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these acts considered, 522;
events at New Orleans prove the necessity of preserving the military subordinate to the civil authority, 523;
the officer at New Orleans has done an illegal act, at the risk of his whole fortune in damages, 524;
let the law take its course, 524;
he has violated the personal right of the citizen, 524;
what are the facts? 524;
importance of the writ, and questions arising under it, make the reference proper, 525;
the motion and the speech accompanying it have a suspicious aspect on certain judicial procedures depending now within these walls, 525;
would they ward off punishment from traitors by condemning the acts which produced their arrest? 525;
this expression by Congress will be an obstacle to the recovery of damages against the Commander-in-chief, 525;
where is the proof that the provisions now in force are not sufficient for the security of the person? 526;
source of this opposition to the motion a matter of astonishment, 526;
information comes from the President, 526;
in defiance of the constitution persons have been seized by the military authority, 526;
is there probable cause of arrest in the case of Alexander? 527;
are there no circumstances to justify Wilkinson? 527;
two points in which the subject has been examined, 528;
the opinion is nearly unanimous that the legal provisions now contemplated ought to be made, 528;
the United States as such do not possess any code of common law, 528;
not improper at the present time, 528;
sections of the constitution violated, 528;
Wilkinson’s return to the writ of habeas corpus, 529;
a return of disobedience to the civil institutions, 529;
various objections to the motion answered, 529, 530;
what has occasioned this measure to be brought before the House at this time, 531;
violation of the constitution charged upon Wilkinson, examined, 531;
not proved that there are not provisions by existing laws to enforce obedience to the writ, 532;
these laws exist in every State and Territory, 532;
Wilkinson only in contempt for disobedience of the writ, 533;
the courts have power to punish contempt, 533;
the laws are ample, 533;
questions depending on which this proposition is calculated to operate, 533;
is a flagrant violation of the constitution to be remedied by an action of damages, 533;
quarter from whence this motion comes, 534;
the constitution merely secures the writ, no penalty is attached to its violation, hence the necessity for further provision, 534.
The motion embraces two objects—to provide additional penalties for the security of the privilege of the habeas corpus, and to define the powers of the Supreme Court as to issuing writs of habeas corpus, 535;
is it necessary to pass such a law as this? 535;
if a constitutional right has been infringed, does it follow that Congress ought to legislate on the occasion? 535;
Wilkinson’s transaction was not a disobedience to this writ of habeas corpus, 536;
an instance of disobedience stated, 536;
example quoted from English history, 537;
the seizure of Ballman a violation of personal rights, and of the constitution, 537;
have the people the privilege of this writ secured to them as fully and effectually as the constitution intended, and as wise and prudent men ought to desire? 537;
the security shown to be at least uncertain, 538;
principle of the celebrated statute of Charles, 538;
dilemma to which the opponents are reduced, 538;
proceeding of the Supreme Court, 539;
objected that the subject cannot be matured this session, 539;
this whole business one of the most unfortunate kind that could have happened to the United States, 539;
further arguments in favor, 539;
points showing the necessity of a reference, 540;
was it discreet to refer the resolution when it was manifest they could not go through with the business, 541;
this very transaction would be beneficial to the country in showing the strength of feeling for the Union, 541;
English history of this writ, 541;
indefinitely postponed, 542.
Halsey, Silas, Representative from New York, 377, 493.
Hamilton’s, Alexander, Report as Secretary of the Treasury.—See Index, vol. 1, Treasury.
Hamilton, Archibald, his testimony for the defence on trial of Judge Chase, 226.
Hamilton, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, 381, 493.
Hammond, Samuel, Representative from Georgia, 79.
Hampton, Wade, Representative from South Carolina, 51.
See Index, vol. 1.
Hanna, John A., Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 286.
See Index, vol. 2.
Harmony, in Indiana, Society of.—In House, bill to authorize George Rapp and others to locate lands in Indiana on certain terms, 404;
the associates amounting to about three thousand persons fled from oppression in Wirtemberg, 404;
proposed to cultivate the vine chiefly, 404;
indulgence of time for payment not unusual, 404;
have citizens enough of our own who would be glad to purchase on such terms, 404;
no objection if they are foreigners, 405;
unusual mode of proceeding, 405;
have men that can cultivate the vine as well as foreigners, 405;
further debate, 405;
bill passed to third reading, 405;
recommitment moved, 406;
contract between Virginia and the United States relative to these lands, as trustees we cannot violate the trust, 406;
let these settlers be scattered over the Union, that all portions may be benefited by them, 407;
donations of land usual, 407;
bill amended by inserting a rate of interest, 408;
bill rejected, 408.
Harper, ——, opens for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 215;
closes the argument for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 258;
against the adoption of the report of the committee in the case of John Smith, 562.
Harris, John, Representative from New York, 612.
Harrison, William Henry, letter of, conveying resolutions of the Legislative Council of Indiana, relative to the suspension of the ordinance of 1787, 503.
See Index, vol. 2.
Hasbrouck, Josiah, Representative from New York, 50, 285.
Hastings, Seth, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 384, 493;
advocates a repeal of the Bankrupt Law, 79;
on the importation of slaves, 401.
See Index, vol. 2.
Hay, George, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 204.
Hazen, Gen. Moses, bill for the relief of the widow of, 166;
passage of the bill for the relief of the heirs of, 302;
supplementary bill for relief of heirs of, 383.
Heath, John, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 210.
Heister, Joseph, Representative from Pennsylvania 50, 285, 612.
See Index, vol. 2.
Heister, Daniel, Representative from Maryland, 51.
See Index, vol. 2.
Helms, William, Representative from New Jersey, 125, 287, 380, 497, 612.
See Index, vol. 2.
Hillhouse, James, Senator from Connecticut, 3, 164, 345, 487, 550;
urges reference to select committees of resolution, relative to amendment of the constitution, 7;
on amendments to the constitution, 22;
on choice of Vice President, 24,
on suspending intercourse with St. Domingo, 351;
on expelling Senator John Smith, 584;
proposes sundry amendments to the constitution, 607.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Hoge, William, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 613.
See Index, vol. 2.
Holland, James, Representative from North Carolina, 50, 285, 378, 493, 614;
on postponing the resolution to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 94;
on the resolution to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 110;
on the government of Louisiana, 147;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 405;
on the importation of slaves, 501;
on the appropriation to build gunboats, 517;
on securing the privilege of the Habeas Corpus, 532;
on suspension of the embargo, 703.
See Index, vol. 2.
Holmes, David, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 377, 493, 613.
See Index, vol. 2.
Home Manufactures in House.—Resolution that the members appear at the next meeting clothed in the manufactures of their own country, considered, 710;
could not enforce the resolution, 710;
will appear in what clothing they choose, notwithstanding the resolution, 710;
intended to express the feelings of the House, 710;
a million of men wear broadcloth coats—a great saving if manufactured in this country, 710;
unfair that those who have no wives at home to make their coats should not only be reproached for their misfortune, but pointed at as sinners, 710;
resolution withdrawn, 710.
Hopkinson, ——, opens the argument for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 236.
Hough, David, Representative from New Hampshire, 50, 285, 377, 493.
House, meets on 1st session of Eighth Congress, 50;
adjourns at the close of first session of Eighth Congress, 162;
replication of, to the answer of Samuel Chase to the articles of impeachment, 191.
Howard, Benjamin, Representative from Kentucky, 613.
Howland, Benjamin, Senator from Rhode Island, 165, 485, 547.
Huger, Benjamin, Representative from South Carolina, 51, 301;
in favor of augmentation of the Navy, 88;
on postponing the resolution to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 94;
on a tax on imported slaves, 135, 138, 140;
on the bill relative to the Louisiana Territory, 144;
on the increase of specific duties, 158;
against considering the resolution for the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 161.
See Index, vol. 2.
Humphrey, Reuben, Representative from New York, 612.
Hunt, Memucan, petition of, 82.
Hunt, Samuel, Representative from New Hampshire, 50, 286.
See Index, vol. 2.
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Impeachment.—Rules of proceeding adopted by the Senate, on the impeachment of Judge Chase, 175;
list of witnesses on the, 191, 192.
Importation of Slaves.—Petition of citizens of South Carolina praying for relief for vessels that had sailed previous to the passage of the act, 642;
motion of reference negatived, 642.
Importation of Slaves, resolutions of the Massachusetts Legislature relative to, presented, 342.
Importation of Slaves, resolutions of Legislature of Maryland relative to, 374.
Importation of Slaves, tax on. See Duties on Imports; also, Index, vol. 1;
prohibition of, see Slaves.
Imports.—See Duties on Imports.
Imprisonment for Debt.—See Index, vol. 2.
Indemnity for Spoliations.—See Index, vol. 1; Great Britain.
Indian Lands within a State, rights over.—See Index, vol. 1.
Indian Trading Houses.—See Index, vol. 1.
Indian Territory, petitions relative to, referred, 383;
report of Committee on petition to admit Slavery in, 406.
Innes, Judge Harry.—In the House, report on resolution to inquire into the conduct of, considered, 707;
no sufficient grounds for impeachment appeared to the Committee—they disposed to pursue the inquiry if other testimony could be had, 707;
commitment cause delay, 707;
nothing gained by recommitment, 708;
bound to act on the subject this session, 708;
moved to postpone, 708;
evidence reviewed, 708.
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Jackson, Andrew, petition of relative to army uniforms, 167.
See Index, vol. 2.
Jackson James, Senator from Georgia, 6, 165, 348;
urges immediate action on resolution relative to amendments of the constitution, 7;
in favor of issuing stock for the purchase of Louisiana, 11;
against temporary removal of Seat of Government, 45;
on removal of Seat of Government, 47;
further remarks, 47;
on suspending intercourse with St. Domingo, 349, 350;
decease of, 372;
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Jackson, John George, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 377;
opposes a repeal of the Bankrupt Law, 79;
on the resolution to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 103;
on the government of Louisiana, 147;
on improving the navigation of the Potomac, 294;
on the Georgia claims, 326;
on the presentation of a sword to Gen. Eaton, 382;
on discharging the committee from the farther consideration of mutual rights, 393, 394;
on importation of slaves, 401;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 405, 406;
on the payment of witnesses on the trial of Chase, 410;
on importations from Great Britain, 455;
on securing the privilege of the Habeas Corpus, 527.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Jails of States.—See Index, vol. 1.
Jay, Sir James, report on petition of, 620;
compensation asked for a secret mode of communication useful in the Revolutionary War, and may be again, 620;
absurd to vote money for a thing they did not and could not understand, 620;
other objections, 620;
resolution to purchase for the public benefit carried, 620.
Jefferson, Thomas, Message at 1st session Eighth Congress, 5;
2d session, Eighth Congress, 164;
elected President for a second term, 168;
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Jenkins, Robert, Representative from Pennsylvania, 612.
Johnson, Richard M., Representative from Kentucky, 613;
on fortifications and gunboats, 637;
on inquiry into the conduct of Gen. Wilkinson, 646.
Jones, Walter, Representative from Virginia, 50, 286, 379, 493, 613.
See Index, vol. 2.
Jones, George, Senator from Georgia, 547.
Judges’ Federal, resolutions relative to the removal of, 341, 553.
Judiciary System.—See Index, vol. 2.
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Keenan, Thomas, Representative from North Carolina, 378, 493, 613.
Kelly, James, Representative from Pennsylvania, 378, 493, 612;
on a plurality of offices in the same person, 469.
Kennedy, William, Representative from North Carolina, 50, 285.
Kentucky, vote for President, 168.
Key, Philip, continues the argument for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 244;
opens for the defence in the case of John Smith, 555;
against the adoption of the report of the committee in the case of John Smith, 556.
See Index, vol. 1.
Key, Philip B., Representative from Maryland, 613;
on fortifications and gunboats, 636;
on suspension of the Embargo Act, 691, 700.
Kirkpatrick, William, Representative from New York, 612.
Kitchel, Aaron, Senator from New Jersey, 345, 485, 547;
on British aggressions on our commerce, 359.
See Index, vol. 1 and 2.
Knight, Nehemiah, Representative from Rhode Island, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612.
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Lake Superior copper lands. See Index, vol. 2.
Lambert, John, Representative from New Jersey, 377, 493, 612.
Landais, Capt. Peter, bill for the relief of, 370, 418.
Land Warrants, remarks relative to frauds in, 676.
Lands, Western.—See Index, vol. 1, Public Lands.
Larned, Simon, Representative from Massachusetts, 285.
Lattimore, William, Delegate from Mississippi Territory, 51, 285, 378, 493.
Lea, James, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 212.
Le Clerc, proclamation of, 361.
Lee, Edmund J., his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 224;
further continues the argument for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 248.
Leib, Michael, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285, 377;
on the amendment of the resolution of inquiry into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 97, 98;
on a naval peace establishment, 143;
on the bill relative to the Louisiana Territory, 144;
on a naval peace establishment, 402;
on importations from Great Britain, 459;
on naval appropriations, 474.
See Index, vol. 2.
Lewis & Clarke, Expedition, Message of President on, 360;
bill making compensation to, 519, 542.
Lewis, Joseph, jr., Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 377, 493, 613;
against considering the resolution for the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 161;
on the bill to bridge the Potomac, 290, 298, 300;
on a bridge across the Potomac, 397.
Lewis, Thomas, Representative from Virginia, 50;
election contested, 85.
Lewis, William, his testimony on the impeachment of Judge Chase before the Senate, 198.
Library of Congress.—See Index, vol. 2.
Light-House Duties considered in the House, 86;
foreign nations levy money on our vessels which frequent their ports, for the purpose of supporting their light-houses, 86;
every vessel that enters a British port averages four pence sterling the ton for every light she may have passed inwards, or be expected to pass outward, 86;
charges at the port of London, 87;
other English ports, 87;
expense of American lights defrayed entirely out of the Treasury, 87;
light-house duty moved, 87.
See page 158, vol. 3.
Limitation, Acts of. See Index, vol. 2.
Livermore, Edward St. Loe, Representative from Massachusetts, 628.
Livingston, Henry W., Representative from New York, 50, 285, 379, 493.
Lloyd, Edward, Representative from Maryland, 494, 613;
on the importation of slaves, 501;
on the appropriation to build gunboats, 518.
Logan, George, Senator from Pennsylvania, 3, 163, 345, 485;
presents memorial of the American convention for promoting the abolition of Slavery, 41;
gives notice of a bill to prohibit the clearance of vessels to St. Domingo, 168;
on suspending intercourse with St. Domingo, 349.
See Index, vol. 2.
Louisiana, boundaries of, 8;
message relative to transfer of, 40;
erection of into two Territories, bill for reported in the Senate, 39;
further considered, 40, 41, 42, 43.
Louisiana Treaty, bill in the Senate to authorize the creation of eleven millions of stock for the purpose of carrying into effect the treaty with France, 9;
question—shall the bill pass, 9;
three months after the delivery of notifications to pay this money—where then is the necessity for haste, 9;
time enough when we find ourselves in possession of the territory, 9;
Spain considers herself injured, and may not agree to the cession, even if she cannot prevent it, 9;
she considers that France violated the contract with her, and therefore she is absolved, 9;
if the money is to be paid on the responsibility of the President, why put that responsibility upon him, and cast it off from ourselves, 10;
why make him sole judge of the safe delivery, 10;
doubtful if the French prefect can peaceably give possession, 10;
his Spanish Majesty is hostile to it, and will the Spaniards acquiesce? 10;
important that we should have New Orleans, but as to Louisiana, this new, immense, unbounded world, it cannot be incorporated into the Union without an alteration of the constitution, and will be the greatest curse that could befall us, 10;
if we own the province it would be settled by people who would otherwise settle our present territory—thus removed an immense distance, they will scarcely ever feel the rays of the General Government, their affections become alienated, they will view us as strangers, and form distinct interests, 10;
have territory enough, 10;
dangers of its possession to us, 11;
two acts necessary to be performed to carry the present treaty into effect, 11;
the French are to deliver possession, and we to pay the money, 11;
who shall judge if the French faithfully comply with this agreement, 11;
the bill authorizes the President to receive the territory, but why delegate this power to him? 11;
Congress will be in session at the time of the cession, if the French faithfully perform, then will be the time to vote the money, 11;
grounds to apprehend that the French Government has not capacity to convey, 11;
is not the Spanish King’s proclamation and his orders to his officers to deliver to France a title? 11;
the question of consideration in the treaty of St. Ildefonso is settled in the ninth article, 12;
Spain will not venture a war with the United States, 12;
is this a Legislative or Executive business? 12;
certainly the latter, and authority should be vested in the President, 12;
the possession of the ceded territory is a condition precedent to the payment of money, 12;
none of the stock authorized by this bill can be transferred until possession is given, 12;
this possession is defined in the bill, 12;
the treaty violates the constitution, and cannot be binding, 13;
the President and Senate are not competent to incorporate the inhabitants of Louisiana as citizens of the United States, 13;
assent of each State necessary for the admission of a foreign country as an associate in the Union, 13;
the consent of each member in a commercial house is necessary to admit a new member, 13;
points of the title considered, 13;
two objections have been made to the treaty—first, the United States cannot constitutionally acquire territory; second, the treaty stipulates for the admission of a new State into the Union, a stipulation which the treaty-making power cannot comply with, 14;
these objections answered, 14;
before the Confederation, each State, as sovereign, possessed the right to acquire territory—this is still retained, or has been surrendered to the General Government, 14;
the stipulation does not mean that the inhabitants shall be erected into a State, 15.
This bill is designed to carry into effect the treaty between France and the United States, 16;
if the treaty is unconstitutional we are not bound to carry it into effect, 16;
constitutionality of the treaty examined, 16;
if the extent and nature of the treaty-making power is undefined, there are modes of ascertaining it, 16;
these modes considered, 16;
out of order to re-discuss the merits of the treaty on the passage of this bill, 16;
none deny that it is incumbent upon the United States to secure the uninterrupted use of the Mississippi, 17;
reasons for voting against the treaty examined, 17;
objection to making provision for carrying the treaty into effect arising from the doubtfulness of obtaining complete possession, considered, 18;
constitutionality of the treaty examined, 18;
difference of views among the opponents of the bill, 19;
bill passed, 20.
In the House.—Message from the President stating that ratifications had been exchanged, and provision required for carrying out the treaty, 52;
motion to call for papers relative to the treaty, 53;
important to know distinctly what had been obtained by the treaty, 53;
important to know the relations of Spain to Louisiana, 53;
the terms of the treaty examined, 54;
its stipulations can be fulfilled only by laws, 54;
opponents of this treaty have changed the ground they occupied relative to the British Treaty, 54;
statement illustrated, 54;
the Spanish correspondence should not be called for, as negotiations already pending with that country, 58;
there is no evidence that France has an incontestable title, 55;
France only cedes the title which she has, 55;
the resolution is opposed as inconsistent with former sentiments, as premature, and as unnecessary, 55;
if a majority entertained any doubt as to the validity of the title, they should call for papers, 56;
resolution not confined to proper objects, 56;
it contemplates an inquiry into subjects totally unconnected with the treaty with France, 56;
what has Spain to do in this business? 56;
the Executive doubtless has the royal order of Spain to her officers to deliver the province to France, 56;
the right of the House to call for papers is not doubted, 56;
it is improper to embarrass the business in its present stage by a call for papers, 57;
first member of the resolution agreed to, 57;
second member lost, 57;
amended resolution lost, 57.
Motion for carrying the treaty into effect considered, 61;
where is to be found the constitutional power to incorporate the inhabitants into the Union, with the privileges of citizens? 61;
if the treaty-making power is exceeded, it is a duty not to carry it into effect, 61;
the objections resolve themselves into arguments against the constitutionality and against the expediency of the treaty to be carried into effect, 61;
the capacity to acquire territory considered, 61;
it is denied that this acquisition has been made in a regular way, 62;
report made at a previous session, 62;
tenor of the present Administration, 63;
better to have the ceded territory on any terms than not to have it at all, 63;
the French, 64;
immense consequence of the treaty, 65;
the question must be decided on the law of nations, 66;
the expediency of the treaty considered, 66;
has any man shown a breach of the constitution? 67;
objections to the resolution urged, 67;
why let slip this golden opportunity of acquiring New Orleans? 68;
we have now an opening for a free trade with New Orleans, 68;
objections examined, 68;
it abolishes the discriminating duties of tonnage for a term of years within the territory, giving a preference to France and Spain, 68;
similarity in principle of the British Treaty, 70;
this grant to France and Spain examined, 70;
resolutions reported by the committee and adopted, 72.
Louisiana Cession, in the Senate, bill to enable the President to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States, read second time and referred, 7;
report of Committee of Conference on the amendments of the House, 9;
Senate recede, 9;
In the House, the bill to enable the President to take possession of Louisiana, from the Senate, considered, 72;
although this power necessary, there is no cause for giving to the President the latitude as to time so extensive as that proposed, 72;
amendment limiting the time moved, 72;
moved to strike out the whole section to which the amendment applies, 73;
explanation relative to the powers of the present officers of the province required, 73;
such a delegation of power unconstitutional, 73;
no objection can exist to the section under the limitation proposed, 73;
necessity for the United States to take possession of the territory in the capacity of sovereigns in the same extent as that of the existing government, 73;
no one can inform us what the powers proposed to be given are, 74;
the powers repugnant to the constitution, 74;
the question is whether we shall take immediate possession of this country or wait until we have time to form such a government as will be most likely to make the people happy, 74;
does the second section violate the constitution? 74;
we have purchased the country and made arrangements to pay, and possession is to be taken, when objection is made to the part of the statute authorizing the President to act, 74;
the principle of the bill is sound, if some details are objectionable, 75;
this point further debated, 76;
motion to strike out lost, 77;
bill passed, 77.
See Index, vol. 2.
Louisiana Territory, bill to erect and provide for the government of, considered, in the House, 144;
objection to giving the Governor a right to prorogue the Legislative Council, 144;
also to giving the President power to appoint the Legislative Council, 144;
provision should be made for the election of a legislative body by the people, 144;
moved that the committee rise, 144;
important to proceed with the bill immediately, 144;
a small amendment will remedy the section, 145;
better to settle the point respecting the Legislative Council, 145;
the principle upon which the Council is organized is the subject of consideration, 145;
this form of government is a new thing, but these people differ from the citizens of the United States, 145;
the approach of such a people to liberty must be gradual, 145;
other considerations respecting the bill advanced, 145;
moved to strike out the fourth section of the bill, 146;
the section establishes a species of government unknown to the United States, 146;
we have three descriptions of government—that of the Union, that of the States, and that of the Territories, 146; note, 146;
these people will expect the same form of government as their neighbors, 147;
the simple question is, what kind of government is most fitted to them? 147;
one grade or the other of the Territorial government the best, 147;
the section presents two important questions, 147;
these questions stated and considered, 147;
no danger of giving this people too much liberty, 147;
a detestable calumny that man is not fitted for freedom, 147;
who can conceive the people of Louisiana, having just thrown off their chains, as fitted to make laws? 147;
this plan is superior to the first grade of Territorial government, 148;
the second grade better than that proposed in the bill, 148;
amendment proposed to fifth section, 152;
cannot establish courts in the Territory on any other terms than in the States, 152;
amendment moved to inhibit the admission of slaves into Louisiana, as well from the United States as from foreign places, 157;
agreed to, 157;
other amendments proposed and lost, 157;
bill read a third time, 157;
various motions to recommit lost, 157;
bill passed, 158.
See Orleans, bill providing for government of the Territory of, vol. 3, p. 166.
Louisiana, commerce of, paper relative to sent to the House with documents relative to General Wilkinson, 666.
Louisiana, purchase of.—See Index, vol. 2.
Louisiana Lead Mines.—Resolution to authorize the President to appoint an agent to obtain information relative to the condition, occupancy, and title of, considered, 287;
agents already appointed to explore under a general authority of the President, 287;
resolution unnecessary, 288;
object to inquire into the occupancy and title of the present owners, 288;
a temporary measure, 288;
might create dissatisfaction among the people, 288;
resolution carried, 288.
Love, John, Representative from Virginia, 613;
on inquiry into the conduct of General Wilkinson, 652;
on the suspension of the embargo, 678.
Lowndes, Thomas, Representative from South Carolina, 286;
on the resolution to appoint a committee to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 98;
on a tax on imported slaves, 129;
on postponement of the bill laying a tax on imported slaves, 140.
See Index, vol. 2.
Lucas, John B., Representative from Pennsylvania, 51, 286;
on a tax on imported slaves, 136;
on the bill relative to the Louisiana Territory, 146;
on the appointment of an agent to collect information relative to the Louisiana Lead Mines, 287;
on the Georgia claims, 322.
Lyon, Matthew, Representative from Kentucky, 50, 384, 502, 614;
on the Georgia claims, 336;
on inquiry into the conduct of Gen. Wilkinson, 654.
See Index, vol. 2.
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Maclay, Samuel, Senator from Pennsylvania, 3, 165, 345, 485, 547.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Macon, Nathaniel, Representative from North Carolina, 50, 285, 378, 493;
chosen Speaker of the House, 51;
address, 51;
on the resolution relative to public roads, 84;
on a tax on imported slaves, 132;
on the bill relative to the Louisiana territory, 146;
on improving the navigation of the Potomac, 297, 298, 301;
chosen Speaker first session 9th Congress, 346;
returns thanks to the House, 378;
on laying a tax on imported slaves, 389;
on the payment of witnesses on the trial of Chase, 410;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 405;
on importations from Great Britain, 445;
on the importation of slaves, 499;
makes his acknowledgments as Speaker to the House, 546;
on fortifications and gunboats, 638;
on inquiry into the conduct of Gen. Wilkinson, 646;
on home manufactures, 710.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Magruder, Patrick, Representative from Maryland, 377, 493;
elected Clerk of the House, 613.
Mail routes proposed by Post-office Committee, 85.
Manhattan Company, petition of President and Directors, 497.
Marshall, John, his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 222.
See Index, vol. 2.
Marshall, William, his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 219.
Martin, Luther, his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 218;
further continues the argument for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 250.
Marion, Robert, Representative from South Carolina, 378, 493, 613;
on the importation of slaves, 386, 641;
on compensating Capt. Pike, 676;
on suspending the act of non-importation, 709.
Maryland, vote for President, 168.
Mason, John Thompson, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 209.
Massachusetts, vote for President, 168.
Masters, Josiah, Representative from New York, 377, 494, 612;
on importations from Great Britain, 434;
on building gunboats, 627;
on the importation of slaves, 641;
on suspension of the embargo act, 686.
Mathewson, Elisha, Senator from Rhode Island, 551.
McCord, Andrew, Representative from New York, 50, 285.
McCormick, Rev. Mr., elected Chaplain of the Senate, 163.
McCreery, William, Representative from Maryland, 50, 285, 377, 493, 613;
on the Society of Harmony, 404, 405.
McFarland, Duncan, Representative from North Carolina, 402, 493.
McMechin, William, his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 228.
Mead, Cowles, Representative from Georgia, 378.
Mediterranean trade.—See Index, vol. 2.
Meredith, William, his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 217.
Meriwether, Daniel, Representative from Georgia, 51, 285, 378, 493.
Message of President Jefferson at first session of eighth Congress, 4; note on, 4;
on the cession of Louisiana to the United States, 6;
relative to the capture of an armed ship of the Emperor of Morocco, 20;
from President Jefferson to Senate on Tripolitan aggression, 37;
relative to the contingent fund, 39;
of President Jefferson to Senate relative to taking possession of Louisiana, 40;
of President Jefferson relative to the wreck and capture of the frigate Philadelphia, 48;
of President Jefferson to the House on the cession of Louisiana, 52;
from the Senate to the House, relative to adjournment, 162;
from the Senate to the House, announcing the passage of sundry bills, 162;
of President Jefferson to second session of eighth Congress, 164;
from the President relative to the Tripolitan war, 168;
from President Jefferson to first session of ninth Congress, 346;
from the President on the ex-Bashaw of Tripoli, 351;
on Spanish and French spoliations, 348;
from the President on the aggressions on commerce, 353;
of the President on Lewis and Clarke’s expedition, 360;
from the President on the demand and threat of Tunis, 375;
relative to Burr’s conspiracy, 488, 490, 491;
of President Jefferson, calling an extra session of Congress, 547;
of President Jefferson to first session of tenth Congress, 548;
from the President, recommending an embargo, 551;
from the President, relative to the contingent fund, 552;
relative to the impressment of seamen, 554;
of President Jefferson, recommending an embargo, 640;
with documents relative to Gen. Wilkinson, 663.
Militia, the, in the House, bill to authorize a detachment from militia of the United States read third time in the House, 392;
a bill of no trifling import, 392;
to equip a force of one hundred thousand men at an expense of two millions of dollars, 392;
what special objects are to be answered by the bill? 392;
what effect will it have on the militia systems of the States? 392;
only selected, officered, equipped, and ordered to be in readiness, 392;
objection on the score of pay considered, 393;
other reasons for the passage of the bill, 393;
bill passed, 393;
the bill more effectually to provide for the national defence by the militia of the United States, considered, 659;
sect. one considered, 659;
defects in the present law, 659;
the system proposed better than the old, 659;
subject uniformly recommended by each successive President, 659;
also State executives, 659;
object to take only those who can best be spared from home, and can be most relied on, 660;
leave at home the senior and minor classes as much as possible, 660;
three points of attack, and young men enough under twenty-six and over twenty-one to keep up a continual force, 660;
what shall be done with the minor class? 660;
numbers of each class, as near as can be ascertained from the census, 660;
volunteers not to be relied on, 661;
mode of officering, 662;
reward of services, 662;
Military Academy.—See Index, vol. 2.
Milledge, John, Senator from Georgia, 487, 547.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Milnor, William, Representative from Pennsylvania, 612;
on building gunboats, 625.
Mint, establishment of.—See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Miro, letter of, respecting settlement of Louisiana, 665.
Mississippi Question, on free navigation of. See Index, vol. 2.
Mississippi Territory, memorial of House of Representatives of, 85, 315.
Mitchell, Nahum, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 285.
Mitchill, Samuel L., Representative from New York, 50, 285;
Senator from New York, 165, 345, 485, 547;
on the call for papers relative to the Louisiana treaty, 56;
advocates the resolution to carry the Louisiana treaty into effect, 68;
on the bill authorizing the President to take possession of the Louisiana territory, 74;
remarks on the road to Natchez and New Orleans, 78;
on light house duties, 86;
on a tax on imported slaves, 133;
on the appointment of an agent to collect information on the Louisiana lead mines, 287;
on suspending intercourse with St. Domingo, 350.
See Index, vol. 2.
Montgomery, Daniel, jr., Representative from Pennsylvania, 612.
Montgomery, John, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 213;
representative from Maryland, 613;
on compensating Capt. Pike, 676.
Moore, Andrew, Representative from Virginia, 50.
Moore, Andrew, petition of, 78.
Moore, Andrew, Senator from Virginia, 163, 349, 487, 550.
See Index, vol. 2.
Moore, Nicholas R., Representative from Maryland, 50, 285, 377, 493, 613.
Moore, Samuel, his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 226.
Moore, Thomas, Representative from South Carolina, 51, 286, 378, 493, 613;
on a tax on imported slaves, 135.
See Index, vol. 2.
Morrow, Jeremiah, Representative from Ohio, 51, 285, 378, 493, 613;
on the resolution relative to public roads, 84;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 406.
Morrow, John, Representative from Virginia, 377, 493, 613.
Mosely, Jonathan A., Representative from Connecticut, 377, 493, 612;
on the importation of slaves, 500.
Mott James, Representative from New Jersey, 286;
on the postponement of the resolution to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 94.
See Index, vol. 2.
Mumford, Gurdon S., Representative from New York, 377, 497, 614;
on importations from Great Britain, 460;
on the appropriation to build gunboats, 516, 518.
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National University.—See Index, vol. 2.
Naturalization laws, resolution relative to, 659.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Naval Peace Establishment, bill in House considered, 143;
object a more economical arrangement for national ships laid up in ordinary, 143;
moved to abolish the office of Lieut. Col. Commandant of the Marine Corps, and to authorize the President to make other reductions, 143;
amendment agreed to, 143;
other amendments adopted, and bill ordered to third reading, 143;
Senate adhere to their amendment, 162;
House recedes, 162;
bill submitted to the House, 385;
provisions explained, 402;
further debate, 402.
Naval Establishment.—See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Naval Appropriations, bill making for 1805 considered, 312;
amendments proposed, 312.
Navy, increase of, considered in the House, 87;
no necessity exists for an augmentation of the navy, 87;
numerous facts stated to prove this point, 87;
the bill has received the sanction of the Senate—they must have had satisfactory proof of its necessity, 88;
this point examined, 88;
bill referred to the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 88;
resolution to provide for expenses in repairing ships at one of the navy yards on Atlantic coast considered, 314;
some yard nearer to the ocean than at Washington needed, 315;
resolution referred, 315.
Navy, letter from Secretary of, 396.
Negroes, kidnapping of.—See Index, vol. 2.
Nelson, Jeremiah, Representative from Massachusetts, 377, 493.
Nelson, Roger, Representative from Maryland, 286, 384, 493, 613;
on improving the navigation of the Potomac, 291, 293, 298, 299;
the retrocession of the District of Columbia 308;
on the reference of the letter of the Postmaster-General, 333, 335;
on a plurality of offices in the same person, 470;
on the suspension of the habeas corpus, 509;
on suspension of the act of non-importation, 709.
Neutral Rights, in House, President’s message relating to the invasion of neutral rights by some of the belligerents considered, 393;
motion to discharge the Committee of Ways and Means, 393;
no avail to make declarations of what is the law of nations on the floor of the House, 393;
that was the place for measures to prevent the infraction, 393;
the reference should have been to the Committee of the Whole, 394;
the eyes of America and Europe are looking with anxiety to our proceedings on this subject, 394;
subject should not have gone to a standing committee, 394;
the reference was made six weeks ago, and we have no report yet, 394;
the subject as interesting as any since the establishment of the Government, 394;
the memorials have been referred to the Committee of the Whole, 394;
motion to discharge committee agreed to, 395;
proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means, 396;
letter to the Secretary of State, 396;
reply, 396;
papers referred to Committee of the Whole, 396.
New, Anthony, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Newbold, Thomas, Representative from New Jersey, 612.
New Hampshire, vote for President and Vice President, 168.
New Jersey, vote for President, 168.
Newspapers, postage on considered, 78.
See Postage on Newspapers.
Newton, Thomas, Jr., Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 378, 493, 613;
advocates repeal of the bankrupt law, 79;
on securing the privilege of the habeas corpus, 538;
on building gunboats, 627;
on suspension of the act of non-importation, 709.
See Index, vol. 2.
New York, vote for President, 168.
Nicholas, Wilson Carey, Senator from Virginia, 3;
opposes motion to strike out all relative to Vice President in report on amendments to the constitution, 8;
for the issue of stock for the purchase of Louisiana, 19;
moves an amendment to the report on amendments to the constitution, 21;
on the amendment to the constitution relative to election of President, 24;
resigns, 163.
See Index, vol. 2.
Nicholas, Philip N., his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 207.
Nicholson, Joseph H., Representative from Maryland, 50, 286, 377;
on the call for papers relative to the Louisiana treaty, 56;
on the bill to authorize the President to take possession of the Louisiana territory, 74;
in favor of augmentation of the navy, 88;
on the resolution to appoint a committee to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 118;
on the amendment to the resolution of inquiry into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 98;
further remarks, 105;
on protection against the Barbary powers, 160;
replies to the argument for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 261;
on improving the navigation of the Potomac, 294;
on the reference of the letter of the Postmaster General, 333;
on importations from Great Britain, 402;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 407;
on incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408;
on the payment of witnesses on the trial of Chase, 411;
on importation from Great Britain, 444.
See Index, vol. 2.
Non Importation of British Goods.—Resolutions relative to offered in the House, 395;
property of our citizens has been seized by foreign cruisers—cargoes condemned, seamen impressed and held in bondage, 395;
better to have interdicted all commercial intercourse with Great Britain, 395;
resolutions referred to Committee of the Whole, 395;
resolutions calling for information adopted, 399;
other resolutions relating to intercourse with the belligerents offered and referred to Committee of the Whole, 400;
amount of importations from Great Britain yearly, 402;
effect on the revenue to prohibit this trade, 402;
effects of prohibition of cotton goods, 402;
other resolutions introduced and referred, 403.
Resolutions read, 419;
extent of the depredations, 419;
no reason to expect an accommodation with Great Britain until we resort to measures, and will make her feel the loss of our market, 419;
history of the late conduct of Great Britain, 419;
interposition of Government demanded, 420;
the capture and condemnation of our vessels, 420;
have reached a period at which the honor, the interest, and the public sentiment of the country call loudly on us to make a stand, 421;
what are the proper steps to be taken 421;
purport of the resolution, 421;
this is their vulnerable part, 421;
by stopping the importation of British goods and continuing our exports to that country large debts will become due from British merchants to American citizens, 421;
the balance of injury will be against us, 421;
one hundred millions of American property at the mercy of British cruisers, 421;
would it be politic to expose so much property to the retaliation of British ministers? 422;
balance of trade against us with Great Britain, is eleven to twelve millions, 422;
this measure will injure Great Britain vastly more than it will us, 422;
captures by her may amount to six millions, 422;
but if it did not exceed one we are bound to protect our merchants, 422;
we should have the advantage in a war, 422;
but a war will not follow this resolution, 422;
a similar principle has been adopted by Great Britain in regard to the Colonial trade, 422;
impressment, too, is a subject of most serious complaint, 422;
this resolution is defended on principles which would justify none but war measures, 423;
three points to be maturely considered—first, our ability to contend with Great Britain for the question in dispute—second, the policy of such a contest—and third, the manner in which we can with the greatest effect react upon and annoy our adversary, 423;
what is the question in dispute—the carrying trade—that portion which covers enemy’s property and carries the West India products to the mother country, 424;
our Government not framed for offensive war, 425;
come out of it without a constitution, 425;
never go to war but in self-defence, 425;
what is this war for but the carrying trade, and you already possess seven-eighths of it, 426;
would you jeopardize your best interests for a circuitous commerce for the fraudulent protection of belligerent property under your neutral flag, 426;
it is said you ought to go to war for the fur trade, 426;
the period of 1793 stated, 426;
what has been done this session, 427;
Britain is your rival in trade, you will sacrifice the paramount interests of the country to wound her; for Spain and France you are carriers, and from them every indignity is to be endured, 427;
whence comes this resolution, 427;
there is no cabinet, no system, no plan, 428;
free ships make free goods, 428;
the charge of being willing to surrender important rights to a foreign government, 428;
never be instrumental to the ambitious schemes of Bonaparte, 429;
the object of attack is that very navy which in 1798 stood between you and danger, 429;
get rid of the public debt and you may put the world at defiance, 430;
can you expect England to yield to you what she will not give up for Russia, 430;
the existence of her navy secures your possession of New Orleans, and yet you are for a British naval war, 430;
only two commercial nations, 431;
it is said England will not go to war—Holland thought the same thing in 1781, 431;
character of the inhabitants of the southern country on whom you rely for support, 431;
the magic of words, 431;
the statesmen and the counting-house clerk, 432;
men of no nerve oppose this resolution, 432;
no plan on the part of the government, 432;
this subject calls for the display of all the knowledge and experience of commercial men and statesmen, 433;
object of the resolution is the protection of the active commerce of the country, 433;
first inquiry is whether this commerce is so important as to require our protection, 433;
this point examined, 433;
the government long since pledged to support the rights and interests of our merchants upon the ocean, 434;
too late to retrace our steps, 434;
treachery to the mercantile interest, 434;
insults and aggressions of Great Britain not denied, but the resolution not the best course to proceed, 434;
two causes of restraints and prohibitions between nations, 434;
protection to home industry and national animosity, 435;
the last occasions this resolution, 435;
in case of a war what will be the situation of your carrying trade, 435;
ought commerce to be considered as beneficial in its relation to the United States, 435;
this point examined, 435;
the right of commerce to protection under the constitution, 435;
our rights are invaded and an attack made upon our carrying trade, which cannot be warranted by the law of nations, 436;
it is said this is a war measure, 436;
objections considered, 437;
impressment of seamen, 438;
these seamen made to fight against France, our ally, if we connive at it we may be charged with a breach of neutrality, 438;
aggressions on our commerce, 439;
the merits of the question, 439;
must the agricultural interest of the country be sacrificed to
preserve the carrying trade, 440;
should the present prosperous state of things be put to risk, 440;
can we as men and patriots tamely submit to these aggressions, 440;
the resolution is devoted to destruction, 440;
never was a more interesting crisis in our affairs in reference to our foreign relations, 440;
two classes of arguments against the motion—one addressed to our hopes, the other to our fears, 440;
these considered, 440;
has there been as much pains taken to apprise the nation of its true position as there has been to alarm it, 441;
what is the true cause of our dispute with Great Britain, and what is the extent to which it goes, 441;
this measure involves the best interests of our country, 442;
the subject considered relatively to its general policy, and whether we are bound to adopt the resolution, 442;
objects of the federal compact, 442;
the resolution will produce instantaneous war, 442;
effect on Great Britain, 442;
objects of a free government, 443;
unless it fulfils its objects it is not worthy of support, 443;
grounds of difference already stated, 443;
not able to meet Great Britain on the ocean, 443;
we say, be just or we will hold no intercourse with you, 443;
the resolution objectionable in all its parts, 444;
it embraces two points—one relating to the carrying trade, the other to the impressment of seamen, 444;
previous consideration of the subject of impressment, 444;
impressment has been going on for ten or twelve years and no memorials come from these patriotic merchants, 444;
it is the carrying trade alone which has brought them, because their interests are affected, 444;
this an object of secondary importance, 445;
effects of adopting the resolution, 445;
resolution of 1793 compared, 445;
two alternatives before this nation, 445;
the dispute is most unquestionably for the carrying trade, 446;
a trade less beneficial to the nation than any other, and the cause of most of our disputes with foreign nations, 446;
not so important as the coasting trade, or the direct trade, 446;
our conduct towards France and its effects, 446;
particulars respecting our trade, 446;
British merchants and manufacturers will aid us under this measure, 447;
the adoption of the resolution will affect the revenue, 447;
question of expediency, 447;
partial operation of the resolution, 447;
impressment considered, 448;
arguments for the resolution founded on impressment, examined, 448;
adopt this measure and you may overthrow our administration, 449;
it is said, now is the time to settle our disputes with England, 449;
evidences of the spirit of the nation, 450;
the ocean common and undivided property, hence difficult to afford the same security as on land, 450;
the case of Tripoli said to be in point, 450;
is this the best course, 450;
better if the government had never given protection to commerce out of sight of our territory, 451;
the grounds of complaint considered, 452;
impressment, 452;
aggressions on commerce, 453;
the right of Great Britain to seize and condemn colonial produce, the property of a neutral, on its way to the ports of a parent state, her enemy, examined, 453;
this measure only a commercial regulation and cannot give any cause for war, 454;
no animosity to occasion the resolution, 455;
the conduct of Great Britain is manifestly unjust and unauthorized by the law of nations, 455;
a review of the points in discussion between this country and Great Britain, and the arguments of the opponents of the resolution examined, 455;
aggressions of Great Britain a sufficient stimulus for us to do something, 458;
law requiring protections for seamen regretted—the flag should protect, 458;
motion to discharge the Committee of the Whole from the further consideration of the resolution, 459;
no discussion of its merits had, 459;
motion lost, 459;
painful to see gentlemen so far forget the interests of their own country in defending the pretended of rights of others, 460;
facts relating to impressments, 460;
property of foreign nations covered by American merchants, 460;
vindication of the character of American merchants, 461;
true history and cause of the British aggressions, 461;
difference between our treaty with Great Britain and other nations, 462;
the just cause of complaint being admitted, it remains to determine whether we will tamely submit, 462;
only difference relates to the question what measures will have the most effect with the least injury to ourselves, 462;
where is the remedy, 463;
is peace to be destroyed until indemnity and security can be obtained, 463;
other arguments considered, 463;
motion that the committee rise, 464;
opposed, 464; lost, 464;
a resolution adopted, 465;
bill read third time, 466;
passed, 466.
In the House, motion to postpone the bill authorizing the President to suspend the non-importation law under certain contingencies, 709;
in the event of suspending the embargo, it may be proper to suspend this law, 709;
the law should be a permanent regulation, 709;
have a right to make all regulations we please, respecting commerce, 709;
what cause for suspending at present, 709;
postponement carried, 709.
North Carolina, vote for President, 168.
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Oath, administered to members of House at 1st session, Eighth Congress, 51.
Oaths.—See Index, vol. 1.
Officers, removal of.—See Index, vol. 1.
Officers, plurality of.—Resolutions declaring that a contractor is an officer of government, and incapable of holding a seat in the House, and that the union of a plurality of offices in a single individual, especially military with civil authority, is repugnant to the constitution, &c., considered in the House, 466;
no such principle in the constitution, as is prescribed in first resolution, 466;
no right to make a disqualification which the constitution does not attach to the tenure of a seat, 466;
each House shall be the judge of the qualifications of its members, 467;
the resolution an exposition of the constitution, 467;
meaning of the word “officer,” 467;
subsequent Houses may give the constitution a different construction, 467;
every objection which can be made to a member applies with equal force to his holding a lucrative contract, 467;
words of the constitution, 467;
cannot be justified in declaring what is and what is not the constitution, 468;
adopt this resolution, and a bare majority might deprive a member of a seat, 468;
no power to exclude members from a seat, unless it is found in the constitution, 468;
what is the idea of an officer under the constitution, 468;
is a contractor an officer under the constitution, 469;
the only question is, whether there was an existing disqualification, 469;
a contract cannot be considered in the light of an office, 469;
officer and contractor do not mean the same thing, 469;
not in the power of the House to declare the two appointments incompatible, unless expressly authorized in the constitution, 470;
allusion to cases, 470;
resolution not agreed to, 470;
second resolution considered, 471;
declaration of the resolution not correct, 471;
constitution recognizes union of civil and military offices, 471;
the union here contemplated, gives the actual discharge of civil powers to a person in command of the army, 471;
is there no spirit in the constitution, 471;
a union of different offices in the same person not repugnant to the constitution, 472;
what benefit will result from this declaration, 472;
what does the resolution amount to, 472;
resolution goes too far; it is very common for two offices to be united in one man, 472;
union necessary in some cases, 472;
resolution not agreed to, 473;
third resolution considered, 473;
adopted, 473;
bill presented, 473;
bill prohibiting military and naval officers from civil employment, read third time, 476;
the bill goes to the unconstitutional removal of an officer, 476;
have we a right by a legislative act to prejudice any other department of the Government, 476;
strongest argument in favor of the expediency of the bill, 476;
what is constitutional 477;
let us not interfere with the constitutional rights of the other departments, 477;
bill passed, 478.
Ohio, vote for President, 168.
Ohio State Government.—See Index, vol. 2.
Olcott, Simeon, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 163.
See Index, vol. 2.
Olin, Gideon, Representative from Vermont, 50, 285, 377, 493;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 404, 405;
on the importation of slaves, 501;
on excluding settlers from the public lands, 543.
Ordinance of 1787, respecting slavery; resolutions of Indiana Council, relative to suspension of, 503;
report on, 519.
Orleans, bill for the government of the territory of, 166.
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Paine, Thomas, address to the Senate, stating his claim, 552.
Palmer, Beriah, Representative from New York, 50, 285.
Parke, Benjamin, delegate from Indiana Territory, 381, 497.
Parker, Nahum, Senator from New Hampshire, 547.
Parkinson, Rev. William, elected chaplain of the House, 52.
Patterson, John, Representative from New York, 52.
Pendleton, Edmund, resolution relative to the death of, 77.
Pennsylvania Insurgents.—See Index, vol. 1.
Pennsylvania, vote for President, 168;
resolutions of legislature relative to removal of Federal judges, 676.
Peters, Richard, Judge, committee appointed by the House to inquire into his official conduct, 174.
Petitions, reception of, see Index, vol. 2, and Index, vol. 1, Slavery.
Phelps, Oliver, Representative from New York, 78, 315.
Pickering, Timothy, Senator from Massachusetts, 3, 163, 345, 485, 547;
on the acquisition of Louisiana, 13;
on the amendment to the constitution, relative to the election of President, 27.
See Index, vol. 2.
Pike, Capt., resolution to compensate, 676.
Pitkin, Timothy, jun., Representative from Connecticut, 380, 493, 612;
on the importation of slaves, 496;
on the appropriation to build gunboats, 517.
Plater, Thomas, Representative from Maryland, 50, 285.
See Index, vol. 2.
Plumer, William, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 163, 345, 485;
on the amendments to the constitution, relative to the election of President, 29.
See Index, vol. 2.
Poindexter, George, Delegate from Mississippi Territory, 613.
Polk, William, petition of referred, 82.
Pope, John, Senator from Kentucky, 547;
on expelling Senator John Smith, 602.
Porter, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, 612.
Postage of Newspapers considered in House, 78;
it affects the means of acquiring political information in the different parts of the Union, 78;
should be transported free of postage, 78;
Post Office establishment never intended as a paramount source of revenue, 78;
resolution moved to repeal postage on newspapers, 79.
Post Office Committee, report of to the House, 85;
amendments discussed, 86.
Post Office.—See Index, vol. 1.
Post Roads in States.—Act relative to, in Senate, 45.
Post Roads, passage of the bill relative to, 342.
Potomac River.—Bill to authorize the corporation of Georgetown to make a dam or causeway from Mason’s Island to the western shore of the Potomac, 290;
motion to strike out the first section, 290;
Congress no right to pass the law in question, 290;
the tax authorized would be unequal and oppressive, 290;
House should legislate, or relinquish the claim to jurisdiction, and authorize themselves, or retrocede to Virginia, 290;
no opposition out of the House, 290;
no injury done by it, 290;
applicants should give notice of their intention by previous publication, 290;
effects of the measure on the navigation, 291;
moved committee rise, 291;
opposed as it effects nothing, 291;
where is the proof it will do no harm? 291;
compact between Maryland and Virginia, 291;
tendency to improve the navigation, 291;
applications from the inhabitants of the district should be noticed, 292;
further time desirable, 292;
committee rose, 292;
asked leave to sit again, 292;
act of cession by Virginia read, 292;
neither Maryland nor Virginia have ceded their joint rights to this river, 292;
any thing done respecting the navigation must be by their joint act, 292;
the constitution gives Congress exclusive jurisdiction over ten miles square, 292;
the jurisdiction of the Potomac ceded by Virginia and Maryland, 292;
if Congress has no jurisdiction over the Potomac, it has none over the district, 293;
does Congress possess exclusive jurisdiction of the Potomac, is the question, 293;
could Maryland give it? she had only a qualified right, so Virginia, 293;
each had concurrent jurisdiction, 293;
a deed to exclusive property by certain metes and bounds, would not pass a joint interest in other property not contained in those bounds, 293;
where is the conveyance by which Virginia has relinquished her concurrent jurisdiction? 293;
power of Congress to pass the bill, examined, 293;
compact between Maryland and Virginia explained, 293;
illustration of passing joint property with exclusive jurisdiction, 293;
stipulations between Maryland and Virginia, 294;
two States uniting makes the grant complete, 294;
Virginia never passed the right of way purchased of Maryland, and Maryland had it not to convey—how could the United States have acquired it? 294;
case of the cession of Louisiana, 294;
was the jurisdiction of the Potomac ceded to Congress? 294;
improper to take up the subject as there is a motion to retrocede the district, 297;
determination on the part of the people of the district to give Congress as much trouble as possible, 298;
immediate exertions required to prevent the channel from being filled up, 298;
propriety of adopting the resolution to retrocede, 298;
alterations in the bed of the river, 298;
further reasons to show that Congress does not possess the power of legislating on the subject, 299;
further reasons on the opposite side, 299;
this reasoning examined, 299;
it is intended to stop one channel in order to deepen the other, 300;
further remarks on the rights of Congress, 300;
further debate, 301;
motion to strike out first section lost, 301;
third reading of the bill, 301;
this bill effects the interest and wantonly violates the right of one of the States, 301;
two methods of construing the constitution, 302;
the Legislatures of the two States never could have intended a cession of the jurisdiction, 302;
passage of the bill, 302—Postponement passed in the Senate, 374.
Bridge across the Potomac, in the House, resolution to authorize the erection of, considered, 397;
will the erection of the contemplated bridge injure the navigation of the Potomac? 397;
reasons and objections of the anti-memorialists examined, 397;
the inconvenience to vessels examined, 397;
other objections of the counter-memorialists examined, 398;
resolution carried, 398.
Potter, Samuel J., Senator from Rhode Island, 3;
deceased, 165.
Preble, Commodore, motion in Senate relative to, 168;
resolutions relative to, 343.
Presents to Ministers.—See Index, vol. 2.
Presidency, Vacancy in.—See Index, vol. 1.
Proclamation of President Jefferson interdicting harbors and waters to British armed vessels, 619.
Protective Duties.—See Index, vol. 1.
Public Lands, bill from Senate to prevent settlement of, until authorized, considered in the House, 543;
postponement moved, as too late in the session to do justice to the subject, 543;
the bill declares the rights of all settlers forfeited, and thus destroys the constitutional rights of those who had existing rights, 543;
an invasion of the rights of the States, 543;
propriety of the bill justified by the necessities of the case, 543;
shall the public lands be given up to intruders, 543;
the bill destroys the right of asserting a claim to property, 544;
other objections urged, 544;
the very defects are a reason why the bill should not be postponed, 544;
postponement lost, 544;
moved to strike out first section, lost, 544;
bill passed, 545.
See Index, vol. 1.
Public Roads.—See Roads, Public.
Pugh, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, 377, 493, 612.
Purviance, Samuel D., Representative from North Carolina, 51, 286;
in favor of the resolution to carry the Louisiana treaty into effect, 63.
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Quakers.—Memorial on slavery in the Territories, 313.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Quincy, Josiah, Representative from Massachusetts, 377, 493, 612;
on the presentation of a sword to General Eaton, 382, 383;
on the bill to authorize a detachment from the militia of the United States, 393;
on the importation of slaves, 401;
on incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408;
on a plurality of offices in the same person, 471;
on the exclusion of military and naval officers from civil employment, 476;
against a repeal of the duty on salt, 479, 480;
on the importation of slaves, 495, 498;
on reference of the petition of the Manhattan Company, 497;
on securing the privilege of the habeas corpus, 537;
on post roads, 542;
on the settlement of the public lands, 543, 544;
on inquiring into the cause of the attack on the frigate Chesapeake, 614;
on British aggressions, 617;
on granting relief to the soldiers of the Revolution, 623, 624;
on building gunboats, 628, 639;
on the suspension of the embargo, 696.
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Randolph, David M., his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 221.
Randolph, John, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 378, 493, 613;
remarks on the death of Samuel Adams, 52;
against the resolution to call upon the President for documents relative to the acquisition of Louisiana, 54;
moves that the committee rise on the debate relative to amendment of the constitution, 60;
advocates the resolution to carry the Louisiana treaty into effect, 61, 70;
remarks on the bill to authorize the President to take possession of the Louisiana territory, 72;
further remarks, 73;
advocates a repeal of the bankrupt law, 79;
on the resolution relative to public roads, 83;
opposes augmentation of the navy, 87;
offers a resolution to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 88, 89;
further remarks, 91;
on the importance of the inquiry into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 95, 97, 112;
on the Georgia claims, 142, 148, 149, 150;
reports on the impeachment of Judge Chase, 161;
appointed to impeach Judge Chase at the bar of the Senate, 174;
opens the case of the impeachment of Judge Chase, 192;
closes the reply to the argument of the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 274;
informs the House of the deficiency in the appropriation to carry out the seventh article of the British treaty, 287;
on the remission of duties on books, 289;
against bridging the Potomac, 290, 292, 293, 299;
on the duty on salt, 297;
on the resolution relative to the Georgia claims, 315, 316;
on the Georgia claims, 317, 330;
presents a bill relative to French spoliations, 380;
on proceedings of Committee of Ways and Means relative to the subject of neutral rights, 396;
against postponing the resolution for amending the constitution relative to the removal of federal judges, 414; note, 414, 416;
on exclusion of contractors from seats in the House, 417;
on prohibition of plurality of offices, 417;
on disjunction of military and naval with civil appointments, 417;
on importations from Great Britain, 423, 463;
on a plurality of offices in the same person, 466, 469, 471, 472;
on naval appropriations, 474, 475;
on repeal of the duty on salt, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484;
on the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, 511;
on the appropriation to build gunboats, 516;
on securing the privilege of the Habeas Corpus, 529, 533, 539;
on post roads, 542;
on compensation to the soldiers of the Revolution, 622, 623, 624;
on relief to the soldiers of the Revolution, 623, 624;
on fortifications and gunboats, 639;
communicates information relative to the conduct of General Wilkinson, 642;
on inquiry into the conduct of General Wilkinson, 649;
on fraud in land warrants, 676;
on suspension of the embargo, 695, 706.
See Index, vol. 2.
Randolph, Thomas M., Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 378, 493.
Rapids of the Ohio, report relative to a canal at the, 465.
Rawle, William, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 202.
Rea, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612.
Read, George, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 211.
Reed, Philip, Senator from Maryland, 487, 547.
Regnier, his letter to the Imperial Attorney General, Paris, 641.
Report on the contested election of Thomas Lewis, 143;
of committee on the limits of Georgia, 403;
relative to non-importation of slaves into Territories, 407;
of committee on Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 418;
on the claim of Beaumarchais, 542.
Representation, ratio of.—See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Resignation, does it cause a vacancy.—See Index, vol. 1.
Resolution relative to assistance for Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, 4;
on supplying Senators with newspapers, 4;
relative to number of chaplains, 4;
of amendment to the constitution, 23;
of amendment to the constitution as passed by the Senate, 37;
on amendments to constitution, 38;
in Senate, on impeachment of Judge Chase, 45;
referring the President’s Message to committees, 51;
in House, to make provision to carry into effect the treaty of Paris, 53;
calling on President for documents to show the title to Louisiana, acquired by treaty, 53;
vote on, 57;
relative to the death of Edmund Pendleton, 77;
relative to the road to Natchez and New Orleans, 78;
relative to postage on newspapers, 79;
relative to making provision for public roads, 83;
of inquiry into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 89;
to impose a tax on imported slaves, 96;
relative to the Virginia Yazoo Company, 125;
relative to the Georgia claims, 142;
to present a sword to Com. Stephen Decatur, 286;
calling for the names of the officers and men who destroyed the frigate Philadelphia, 287;
to present a sword to Capt. Decatur, 287;
relative to post roads in Tennessee, 295;
on the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 298;
relative to the duty on salt, 297;
relative to a post road to New Orleans, 302;
relative to emancipation in the District of Columbia, 313;
relative to the protection of seamen, 314;
relative to repairs at navy yards, 314;
relative to the Georgia claims, 315;
to inquire if Samuel Hammond has accepted an executive appointment, 319;
relative to counting the electoral votes, 340;
relative to the petition of Richard Taylor, 341;
relative to the removal of federal judges, 341;
relative to the payment of witnesses on the trial of Judge Chase, 343;
relative to expenditures in the navy, 354;
on British aggressions on our commerce, 355;
of thanks to General Eaton, 371;
relative to the decease of Senator Jackson, 372;
relative to the Yazoo claims, 379;
relative to presenting a sword to General Eaton, 380;
relative to the number of impressed seamen, 384;
relative to contingent expenses, 388;
relative to non-intercourse, 395;
calling for information relative to the imports and exports to and from Great Britain, 399;
relative to non-intercourse with Great Britain, 400;
relative to amendment of the constitution respecting the removal of federal judges, 402;
relative to importations from Great Britain, 403;
relative to the West India trade, 403;
in favor of admitting slavery into Indiana Territory, 406;
relative to contractors holding a seat in the House, 418;
relative to a plurality of offices, 418;
relative to adjournment, 474;
relative to the coast survey, 494;
relative to securing the privilege of the Habeas Corpus, 520;
for an amendment of the constitution relative to a removal of the federal judges, 550;
relative to John Smith, 551;
relative to the decease of John Dickinson, 554;
relative to an inquiry into the cause of the attack on the frigate Chesapeake, 614;
relative to revolutionary pensions, 614;
relative to British aggressions, 617;
to lay an embargo, 641;
relative to an inquiry into the conduct of Gen. Wilkinson, 644;
relative to Government contracts, 659;
relative to removal of federal judges, 675;
to compensate Capt. Pike, 676;
relative to the decease of Ezra Darby, 675;
relative to the decease of Jacob Crowninshield, 694.
Rhea, John, Representative from Tennessee, 51, 285, 378, 613;
on conference with the Senate relative to a repeal of the duties on salt, 482.
Rhode Island, vote for President, 168.
Rhode Island, admission of.—See Index, vol. 1.
Richards, Jacob, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612.
Richards, Matthias, Representative from Pennsylvania, 612.
Riker, Samuel, Representative from New York, 285, 612.
Roads, Post, bill for the establishment of certain, considered, 338;
object of the measure two-fold, 338;
these objects stated, 338;
a shorter route to New Orleans, 338;
advantages for commercial purposes, 339.
See Index, vol. 1, Post Office.
Public, in Ohio, resolutions to provide for considered, in the House, 83;
the resolutions contravene one of the provisions of the law to which they refer, 83;
various propositions, 83;
previous legislation on the subject, 83;
the construction of the law, 83;
the question is whether five per cent. was to be given, exclusive of the three, 84;
further remarks on the construction of the law, 84;
the question made an Eastern and a Western one, 84;
further remarks on the construction of the law, 84;
motion to strike out one-twentieth and insert one-fiftieth, carried, 85.
Bill under consideration, 128;
motion to postpone lost, 128;
moved to vest the President with a general power to appoint three commissioners to designate and report a route, 128;
carried, 128;
bill ordered to third reading, 129.
Robinson, Jonathan, Senator from Vermont, 547.
Rodney, Cæsar A., Representative from Delaware, 50, 287;
on the amendments to the constitution relative to the election of President, 60;
on the resolution relative to public roads, 84;
on the postponement of the bill to tax imported slaves, 141;
on the Georgia claims, 153;
continues the reply to the argument of the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 267.
Root, Erastus, Representative from New York, 52, 285.
Rowan, John, Representative from Kentucky, 648;
offers resolution for inquiry into the conduct of General Wilkinson, 648, 657;
on inquiry into the conduct of Judge Innes, 707.
Rumsey, David, letter relative to the impressment of his son, 384.
Russell, John, Representative from New York, 377, 493, 612.
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Sailly, Peter, Representative from New York, 377, 493.
Salem, Mass., memorial of inhabitants on British aggression, 395.
Sammons, Thomas, Representative from New York, 50, 285, 377, 493.
Sands, Joshua, Representative from New York, 50.
Sanford, Thomas, Representative from Kentucky, 50, 285, 378, 493;
on the amendment to the constitution relative to the election of President, 60;
in favor of carrying the Louisiana Treaty into effect, 67;
on the resolution relative to public roads, 84.
Savannah, relief of.—See Index, vol. 2.
Sawyer, Lemuel, Representative from North Carolina, 613;
on fortifications and gunboats, 629.
Schuneman, Martin G., Representative from New York, 377, 493.
Scott, William, letter of Secretary of War relative to, 314.
Seamen, protection of.—Letter from the Secretary of State relative to the number impressed considered, 313;
subject demands investigation, 314;
proclamations of Governors of British West India Islands, 314;
objects of British Government, 314;
will the United States tamely submit to this impressment? 314;
resolution of inquiry on the subject, 314;
do. referred, 314.
Seamen, impressment of, resolution of inquiry relative to, offered in the House, 384;
number detained in the British service, 384;
information already obtained has produced a loud expression of public indignation, 385;
resolution of inquiry agreed to, 385.
Seat of Government.—In Senate, bill for the temporary removal to the City of Baltimore considered, 45;
motion to postpone further consideration, 45;
bill offered as a spur to the inhabitants at Washington to effect a more complete accommodation of Congress, 45;
design of the bill to frighten the women and children of Washington, 46;
moral right of Congress to remove Seat of Government denied, 46;
Congress possess the constitutional power of altering the Seat of Government, 46;
the permanent Seat of Government was fixed under the constitution, and Congress did not possess the power to alter it, 46;
to remove would be to prostrate the national faith, 46;
motion to postpone lost, 46;
Trenton offered to Congress for their accommodation in case of any removal, 46;
four rightful grounds of removal could exist, 46;
moved to strike out the words “Baltimore” and “Maryland” 47;
agreed to, 47;
causes of the inconveniences at Washington, 47;
the Seat of Government will yet be transferred to the Mississippi, 47;
the least expensive course is to remove—time cannot cure the ill accommodations, 47;
constitutional point examined, 47;
the seat once fixed becomes permanent, 48;
motion to order a third reading lost, 48.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Seaver, Ebenezer, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612.
Seditious practices.—See Index, vol. 2.
Senate, recedes from disagreement to amendments of the House to bill authorizing the President to take possession of Louisiana, 9; note, 9;
admission to the floor of, considered, 39;
adjournment of first session of eighth Congress, 49;
motion relative to absent members, 168;
vote of thanks to Aaron Burr, 170;
proceedings on the impeachment of Samuel Chase, 175;
adjournment at close of first session of tenth Congress, 611.
Senators, classification of, 38.
Sinking Fund, report of commissioners, 354.
Slavery.—Memorial of American Convention for promoting abolition of, and prohibiting the introduction of slaves into Louisiana, considered, 41.
Slavery in Territories, power of Congress relative to, as asserted in the act erecting the Territory of Louisiana, note, 44.
Slavery in Indiana Territory, petitions for, 385.
Slavery.—Resolutions of Indiana council, relative to a suspension of the ordinance of 1787, 503;
report on, 519;
report in the Senate on the resolutions of the Legislative Council of Indiana, relative to the suspension of the ordinance of 1787, 550;
considered in the Senate, 551;
resolution on passed, 551.
Slavery in Territories.—Memorial of Quakers, 313.
Slavery, prohibiting in a Territory.—See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Slavery and Slave Trade.—See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Slaves, importation of, motion in Senate to appoint a committee to report if any amendments are necessary in the act relative to, 39;
resolution relative to non-importation in Territories, 401;
resolution in favor of suspending the ordinance of 1787 relative to slavery in Indiana Territory, 406;
report relative to non-importation in Territories, 407.
Moved to strike out so much of the bill as inflicts the punishment of death on owners and masters of vessels employed in slave trade, 500;
crime in question most heinous, and ought to be punished capitally, 500;
most effectual method of stopping the trade, 500;
question whether we shall strike out that part of the section which attaches the crime of felony to the traffic, 500;
penalty just, but too severe to be executed, 500;
punishment of death not best calculated to stop the traffic, 501;
now said forfeiture is unnecessary, punishment of death will stop the traffic, 501;
no man in the Southern States will dare inform, 501;
slavery not considered an evil in the Southern States, 501;
capital punishments not inflicted for political evils, 501;
motion to strike out carried, 502;
imprisonment substituted, 502;
bill from the Senate to prohibit the importation after January first, 1808, read third time and passed, 519; note, 519.
See Duties on Imports.
Also Index, vol. 1.
Sloan, James, Representative from New Jersey, 86, 285, 377, 493, 612;
on a tax on imported slaves, 135;
on the bill to bridge the Potomac, 290, 298, 300;
on the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 310;
on the importation of slaves, 385, 401;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 404, 405;
on incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408;
on importations from Great Britain, 437;
on the importation of slaves, 500;
on the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, 510.
Smelt, Dennis, Representative from Georgia, 497, 613.
Smilie, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612;
on the amendment to the constitution, relative to the election of President, 59;
on extending the authority of the United States over the Louisiana Territory, 76;
advocates a repeal of the bankrupt law, 79;
opposes augmentation of the navy, 87;
on the inquiry into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 89, 96;
on the bill to bridge the Potomac, 290, 291, 298;
on the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 304;
on the presentation of a sword to Gen. Eaton, 382;
on laying a duty on imported slaves, 387;
on discharging the committee from consideration of neutral rights, 393;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 404, 406;
on incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408;
on amendment of the constitution, relative to the removal of federal judges, 415;
on importations from Great Britain, 435;
on naval appropriations, 476;
on the exclusion of military and naval officers from civil employment, 476, 477;
on building gunboats, 626;
on inquiry into the conduct of Gen. Wilkinson, 645, 652;
on inquiry into the conduct of Judge Innes, 701, 708.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Smith, David, Senator from Tennessee, 345, 487, 547.
See Index, vol. 2.
Smith, Israel, Senator from Vermont, 3, 163, 345, 485;
on British aggressions on our commerce, 355.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Smith, Jeremiah K., Representative from New Hampshire, 612.
See Index, vol. 2.
Smith, John, Senator from New York, 44, 165, 349.
See Index, vol. 2.
Smith, John, Senator from Ohio, 8, 165, 349, 490;
resolutions relative to, introduced into the Senate, 551;
report thereon, 552;
notification to Smith, 552;
resolution relative to, 552;
in Senate to hear the counsel of John Smith why he should not be expelled, 554;
changed to hear counsel why the report should not be adopted, 554;
counsel would show that the testimony of the main witness against Smith was not worthy of credit and nothing to affect the character of the accused, 555;
further proceedings, 555;
reasons of counsel why the report should not be adopted, commenced, 556;
examination of the direct testimony submitted, 556, 557, 558;
examination of the circumstantial testimony offered by other witnesses in support of the accusation, 558;
circumstances which have been distorted against the accused, 559;
evidence of Smith’s innocence, 560;
Smith’s character and situation in life, 561;
charge against Smith is, of being connected with Colonel Burr in the late conspiracy, 563;
grounds of proof stated, 563;
these grounds examined in detail by counsel for the defence, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573;
arguments of counsel for defence closed, 573;
resolution of expulsion of Senator John Smith, of Ohio, for participation in the conspiracy of Aaron Burr, submitted to the Senate, 578;
what is the evidence of Mr. Smith’s participation in the conspiracy, examined, 574 to 584;
principles of the report of the committee condemned, 584;
the Senate have cognizance of the case, 584;
to vote for the resolution is to disrobe a Senator of his honor, and doom a citizen, 584;
examination of the points relied on against Mr. Smith, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589;
other points considered and reviewed, 589, 590, &c.;
arguments against Mr. Smith, 598, &c.;
counsel for Mr. Smith opposed the resolution on two grounds: 1st. That the Senate have no jurisdiction of the case. 2d. That the evidence does not warrant its adoption, 602;
is the resolution supported by the evidence? this point examined, 602, &c.;
Smith, John, Representative from New York, 52.
Smith, John, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 378, 493, 613.
See Index, vol. 2.
Smith, John C., Representative from Connecticut, 50, 285, 377;
on the Georgia militia claims, 128;
on laying a tax on imported slaves, 391;
on the importation of slaves, 401;
on payment of witnesses on the trial of Chase, 409;
on naval appropriations, 478.
Smith, O’Brien, Representative from South Carolina, 383.
Smith, Samuel, Senator from Maryland, 3, 163, 345, 485, 547;
in choice of House from five highest candidates, 22;
on the amendment to the Constitution relative to the election of President, 26;
on suspending intercourse with St. Domingo, 350;
elected President pro tem. of the Senate, 378;
on British aggressions on our commerce, 369.
See Index, vol. 2.
Smith, Samuel, Representative from Pennsylvania, 377, 493, 612.
Smith, Samuel H., his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 214.
Soldiers of the Revolution, one system of national defence which ought to be sedulously cherished, 622;
to arm the national defence—muskets in the hands of citizens and cannon in the arsenals, 622;
a measure of justice should precede any step for defence, 622;
how could the Government call on the youth of the nation for defence, when the veterans of the Revolution were begging from door to door, 622;
resolutions submitted, 623;
the provision made for these soldiers was notoriously scanty and mean, 623;
the pathetic appeal to the House by one of its oldest members, 623;
moved to strike out the word “disgraceful” from the resolutions, 623;
shall our public lands, commerce and every blessing, be participated in by those who sacrificed nothing for our independence, while those who achieved it are suffered to live and die in wretchedness? 624;
compare the services of Lewis and Clarke with that of the soldiers of the Revolution, 624;
what a wide difference in their remuneration, 624;
there are other sufferers besides the officers and soldiers, 624;
no necessity for the amendment, 624;
do not desire to disclose our own disgrace, 625;
amendment carried, 625.
Southard, Henry, Representative from New Jersey, 86, 283, 377, 493, 612;
on improving the navigation of the Potomac, 292;
on the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 307;
on laying a duty on imported slaves, 386, 389;
on incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408, 409;
on fortifications and gunboats, 635.
See Index, vol. 2.
South Carolina.—Vote for President, 168.
Stanford, Richard, Representative from North Carolina, 50, 285, 378, 493, 613;
advocates a repeal of the bankrupt law, 79;
on the bridging the Potomac, 298;
on the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 303.
See Index, vol. 2.
Stanton, Joseph, Representative from Rhode Island, 50, 285, 377, 493;
on a tax on imported slaves, 137.
See Index, vol. 2.
State Balances.—See Index, vol. 2.
St. Domingo, to suspend commercial intercourse with, leave asked, in Senate, to bring in a bill, 349;
attention called to the subject by the President in his message, 349;
this commerce in violation of law and of the treaty with France, 349;
purpose of the bill totally to prohibit a branch of commerce of great importance to the country, 349;
a trade highly dishonorable, 349;
United States regarded as allies, supporters, and protectors of this trade, 350;
our supplies have preserved the colony to the mother country, 350;
subject has already been investigated, 350;
means by which this commerce carried on not approved, 350;
this measure improper and ill-timed, 351.
Amendments to bill considered, 355;
bill ordered to third reading, 355.
Third reading resumed, 360;
this bill interdicts all commerce between this country and St. Domingo, 360;
advantages of our local situation for the West India trade, 360;
people of St. Domingo can be considered only as revolted slaves, or French subjects in rebellion, and to trade with them a violation of the laws of nations, considered, 361;
their liberty solemnly proclaimed, 362;
present state of St. Domingo, 362;
how far is trade with them a violation of the law of nations? 362;
the British consider St. Domingo a colony of France, 363;
bill passed, 364.
Stedman, William, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 285, 384, 493, 612.
Stephen, John, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 214.
Stephenson, James, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285.
Stewart, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, 285.
Stone, David, Senator from North Carolina, 3, 165, 345, 485.
See Index, vol. 2.
Storer, Clement, Representative from New Hampshire, 612.
Sturges, Lewis B., Representative from Connecticut, 377, 493, 612.
Suability of the States.—See Index, vol. 2.
Sumter, Thomas, Senator from South Carolina, 165, 345, 547.—See Index, vol. 2.
Swart, Peter, Representative from New York, 612.
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Taggart, Samuel, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 286, 377, 493, 612.
Tallmadge, Benjamin, Representative from Connecticut, 79, 377, 493, 612;
on the importation of slaves, 500;
on the bill to authorize a detachment from the militia of the United States, 392;
on the appropriation to build gunboats, 518.
Taxes, Direct and Indirect.—See Index, vol. 2.
Taylor, John, Senator from Virginia, 3;
of the acquisition of territory and the creation of a State by the treaty-making power, 14;
on the amendment to the constitution relative to the election of President, 33;
his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 207.
See Index, vol. 1.
Taylor, John, Representative from South Carolina, 613;
on inquiry into the conduct of General Wilkinson, 654;
on inquiry into the conduct of Judge Innes, 708.
Tennessee.—Vote for President, 168.
Tennessee, Admission of.—See Index, vol. 1.
Tenney, Samuel, Representative from New Hampshire, 50, 285, 377, 493.
See Index, vol. 2.
Territories ceded by France, bill to authorize President to take possession of, 6.
Territories.—See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Thatcher, Samuel, Representative from Massachusetts, 52, 287;
on the call for documents relative to the title of Louisiana, 55;
against the resolution to carry the Louisiana treaty into effect, 67;
on the resolution to appoint a committee to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 116.
Thomas, David, Representative from New York, 50, 285, 377, 494, 612;
on the duty on salt, 295;
on non-intercourse, 395;
on repeal of the duty on salt, 479;
on relief to the soldiers of the Revolution, 624;
on fortifications and gunboats, 632.
See Index, vol. 2.
Thompson, John, Representative from New York, 612.
See Index, vol. 2.
Thompson, Philip R., Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 378, 493.
See Index, vol. 2.
Thompson, Thomas W., Representative from New Hampshire, 317, 493.
Thruston, Buckner, Senator from Kentucky, 346, 485, 547.
Tibbits, George, Representative from New York, 78, 287.
Tiffin, Edward, Senator from Ohio, 547.
Tilghman, Henry, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 201.
Title of President.—See Index, vol. 1.
Tracy, Uri, Representative from New York, 377, 493.
Tracy, Uriah, Representative from Connecticut, 3, 163, 345, 485;
on rule relative to separate readings of resolutions, 7;
against the issue of stock for the purchase of Louisiana, 15;
on the amendment to the constitution, relative to election of President, 30;
on a two-thirds vote, 37;
on British aggressions on our commerce, 359.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Treason and Sedition, bill to define.—See Index, vol. 2.
Treaty with Great Britain.—See Index, vol. 1.
Trigg, Abram, Representative from Virginia, 50, 378, 497, 613.
See Index, vol. 2.
Trigg, John, Representative from Virginia, 51.
See Index, vol. 2.
Triplett, James, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of Judge Chase, 210.
Tripolitan War and Mediterranean Fund, bill relative to, 158.
Troup, George M., Representative from Georgia, 613.
Tunis, demand and threat of, 375.
Turner, James, Senator from North Carolina, 351, 487, 547.
Turnpike to the Ohio, bill for, before the Senate, 45.
Two-thirds vote, majority required, considered, 21.
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Upham, Jabez, Representative from Massachusetts, 612.
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Van Allen, James J., Representative from New York, 612.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Van Cortlandt, Philip, Representative from New York, 50, 285, 380, 493, 612.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Van Dyke, Nicholas, Representative from Delaware, 623;
his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 226.
Van Horne, Archibald, Representative from Maryland, 613.
Van Horne, Isaac, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 286.
See Index, vol. 2.
Van Rensselaer, Killian K., Representative from New York, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612.
See Index, vol. 2.
Varnum, Joseph B., Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612;
moves amendment to bill to repeal Bankrupt Law, 82;
on the resolution relative to public roads, 84;
on the bill relative to the Louisiana Territory, 144;
on revision of the army rules, 378;
on the bill to authorize a detachment from the militia of the United States, 392;
on a plurality of offices in the same person, 472;
on the suspension of the habeas corpus, 508;
chosen Speaker of the 1st session, Tenth Congress, 613;
address to House, 613.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Venable, Abraham B., Senator from Virginia, 38;
resigned, 163.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Vermont, vote for President, 168.
Verplanck, Daniel C., Representative from New York, 50, 285, 380, 494, 612.
Vessels registering and clearing.—See Index, vol. 1.
Virginia, Yazoo Company, motion relative to, 125.
Virginia, vote for President, 168.
W
Wadsworth, Peleg, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 287, 377, 494.
See Index, vols. 1 and 2.
Walton, Matthew, Representative from Kentucky, 50, 298, 383, 502.
Wells, William Hill, Senator from Delaware, 3;
resigns, 163;
against the issue of stock for the purchase of Louisiana, 11.
See Index, vol. 2.
Wharton, Jesse, Representative from Tennessee, 613.
White, Samuel, Senator from Delaware, 3, 163, 345, 485, 547;
against issue of stock for the purchase of Louisiana, 9;
on amendments to the constitution, relative to the election of President, 27;
announces the death of John Dickinson, 553.
See Index, vol. 2.
Whitehill, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285, 377, 493.
Whitehill, Robert, Representative from Pennsylvania, 377, 493, 612.
Wickes, Eliphalet, Representative from New York, 379.
Wilbour, Isaac, Representative from Rhode Island, 612.
Wilkinson, General, facts stated in relation to his conduct, 642;
documents, 642, 643;
a member of the House could, if obliged, give the House more full, important and damning evidence, 644;
resolution that the President cause an inquiry into the conduct of General Wilkinson as to his having corruptly received money from the Government of Spain moved, 644;
the member had heretofore tendered information to the Government, who had turned a deaf ear, now he should not be influenced by fear, favor or affection, to gratify curiosity, 644;
proceedings on the resolution, 644;
incidental questions debated, 644;
has Congress the constitutional right to request the President to make the inquiry? 644;
can a member be called to give testimony in his seat or at the bar of the House? 645;
other questions, 645;
nothing impeaching the character of General Wilkinson, 645;
inquiry was necessary, and due to the country and to General Wilkinson, 645;
impropriety of proceeding hastily, 645;
evidence produced sufficient on which to ground inquiry, 646;
an inquiry must be made, 646;
people of Kentucky interested in this subject, 646;
at this time, if ever, persons in office should have the confidence of the Government, 646;
can they have this confidence in General Wilkinson? 646;
a resolution substituted and adopted, 646;
statement of the member of the House, 646;
resolution of inquiry moved, 648;
not within the power of the House to adopt the resolution, 648;
the offence charged is cognizable by more than one department, 648;
should not pass over the constitutional limits of their duty, 649;
gentlemen mistake by considering that where the House is incompetent to inflict punishment it is incompetent to inquire, 649;
competency examined, 649;
any inquiry which this House may choose to make into the conduct of any officer, civil or military, is not an interference with the powers of any co-ordinate branch of Government, 650;
part taken by the Army in the late project to dismember the Union, 650;
evidences of those suspicions, 650;
interpretation of a ciphered letter, 651;
not shown that the House possesses the powers to proceed in the business, 652;
effect of this motion is to hold this man up to suspicion for years to come, 652;
if an improper character is commissioned to command our armies, let the responsibility fall where the constitution has placed it, 653;
other tribunals than this House, 654;
resolution offered to refer the papers, &c., to the Secretary of War, 654;
the power of the House is called in question, 654;
the resolution, in plain terms, is to denounce the man, 654;
will establish a dangerous precedent, 654;
interfere with the Executive Department, 654;
assume the responsibility attaching there, 654;
why make this House a great gun to thunder denunciations against an individual? 655;
it will interfere with the Judiciary Department, 655;
you deprive the man of a fair trial in the military Courts, 655;
duty of the Legislature to pass laws for the regulation of the army, 655;
experience of history, 656;
search the constitution for this denunciatory power, vested in this House, 656;