INDEX TO VOL. III. (continued 3)
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original motion renewed, 657;
agreed to, 657;
facts respecting the information relative to General Wilkinson being a Spanish pensioner, and a combination being formed to dismember the Union being in possession of the Executive, 658;
resolution calling on the President for documents adopted, 658;
Message from the President with documents, 663;
referred, 664;
papers presented, 708;
referred to the President, 709;
documents sent to the House by the President, relative to, 663;
letter of Estevan Miro, 665;
letter of M. Gayoso De Lemos, 665;
paper relative to the commerce of Louisiana, 666;
letters of Andrew Ellicott to the Secretary of State, 668;
extract from Jefferson’s Message, 670;
letters from Baron de Carondelet, 671;
do. from Daniel Clark, 671;
letter from Thomas Power, 672;
do. from Thomas Portell, 673;
Wilkinson’s instructions to Thomas Power, 673;
letter of Thomas Power, 674;
letter of Baron de Carondelet, 675.
Williams, David R., Representative from South Carolina, 378, 493, 613.
Williams, Marmaduke, Representative from North Carolina, 50, 287, 378, 616;
on securing the privilege of Habeas Corpus, 534.
Williams, Nathan, Representative from New York, 377, 497.
Williams, Lemuel, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 285.
See Index, vol 2.
Williams, D. R., on the non-importation of slaves into Territories, 401;
on importations from Great Britain, 433;
on importations from Great Britain, 441;
on Naval appropriations, 474, 475, 478;
on the importation of slaves, 495;
on excluding settlers from the public lands, 544;
on suspension of the Embargo Act, 692.
Wilson, Alexander, Representative from Virginia, 378, 493, 613.
Winchester, James, his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 219, 227.
Winder, William H., his testimony for the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 227.
Winston, Joseph, Representative from North Carolina, 50, 285, 378, 493.
Witherall, James, Representative from Vermont, 612.
Witnesses, payment of in the case of Judge Chase, bill considered in the House, 409;
disagreement between the Houses prevented passage of a bill last session, 410;
the bill from the Senate a taxation of costs by the court who sat on this occasion, 410;
shall the House pay all the witnesses, 410;
not the practice of courts—the States often pay where the accused is acquitted, 410;
why pay all the expenses in this case, and not in any other, 410;
the acquittal was constitutional, but not by a majority of the Senate, 410;
no data to determine what witnesses had been summoned on one side and what on the other, 410;
no law prescribing the fees of witnesses, 410;
bound to compensate in the abstract principle of justice and right, as well as from precedent and practice, 411;
is it just to compel the attendance of men and not give them compensation, 411;
bill calculated to establish a great principle, whether the United States bear the burden in all cases of impeachment, 411;
when an officer exposes himself to impeachment, it is not desirable to offer the protection held out in the bill, 412;
not the practice in United States Courts or in England to pay witnesses on an acquittal, 412;
if the Judge had been convicted he would have been free of all costs, 412;
the circumstances should decide the case, 412;
could not know for whom the witnesses were summoned, 412;
what law authorizes them to recover from the respondent, 412;
the Senate omitted to insert in the subpœna on whose side the witnesses were called, 413;
committee rose, 413.
Worthington, Thomas, Senator from Ohio, 3, 163, 345, 485;
presents petition of inhabitants of Indiana, 20;
on British aggressions on our commerce, 357.
Wright, Robert, Senator from Maryland, 3, 163, 346;
opposes reference of resolution for amendment of the constitution to a select committee, 7;
on the purchase of Louisiana, 12;
on the number of candidates to be presented to the House for Vice President, 24;
moves to postpone the bill for a temporary removal of the seat of Government, 45.
See Index, vol. 2.
Wynn, Richard, Representative from South Carolina, 57, 287, 401, 614.
See Index, vol. 1.
Wynn, Thomas, Representative from North Carolina, 50, 287, 378, 493.
See Index, vol. 2.
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Yazoo claims bill, relative to passed, 470.
Yeas and Nays, in Senate, on bill to authorize the President to take possession of territory ceded by France, 8;
on the bill to authorize the issue of stock for the purchase of Louisiana, 20;
on the amendment to the number of candidates to be presented to the House from which to choose a Vice President, 27;
on the number of candidates to be presented to the House from which to choose a Vice President, 27;
on the amendment to the constitution relative to the election of President, 37;
on the bill to repeal the Bankrupt Act, 38;
on third election of President, 38;
relative to admission of persons to the floor of, 39;
on the amendment to the bill relative to the erection of Louisiana into two territories, 40, 41, 42;
on turnpike to the Ohio, 45;
on act relative to post roads, 45;
on postponement of the bill relative to removal of Seat of Government, 46;
on ordering the bill relative to a removal of the Seat of Government to a third reading, 48;
on the guilt of Judge Chase, as charged in the separate articles of impeachment, 281, 282, 283;
on the amendment to the bill for purchase of Florida, 353;
on motion to refer the bill relative to the purchase of Florida to Select Committee, 354;
on amendments to the bill relative to the purchase of Florida, 354;
on motion to strike out the resolution relative to British aggressions on our commerce, 358;
on resolutions relative to British aggressions, 359;
on bill to suspend intercourse with St. Domingo, 364;
on the bill to prevent the abuse of the privileges of foreign ministers, 369;
on the bill for the relief of Capt. Peter Landais, 370;
to postpone the bill relative to a bridge over the Potomac, 374;
on the bill to exclude army and navy officers from civil appointments, 375;
on the bill to prohibit the importation of certain articles, 374;
on passage of the bill, 375;
on expunging the journal of the Senate, 376;
on bill relative to the salt duty, 491;
on expelling Senator John Smith, 606.
In the House, on the resolution to carry the Louisiana treaty into effect, 71;
on the bill authorizing the President to take possession of the Louisiana territory, 77;
on the resolution to repeal the Bankrupt Law, 82;
on the motion to adjourn, 94;
on the amendment to the resolution of inquiry into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 98;
on the amendment to the resolution to appoint a committee to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 124;
on the resolution to appoint a committee to inquire into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 124;
on motion to postpone resolution laying a tax on imported slaves, 139;
on the postponement of certain sections of the bill relative to the Georgia claims, 157;
on the petition of Thomas Morris relative to African slavery, 166;
on the bill for the relief of the widow of Gen. Moses Hazen, 166;
on the reference of the petition of Andrew Jackson, 167;
on postponing the bill granting the franking privilege to Aaron Burr, 169;
on passage of the bill, 169;
on the resolution to impeach Judge Chase, 174;
on the articles of impeachment against Judge Chase, 175;
on the resolutions relative to the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 311;
on the resolution relative to emancipation in the District of Columbia, 313;
on the resolution relative to the Georgia claims, 337;
on the resolution relative to the removal of Federal Judges, 341;
on the reference of the proposed amendment of the constitution relative to the recall of Senators, 341;
on the motion to postpone the bill relative to specific duties, 342;
on laying a tax on imported slaves, 391;
on erecting a bridge over the Potomac, 398;
on postponing the bill relative to the importation of slaves, 401;
on the indefinite postponement of the resolution for amending the constitution relative to the removal of Federal Judges, 417;
on resolutions relative to importations from Great Britain, 465;
on the bill to prohibit the importation of British goods, 466;
on the bill relative to the Yazoo claims, 470;
on the exclusion of army and naval officers from civil offices, 473;
on the bill for the exclusion of military and naval officers from civil employment, 478;
on the bill for the repeal of the duties on salt, 481;
on the punishment of death on owners and masters of vessels engaged in the slave trade, 502;
on rejecting the bill from the Senate suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus, 515;
on the bill to prohibit the importation of slaves, 519;
in House, on Embargo Act, 641;
on the resolution of inquiry into the conduct of Gen. Wilkinson, 657;
on suspension of the embargo, 707.
York, John, petition for relief as tax collector, 313.
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FISHER AMES.
country.” In 1788 he was chosen to the State legislature, in which assembly he advocated important educational measures, in view of elevating the character of the great mass of the people, and rendering them capable of higher enjoyments. In 1789 he was elected a member of the first Congress under the constitution, in which body he remained during the eight years of Washington’s administration. He was a strong advocate of the federal policy, and on every question of importance took an active part. He opposed the commercial resolutions of Mr. Madison, because he thought “that commerce could not be served by regulations, which should oblige us to ‘sell cheap and buy dear,’ and he inferred that the effect of the resolutions could only be to gratify partialities and resentments, which all statesmen should discard.” In April, 1796, he delivered his celebrated speech on the appropriation for Jay’s Treaty, a production full of the deepest pathos and richest eloquence.[A] At the termination of the session of Congress, Mr. Ames travelled at the south for his health, which had for many months been gradually sinking. On his partial recovery, he took his seat at the next session, and entered upon the duties of his office. At the end of this session he returned to his home at Dedham, and declining a re-election, took upon himself the practice of his profession. He continued writing political essays during the remainder of his life, all of which bear the mark of the statesman and ripe scholar. In the year 1804 he was called to the chair of the presidency of Harvard College, which honor he declined on account of failing health, and a consciousness that his habits were not adapted to the office. On the morning of the Fourth of July, 1808, he expired, having just completed the fiftieth year of his age.[B]
MADISON’S RESOLUTIONS.
The House of Representatives, on the third of January, 1794, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the report of Mr. Jefferson, Secretary of State, “On the nature and extent of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign nations, and the measures which he thought proper to be adopted for the improvement of the commerce and navigation of the same,” when Mr. Madison introduced a series of resolutions, proposing to impose “further restrictions and higher duties, in certain cases, on the manufactures and navigation of foreign nations, employed in the commerce of the United States, than those now imposed.”[C] On these resolutions Mr. Ames addressed the committee, on the twenty-seventh of January, as follows:
Mr. Chairman: The question lies within this compass: is there any measure proper to be adopted by Congress, which will have the effect to put our trade and navigation on a better footing? If there is, it is our undoubted right to adopt it, (if by right is understood the power of self-government, which every independent nation possesses,) and our own as completely as