Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16)

by United States. Congress

bill passed, [409].
Mint, establishment of.—See Index, vols. 1, [2].
Miranda's Expedition.—In the House, petition of thirty-six American citizens confined at Carthagena, in South America, under sentence of slavery, [37];
referred, [39];
report of committee, [46];
resolution of committee considered, [95];
postponement moved, [95];
lost, [95];
an agreement on the resolution would involve the government in difficulty without answering any good purpose, [95];
it would tend to prove that the government had connection with the expedition, [95];
the persons had engaged themselves in foreign service, [95];
had been taken and condemned for piracy, [95];
appeal to humanity, [95];
such an appeal could not involve the government, [95];
the men had been deluded, [95];
they had been sufficiently punished, [95];
resolution lost, [96].
Resolution offered, that the President take measures to effect their liberation if satisfied they were involuntarily drawn into the enterprise, [142];
in this case to lean to the side of humanity is an act of great injustice and cruelty to society, [142];
it is not a question like redeeming our brethren from slavery in Tripoli, but whether this government would lend its countenance to the class of men concerned in the expeditions of Miranda and Aaron Burr, [142];
in passing this resolution we hold up a premium to vice, [142];
no justice in the proposed interference, [143];
a bounty should be allowed on the exportation of every man of similar principles, [143];
the Spanish government never would release them until the government interfered, [143];
the only money necessary was to defray the expense of bringing them back, [143];
if the President has the power he has not chosen to exercise it, [143];
did not knowingly engage in this expedition, [143];
they declare they did not understand the nature of the expedition, [143];
reasons to show this, [144];
a judicial investigation was had in New York previous to embarkation, [144];
those who enlisted the men declare they were not informed of the object of the expedition, [144];
embarrassment of their situation, [144];
if the men were guilty they should not receive the benefit of the interposition of government, [144];
these appeals for mercy would apply better to the Spanish government, [145];
subject of the greatest delicacy for the United States to interfere, [145];
statement of a lawyer, [145];
we should place the President in a very unpleasant situation, [146];
what has the British Government done? [146];
have not the British subjects been liberated? [146];
what has been the situation of Great Britain to Spain? [146];
what connection exists between the statements that have been made and the merits of the case? [147];
question lost, [147].
Mississippi Territory.—Memorial of Legislative Council [264];
report on petition of citizens, [465].
See Territories.
Mississippi, free navigation of.—See Index, vol. 2.
Missouri Territory.—See Territories.
Mitchell, John, letters relative to American prisoners, [705].
Mitchill, Samuel L., Senator from New York, [3];
on the repeal of the embargo act, [16];
Representative from New York, [315], [424], [577];
on the ratio of representation, [317];
makes a report on the Spanish American colonies, [436];
on the bill to enable the people of Mississippi to form a State Government, [521];
on imposing additional duties, [539];
on the temporary embargo bill, [550];
reports on an astronomical observatory, [705].
See Index, vols. 2, [3].
Monroe, James, number of votes for, as Vice President, [27].
See Index, vols. 1, [2].
Montgomery, Daniel, jr., Representative from Pennsylvania, [36].
Montgomery, John, Representative from Maryland, [36], [125], [187], [315];
on non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, [159];
on remission of certain fines on emigrants from Cuba, [164];
against granting petition of Elizabeth Hamilton, [215];
reports on Bank of the United States, [215];
against the claim of Jared Shattuck, [352].
See Index, vol. 3.
Moore, Andrew, Senator from Virginia, [5];
on the repeal of the embargo act, [11].
See Index, vols. 2, [3].
Moore, Nicholas B., Representative from Maryland, [36], [125], [187], [315].
See Index, vol. 3.
Moore, Thomas, Representative from South Carolina, [53], [125], [187], [315], [425], [577].
See Index, vols. 2, [3].
Morgan, James, Representative from New Jersey, [424], [580].
Morrow, Jeremiah, Representative from Ohio, [36], [125], [187], [315], [425], [577];
reports on the claim for military services in the old French war, [319].
See Index, vol. 3.
Morrow, John, Representative from Virginia, [36].
See Index, vol. 3.
Mosely, Jonathan O., Representative from Connecticut, [36], [124], [187], [315], [424], [577];
on an additional military force, [614].
See Index, vol. 3.
Mounted Troops.—In the House, resolution presented to authorize an expedition of mounted volunteers against certain hostile Indian tribes, [579];
the people have the will and power to extirpate these tribes or compel their surrender, [579];
duty of Congress to organize this power and direct this will, [579];
since the defeat of Braddock no campaign had been carried on with them suitable to bring them to reason, [579];
experience of the past, [579];
the work has been begun and should be completed, [580];
subject considered, [650];
resolutions relative to, offered, [651];
laid on the table, [651].
Mumford, Gurdon S., Representative from New York, [36], [212], [316];
on submission to the late edicts of England and France, [49];
opposes laying up of the frigates, [229];
on commercial intercourse with France and Great Britain, [378].
See Index, vol. 3.
N
National University.—See Index, vol. 2.
Naturalization Laws.—In the House, resolution relative to amending the law, offered, [543];
by the law the courts are prohibited naturalizing foreigners since the declaration of war, [543];
to persons who have taken their first papers the Government is pledged, [543];
resolution referred, [543];
supplementary bill introduced, [594];
amendments offered, [594].
In the House.—Motion to amend considered, [715];
motion lost, [715];
section depriving of his right any one who leaves the country for two years, lost, [715];
bill ordered to be engrossed, [715];
passage opposed, [715];
bill recommitted, [715].
See Index, vols. 1, [2].
Naturalized Citizens.—Petition for protection, [574].
Naval Establishment.—Bill relative to, read third time in the Senate, [176].
In the House.—Bill to employ an additional number of seamen and marines, considered; amendments propose immediate arming and manning all the armed vessels, [97];
President already authorized to fit out these vessels when the public service requires, [97];
if no occasion exists, the expense is a sufficient argument against it, [97];
take six months to prepare our ships, [97];
they are rotting now at the docks, [97];
if out at sea they might be useful, [97];
a naval force, the most effectual protection to our seaports, [97];
however small our naval force it should not be undervalued, [97];
a war with Great Britain could be carried on only by distressing her trade, [97];
if we had a navy it would furnish the strongest temptation to attack our seaports, [98];
moved to refer amendments of the Senate to a committee of the whole, [98];
motion lost, [98];
no estimate accompanies this bill, [98];
this House as much right to judge of the force requisite as any other department, [98];
advantages that will accrue to the nation from a few fast-sailing frigates, [98];
what defence a few frigates would be could not be understood, [98];
our power of coercion is not on the ocean, [98];
sufficient evidence in history to warn the United States against a naval force, [98];
facts bearing on the case, [98];
economy is good in time of peace, but not for war, [99];
it is shocking doctrine that this country ought to have a navy competent to cope with a detachment of the British navy, [99];
England now sole mistress of the ocean, [99];
as well think of embarking a hundred thousand men to attack France on her soil, as of building ships enough to oppose the British navy, [99];
the question is whether we will call into actual service the little navy we possess, [99];
those attempting to argue in favor of this measure involve themselves in absurdities, [99];
these absurdities exposed, [99];
not wealth enough in this whole nation if each should give his all, to maintain our rights against Great Britain, [100];
at the close of the Revolutionary war we had but one frigate, and the best thing we did was to give that away, [100];
the insult at Savannah, [100];
would it be good policy to let our means of carrying on war on the ocean rot at our docks? [100];
why then should they not be manned? [100];
the expense of this measure will compel Congress to borrow money, [100];
disadvantages of loans, [100];
on the score of protection to trade it is not proper to fit out a navy, [101];
this proposition a mere entering wedge, [101];
causes an extension of Executive patronage which should be limited, [101];
nothing in the nature of the Government or foreign relations to require a navy, [101];
not now discussing the propriety of raising a naval force for offensive purposes, [101];
an invasion, whether on land or water, touches equally the life-blood of every man, [101].
In the House.—Bill to reduce the naval force read in committee, [227];
moved to strike out so much as provides that all the frigates but three shall be sold, [228];
moved to strike out the whole section, [228];
the navy should be put on the footing of the peace establishment, [228];
reform in the expenditure desired, [228];
other amendments proposed, [228];
motion to insert Washington as a place for a navy yard carried, [229];
indefinite postponement moved, [229];
withdrawn, [229];
question to strike out so much as orders the sale of all the gunboats, [229];
mortifying to witness the events unfolding in the Old World, and the paralyzing system going on in this country, [229];
some system should be adopted for the protection of our commerce, [229];
"millions for defence, not a cent for tribute," [229];
the vessels should be fitted out, [230];
motion to place the navy on the footing of 1806, [230];
the system of the navy yards requires a thorough reform, [230];
mode of equipment referred to, [230];
a reform in the expense, not the abolition of the navy, was the great desideratum, [230];
what appearance would the passage of this bill present to the world, after the resolutions adopted at the commencement of the session? [230];
the terrapin policy, [231];
no one can be insensible to the necessity of protection, [231];
consider the immense space exposed, [231];
the navy is at present sufficiently reduced, [231];
it is asked, what has the navy done? [231];
not that want of system at the navy yards which is complained of, [232];
the smaller vessels are in perfect repair, [232];
what mighty good has the army done by land? [232];
the effects of a naval force upon Cornwallis, [232];
the people of the United States are destined to become a great naval power, [232];
object of the present reduction is to enable the Government to dispense with loans and taxes, [233];
nothing can so tend to strangle the infant Hercules of the American navy, as the injudicious manner in which that power has been attempted to be brought into action, [233];
the revenue necessary for a naval establishment is founded on commercial greatness, [233];
but we have changed and perverted all this, [233];
whence come these proceedings which we find? [233];
the reduction will not do any effectual service, [234];
comparative expenses of the navy under the several administrations, [235];
expenses of the marine corps, [236];
expenses of the navy yards, [236];
annual cost of a seaman, [236];
arguments considered, [237];
is it necessary to continue this establishment in its present state? [238];
when the United States had forty sail afloat and eight thousand seamen, they had no navy yards, [238];
our duty to commence a thorough investigation, [239];
examinations of the committee, [239];
repairs of the vessels, [239];
naval equipments, [239];
motion to strike out so much as orders the sale of all the frigates but three, lost, [240];
section relative to dismissal of seamen lost, [240].
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 Bœuf, [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, [178]8, 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].

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