

if a fair experiment is intended, the appropriation is totally

inefficient, 220;

why has not the invention been patronized by the French, 221;

an actual experiment should be made on an enemy's vessel, 221;

experience during the war, 221;

the experiment should not be made, 221;

bill passed, 222.

TOULMIN, Judge, report relative to the conduct of, 533.

TRACY, URI, Representative from New York, 124, 191, 315, 424, 577.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Treason and Sedition_, bill to define.

_See Index_, vol. 2.

_Treasury Notes_, issue authorized, 421;

bill to authorize the issue of, 706.

_Treaty with Great Britain._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

TRIGG, ABRAM, Representative from Virginia, 36.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

TROUP, GEORGE M., Representative from Georgia, 36, 125, 187, 315, 425,

577;

opposes immediate engrossment of the bill relative to the power of

territorial governments, 39, 40;

on the ordinance of 1787, 44, 46;

moves to postpone the bill relative to the ordinance of 1786, 46;

in favor of immediate arming of the public vessels, 98;

on the petition relative to the Mississippi Territory, 141;

on the Batture at New Orleans, 149;

on violation of neutral rights, 189;

on the British intrigues, 517, 519;

on pay of the army, 583.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

TURNER, CHARLES, jr., Representative from Massachusetts, 187, 315,

424, 577.

TURNER, JAMES, Senator from North Carolina, 3, 116, 166, 264, 403,

566.

_Two-thirds vote._ _See Index_, vol. 3.

U

UPHAM, JABEZ, Representative from Massachusetts, 36, 124, 187.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Union_, dissolution of, 327.

_Ursuline Nuns_ of New Orleans, petition of, 476.

V

VAN ALLEN, JAMES I., Representative from New York, 36

_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

VAN CORTLANDT, PHILIP, Representative from New York, 47.

_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

VAN CORTLANDT, PIERRE, jr., Representative from New York, 424, 577.

VAN DYKE, NICHOLAS, Representative from Delaware, 141, 212, 330.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

VAN HORNE, ARCHIBALD, Representative from Maryland, 36, 125, 187, 315.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

VAN RENSSELAER, KILLIAN K., Representative from New York, 36, 124,

187, 315.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

VARNUM, JOSEPH B., Representative from Massachusetts, 36, 124, 187,

315;

on measures of non-intercourse, 114;

acknowledges the thanks of the House, 114;

elected Speaker, 125, 126;

remarks, 126;

against petition of Elizabeth Hamilton, 215;

acknowledges the thanks of the House to him as Speaker, 399;

Senator from Massachusetts, 400, 566.

_See Index_, vols. 1, 2, 3.

_Vermont_, vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

VERPLANCK, DANIEL C., Representative from New York, 36.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

_Vessels Registering and clearing._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Veto, Executive_, on the bill providing for the trial of small causes

in the District Courts, 410.

_Vice President_ CLINTON, decease of, 531.

_Virginia_ Bounty Lands, resolution relative to, 527, 710.

_Virginia_, vote for President in 1808, 27;

in 1812, 573, 711.

_Vote of Approbation._--In the House, to approve the conduct of the

President, considered, 127;

an alteration has taken place in the manner of doing business at the

commencement of Congress, 127;

message of Jefferson to Congress, 127;

wisdom of suspending the speech of the President to Congress, 127;

an answer to the address was in fact the greatest opportunity which

the opposition to the measures of the administration had of

sifting and canvassing those measures, 127;

whatever goes to take away this opportunity, goes to narrow down the

minority, or opposition, 127;

the present is an occasion which behoves this House to express its

opinion on public affairs, 128;

it is due to the executive, 128;

resolution moved, 128;

this proposition contemplates a novelty in our legislative

proceedings, 128;

where would it end if the House were now to make a solemn

resolution, approving the conduct of the President, 128;

to adopt the resolution at this time would not comport with the

object of the mover, 128;

the conduct of the last administration in this respect met the

approbation of the country, 129;

postponement moved, 129;

in his proclamation the President has deserved well of his country,

127;

is this an abstract proposition? 128;

is this House to have no influence on the conduct of the Executive?

130;

the President is condemned by some for his proclamation, 130;

how the non-importation act was repealed, 131;

prospect of good terms with Great Britain, 132;

this act of duty which the President has done is only an ordinary

one, 132;

why then give him our approbation? 133;

indefinitely postponed, 133.

W

_War, Declaration of, against Great Britain._--Confidential message

sent to the Senate by the President, 415;

do. from the House, 415;

the act declaring war as passed by the House, 415;

read twice and referred, 415;

debated in committee, 415;

amendment proposed, 416;

motion to postpone to the first Monday in November, 416;

a general view of the situation of the country--of its means to

carry on offensive operations, as well as to defend itself, and

of the situation and relative strength of the country we are

required to make war upon, 416, 417;

our situation upon the lakes to Detroit and Fort Malden, 418;

motion lost, 418;

amended to authorize privateering on Great Britain and France, 418;

bill passed on committee, 418;

reported to the Senate, correctly engrossed, 418;

moved to postpone to October thirty-first, 418;

not a time to declare war, 418;

the Senate should not act from passion or any considerations which

do not arise out of an extended and distinct view of the

interests of the country, 418;

neither the government nor the people had expected or were prepared

for war, 418;

you have an immense property abroad, a great portion in England, and

part on the ocean, hastening home, 419;

the question of war had been doubtful till the present moment, 419;

it was supposed they were obliged to advance, or become the object

of reproach and scorn to friends and foes, 419;

if we were doubtful as to war, how could, how was it to be known by

merchants and others that the nation would be wantonly plunged

in war, 419;

we should select the time when the first shock should be least

disastrous and best resisted, 419;

what should hurry us into war, 420;

question on postponement lost, 420;

motion to adjourn carried, 420.

_In the House._--Bill to declare war against Great Britain reported,

55;

read first time, 558;

opposed, 558;

question on the rejection of the bill lost, 558;

amendment moved, 559;

lost, 559;

moved to recommit the bill and amendment, 559;

ordered to be engrossed and passed, 559;

returned from the Senate with amendments, 560;

moved to lay on the table, 560;

lost, 560;

moved to postpone indefinitely, 560;

lost, 560;

moved to postpone until October, 560;

lost, 560;

moved to postpone to July, 560;

lost, 560;

Senate amendments concurred in by the House, 560;

signed by the President, 561.

WATERHOUSE, BENJAMIN, petition relative to inoculation of the army,

709.

WEAKLEY, ROBERT, Representative from Tennessee, 127, 187, 315.

WELLESLEY, LORD, extracts from his letters to Mr. Pinkney, 361.

_West Point_ or Washington as a location for a military academy, 531.

WHARTON, JESSE, Representative from Tennessee, 36;

presents petitions from the officers of the revolutionary army, 56.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

WHEATON, LABAN, Representative from Massachusetts, 124, 187, 316, 424,

577;

on the admission of the Territory of Orleans as a State, 321;

on pay of the army, 582;

on the policy of the war, 652.

WHITE, LEONARD, Representative from Massachusetts, 424, 577.

WHITE, SAMUEL, Senator from Delaware, 3, 27, 116.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

WHITEHILL, ROBERT, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36, 124, 187,

315, 424, 577.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

WHITMAN EZEKIEL, Representative from Massachusetts, 141, 188.

WHITESIDE, JENKIN, Senator from Tennessee, 118, 176, 325.

_Whitney's Patent Right to the Cotton Gin; renewal of._--In the bill

for the relief of Eli Whitney considered, 533;

moved to strike out so much as related to a renewal, 533;

although the bill assumed the character of a private act, it

involved considerations of great national importance, 533;

source of authority over the subject, 534;

here is a delegation of power to promote science and art, and a

description of the _mean_ authorized to be employed, 534;

the distinction between the _mean_ and the _object_ should be kept

constantly in view, 534;

this renewal is not intended or calculated to promote science or

useful arts, 534;

the object of the constitution is attained by granting monopolies

for a limited time to _future_ and not to _past_ inventions,

534;

the passage of the bill is a departure from the intent of the

constitution, 534;

the operation of this bill will levy a tax on Georgia and

Mississippi and Louisiana Territories only, which is not a

uniform tax throughout the country, 534;

the right of using has been purchased by the Legislatures of some of

the States, 535;

the patent expired four years ago, and an unqualified right then

vested in the people of the United States, 535;

the famous case of Miller _vs._ Taylor, 536;

English decisions, 536;

has Congress the right to divest the people of their right? 536;

the passage of this bill will render justice to Whitney, 537;

he has received but trifling compensation, 537;

case of Whitney _vs._ Carter, 537;

absolute necessity of the gin to bring the cotton of the United

States to market, 538;

extract from Edwards' History of the West Indies, 538;

the case of Arkwright, 538;

committee rose, 538.

WIDGERY, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 426, 577;

on the temporary embargo bill, 547;

on the imprisonment of American seamen, 597;

on an increase of the navy, 602.

WILBOUR, ISAAC, Representative from Rhode Island, 36;

supports the resolution for immediate measures to liberate American

prisoners in Carthagena, 95.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

WILKINSON, GEN. JAMES, letter to Speaker of the House, 227;

claim of, report on, 312.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

WILLIAMS, DAVID R., Representative from South Carolina, 36, 425, 577;

on submission to the late edicts of England and France, 75;

opposes the resolution for immediate measures to liberate American

prisoners in Carthagena, 95;

against immediate arming of the public vessels, 99;

on an extra session of Congress, 102;

on establishing a quartermasters department, 477;

against a naval establishment, 499;

on the temporary embargo bill, 547;

on increased pay of the army, 581;

on pay of the army, 586;

on an additional military force, 611.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

WILLIAMS, MARMADUKE, Representative from North Carolina, 111.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

WILSON, ALEXANDER, Representative from Vermont, 36.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

WILSON, JAMES, Representative from New Hampshire, 124, 187, 315.

WILSON, NATHAN, Representative from New York, 36.

WILSON, THOMAS, Representative from Virginia, 425, 577.

WINTERS, ELISHA, petitions for the reward for destroying Mason, the

Mississippi river pirate, 184.

WITHERSPOON, ROBERT, Representative from South Carolina, 125, 188,

315;

reports on the claim for Indian depredations, 217.

_Witnesses, payment of in impeachment cases._--_See Index_, vol. 3.

WORTHINGTON, THOMAS, Senator from Ohio, 264, 400, 566.

_See Index_, vol. 3.

WRIGHT, ROBERT, Representative from Maryland, 315, 424, 577;

on the ratio of representation, 318;

on the admission of the Territory of Orleans as a State, 334;

on an amendment to the constitution relative to the removal of

federal judges, 351;

in favor of the admission of Mississippi, 352;

on Indian affairs, 428;

on foreign relations, 446;

on rules and orders of the House, 469;

on the British intrigues, 516.

_See Index_, vols. 2, 3.

WYNN, RICHARD, Representative from South Carolina, 47, 141, 212, 316,

425, 586.

_See Index_, vols. 1, 3.

Y

_Yeas and Nays in the Senate._--On the bill for the enforcement of the

embargo act, 26;

on bill to prohibit commercial intercourse with Great Britain, 31;

on postponement of the bill for additional duties, 32;

on bill to provide for the support of public credit, 122;

on resolution relative to the conduct of the British Minister, 176;

on the bill relative to non-intercourse with Great Britain and

France, 179;

on the adherence of the Senate to amendments to the bill respecting

non-intercourse with Great Britain, 182;

on striking out first section of the bill to establish a National

Bank, 184;

on the resolution relative to publishing the laws of Louisiana in

the English language, 184;

on motion to postpone further consideration of bill to establish a

National Bank, 184;

on bill to authorize the Territory of Orleans to form a State

constitution, 185;

relative to the admission of Orleans territory, 265;

on striking out first section of bill to incorporate a United States

Bank, 311;

on resolution relative to secrecy, 312;

on bill to raise an additional military force, 404;

on the bill relative to the limits of Louisiana, 409;

on removing the injunction of secrecy relative to a temporary

embargo, 410;

on a temporary embargo, 410;

on House bill relative to temporary non-exportation, 411;

on a recess of Congress, 413;

in committee on the declaration of war, 416;

on the declaration of war with Great Britain passing to third

reading, 418;

on the issue of Treasury notes, 421;

on the bill to authorize the President to accept volunteers, 421;

on resolutions relative to the Canadas, 422.

_In the House._--On the motion to postpone the bill relative to the

ordinance of 1787, 46;

on the bill to authorize the President to employ additional revenue

cutters, 74;

on the resolution prohibiting the admission of British vessels into

American ports, 94;

on bill relative to non-intercourse with Great Britain and France,

163;

on the resolution relative to the conduct of the British Minister,

211;

relative to the bill respecting the convoy system, 226;

on the bill to continue the charter of the Bank of the United

States, 351;

_note_, 351;

on the bill relative to commercial intercourse with France and Great

Britain, 398;

in committee on resolution to raise additional troops, 464;

on the bill to enable the people of Mississippi to form a State

government, 522;

on the admission of Louisiana, 526;

on the bill declaring war with Great Britain, 559;

do. on the amendments of the Senate to the bill declaring war, &c.,

560;

in committee on the bill to authorize the President to take

possession of territory south of Mississippi, 561;

on an additional military force, 613;

on the bill for an additional military force, 702.