Chapter M (1)

MCDOWELL, JOSEPH, Representative from North Carolina, 455, 528;
against duty on sugar, 518;
against raising a force for the protection of a S.W. frontier, 517;
on admitting the delegate south of the Ohio, 529;
on the President's speech, 535, 539;
on amending the naturalization laws by requiring foreigners to renounce
their slaves, 559;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 580;
on difficulties with the Indians, 587.

MCINTOSH, LACHLAN, nominated as naval officer at Savannah, 17.

MACLAY, WILLIAM, Senator from Pennsylvania, 9, 168, 251;
appointed on Judiciary Committee, first Congress, 10;
on committee on future disposition of papers of late Secretary of Congress,
10;
on committee on rules in cases of conference, first Congress, 10;
on manner of electing chaplains, 10;
on rules of business, 10.

MACLAY, SAMUEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 604.

MACON, NATHANIEL, Representative from North Carolina, 388, 455, 527,
604;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 579;
on the resolution relative to the heirs of Count de Grasse, 583;
on establishing Indian trading houses, 625, _note_, 625;
on the admission of Tennessee, 756.

_Madeira Wine_, proposed duty on, 81;
duty on, 32.

MADISON, JAMES, Jr., Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 255, 315,
388, 455, 527, 604;
informs the Senate that the House agrees that the notifications of the
election of President and Vice President be made by the former, 10;
on a committee to report a bill regulating oaths, 22;
speech introducing the measure for imposing impost and tonnage duties, 23;
his manner of proceeding, _note_, 23;
further speech on laying duties on imports, 25;
on duty on distilled spirits, 28; on duty on molasses, 29;
on duty on salt beef, 34;
on duty on beer, 34;
proposes duty on hemp, 36, 38;
on duty on nails, &c., 38;
on duty on salt, 40;
opposes duty on teas, 42;
on drawback on distilled spirits, 43;
on high duties, 44;
reports an answer to Washington's Inaugural, 47;
on tonnage duties and their equality, 50;
on tonnage duties, 53, 55;
do. discrimination of, 56;
on the scale of duties proposed, 60, 62;
where the burden of duties would operate, 64;
opposes title for President as hostile to spirit of the Government, 67, 68;
thinks arguments against duty on molasses inconsistent, &c., 71;
further remarks, 71;
remarks on the motion to lay a duty on African slaves imported, 75, 76;
moves a limitation clause to the impost bill--respecting the time of its
continuance, 77;
remarks on the same, 77, 80;
withdraws his motion to limit impost bill and introduces another, 83;
on organization of the Treasury Department, 84;
moves the organization of three departments, 86;
on power of President to remove officers, 86;
further remarks, 87;
remarks on citizenship, 97;
on the admission of Rhode Island, 101;
on the power of removal of officers, 104;
on the power to report plans of revenue by the Secretary of the Treasury,
112;
on the compensation of the President, 117;
on the compensation of the Vice President, 121;
thinks discrimination in the pay of Senators and Representatives necessary,
124;
moves a discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 131;
on the form of amendment of the constitution, 134;
on the amendment to the constitution relative to the freedom of conscience,
137;
further remarks, 138;
on the right of instruction, 139;
on the principles which should govern the selection of a seat of Government,
147;
further remarks, 147, 148, 151;
on deliberation in choosing the seat of Government, 154;
on the place for a seat of Government, 155;
further remarks, 160; constitutional objection, 164;
further remarks on amendments of the Senate, 166;
further remarks, 167;
on census of United States, 181;
on residence as essential to naturalization, 186;
on the constitutional privilege to import African slaves, 201;
further remarks favoring the commitment of the Quaker memorial as harmless,
204;
on propriety of committing Pennsylvania memorial, 211;
moves to discriminate between original creditors and present holders of
public debt, 205;
do. speech thereon, 205, 223;
announces the death of Dr. Franklin, 239;
on a seat of Government, 245;
further remarks, 248;
on answer to President's message, 258;
on excise bill, 264;
on vacancy in the Presidency, 268;
on the commitment of the bill for a bank of the United States, 273;
do. speech on the bank, 274, 306;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 361;
on attendance of the Secretary of War to report, 391, 392;
on the case of General St. Clair, 393;
further, 394;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 431;
on the French emigrants from St. Domingo, 462;
on the relief of the French emigrants, 474;
on the preparations for the Algerine War, 475, 477, 479;
speech on the commerce of the United States, 458, 465, 469;
on duties on tobacco and sugar, 510;
against the bill to increase the army, 516;
on the delegate south of the Ohio, 531;
on indemnification to sufferers by Pennsylvania insurgents, 549;
on amending naturalization laws, 555;
on the exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 557;
on the renunciation of nobility for citizenship, 562, 565;
on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 567;
on the Randall bribery case, 610;
moves a resolution on post roads, 637;
on the pay of the Speaker, 638;
on the call for papers on the British treaty, 640;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 648;
on the resolutions relative to the refusal of the President to furnish
papers on the treaty with Great Britain, 696;
on the execution of the treaty with Great Britain, 702.

MALBONE, FRANCIS, Representative from Rhode Island, 457, 527, 604.

_Malt_, duty on fixed, 38.

MARSHALL, HUMPHREY, Senator from Kentucky, 591.

MARTIN, ALEXANDER, Senator from North Carolina, 442, 520, 591.

_Maryland_, offers ten miles square to Congress for a seat of Government, 81; vote for President, 10, 385.

MASON, STEVENS T., Senator from Virginia, 591; on answer to the President's speech, 594.

_Massachusetts._--Vote for President, 10, 385.

MATTHEWS, GEORGE, Representative from Georgia, 175, 255.

MATTHEWS, JAMES, elected doorkeeper, 10.

MAXWELL, CORNELIUS, appointed messenger by the Senate, 10.

MEBANE ALEXANDER, Representative from North Carolina, 455, 527.

_Members_ of the House.--_See Representation._

MERCER, JOHN FRANCIS, Representative from Maryland, 320, 360;
on the protection of the frontiers, 348;
on the stamp of American coins, 372;
on the publication of the debates, 379;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 427;
on the legality of the sequestration of British debts, 484.

_Message, &c._, between the two Houses--report of House Committee, 45;
from the President, 167;
of the President, 251;
from the President, on commerce with England, 308;
of the President, first session, second Congress, 310, _note_, 311;
of the President to Senate, on fugitives from justice, 312;
from the President on defeat of St. Clair, 330;
of the President, with a veto of the apportionment bill, 374;
of the President to second session of second Congress, 381;
from the President, on Spanish interference, 389;
of the President to first session of third Congress, 442;
of the President, on foreign relations, 443;
of President, relative to South-western frontier, 447;
from the President, relative to foreign relations, 454;
of the President, to second session of third Congress, 520;
of President to the House, declining to furnish papers relative to the
treaty with Great Britain, 692, _note_, 692;
message, see _Address_.

MILLEDGE, JOHN, Representative from Georgia, 396, 605;
on the reduction of the army, 407;
on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 685.

MILTON, JOHN, votes for, as Vice President, in 1789, 10.

_Mint, establishment of._--Bill from the Senate to establish a mint
considered, 371;
moved to strike out clause requiring a representation of the head of the
President, &c., on the coins, and insert emblems of Liberty, &c., 371;
the practice of monarchs not to be regarded 371;
the emblems of Liberty more acceptable to the people, 371;
no consequence whether the head of Liberty or that of the President is on
the coins, 371;
motion carried, 371;
disagreement of the Senate, 371;
moved that the House recede, 371;
no friend of the President could refuse such a tribute to him, 372;
compared with the other representation, 372;
tyrants' heads have been stamped on the coin, 372;
republican cautions not a subject to be treated with levity, 372;
motion to recede lost, 373;
facts relative to the coinage of cents, 546;
committee of examination, &c., appointed, 547.

MITCHELL, STEPHEN MIX, Senator from Connecticut, 442, 524.

_Molasses_, proposed duty on, 29;
duty on, 31;
duty on considered, 69;
decided, 73.
_See Duties on imports._

MONROE, JAMES, Senator from Virginia, 251, 380, 441.

MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 456, 528;
on Indian trading houses, 586.

MOORE, ANDREW, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 255, 315, 388,
455, 527, 604;
on duty on hemp, 36, 37;
opposes duty on salt as unjust, 39;
opposes discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 124;
on the reduction of the army, 410;
on the execution of the British treaty, 727.

MORRIS, ROBERT, Senator from Pennsylvania, 9, 168, 251, 309, 380,
441, 520.

MUHLENBERG, FREDERICK A., Representative from Pennsylvania, 21, 175,
255, 315, 388, 455, 527, 604;
elected Speaker, 21;
speech on thanks tendered him by the House, 308;
chosen Speaker, 455;
do. _note_, 455;
against a duty of two cents on sugar, 511;
answer to thanks of House, 590.

MUHLENBERG, PETER, Representative from Pennsylvania, 21, 175,
255, 315, 388, 455, 527;
on committee for reception of President, 27;
appointed on a committee to draft a bill relative to the importation of
African slaves, 84.

MURRAY, WILLIAM VANS, Representative from Maryland, 320, 388, 456,
527, 604;
does a resignation produce a vacancy, 329;
on the bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 351;
further remarks, 356;
on attendance of Secretary of War, 392;
on discharging committee on defeat of St. Clair, 395;
on the reduction of the army, 414;
on the relief of the Trench emigrants, 474;
on conducting the Algerine war, 478;
against continuing the embargo, 501;
on force to protect S. W. frontier, 517;
on the President's speech, 532, 536;
on thanks to Gen. Wayne, 544;
on the renunciation of nobility for citizenship, 562;
for the reference of letter of Secretary of War, 566, 567;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 578;
on Indian trading houses, 586; on intruders on Indian lands, 588;
on the answer to President's speech, 606;
on the attempt at bribery by Robert Randall, 610, 612;
statement of the case of Randall and Whitney, 617;
on establishing Indian trading-houses, 625;
on the support of existing establishments, 627, 628;
on the pay of the Speaker, 639;
opposes the resolution calling for papers on British treaty, 640.

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_Nails and Spikes_, debate on duty on, 38; do. fixed, 38.

_Naturalization Laws._--The bill under consideration, 184;
motion to strike out "and shall have resided in the U. S. one year," 184;
it was policy to let aliens come in and take the oath, and hold lands
without any residence, 184;
some security for their fidelity and allegiance was required, 185;
without a residence the terms are too cheap, 185;
policy of European nations, 185;
does not apply here, 185;
we should be inconsistent by prescribing too long a term for the enjoyment
of our privileges, 185;
foreign merchants could evade additional duties on foreign vessels unless
residence was required, 185;
the reason of admitting foreigners is to encourage emigration and people our
large tract of country, 185;
a long term may restrain emigration, 185;
cautions necessary to guard against abuses, 186;
the object is not merely to swell the catalogue of the people, but add to
the wealth and strength of the community, 186;
the admission step by step is a nice question, but residence should be
required, 186;
a sufficient residence should be required for the privilege of electing and
being elected, 186;
many of the States admit aliens step by step, 186;
doubtful if the constitution authorizes Congress to say on what terms aliens
may hold land in the respective States, 186;
Congress possesses power only to make a uniform rule of naturalization, 186;
if the motion prevails, vagrants, paupers, and outcasts of Europe will find
too easy an admission to citizenship, 187;
some probation necessary and testimonials of a proper and decent behavior,
187;
no creditable man can think such terms difficult, 187;
grand jury or district courts could determine on the character of the man,
175;
excluding bad men impracticable, 187;
propriety of residence doubted, 187;
every person, rich or poor, adds to our wealth and strength, 187;
citizenship can be made progressive, 187;
policy of settling the vacant territory by emigration doubtful, 188;
some probation requisite, 188;
some classes should be received with encouragement, 188;
others excluded, 188;
naturalization progressive in England, 189;
in some States an act of the Legislature is now required--this is
sufficiently easy, 189;
unless some residence is required confusion may arise, 189;
no person should hold land without a residence and an intention of becoming
a citizen, 189;
story of voting in Philadelphia, 189;
two years inserted in the bill, _note_, 190;
act to establish a uniform rate of naturalization considered, 555;
moved to insert the words "attached to a Republican form of government,"
555;
or "attached to the Constitution of the United States," 555;
both superfluous, 555;
word Republican very indefinite, 555;
do. used in the constitution, 555;
difficult for many citizens to find two reputable witnesses, 555;
other amendments proposed, 555;
do. to strike out word "moral" in the words good moral character, 556;
the word too strict, 556;
the whole useless, 556;
moved to exclude from citizenship any emigrant who had borne a title of
nobility, 557;
reasons for the same, 557;
better be required to renounce every thing contrary to the spirit of the constitution, 557;
nothing more grateful to a republican than to see them renounce their
titles, 557;
the title is destroyed when the allegiance is broken, 558;
if we cannot manufacture a commodity at home, it is unlawful to import it
from abroad, 558;
yeas and nays threatened, 558;
moved to amend by requiring the emigrant to renounce the possession of all
slaves, 558;
not a proper connection with the subject, 558;
the amendment unnecessary, as slavery was declining fast as possible, 558;
the amendment a retaliation upon those who call for the yeas and nays, 559;
both amendments unnecessary, 559;
what right had the House to say one class of people shall not have that kind
of property which others have? 559;
amendment withdrawn, 560;
further discussion relative to renouncing titles of nobility, 561, 562, 563,
564, 565;
amendment adopted, 566.

_Naval Establishment_, on a permanent, 481.

_Navy, officers of._--Report of the committee on the memorial of officers
of the Navy relative to a difference of pay compared with the officers of the
army, 239;
justice of their claims, 240;
origin of commutation, 240;
the grounds of their claims, 240;
circumstances which led to a distinction, 240;
no precedent for extending commutation to officers of the navy, 240;
examination of the grounds of these demands, 241;
difference between officers of the army and navy, 241;
claims strictly just, 241.

NEVILLE, JOSEPH, Representative from Virginia, 456, 527.

NEW, ANTHONY, Representative from Virginia, 455, 527, 606.

_New Hampshire_, vote for President, 10, 385.

_New Jersey_, vote for President, 10, 385.

_New York City_ Corporation, vote of thanks to, 250.

_New York_, vote for President in 1793, 385.

NICHOLAS, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 455, 528, 606;
on the French emigrants from St. Domingo, 463;
on the relief of, 474;
speech on the commerce of the United States, 468;
on the power of the Algerines, 476, 478;
on the advance of money to France, 514;
on the bill to protect the South-western frontiers, 517;
on the President's speech, 532, 536, 538;
on indemnification to sufferers by the Pennsylvania insurgents, 541, 548;
on amending the naturalization laws, 555, 556;
on exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 558;
on the reference of a letter of the Secretary of War, 566;
on the reduction of salaries, 572;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 577;
on the Randall bribery case, 615;
on the resolution relative to bribery, 621;
on the support of existing establishments, 628;
on a stenographer for the House, 631;
on a salary for members of Congress, 636;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 641;
on the execution of the British treaty, 710;
on the military and naval appropriations, 766.

NILES, NATHANIEL, Representative from Vermont, 317, 388, 527;
on the Electoral College, 333;
on the flag of the Union, 461.

_Non-intercourse_ with Great Britain, _see Great Britain_.

_North Carolina_, vote for President in 1793, 385.

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_Oaths_, a bill to regulate the time and manner of administering certain,
reported, 11;
administered to Vice President and each Senator, 15;
to Secretary of Senate, 15;
leave to bring in a bill, in the House--form of, for the members of the
House, 22;
of President--proceedings of the House after its administration, 46.

Amendments of the Senate to the bill regulating the time and manner of
taking oaths, 51;
whence is derived the power to oblige members of State Legislatures to take this oath? 51;
no doubt respecting the powers of Congress on the subject, 51;
if left to State Legislatures, different laws might be passed, and different
degrees of obligation required, 51;
the power appears to be generally conceded; the principle of policy should
be examined, 51;
not a suitable time; it argues a jealousy in the national Government, 52;
the States should comply with an act of Congress, 52;
Congress has not the power to carry it into effect, 52;
Congress has such power, 52;
the policy depends on a variety of circumstances, 52;
it may be considered an interference with the State Governments, 53;
no reason offered by the Senate for concurrence, 53;
a general provision better than particular ones, 53;
no other Legislature capable to make one, 53;
it is the duty of the House to detail the general principles laid down by
the constitution, and reduce them to practice, 53.

O'BRIEN, RICHARD, petition of, 389.

_Officers_, removal of, 102;
debate on the power of the President, 103.
_See Executive Departments._

ORR, ALEXANDER D., Representative from Kentucky, 457, 528.

OTIS, SAMUEL ALYNE, elected Secretary of the Senate, 10.

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PAGE, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 317, 388, 477,
546, 604;
presides in Committee of Whole, 22, 24, 27, 33, 37, 39, 41, 42;
on application to amend the constitution, 48;
on tonnage duties--experience of Virginia, 56;
presides in Committee of the Whole, 57, 58, 71;
opposed to all titles for the President, 66, 68;
on the admission of Rhode Island, 101;
remarks on the Treasury Department, 109;
further remarks, 110;
on the compensation of President, &c., 116;
further remarks, 119;
do. on Vice President, 122;
on amount of compensation of members, 129, 132;
on the right of Instruction, 139;
do. further, 143;
on the admission of reporters for the press, 180;
on making easy terms of naturalization, 185, 187;
on the public debt, 193;
urges commitment of Pennsylvania memorial, 210;
on discrimination among the public creditors, 221;
do. further remarks, 228;
on a seat of Government, 247;
speech on ratio of Representation, 325;
a bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 364;
on the head to be stamped on American coins, 371, 372;
on discharging committee in case of St. Clair, 395;
on reference to the Committee of the Whole of the resolutions relative to
the official conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, 420;
on the exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 557;
on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 570;
on the reduction of salaries, 573;
on the support of existing establishments, 627;
on the pay of the Speaker, 638;
on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 664;
on the execution of the British treaty, 726.

PAINE, ELIJAH, Senator from Vermont, 591.

PAINE, WINGATE, Representative from New Hampshire, 455, 527.

_Paris._--Letter of President of Commonalty on death of Dr. Franklin,
256.

PARKER, JONATHAN, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 259, 388;
appointed by House to make list of votes for President when counted in the
Senate, 22;
appointed on Committee of Supplies, 46;
appointed of Committee of Conference on subject of title of
President--because it is all repugnant to republicanism, 67;
moves a duty on importation of African slaves, 73, 74;
withdraws motion for duty on African slaves, 76;
appointed on committee to draft a bill relative to the importation of
African slaves, 84;
on duties on distilled spirits, 263;
further remarks, 264.

PARKER, JOSIAH, Representative from Virginia, 456, 527, 604;
on the reduction of the army, 399;
further remarks, 405;
on the commerce of the United States, 472;
against the embargo laws, 499;
on the President's speech, 539;
on resolutions of thanks to General Wayne, 543;
on Indian trading houses, 585;
on the address to the President, 605, 606;
on establishing Indian trading houses, 625, 633.

PARTRIDGE, GEORGE, Representative from Massachusetts, 22, 175, 255;
on duty on molasses, 31;
on duty on hemp, 36, 37.

PATERSON, WILLIAM, Senator from New Jersey, 9, 168;
appointed on Judiciary Committee, first Congress, 10;
on committee to prepare answer to Washington's Inaugural, 12;
resigns his seat in Senate, 251.

PATTON, JOHN, Representative from Delaware, 457, 604.

_Pennsylvania._--Vote for President, 10, 385.

_Pennsylvania Insurgents._--The recommendation of compensation to the
sufferers by the Pennsylvania insurgents considered, 546;
proposed to confine it to officers of the Government, 547;
sound policy required indemnification of the sufferers, 547;
the whole affair but a trifle, not twenty thousand dollars, 547;
there should be no discrimination, 547;
it should be confined to persons who had suffered in defence of Government,
547;
a private person more entitled to indemnification than revenue officers who
are paid for their services, 547;
let the sufferers have recourse to the laws, 547;
Government equally bound to make compensation to those who suffered by
British soldiers, 548;
amendment rejected, 548;
on the bill before the House, immediate indemnity, objected to, 548;
if you pay the claims you cut off civil process, 549;
it becomes a precedent, 549;
the measure will encourage a spirit to suppress insurrections, and it may
encourage insurrections, 549;
resolution is unsound policy, 549;
the subject should be postponed to another session, 550;
no civil process will lie in the case, 550;
the amendment to confine the damages to citizens personally aiding or
assisting the officers, considered, 551;
it becomes the honor and justice of the Legislature to indemnify them, 551;
the point of law considered relative to civil actions, 552;
the British had practised indemnification to the Royalists, 553;
previous question carried, 553;
other amendments added, 554.

PERSON, THOMAS, petition of, _see Indian lands_ within States, &c.

_Petition_, of Catharine Greene, 335;
of William Dunbar, in behalf of the heir of George Galphin, 383;
of Richard O'Brien, 339;
of Warner Mifflin, on subject of negro slavery, 397;
to make Hudson, N. Y., port of entry, 410;
of Conrad Laub, respecting the seat of Albert Gallatin in the Senate, 442;
from the Quakers of Rhode Island, relative to the slave trade, 446.

_Philadelphia._--Letter from Commissioners offering Congress the Court
House, 251.

PICKENS, ANDREW, Representative from South Carolina, 457, 528.

PINKNEY, WILLIAM, resignation of, 320.

_Post Office._--Bill to establish post offices and post roads, 249;
moved to empower Postmasters General to establish certain roads under the
direction of the President, 249;
reasons for opposing a concurrence in this amendment, 249;
reasons in favor of the amendment, 249.

_Franking Privilege_ under consideration, 330;
it is presumed no gentleman will ask a member to frank for him, 330;
if abuses arise, Legislature can correct them, 330;
to take away privilege of franking would level a deadly stroke at the
freedom of the press, 331;
dangerous to take any measures that may stop the channels of public
information, 331;
franking granted, not as a personal benefit, but for the good of the
constituents, 331;
means of bringing much information to the House, 331;
some restrictions can be put on it, 331;
equally as objectionable in the hands of the President, 331;
so long as it is advantageous to citizens it should not be relinquished,
331;
motion to withdraw the privilege from members of both Houses, 332;
the security of the people is that their Representatives are subject to the
same regulations as themselves, 332;
Congress enjoys only such rights as are mentioned in the charter, 332;
people view this privilege with a jealous eye, 332;
example of Great Britain shows to what an enormous height the abuse can be
carried, 332;
the privilege is unequal in its operation, 332;
the diminution of revenue not a sufficient reason for abolishing the
privilege, 332;
revenue a secondary consideration, 332;
if this privilege be taken away, the avenues of information cut off, 333;
various other considerations in favor of retaining the privilege considered,
333;
bill passed, 335.

_Post Roads_ from Maine to Georgia, resolution relative to a survey
of, &c., considered, 637;
the business of the General Government to undertake the improvement of
roads, 637;
present roads greatly improved by adopting the resolution, 637;
not right to apply revenues of post office to this object, 637;
resolution offered by Mr. Madison, 637.

POTTS, RICHARD, Senator from Maryland, 384, 447, 524, 591.

_Presidency, Vacancy in._--Bill declaring what officer, in case of
vacancy in the offices of President and Vice President, shall act as
President, 267;
it must be an officer of the United States by the constitution, 267;
shall he hold for the remainder of the term, or only until a new election?
267;
Secretary of State, 267;
President of the Senate, _pro tem._, moved, 267;
this last motion repugnant to the constitution, 267;
the matter is left with the Legislature, 267;
Chief Justice a suitable officer, 268;
objections to different officers, 268;
delay urged, 268;
unnecessary, 268;
considerations respecting various officers, 269;
the contingency might not happen more than once in eight hundred years, 270;
further objections to Secretary of State, 270;
motion to strike out clause providing the President of the Senate, _pro
tem._, or the Speaker of the House shall act as President, in case of a
vacancy, 334;
subject of not immediate importance, 334;
objected to as not connected with other parts of the bill, 334;
necessary the business should be decided, 334;
bill unconstitutional--neither the President, _pro tem._, nor Speaker,
nor officers of the government in the sense contemplated, 334;
Speaker no more an officer of the government than any member of the House,
334;
unconstitutionality further considered, 334.

_President_, vote for, in 1789, 10;
in 1793, 385;
compensation of, 16, 17;
message on disputes between some of the States and the Indian tribes, 16;
on the rejection by the Senate of the nomination of Benjamin Fishbourn, 17;
meets the Senate in consultation, 18;
_note_, 18;
message to Senate on hostilities of Wabash Indians, 19;
on ratification of treaties with Indian tribes, 19;
message communicating the death of the Dauphin of France to the Senate, 20;
on adjournment of Congress, 20;
his reply to the address of the House, 57;
his power to remove officers, 86;
declared by vote, 90;
compensation of, 116;
debate on, 116;
salary fixed, 120;
message to House, 167;
his reply to address of the Senate, 170;
his term of office, when commenced, 171;
his message to the Senate on the accession of Rhode Island to the Union,
172;
on conferring a brevet commission on a French officer, 172;
message from, to the Senate, 173;
_note_, 173;
question of consultation addressed to the Senate, 173;
message to Senate on treaty with Indian tribes, 173;
his reply to address of the House, 179;
message to Senate on surrender of Western posts by the British, 254;
reply to answer of the Senate, 313;
reply to address of House, 316;
reply to Senate's address, 383;
inaugural address at second election, 387;
counting votes for, 418;
answer to address of the Senate, 444;
reply to address of the House, 457;
reply to Senate's address, 523;
reply to House address, 542;
message to Senate with colors of French Republic, 597;
answer to address of the House, 597;
reply to address of the House, 609;
message to the House with the French Flag, 616;
answer to French Minister on presentation of French Flag, 617;
message relative to intruders on Cherokee lands, 635.

PRESTON, FRANCIS, Representative from Virginia, 455, 527, 606;
on the execution of the British treaty, 740.

_Protection_ of American commerce, _see Commerce_;
do. of frontiers, _see Frontiers_.

_Protective duties_, how far sustained by the debate on the impost bill,
_note_, 84.

_Protest_, or dissent of any Senator--motion to grant right to enter on
the journal of the Senate--negatived, 16.

PROVOST, SAMUEL, elected chaplain of the Senate, 11.

_Public lands_, debate on resolutions respecting the disposal of the land
in the Western territory, 99;
speedy measures necessary to be taken, 99;
a land office should be opened to sell the land in small quantities, 99;
great numbers of people are on the ground waiting to purchase, 100;
they will move to Spanish Territory, or take possession of ours without
leave, 100;
other reasons showing the necessity of doing something, 100;
this business should not be precipitated, 101;
some early measures necessary, 101.

Resolution to establish a land office and fix terms of granting vacant lands
in the west, considered, 113;
character of the emigration, 114;
adhesion to the Union, 115;
organization of a land office, 115;
its system of business, 115;
resolution adopted, 116;
on a resolution to establish a land office at the seat of Government, &c.,
260;
details of the business, 260;
better to settle general principles, 260;
perfect liberty in selection by purchasers most for the interest of the
Government, 260;
reasons against indiscriminate location, 260;
bad effects of, 261;
manner of laying out land by late Congress, 261;
moved that the price thirty cents per acre be struck out, 261;
various prices proposed, 261;
motion lost, 261;
moved--the price be not less than thirty cents per acre, 261;
the policy of the Government is to fix a price so reasonable that any can
pay, 261;
relative value of lands in several States, 261;
no discretion for determining the price should be left to any one, 262;
considerations for and against fixing a price, 262;
practice of some States, 262.

Q

_Question_, the previous--_note_, 101;
ordered, 102.

_Quorum_, at first session of Senate when formed, 9.

R

RAMSEY, DAVID, petition to the House on eligibility of Wm. Smith, 33.

RANDALL, ROBERT, charged with an attempt at bribery, 609;
arrest of, 611;
trial before the House, 618.

READ, GEORGE, Senator from Delaware, 10, 251, 309, 380;
resigns his seat in the Senate, 442.

READ, JACOB, Senator from South Carolina, 591;
on answer to President's speech, 595.

READ, JOHN, Representative from Massachusetts, 604;
on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 671.

_Reception of President_, Senate Committee on, 10;
of President, report of Senate Committee thereon, 11;
of committee on conducting the same, 11;
report of House Committee on, 33;
report of committee appointed for that purpose, 44.

_Reduction of Salaries_ of Executive officers, clerks, &c., and Senators
and Representatives, &c., motion for a committee to bring in a bill, 571;
a subject of grievous complaint among citizens, 571;
salaries exorbitant, 571;
other circumstances considered, 571;
experience of members of the House, 572;
the motion unnecessary, 573;
the question arises from misapprehension, 574;
the pay of members considered, 574;
of Speakers, 574;
of Senators, 574;
difference between pay of Senators and Representatives, 575,
_note_, 575;
present pay small enough, 575;
motion negatived, 575.

_Report_ of House Committee on messages, &c., between the two Houses, 45;
of House Committee of Elections on proceedings relative to the petition of
David Ramsey, 45;
of House Committee on title of President, 47;
of committee on unfinished business of last session, 171;
of Special Committee on Quaker memorial, 238;
of Committee of the whole House on Quaker memorial, 239;
_note_, 239;
on memorial of the officers of the navy, 239;
on mode of examining votes for President, 417;
on admission of the delegate south of the Ohio, 530;
on proceedings in the Randall bribery case, 614.

_Reporters_, their admission to the House, 180;
blunders of, 181.

_Representation, ratio of_, moved there be one Representative for every
thirty thousand inhabitants, and motion to strike out "thirty,"
considered, 320;
sense of the States considered, 321;
one to thirty thousand will not give more than an adequate number, 321;
objection on account of expense, considered, 321;
citizens of United States expect this ratio, 321;
thirty should be struck out, 321;
difficult to do business if representation too numerous, 321;
people will be satisfied if ratio is higher, 321;
it will increase expense and the number of public officers, 322;
two points to be considered, viz., what is the proper number to constitute a
representative body for the United States, and what ratio will leave the
fewest fractions in the States, 322;
thirty-five thousand leave fewest fractions, 322;
an adequate number was the great object, 322;
future sessions will be shorter, 322;
existence of the Union may depend on fulness of representation, 322;
doubtful if a large representation was less liable to corruption than a
small one, 322;
philosophical examination of the principle of representation, 322;
the opinion advanced for reducing the representative branch is a dangerous
error, 323;
situation of the country calls for great extension of the principle of
representation, 323;
other points considered, 323;
the will of the people should be regarded, 324;
expenses, delays, and other objections considered, 324;
is not Congress precluded from exercising any discretion in the matter by
the constitution? 324;
is it expedient to do it? 324;
objects of State and Congressional assemblies, 324;
leave the restriction of the number of members to the people, or to some
future Congress, 325;
Congress being the creature of the people should not lessen the importance
of the people or exclude them from a full share in their own government, 325;
one man cannot know the wishes of thirty-five thousand, therefore the people
should not be desired to accede to that ratio, 325;
it is said the President secured the present ratio to the people, and shall
we be less solicitous than the President? 326;
no danger of disorders from a large number, 326;
if more wisdom is brought into the House by a larger number, is not also
more folly, 326;
the Senate, a smaller body, is as competent as the House, 326;
if we go on theory the representation should be enlarged, 327;
no propriety in comparing
the government to that of Great Britain, 327;
no danger of corruption from a large number, 327;
the constitution secures independence of legislature, 327;
a numerous representation tends to weaken, if not destroy, the Government,
327;
the proposed amendment to the constitution should be a guide to the House,
328;
instability of State governments arises from mode of election, 328;
other objections considered, 328;
on the resolution that the representation be one to thirty thousand,
adopted, 328.

_Apportionment bill_, considered, 374;
the people expect one representative for thirty thousand inhabitants,
according to the constitution, 375;
grounds of this expectation, 375;
the inequality of representation suggested to result from this ratio is more
apparent than real, 375;
objection that the relative influence of the States should not be resorted
to in the apportionment of representatives, considered, 375;
the inconveniences of the rule in their greatest extent can never be very
great, 375;
the increasing representation considered, with a view to the necessity of
establishing in this branch a permanent sympathy with the landed interest,
376;
organization of a moneyed interest, 376;
apprehensions from the principles beginning to be developed, 377;
thirty-three adopted, 377.

_Resignation, does it cause a vacancy?_--Wm. Pinkney resigned as
Representative from Maryland without taking the oath or his seat,
John F. Mercer was appointed by the Governor and Council to fill
the vacancy under the laws of Maryland, report on considered, 328;
under the constitution a resignation does not cause a vacancy, 328;
in the British House of Commons there can be no resignation, 329;
under the constitution Executives of States are not judges of a vacancy,
329;
great inconvenience would result from a rejection of the report, 329;
no analogy between Parliament of Great Britain and this House, 329;
no part of the constitution prohibits a member from resigning, 329;
it is uncertain how the practice of the British Parliament originated, 329;
vacancies can happen from various causes, 329;
difference between a resignation before and after taking a seat, 329;
great inconvenience of contrary course, 329;
the constitution contemplates resignations, 329;
nothing to show resignations may not take place in one House as well as in
the other, 329;
report accepted, 330.

_Resolution_ on the consideration of all bills on a second reading in the
Senate, 15;
on contested election of Wm. Smith, 94;
on Executive Departments, 94;
relative to Western lands, 100;
_note_, 100;
adopted, 101;
relative to the admission of Rhode Island, 101;
relating to Western lands, 113;
adopted, 114;
on the establishment of a land office, 127;
for a Home department, 127;
of thanks to the Speaker at close first Congress, 129;
on adjournment, 129;
on location of seat of Government, 146;
on a central location, 146;
for the appointment of Commissioners to fix seat of Government on
Susquehanna, &c., 159, 161, 163;
for Commissioners to fix site for a seat of Government, 163;
proviso offered to, 163;
rejection of, 163;
adoption of resolution, 163;
on unfinished business of last session, 171;
on non-intercourse with Rhode Island, 171;
adopted, 173;
of Senate to attend the funeral of Thomas Bland, 172;
_note_ on, 172;
of Senate on secret article of treaty with the Creek nation, 173;
of Senate relative to a treaty with the Cherokee Indians, 174;
of thanks to the Corporation of New York city, 174;
of adjournment, 174;
of House on Chaplain, 175;
relative to an answer to the President's speech, 177;
on public credit, 190;
relative to eulogium on Dr. Franklin, 259;
on jails of the States, 308;
of the Senate, relative to open doors, 313;
on the ratio of representation, 328;
to refer petition of Catharine Greene to select committee, 341;
on the petition of Catharine Greene, 341;
lost, 341;
on the courtesies of France, 370;
on the petition of Catharine Greene, 370;
of Senate respecting open doors, 384;
on the official conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, 418;
of thanks to Speaker Dayton, 440;
of Senate relative to amendments of the constitution, 445;
of Senate relative to open doors, 448;
relative to British debts, 482;
of non-intercourse with Great Britain, 498;
on indemnity for spoliation, 503;
of amendments to the constitution 524;
on deported slaves of the Revolution, 525;
amendment, 526;
_note_, 526;
of thanks to Gen. Wayne and others, 542, 546;
of thanks to the militia of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and
Virginia, 546;
respecting losses by Pennsylvania insurgents, 554;
on excluding titled foreigners from citizenship, 557;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 582;
relative to the case of Thomas Person and others, 583;
relative to the heirs of Count de Grasse, 583;
relative to intruders on Indian lands, 584;
relative to Indian lands in Georgia, 584;
relative to open doors in the Senate, 593;
_note_, 594;
in Senate on presentation of French Flag, 597;
relative to attempt at bribery, 621;
on post roads, 637;
on the treaty with Great Britain, 640, 692;
relative to the refusal of the President to furnish papers relative to the
treaty with Great Britain, 696;
_note_, 696;
on the sense of the House relative to the British treaty, 751.

_Rhode Island, Admission of._--Resolution desiring Rhode Island to take
the necessary steps for admission into the Union, 101;
propriety of interfering in the matter doubtful, 101;
why interfere in the concerns of sister States who have not joined the
confederacy, 101;
course of Rhode Island, 101;
not proper for this House to expose themselves to have the invitation
rejected, 102;
previous question moved for the first time, 102;
reasons therefor, 102;
decided in the negative, 102;
letter from Governor of, to the President, 171;
proposal of non-intercourse with, 171;
considered in the Senate, 172;
adopted, 173;
vote for President in 1793, 385.

ROBINSON, MOSES, Senator from Vermont, 380, 441, 520, 590.

ROSS, JAMES, Senator from Pennsylvania, 523, 591.

_Rules._--Senate, committee on, in case of conference, 10;
for conducting business, Senate committee on, first Congress, 10;
of the Senate for open doors, 314.

_Rum._--The word changed to distilled spirits, 28; duty on, 28.

RUTHERFORD, JOHN, Senator from New Jersey, 309, 380, 441, 523, 591.

RUTHERFORD, ROBERT, Representative from Virginia, 455, 527, 604;
objects to the duty on salt, 506;
on the President's speech, 538;
on the reduction of salaries, 573;
on the admission of Tennessee, 754.

RUTLEDGE, JOHN, votes for, as Vice President in 1789, 10.

S

_Salt_, debate on duty on, 38; duty fixed, 41.

_Salted Provisions_, drawback on, fixed, 41.

SCHUREMAN, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 21, 175, 255;
opposes the motion to lay duty on African slaves as improper at that time, 74.

SCHUYLER, PHILIP, Senator from New York, 16;
draws lots with Rufus King for length of term, 10, 168, 254.

SCOTT, MAJOR GENERAL, resolution of thanks to, by the House, 546.

SCOTT, THOMAS, Representative from Pennsylvania, 175, 255, 455, 530;
remarks on the principle of discrimination in laying duties, 28;
favors duty on hemp, 36; opposes duty on salt, 39;
on Western lands, 99;
on do., encouragement to emigration, 113;
plan of land-office, 115;
on selecting a seat of government, 155;
on a distinction between foreign and domestic creditors, 194;
further remarks, 197;
do. on the discrimination and liquidation of the public debt, 198;
on constitutionality and propriety of Pennsylvania memorial for the
abolition of slavery, 208;
on a seat of Government, 245;
on establishment of a land office, 260;
further remarks, 261;
moves to strike out thirty cents as the price of land, 261;
on the pay of soldiers, 459;
further remarks, 460;
on the relief of the French emigrants, 474;
on exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 558;
on the right to Indian lands within a State, 578;
on intruders on Indian lands, 587.

_Seat of Government._--Motion to fix a permanent residence for the
general Government of the United States, 145;
a spot on the banks of the Susquehanna regarded as most central, although
south of the centre of population, 145;
resolution to locate on east bank of Susquehanna offered, 146;
a great national question, 146;
a preamble of general principles moved, 146;
spot on the Delaware proposed, do. on the Potomac, 146;
preamble regarded as unnecessary, 146, 147;
voted in the negative, 147;
neither centre of wealth, or population, or locality, should decide, as the
future may make great changes, 147;
the several places should be considered on their merits, 147;
original motion under consideration, 148;
advantages of the banks of the Susquehanna, 148;
the whole thing arranged out doors, let its consistency with general
principles be shown, 148;
answer, 148;
if Eastern members have settled the question let them settle the principles
of the government, 149;
the territorial centrality on the Susquehanna denied, 149;
the place proposed comes within the general principles agreed on, 149;
cannot men consult together who have a common interest, 150;
the Susquehanna south-west of the centre of wealth, &c., 150;
the Potomac regarded as unhealthy, 150;
banks of the Potomac the best place, 150;
advantages of Harrisburg, 151;
advantages of the Potomac, 151;
advantages of the Hudson, 151;
various considerations on the subject, 152;
motion to insert Harrisburg, lost, 153;
motion to strike out "east bank of the Susquehanna," and insert Potomac,
158;
remarks thereon, 154;
motion for committee to rise, 154;
attempts to precipitate a decision, 154;
a league between the Northern States and Pennsylvania against the South,
155;
opposition in New England to the Potomac, 155;
this business should be decided under an equal attention to the rights of
the community, 155;
effects of an uncentral location, 156;
seat should be the centre of the Union, 156;
Potomac the centre, 157;
facts respecting the Susquehanna, 157;
objections to the Potomac considered, 157;
arguments in favor of the Susquehanna, 158;
motion to strike out Susquehanna and insert Potomac, lost, 159;
motion to insert "or Potomac" after Susquehanna, lost, 159;
resolution for appointment of commissioners to examine, report to the
President, and purchase on east bank of Susquehanna, &c., offered, 159;
the site should be ceded, 159;
the jurisdiction be exclusive, 160;
several States offered a cession, 160;
the reproach of bargaining, 160;
do. repelled, 160;
opposition of Southern members made to prevent an improper decision, 160;
motion to insert "north bank of Potomac" for east bank of Susquehanna, lost,
161;
do. to insert Wilmington, &c., lost, 161;
do. to insert Potomac, Susquehanna, or Delaware, lost, 162;
do. to insert "either side of the Delaware," &c., lost, 162;
do. to insert "banks" for east bank, carried, 162;
do. to insert "or Maryland " after Pennsylvania, lost, 162;
do. to insert "Wilmington" for city of New York, lost, 163;
do. to insert "Philadelphia" for New York, lost, 163;
bill to establish a seat of government, considered, 164;
moved to confine the choice between the mouth of Checkiselungo creek and the
mouth of the Susquehanna, 164;
moved to strike out all that part of the bill making New York the temporary
seat of government, as unconstitutional, 164;
bill passed, 164;
do. passed by the Senate, with amendments, and returned to the House, 165;
motion to postpone its consideration, 165;
House should not be influenced by the Senate keeping the appropriation bill
as a hostage, 165;
insinuation wrongful, 165;
amendment of Senate changes the tenor of the bill, 165;
Germantown most proper spot, 165;
arguments for postponement, 166;
motion lost, 166;
motion to concur with Senate, 166;
advantages of Germantown, 166;
a costly location, 167;
a departure from every principle adopted by the House, 167;
an amendment moved and carried, 167;
on Committee of the Whole on a bill from the Senate fixing the temporary and
permanent seat of government, debated, 242;
moved to strike out "Potomac" and insert "a district to include the town of
Baltimore," 242;
centrality is not an idea which predominates in regard to any other country,
242;
if the clause is struck out the bill will be lost, 242;
consideration of the relative interests of the Southern, Middle, and
Northern States, 243;
a central position necessary, 243;
the merits of the question, 243;
map of the Potomac, 243;
reasons in favor of Baltimore, 243;
objections to the place proposed, 244;
Philadelphia will become the permanent residence, 244;
no necessity for moving temporary residence, 244;
Potomac a national location, 244;
only three States can claim it, 244;
advantages of the Potomac, 245;
advantages and disadvantages of the two places compared, 245;
centrality of the Potomac, 245;
not the time to fix the seat of government, 245;
objections considered, 246;
New York a temporary seat, 246;
history of the Quakers, 246;
conduct of New York during the war, 247;
conduct of her Senators on this question, 247;
Baltimore the place on the map, 247;
character of New York, 247;
advantages of Baltimore, 247;
principles of the bill, 247;
no State has a right to the seat of government, 248;
report of a committee of the late Congress, 248;
Baltimore or the Potomac too far south, 248;
Baltimore nearest the centre, 248;
after present ferment has subsided, Potomac will be considered the bond of
the Union, 248;
improvements on the Potomac, 248;
difficulty of ever removing from Philadelphia if made temporary residence,
248;
proceedings at last session, 248;
motion lost, 248;
moved to strike out Potomac and insert Delaware, 249;
motion lost, 249;
do. to strike out Potomac and insert Germantown, 249;
do. lost, 249;
do. to strike out Potomac and insert Baltimore, 249;
do. lost, 249;
do. to adjourn, lost, 249;
bill passed, 249;
_note_, 250.

_Secretaries_, resolution requiring attendance on the House, 390.

_Secretary_, of the Senate, elected by ballot, 1st Congress, 10.

_Secretary of the Treasury_, debate on his duties, 109;
on communicating information to the House, 111;
report of, 176;
manner of making it, 177.
_See Treasury._

_Secretary of War_, letter from, 393.
_See St. Clair._

SEDGWICK, THEODORE, Representative from Massachusetts, 175, 395, 455,
530, 604;
on removal of officers, 103;
on the compensation of the President, 117;
further remarks on pay of Vice President, 120, 122;
motion on the pay of members of Congress, 123;
favors discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 125;
opposes a Home Department, 128;
on amount of pay of members, 130;
farther remarks, 132, 133;
on the manner of giving instructions to Representatives, 143;
on the location of a seat of Government, 150;
further remarks, 154;
on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 183;
opposed to indiscriminate admission of foreigners, 188;
on the importance of prompt action relative to the public debt, 199;
on the immediate second reading of the Quaker Memorial, 203;
on discrimination of public creditors, 211;
on memorial of officers of navy, 241;
on price of public lands, 261;
further remarks, 262;
on vacancy in the Presidency, 267;
on excise bill, 265;
on officers, 271;
speech on the Bank of the United States, 282;
on resignation of William Pinkney, 329;
on the electoral college, 333;
on vacancy in the office of President, 335;
on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 426, 429;
on non-intercourse with Great Britain, 493;
on merits of indemnity resolution, and on reference, 504;
on the President's speech, 532, 539;
on indemnification sufferers by Pennsylvania insurgents, 547, 553;
on amending naturalization laws, 556, 557, 565;
on intruders on Indian lands, 585;
on the answer to the President's speech, 607;
on the support of existing establishments, 626;
on a stenographer for the House, 630;
on a salary for members of Congress, 636;
on rights of the House relative to treaties, 656;
on the admission of Tennessee, 755.

SEENY, JOSHUA, Representative from Maryland, 27, 175, 255, 315;
appointed on committee to draft bill on tonnage duties, 57;
urges decision relative to duty on molasses, 69;
presents the offer of ten miles square by Maryland for a seat of Government
of United States, 81;
on the compensation of Vice President, 122;
opposes discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 125;
approves of the Susquehanna region for a seat of Government, 161;
on constitutionality of memorial for the abolition of slavery, 203;
on discrimination among the public creditors, 226;
on memorial of officers of navy, 240;
on a seat of Government, 244;
on answer to President's message, 258;
on the election of Mercer, 328;
further remarks, 329.

_Senate_, members present at first meeting, 9;
adjournment from day to day for want of a quorum, 9;
session with closed doors until 1794, _note_, 9;
no publication of debates of, _note_, 9;
receives the House on the inauguration of Washington, 12;
resolution of respecting titles of President and Vice President, 14;
do. division in three classes, 14;
first executive session, 15;
confirmed the appointment of collectors, naval officers, and surveyors, 16;
mode of communication with the President, 16;
report on, 17;
do. resolution on, 17;
President consults with, _note_, 17;
wait upon the President and deliver their answer to the inaugural address,
18;
on ratification of treaties with Indian tribes, &c., report of committee on,
20;
conference with the House on the impost bill, 113;
results of, 113;
and House meet together to receive President's message, 168;
address of to the President, 169;
manner of presentation, 170;
when the term of office of members commenced, 171;
answer to the President's address, 253;
notice of letter of French King, 313;
answer to President's message, 313;
resolutions respecting public proceedings, 384;
special session of, 386;
answer to President's address, 383;
answer to the President's message, 444;
answer to President's message, 523;
executive journal of, 524;
answer to President's address to 1st session, 4th Congress, 594.

_Sequestration of British debts._--_See Great Britain._

SEVIER, JOHN, Representative from North Carolina, 260.

SHERBURNE, JOHN S., Representative from New Hampshire, 455, 527, 604;
on a stenographer to the House, 630.

SHERBURNE, UPTON, Representative from Maryland, 317.

SHERMAN, ROGER, Representative from Connecticut, 21, 175, 255;
views on the proposition to lay duties on Madeira wine, 31;
on oaths of State officers, 53;
on necessity of impost duties, 61, 65;
on committee of conference respecting title of President, 68;
opposed to embracing African slaves in a bill for duties on goods, &c., 73;
further remarks, 74;
on limiting the period of the impost bill, 80;
further remarks, 84;
on naturalization of pauper emigrants, 84;
on admission of Rhode Island, 101;
on the removal of officers by a general law, 108;
on compensation of Vice President, 121;
offers a resolution respecting the form of amendment of the constitution,
133;
remarks, 136, 137;
do. _note_, 137;
on the amendment to the constitution relative to the freedom of conscience,
137;
on the right of instruction, 139;
on the place for a seat of Government, 159, 166;
on report of Secretary of the Treasury, 183;
on committee on Pennsylvania memorial, 209;
on memorial of officers of the navy, 240;
further remarks, 240;
on a seat of Government, 242;
further remarks, 248;
on answer to President's message, 257;
on vacancy in the Presidency, 267, 269;
on excise bill, 265;
further remarks, 270, 272;
on the commitment of the bill for a Bank of the United States, 273;
Senator from Connecticut, 309, 380.

SHORT, WILLIAM, proposed to the Senate as Minister to France, 15;
his fitness considered, 15;
appointment to charge during the absence of the Minister, confirmed, 15.