Chapter M: X. again called upon us. He said M. Talleyrand was (40)

_Imprisonment for debt._--Bill making provision for relief of persons, passed,
479;
particulars of bill, 479;
resolution to revise the laws, offered, 593;
object, to secure debtor his property and provide some remedy beside
imprisonment, 593;
considerations against imprisonment urged, 593.

_Inaugural Address_ of John Adams, 11;
of Thomas Jefferson, 490.

_Indian Lands_ within a State, rights over, _see Index_, vol. 1.

_Indian Trading Houses._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Intercourse with France._--_See France, relations with._

IREDELL, JAMES, vote for as President in 1796, 63.

J

JACKSON, ANDREW, Representative from Tennessee, 14;
first appearance in National Councils, 48;
_note_, 48;
on petition of Hugh Lawson White, 48, 49;
presents petition of George Colbert, 49;
Senator from Tennessee, 165;
resigns as Senator, 321.

JACKSON, GEORGE, Representative from Virginia, 14, 429, 497, 569, 693;
on a direct tax on slaves, 53;
on the Judiciary Establishment, 552;
on resolutions relative to the navigation of the Mississippi, 678.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

JACKSON, JAMES, Senator from Georgia, 541.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

JARVIS, JAMES, officer on frigate Constellation, 470.

JAY, JOHN, vote for as President, 63, 487.

JEFFERSON, THOMAS, his address as President of the Senate, 10; _note_, 10;
vote for as President in 1796, 62;
Vice President and President of Senate, 113, 171, 323;
Vice President attends Senate, 404, 484;
vote for as President, 487;
address on retiring from Senate, 488;
inauguration as President, 490;
address, 490;
answer to notification of the House of his election, 535;
letter to President of Senate, 541; _note_, 541;
views on slavery, an obstacle to his receiving the vote of South Carolina for
President, 636.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

JOHNSON, CHARLES, Representative from North Carolina, 569.

JOHNSTON, SAMUEL, vote for as President in 1796, 63.

JONES, JAMES, Representative from Georgia, 429, 501;
on petition of free blacks, 439, 443;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 456;
on the apportionment bill, 574.

JONES, WALTER, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 327.

JONES, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 569, 723.

_Judiciary System_, bill to amend a previous act establishing judicial courts,
419;
ordered to second reading, 419;
numerous reasons for the introduction of the bill, 420;
parts of the bill, 427;
bill passed to third reading, 427; _note_, 427.

_In the Senate_, part of message relating to Judiciary system, read, 545;
motion that the act of last session respecting the Judiciary
Establishment be repealed, 546; _note_, 546;
motion debated, 546;
1st. the law is unnecessary and improper--2d. the judges and
courts created by it, can, and ought to be abolished, 546;
existing courts, competent and able to discharge duties, 546;
such was the case when the law passed, 546;
amount of business before the courts, 546;
suits decreasing, 546;
United States never need thirty-eight federal judges, 547;
limit to federal judicial powers, 547;
power of Congress to put down these additional courts and judges,
examined, 547;
may be abolished as well as created under the constitution, 547;
a judge cannot hold his office after it is abolished, 548;
once a judge always a judge, examined, 548;
one of the most important questions ever before a Legislature, 548;
what says the constitution?, 548;
judges _hold_ during good behavior, 548;
their compensation as prescribed, designed to preserve their existence, 549;
motion unconstitutional, 549;
the ancient system stated, 549;
if you repeal so far as regards these judges, you may for all, 550;
thereby you destroy the check provided in the constitution, 550;
all power is not vested in the Legislature, 550;
constitutional power, 550;
words _shall_ and _may_, 550;
more afraid of an army of judges than an army of soldiers, 552;
it is said the law which creates a judge cannot be touched, 552;
the moment it is passed it exists to the end of time, 552;
the power to alter the system rests here, or nowhere, 552;
extent of our country, 553;
tendency of acts of late administration, 553;
history of legislative proceedings in the formation of the
Judiciary system, 553;
is this system so vicious as to deserve nothing but abhorrence?, 554;
the letter and spirit of the constitution against the repeal, 555;
Judicial Department should be independent, 555;
but not independent of the nation itself, 555;
what are the facts?, 555;
if a court once established, cannot be vacated, the greatest
absurdities follow, 556;
the judges of Mississippi Territory, 556;
further remarks on the independence of the Judiciary, 557;
the expediency of repealing the law considered, 557;
shall we restore to the people their former courts? is the
true question, 558;
defects of the present system, 559;
reasons for the repeal insufficient, 560;
the expediency of the repeal examined, 560, 561;
the constitutional point examined, 562;
repeal needed as a precedent, 562;
our government a system of salutary checks, 563;
constitutional point further examined, 563, 564, 565;
bill passed, 565; _note_, 565.

_In the House_, resolutions offered in committee relative to the Judiciary
considered, 581;
resolutions agreed to, 581;
motion to refer to committee, 581;
remarks on reference, 581;
resolutions referred, 583;
bill from the Senate to repeal considered in House, 596; _note_, 596;
the people have established three departments for the powers of
government, 597;
tenure by which the judges hold office, 597;
the words "during good behavior" are a limitation on executive
and legislative power, 597;
examination of these words, 598;
a subsequent legislature can repeal the acts of a previous one,
examined, 598;
any other construction leads to a concentration of executive and
legislative power, 598;
this is the spirit of innovation which has prostrated the old world, 599;
expediency of the repeal examined, 599;
comparison of the present and former system, 600;
constitutionality of the measure examined, 600;
delegated powers, 601;
Judiciary is a check on the legislature, shown, 601;
the judges are expounders of the constitution and laws, 602;
they ought to be independent of the other branches of government,
particularly the legislative, 602;
concentration of power is the essence of tyranny, 602;
as we advance to it, we recede from liberty, 602;
what was the intention of the framers in introducing the words
"good behavior"?, 602;
origin of parties in this country fundamental, 603;
manner of growth, 604;
proceedings of the favorers of patronage, 604;
the strict letter of the constitution now appealed to, 605;
will the repeal of this law violate in any respect the salutary or
practicable independence of the judges, secured by the
constitution?, 605;
the terms "independence of the judges" or "Judiciary" not found
in the constitution, 605;
relationship between the Executive and Judiciary Departments, 606;
clauses of the constitution examined, 607, 608, 609;
are not the judges more independent under this view than those
of England?, 610;
it is admitted Congress may increase or diminish the duties of judges, 610;
preceding arguments for repeal examined in detail, and a defence of the late
administration, 611, 612, 613, 614;
inexpediency of the present bill shown by the expediency of the judicial
law of last session, 617;
the pre-existing system examined, and its defects and evils, as
affected by the late act, considered, 617, 618, 619;
changes made by the late law, 620, 621;
when did the right of the Executive to recommend modifications of
the Judiciary system cease, or of Congress to act?, 622;
former practice with present theory compared, 622;
doctrine of the Judiciary in Virginia, 623, 624;
point conceded, 624;
further debate, 625, 626;
practice of North Carolina relative to instructions, 627;
constitution of North Carolina, 627;
interpretation of the words "during good behavior" there, 627;
arguments against the bill examined, 628;
further debate, 629, 630, 631;
intention of the convention to make the judges independent of both
executive and legislative power, so universally admitted at the time, 632;
hence any intrusion or intermeddling by Congress is usurpation, 632;
what avail are prohibitory clauses in the constitution, if there be no
power to check Congress and the President?, 632;
these regulations designed for the safety of the State Governments and the
liberties of the people, 632;
but the doctrine urged to-day will sweep away all barriers, 632;
illustrations given by reference to the constitution, 632;
expense of the national Judiciary, 633;
reasons for passing the law of last session, 633;
influence upon the elections, 633;
vote at the election in the House, 634; _note_, 634;
the professed friends of the people, 635;
course of South Carolina on the Presidential election, 635, 636;
Jefferson's views on slavery prevented his receiving the vote of
South Carolina, 636; note, 636;
what manifestation of the public will was there in reference to
the late election for President?, 637;
further debate, 637, 638;
motion to postpone the bill lost, 638;
bill passed, 655.

_United States' Judges, Memorial of_, in Senate, report of committee on, 665;
what is due to the supreme law of the land?, 666;
memorialists ask if the law of last session deprived them of their office of
judge, 666;
a question not cognizable by the Senate, to whom it does not belong to
interpret their own acts, 666;
it should be speedily settled by the proper tribunals, 666;
effect of such a decision, 667;
committee should have confined themselves to the points of the
question, 667;
constitutional power of Senate reviewed, 667;
resolution of committee lost, 668.

Petitions of, 727;
reference moved, 728;
memorial does not embrace any point of inquiry, 728;
it should be referred to Committee of the Whole, 728;
the constitutional question already determined, 728;
undoubtedly a constitutional question, 728;
reference unnecessary, subject already fully discussed, 728;
referred to Committee of the Whole, 729;
discussion in committee, 729;
question been settled as to right of depriving the judges of their
office, but not the question as to their compensation, 729;
resolutions offered, 729;
a new doctrine advanced, that a judge is entitled to his
compensation, after being deprived of his authority and his
powers are transferred to another, 729;
true question on the constitutionality of the law, 730;
if the courts are abolished, are the officers abolished?, 730;
would the Supreme Court in this case be an impartial tribunal?, 730;
it would be improper to authorize the Supreme Court to decide upon the
constitutionality of the law, 730;
when there are no services, there can be no claim for salary, 730;
memorial is a protest, and let it rest on the files of the House, 730;
resolutions lost, 731.

K

_Kentucky_, vote for President, 62, 487.

KITCHELL, AARON, Representative from New Jersey, 14, 429, 498;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42;
on petition of Hugh L. White, 51;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 60;
on increase of duties on sugar, 71;
on military appropriations, 98;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 451.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

KITTERA, JOHN WILKES, Representative from Pennsylvania, 120, 191, 326, 429;
on a direct tax on slaves, 56;
on naval appropriations, 101, 105;
presides in Committee of the Whole, 193, 194;
on the limits of Georgia, 220;
on the bill relative to the protection of commerce, 289;
on abrogation of treaty with France, 313.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

KOSCIUSKO, General, claim of, 191;
history of, 192;
proceedings on, 192;
accounts of, 193.

L

LAFAYETTE, GENERAL.--Resolution relative to, 108;
negotiations to effect his release from imprisonment, 108;
his services for this country, 108;
propriety and duty of negotiations on the part of the Executive, 108;
subject improper to be introduced to the House--President knows the
will of the people, 109;
no impropriety in it, 109;
further debate, 110;
question lost, 111;
_note_, 111.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Lake Superior._--Copper lands and mines--resolution authorizing the purchase of
copper lands, 456;
report of committee, 472;
resolution reported agreed to, 472.

LANGDON, JOHN, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 113, 165, 321, 399, 481.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

LATIMER, HENRY, Senator from Delaware, 3, 114, 165, 321, 400.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

LAURANCE, JOHN Senator from New York, 4, 114, 165, 321, 399;
elected President _pro tem._ of Senate, 321.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Law of Retaliation._--_See Defensive Measures._

LEAR, TOBIAS, letter to President announcing death of Washington, 434.

LEE, HENRY, Representative from Virginia, 432, 497;
delivers an oration on death of Washington, 404;
letter accepting thanks of House, 436;
on petition of free blacks, 437;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 450, 455;
on mausoleum for Washington, 503, 504, 512, 513;
on reporting the debates, 509;
on jurisdiction over District of Columbia, 518, 524.

LEE, SILAS, Representative from Massachusetts, 429, 497.

LEIB, MICHAEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 429, 497, 569, 693.

LEONARD, GEORGE, Representative from Massachusetts, 57.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Library of Congress_, resolution for a committee to procure, 474;
bill regulating the use of, considered, 578;
discussion of details, 578.

_Limitation, Acts of_, report on, 189;
_note_ on, 190.

LINCOLN, LEVI, Representative from Massachusetts, 528.

LINN, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 429, 498.

LISTON, ROBERT, note to Secretary of State, 445.

LIVERMORE, SAMUEL, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 113, 165, 321, 400, 481;
chosen President of Senate _pro tem._, 400;
on disputed Presidential elections, 406.

LIVINGSTON, EDWARD, Representative from New York, 17, 120, 179, 334, 429, 522;
on the address to the President, 29, 31;
on a National University, 37;
on military and naval appropriations, 107;
on liberation of Lafayette, 108;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 136, 141;
on arming merchant vessels, 147;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
reports on petition of daughters of Count de Grasse, 192;
on expenditure for the naval service, 196, 197;
on diplomatic intercourse, 216;
on relations with France, 241;
on establishing the Navy Department, 251;
on the sedition bill, 307, 318;
on relations with France, 356, 357;
on the capture of French vessels, 361, 363;
on repeal of alien and sedition law, 384;
on the law of retaliation, 385;
proposes resolutions in case of Jonathan Robbins, 446;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 448, 449, 451, 453, 457.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

LLOYD, JAMES, Senator from Maryland, 171, 323, 402;
resigns seat in Senate, 484.

LLOYD, THOMAS, proposes to report debates of House, 14.

LOCKE, MATTHEW, Representative from North Carolina, 14, 121, 179, 326.

LOGAN, GEORGE, Senator from Pennsylvania, 541, 661.

_Louisiana, cession of, in the House_.--Resolution calling on the President for
any documents relative to the cession of Louisiana to France,
considered, 697;
subject akin to one that had been discussed with closed doors, it
should therefore be referred in the same manner, 698;
nothing which ought to be kept secret involved in the transaction, 698;
why refer the resolution calling for information to a committee? 698;
if publicity will interfere with constitutional functions of the President,
resolution should not be supported, 698;
the cession is a public fact, 698;
custom of the House should determine this fact, 698;
no impropriety in this request, 699;
widest publicity desirable where it will not prove injurious, 699;
let the call prevail, 699;
advantage of going into Committee of the Whole, 699;
what is the object of those refusing information? 699;
if proper we ought to have these documents, 699;
this the first instance a resolution allowed to be important had been
refused a reference, 700;
object of reference is discussion with closed doors, 700;
case of the British Treaty, 700;
logic of the opposition, 700;
what end is to be answered by committal, 700;
case of British Treaty restated, 700;
reference carried, 701;
in committee--shall the doors be closed as heretofore ordered in respect
to this subject, 701;
discussed, 701, 702;
resolutions in secret session, 702;
resolutions for a call for papers again considered, 703;
should not be referred to a secret committee, 703;
motion has already been decided, 703;
the President alludes to the subject as one which may require Legislative
interposition, yet persists in refusing information, 703;
why do we want information, but that we may have a more clear view of
the general subject, 704;
only two points connected with the subject in which documents could be
required or secrecy necessary, 704;
material connection between shutting the port of New Orleans
and the cession of Louisiana--one has been ordered to be
discussed with shut doors, how proper then to introduce the
other in debate, 704;
numerous reasons for opposing the resolution, 705;
speech of Mr. Monroe in the Virginia Convention, 705;
_note_, 705;
who now are the friends of the West and the free navigation of the river? 708;
the sentiments displayed in this proceeding a phenomenon in the history of
regular governments, 708;
a history of political parties unnecessary, 709;
resolution lost, 709;
further resolutions moved, 710;
lost, 710;
motion for call renewed, 713;
confidential subjects have been decided, 713;
information necessary to legislation, 713;
no fact has been communicated in the message, 713;
it conveys the suspicion that Spain has ceded to France indefinitely, 714;
unwise in the cradle of negotiation to throw out insinuations that
may disgust, 714;
farther discussion, 715;
what is the inference from previous proceedings of these
gentlemen? they will not assert our rights because they have
no confidence in the Executive, 715;
objections to the resolution, 716;
relations of the departments of Government, 717;
it will offend foreign nations to agree to the resolutions, 718;
further debate, resolution lost, 720;
motion to discharge committee to whom was referred a motion
respecting official information, 720;
the practice has alarmingly increased to resist a call for information, 720;
reasons given, 721.

_Purchase of Louisiana_, resolutions, 721;
report thereon, 721;
_note_, 723.

_Louisiana, purchase of, in Senate._--A bill making further provision for the
expenses attending intercourse between the United States and
foreign nations, considered, 671;
read third time, 671;
passed, 671;
_note_, 6, 71.

LOWNDES, THOMAS, Representative from South Carolina, 569, 694;
on public printing, 573;
relative to State balances, 594;
on French spoliations, 640;
on the circulation of gold coin, 695;
_note_, 695;
on the call for information relative to cession of Louisiana, 703.

LYMAN, SAMUEL, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

LYMAN, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 14;
on the address to the President, 17, 19;
on a National University, 36;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 40;
on liberation of Lafayette, 110.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

LYON, MATTHEW, Representative from Vermont, 120, 179, 358, 429;
on accompanying the House to deliver their answer to the
President's message, 142;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 157;
on additional duty on salt, 164;
on printing the laws in the German language, 165;
on address to the President, 182;
attack on Roger Griswold, 205;
letter of, relative to attack on Roger Griswold, 206;
proceedings relative to his assault on Roger Griswold, 208;
on treatment of alien enemies, 281.
_Expulsion of_ from House.--Resolution proposed, 364;
objection to an immediate vote, 364;
record of the trial proves the facts, 365;
power of the House in reference to expulsion, 366;
acts committed out of the House, 366;
the acts of Lyon, 366;
something should have been shown in the character of Lyon so infamous as
to render him unfit to sit in the House, 366;
the charges against the member ought not to have been inquired into under the
sedition law, 367;
charges, 367;
examination of them, 367;
the member is re-elected by constituents having a full knowledge of
the prosecution, 368;
remarks of Lyon, 368;
reply, 369;
further discussion of the law and the case, 369, 370;
an examination of the letter published, 371;
the constitutionality of the law under which the member was tried
and manner of trial, 372;
resolution to expel lost, 373;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 472.

LYON, MATTHEW, case of, _see Breach of Privilege_.

M

MACHIR, JAMES, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 326.

MACLAY, SAMUEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

MACON, NATHANIEL, Representative from North Carolina, 14, 121, 179, 326, 429,
497, 569, 693;
on a National University, 34;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 41;
on land for Canadian refugees, 45;
on kidnapping negroes, 46;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 60;
on the accommodation of the President, 89, 91;
on address to the President, 182;
on the Quakers' memorial, 184, 187;
on stamp duties, 185;
advocates weekly licenses to distillers, 194;
on report relative to the Matthew Lyon affair, 207;
on the limits of Georgia, 219;
on a provisional army, 247;
on establishing the Navy Department, 249;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 262;
on temporary direct tax, 270;
on persons to be admitted to citizenship, 279;
on bill relative to instructions to armed vessels, 287;
on the sedition bill, 308, 317;
on intercourse with France and St. Domingo, 343;
on the capture of French vessels, 358;
on the law of retaliation, 388;
against mausoleum to Washington, 504, 514, 515;
on reporting the debates, 510;
on jurisdiction over District of Columbia, 525, 527;
elected Speaker, 569;
address to House, 569;
on ratio of representation, 573;
on Georgia limits, 577;
on repeal of internal taxes, 580;
relative to State balances, 596;
in favor of repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 626;
acknowledges thanks of House, 747. _See Index_, vol. 1.

MADISON, JAMES, Representative from Virginia, 14;
on a National University, 37;
on liability of United States to a State for war expenses, 50;
on a direct tax on land and slaves, 52;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 58;
on liberation of Lafayette, 109. _See Index_, vol. 1.

MALBONE, FRANCIS, Representative from Rhode Island, 14. _See Index_, vol. 1.

MARSHALL, HUMPHREY, Senator from Kentucky, 3, 119, 165, 321, 399, 481. _See Index_, vol. 1.

MARSHALL, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 429;
on breach of privilege, 429;
announces death of Washington in House, 433;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 453;
his great speech, 457.

MARTIN, ALEXANDER, Senator from North Carolina, 3, 114, 165, 323. _See Index_, vol. 1.

_Maryland_, vote for President, 62, 487.

MASON, JONATHAN, Senator from Massachusetts, 544, 661;
on repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 548.

MASON, STEVENS T., Senator from Virginia, 6, 114, 171, 323, 405, 481, 540, 661;
on breach of privilege, 417;
on the repeal of the Judiciary Establishment, 555;
on the resolutions relative to the right of the United States to the
free navigation of the Mississippi, 686. _See Index_, vol. 1.

_Massachusetts_ vote for President, 62, 487.

MATHERS, JAMES, Sergeant-at-Arms to Senate, 541;
his extra allowance, 541.

MATTHEWS, WILLIAM, Representative from Maryland, 120, 180, 330.

MATTOON, EBENEZER, Representative from Massachusetts, 523, 569, 694.

_Mausoleum_ for Washington, report of committee in Senate, 485.

MCCLAY, SAMUEL, Senator from Pennsylvania, 14, 665.

MCCLENACHAN, BLAIR, Representative from Pennsylvania, 120, 179, 326.

MCDOWELL, JOSEPH, Representative from North Carolina, 129, 189;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 140;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 246;
on establishing the Navy Department, 250;
on the naturalization laws, 256, 257;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 261;
moves to postpone bill for a provisional army, 275;
on residence before citizenship, 277;
on the bill relative to protection of commerce, 288;
on intercourse with France, 292;
on the sedition bill, 307;
on instructions to armed vessels, 319;
on intercourse with France, 346;
on the bill relative to the capture of French vessels, 358;
on the capture of French vessels, 359;
on repeal of alien and sedition law, 384. _See Index_, vol. 1.

MCHENRY, JAMES, letter to the House on the application of money drawn from
the Treasury, 696.

MCMILLAN, Delegate from North-west Territory, 498.

_Mediterranean Powers_, report relative to affairs with, 79;
_note_, 81;
bill in relation to, 81.

_Mediterranean Trade_, resolution calling for information relative to
exports to the Mediterranean considered, 584;
upon the report a calculation will be made of the expense of protection, 584;
report must be defective, 584;
this call may delay passage of an important bill, 585;
resolution agreed to, 585;
bill for the protection of commerce in Mediterranean considered, 586;
amendment to give President power to issue letters of marque to
affect Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, 586;
it seems to invite war, 586;
their perfidiousness made this necessary, 586;
other reasons urged, 586;
not carried, 586.

MERIWETHER, JAMES, Representative from Georgia, 693.

_Message_, Washington to second session, fourth Congress, 15;
of President John Adams to Congress, 114;
confidential from President to Senate relative to the Dey of Algiers, 119;
documents accompanying first message of John Adams to Congress, 121;
of President Adams to second session, fifth Congress, 167;
on the Creek Indians, 171;
do. on French outrage, 171;
do. on despatches from France, 172;
on affairs with France, 173;
from President Adams to Senate with Washington's letter accepting
Lieutenant-Generalship, 177;
to House relative to persons imprisoned for debt, 198;
on French outrages, 207;
on relations with France, 217, 304;
from President Adams to third session of fifth Congress, 327;
with documents relative to impressment of seamen, 333;
on French affairs, 347;
President Adams to first session, sixth Congress, 400;
to Senate announcing death of Washington, 403;
from House on death of Washington, 403;
of President on sending resolutions to Mrs. Washington, 405;
fourth of President Adams to second session, sixth Congress, 482;
_note_, 482;
first of President Jefferson, 541;
from President on Georgia limits, 566;
of President Jefferson, second session, seventh Congress, 662;
on negotiation for acquisition of Louisiana, 664;
with papers relative to removal of deposit at New Orleans, 694.

_Military Academy_, bill for establishing, introduced and read, 470;
motion to reject it, 470;
do. negatived, 470;
bill referred, 470;
postponement carried, 476.

_Military Interference_ in elections, resolution relative to, 446.

MILLEDGE, JOHN, Representative from Georgia, 34, 121, 569;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 40;
on military appropriations, 98;
on the limits of Georgia, 217;
moves amendment to bill relative to Mississippi Territory, 224;
on Georgia limits, 576.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Mint_, motion to consider a repeal of act establishing, 695;
present state of matters at the mint, 695;
no advantage in the discussion at this time, 695;
no member sees a gold coin, 695;
two millions deposited in the bank, 695;
_note_, 695;
reasons adduced for its abolition are insufficient, 695.

_Mint, Establishment of._--_See Index_, vol. 1.

_Mississippi Question, or free navigation of the Mississippi_, considered in
Senate, 668;
conduct of Spanish officers at New Orleans, 668;
the power must be given and the means voted to vindicate in a becoming
manner the honor and interests of the country, 668;
spoliations by Spanish armed vessels, 668;
our right to free navigation of the Mississippi, 669;
denied, 669;
consequence, 669;
should take the command of the river, 669;
feelings of Western people, 669;
resolutions, 670;
_note_, 671;
resolutions mark out a system of measures honorable to the country, 671;
extract from our treaty with Spain, 671;
notwithstanding the treaty, New Orleans has been wrested from us, 672;
represented as the rash act of an officer and not of the Spanish
Government, 672;
measures adopted, 672;
agency of Bonaparte concealed, 673;
danger of French control over the navigation of the Mississippi, 673;
what is the true state of facts? 674;
reasons for an immediate appeal to arms, 674;
substitute for the resolutions moved, 675;
a constant eye has been kept on this important subject by our
Government in its negotiations, 676;
history of negotiations, 676;
conduct of the Intendant at New Orleans is an atrocious infraction
of the treaty, 676;
was it authorized by Spain or not? 676;
true state of Spanish aggression, 676;
nature, character and tendency of the remedy proposed, 676;
proposes to seize part of the Territory, 676;
in this case the controversy must be decided by force, 676;
resolution then a war resolution, 677;
its justice and policy considered, 677;
in vain to say the Western States will seize New Orleans, 678;
an indignity has been offered the United States by the Spanish Government, by
withdrawing the right of deposit at New Orleans in this manner, 678;
the right of the free navigation of the Mississippi, and to a place of deposit
indisputable, 678;
to seize any place or places is an act of war, 679;
should we be justified in this measure on the grounds of private or
public justice or the law of nations, considered? 679;
what evidence that the Intendant is not authorized by the Spanish or French
Government? 680;
our interests, our honor, our safety require the course pointed out by the
resolutions, 680;
the resolutions do not go far enough, 680;
we wish for peace, how is it to be preserved? 681;
what is the state of things? 681;
effect of this cession on the United States in general point of view, 682;
its effects on the various divisions of the country, 682;
its consequences to other nations, 683;
the first resolution intended to involve members opposed to hostile
measures in a dilemma, 685;
they call on us to declare the deprivation of our right of deposit to be
hostile to our interests and our honor, 685;
effects of negotiation heretofore, 686;
it is said negotiation is not the course for us to pursue, 687;
merits of the different propositions, 687;
it is said Spain had no right to cede Louisiana to France, 687;
extraordinary aspect of the Senate, 688;
on what right could we hold the country against France? 689;
we have nothing to fear from the colony of any European nation on
this continent, 689;
conduct of this House on former occasions, 690;
our object to obtain prompt redress of injuries immediately affecting
our Western brethren, 690;
we are not for rushing into war, but for repelling insult, 691;
members have pledged themselves to employ force on failure of
negotiations, 691;
resolutions passed, 692;
proceedings in secret session relative to free navigation of Mississippi, 710.

_Mississippi Territory._--_See Territories._

MITCHELL, SAMUEL L., Representative from New York, 569, 693;
on protection against the Barbary powers, 571;
in favor of resolution relative to state balances, 594;
on French spoliations, 640, 645, 726, 732.

MONROE, JAMES, speech in Virginia Convention relative to surrender of the navigation of the Mississippi, 705.

_Monuments_ to Generals and to the captors of Andre, 712.

MOORE, THOMAS, Representative from South Carolina, 11, 569, 693;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42, 43;
on a direct tax on slaves, 53.

MORGAN, DANIEL, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 326.

MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR, Senator from New York, 481, 545, 664;
on the resolutions relative to the right of the United States to the
free navigation of the Mississippi, 680.

MORRIS, LEWIS R., Representative from Vermont, 155, 179, 429, 498, 570, 696.

MORRIS, THOMAS, Representative from New York, 569, 694;
on repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 549, 560;
on the apportionment bill, 575;
on the collection of internal revenue, 588;
relative to state balances, 595;
on memorial of United States Judges, 666;
for the reading of the letter of McHenry, 697;
on granting land-warrants to La Fayette, 743.

MOTT, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 569, 693.

MUHLENBERG, FREDERICK A., Representative from Pennsylvania, 14, 429, 497.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

MURRAY, WILLIAM VANS, Representative from Maryland, 14;
on a national university, 38;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42;
on kidnapping negroes, 46, 47;
on a direct tax on slaves, 53;
on the purchase of a site for a navy yard, 67.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

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_National University._--Report on, considered, 34;
the time has not arrived to incorporate a university, 35;
if the House once enters on this subject, the responsibility will fall on
it to keep it up, 35;
the commissioners only ask to be incorporated, so as to receive legacies, 35;
the President has already made a donation, 35;
is it a proper step, 35;
we are only asked to permit its encouragement, 35;
better to ask this of Maryland, 36;
improper time to decide upon a national university, 36;
effects of the resolution, if adopted, 37;
will we grant power and security to individuals to receive donations for this
object, 37;
negatived in committee, 38;
further debate, 38;
subject postponed, 39;
vote on postponement of consideration of, 39;
memorial of Samuel Blodget relative to, 712.

_Naturalization Laws._--_Resolution to prolong term of residence_ before
aliens shall be admitted as citizens, considered, 253;
five years too short, 253;
at least ten should be required, 253;
high time to recover from the mistake of admitting foreigners to
citizenship, 253;
amendment offered that no alien, not at present a resident, shall be
capable of holding any office under U. S., or voting, 254;
civil rights might be extended in full to foreigners, but not
political rights, 254;
unnecessary they should take a part in government, 254;
only persons born in a country should do it, 254;
the form of the amendment examined, 254;
resolution proposed as a substitute, excluding all aliens not citizens
from holding any U. S. office, 254;
House not authorized to enact this principle into a law, 255;
it ought to be considered as a proposition to amend the constitution, 255;
if the House had power to extend the term of residence, they could
make it for life, 255;
question made on amendment of previous resolution, 255;
President and Senate always appoint such men as they think proper, 255;
people can elect a foreign-born citizen to any State office, 255;
no doubt of the constitutionality of restricting aliens, 255;
what advantage to be derived from giving aliens office? 255;
propriety of action on the subject, 256;
amendment withdrawn and original resolution adopted, 256;
resolution relative to removal of resident aliens whose Government is
at war with this country, considered, 256;
what shall be considered "at war?" 256;
foreigners have been invited here, this resolution will unnecessarily
distress their minds, 256;
intriguing aliens should be removed, 256;
a positive declaration of war should be required before aliens are sent
from the country and our citizens abroad similarly exposed, 257;
only dangerous persons should be sent away, 257;
the resolution proposes to give the President power to remove aliens when the
country from which they come _threatens_ invasion, 257;
evil threatened at the present time, 257;
commissions issued here by foreign ministers, 258;
_note_, 258;
this an essential feature of defence, about which Congress has been
engaged during the session, 258;
great number of French aliens in the country endeavoring to
create divisions, 258;
the same degree of hospitality is not due to French aliens and to
alien friends, 258;
moved to extend to _all_ alien residents, 258;
look at the results of French emissaries in Venice, Switzerland,
and Rome, 259;
similar emissaries in this country, 259;
views of the committee who reported the resolution, 259;
further debate, 260;
last motion withdrawn, 260;
proposition to add the words, "between which and the United States
shall exist a state of war," 260;
debate thereon, 260;
postponement carried, 261;
consideration resumed, and subject referred, 272;
amended resolution, 272.

_Motion to require fourteen_ years' residence before admission to citizenship,
277;
tend to discourage emigration, 277;
carried, 277;
discussion on the retrospection of the bill, 277;
committee thought bill should pass in its present form, 278;
amendments proposed, 278;
also to except residents previous to 1795, 278;
reason in favor of the amendment, 278;
no exception should be made, 278;
the character of the persons who have come here is such as to require
the amendment, 279;
it is a question of right or expediency;
considered as the latter, the danger is apparent of permitting foreigners
to become citizens as heretofore, 279;
injustice to a great number of people to pass the bill without
the amendment, 279;
amendment passed, 280; negatived in the House, 280;
bill ordered to a third reading, 280.

_Alien Laws, petition for repeal_ of, 364;
motion to refer, 364;
part of the petition contains an atrocious libel against the courts
and juries of the country, 365;
this should not be referred, 365;
this is the ground suggested by the greatest enemies of these laws, that
the right of petitioning might next be restricted, 365;
to object is to say we have the power of defining the nature
of petitions, 365;
further remarks on the character of the petition, 365;
further petitions for repeal, 373; report of committee on petitions
for repeal, 373;
resolution that it is inexpedient to repeal alien law, considered, 373;
number of petitioners, 373;
objectionable clause of the alien law, 373;
grounds of objection by petitioners, 373;
objections examined, 374;
report of committee examined, 375, 376, 377, 378;
resolution carried, 378.

_Naturalization Laws._--_See Index_, Vol. 1.

_Naval Armament._--_See Appropriations_, naval.

_Naval Captains_, bill for pay of, 357.

_Naval and Marine_ officers, bill for relief of widows and orphans of, 566.

_Naval Establishment_--Purchase of a site for a navy yard, considered, 66;
at some future day we shall become a naval power; it is now economy to
prepare for it, 66;
expense of this business alarming, 66;
if the thing is proper, two or three years can make very
little difference, 66;
a navy would never do any real good to this country, 66;
this country depends wholly on commerce for revenue, 67;
that commerce is now in jeopardy, and no substitute for revenue found, 67;
the money thrown away on Algiers to buy a peace would have been much
better expended in building ships, 67;
want of a navy will have a similar effect on all our negotiations, 67;
our live-oak timber is too rich a mine to be neglected, 67;
they must provide for the protection of commerce, or give it up, 67;
is the measure proper, and is it not best to postpone it for the present? 68;
if a navy is necessary to protect commerce, it must be such a one as
will vie with those of other nations, 69;
who can show that commerce and a navy have gone hand in hand? 69;
this country not equal to support a navy, 69;
how can such a navy, be manned? 69;
our peculiar situation affords means of protection, 69;
our only mode of warfare against Europe is by putting our seamen on board of
privateers, 69;
_note_, 69.

_Bill to establish Navy Department_ considered, 248;
unnecessary, 248;
one department sufficient for army and navy, 248;
objections have been to increase the navy because of enormous expense
arising from want of knowledge--this department will obviate this, 248;
necessity for this establishment, 249;
notwithstanding all resistance the establishment of a naval force must soon be
seriously considered, 249;
the necessity for the department examined, 249;
a want of knowledge of naval affairs in the War Department is the
occasion of this bill--this can be obviated, 249;
economy requires the department, 250;
this bill is founded on the idea of establishing a large naval power, 250;
economy further considered, 250;
not for the interest of the country to establish a naval power, 251;
large debts exist with large navies, 251;
every measure to increase the navy will have a bad effect, 251;
further debate, 251;
bill ordered to third reading, 252;
passed, 252;
_note_, 252.

_Bill for augmentation of the Navy_ considered, 348;
question of the propriety of building ships of the line, 348;
reasons for building smaller ships of the line, 348;
is it proper at this time to lay the foundation of a navy that might be
able to give us weight with Europe? 348;
expense of proposed navy, 348;
reasons urged against a large navy, 349;
the extent and advantages of our commerce entitle it to competent
protection, 350;
British navy contrasted with ours, 350;
expense of a navy, 350;
Jefferson's views, 351;
means by which to raise the money needed, 351;
usefulness of a naval establishment considered, 351;
navy of Holland, 353;
instruction to be drawn from this example, 354;
propriety of a naval force for warring with Europe, 355;
arguments on, examined, 355;
no good reason for its establishment exists, 356;
motion to strike out ships of the line lost, 356;
_note_, 356.

_Bill for fixing pay of Captains_ of ships, &c., 356;
details, 357. _See Appropriations_, and _Index_, vol. 1.

_Naval Peace Establishment_, bill for, passed House, 537.

_Navy, Admirals_ in, _see Admirals in the Navy_.

_Negroes, kidnapping of_, report on memorial of State of Delaware relative to
kidnapping negroes and mulattoes considered, 45;
this practice done by masters of vessels, 45;
plan was to pass an act requiring masters of vessels to have a certificate
of the number and situation of any on board, 45;
laws in the several States fully adequate, 46;
State laws being local do not reach the case, 46;
design is to prevent selling free negroes as slaves and taking slaves
to make them free, 46;
many serious questions involved, 46;
committee better rise as the measure is improper, 46;
many instances of this practice had occurred, 46;
it is that kind of business which, by the constitution, was to be left to the
different States, 47;
the House should not interfere with the States, 47;
motion for the committee to rise carried, 47;
motion to discharge committee carried, 47;
motion to recommit to report by bill or otherwise, 47;
propriety of sending it to committee doubtful, 47;
postponement carried, 48.

NEUFVILLE, JOHN DE, claim of widow of, 69;
particulars of, 70.

NEW, ANTHONY, Representative from Virginia, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497, 569,
693;
advocates weekly license to distillers, 194. _See Index_, vol. 1.

_New Hampshire_, vote for President, 62, 487.

_New Jersey_, vote for President, 62, 487.

_Newspapers_, resolution of House relative to, 430;
resolution of Senate for, 400.

NEWTON, THOMAS, jr., Representative from Virginia, 569, 693.

_New York_, vote for President, 62, 487.

NICHOLAS, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 120, 180, 429, 497;
on the address to the President, 18, 28;
on a National University, 35, 36;
on kidnapping negroes, 47;
on liability of United States to a State for war expenses, 51;
on a direct tax on land and slaves, 52, 53, 54;
on the purchase of a site for a navy yard, 66;
on increase of duties on sugar, 72, 73;
on increase of duties on salt, 74;
on naval appropriation, 76, 77;
on suability of the States, 86;
on the accommodation of the President, 88, 90;
on the military establishment, 96, 99;
on naval appropriations, 99, 100, 102;
on military and naval appropriations, 106;
on liberation of La Fayette, 108;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 125;
on resolutions relative to defensive measures, 145;
on a naval armament, 153, 154;
on tax on lawyers, 155, 156;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 157;
on composition with banks in lieu of a tax, 162;
on additional duty on salt, 164;
on the Quakers' memorial, 186;
advocates weekly licenses to distillers, 194;
on naval expenditure, 197;
on foreign intercourse, 199, 203;
on report relative to Matthew Lyon, 207, 208;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 210, 211;
on diplomatic intercourse, 216;
on the limits of Georgia, 219, 223;
on relations with France, 227;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 243;
on the sedition bill, 307, 316;
on intercourse with France and St. Domingo, 334, 335, 340;
on increase of the navy, 354;
on the capture of French vessels, 362;
on the expulsion of Matthew Lyon, 366;
on repeal of sedition law, 378;
on breach of privilege, 418;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 451, 453, 457;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 471;
on the bill to prohibit carrying on the slave trade, 475;
on reporting the debates, 502;
on mausoleum to Washington, 503;
on reporting the debates, 506, 510;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 518, 520;
on the right of the United States to the free navigation of the
Mississippi, 688.
_See Index_, vol. 1.

NICHOLAS, WILSON CARY, Senator from Virginia, 405, 481, 540, 664.

NICHOLSON, JACOB a manumitted slave, petition of, 57.

NICHOLSON, JOSEPH H., Representative from Maryland, 429, 497, 569, 693;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 454;
relative to officers and crew of frigate Constellation, 470;
on reporting the debates, 507;
on protection against the Barbary powers, 571;
on public printing, 573;
on the Mediterranean trade, 584;
on unauthorized purchase of navy yards, 657;
on amendment to the bankrupt act, 724.

NICHOLSON, JUPITER, a manumitted slave, petition of, 57.

_North Carolina_, vote for President, 62, 487.

NOTT, ABRAHAM, Representative from South Carolina, 429, 501;
on mausoleum to Washington, 503.

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

OGDEN, AARON, Senator from New Jersey, 489, 541, 661.

_Ohio School Fund_, resolutions relative to, 742.

_Ohio State Government._--Report of Select Committee on admission of
North-western Territory as a State, 648;
after one State is laid off, Congress is under an obligation to form the
remainder into a State, 648;
number of the population, 648;
manner of dividing the territory, 648;
further debate thereon, 649;
report agreed to and bill ordered, 650;
do. before the House, 651;
amendment moved to embrace Eastern division, 651;
rights of all the inhabitants equal--if one part formed into a State,
all must be under the compact, 651;
arguments from expediency, 651;
objections urged, 651;
amendment lost, 651;
various amendments proposed, 652;
bill ordered to be engrossed, 653;
do. passed, 654.

OLCOTT, SIMEON, Senator from New Hampshire, 541, 661;
on the repeal of the Judiciary Establishment, 559.

ORR, ALEXANDER D., Representative from Kentucky, 49.

OTIS, HARRISON GRAY, Representative from Massachusetts, 120, 179, 326, 429,
498;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 134, 141;
on expatriation, 152;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 159, 160;
on address to President, 182;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 212;
on the limits of Georgia, 220, 222;
on relations with France, 231;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 243;
on establishing the Navy Department, 249;
proposes amendment to naturalization laws, 254, 255, 256, 257;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 262;
on opposition to a direct tax, 268;
on bill relative to treatment of alien enemies, 283;
on the bill relative to the protection of commerce, 289;
on intercourse with France, 295;
on abrogation of treaty with France, 314;
on the sedition bill, 307, 316;
on intercourse with France and St. Domingo, 335;
on the law of retaliation, 387;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 452;
on petition of free blacks, 437;
on reporting the debates, 502;
on mausoleum to Washington, 503;
on reporting the debates, 507;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 519.

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PAGE, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 17;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42;
on a direct tax on slaves, 55. _See Index_, vol. 1.

PAGE, ROBERT, Representative from Virginia, 431, 497.

PAINE, ELIJAH, Senator from Vermont, 3, 118, 165, 321, 401, 485;
on breach of privilege, 417. _See Index_, vol. 1.

PARKER, ISAAC, Representative from Massachusetts, 179, 326;
on the Quakers' memorial, 185.

PARKER, JOSIAH, Representative from Virginia, 17, 129, 180, 380, 431, 498;
on the address to the President, 18, 29;
on the compensation of President and other officers, 61;
on resolution to notify the Vice President of his election, 63;
on compensation of President and other officers, 63;
on naval appropriation, 77, 99, 102;
on military and naval appropriations, 106;
on defensive measures, 145;
on the Quakers' memorial, 185;
relative to General Kosciusko, 191;
advocates weekly licenses to distillers, 194;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 210;
on third reading of the bill relative to protection of commerce, 291;
on a marine corps, 292;
on increase of the navy, 350;
on the capture of French vessels, 360;
reports a bill authorizing increase of marine corps, 373;
on conduct of officers and crew of frigate Constellation, 470;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 471;
on admirals in the navy, 473. _See Index_, vol. 1.

PATTON, JOHN, Representative from Delaware, 14.

_Pennsylvania_ insurgents, _see Index_, vol. 1.

_Pennsylvania_, vote for President, 62, 487.

PERKINS, ELIAS, Representative from Connecticut, 569, 693.

_Petitions_ for repeal of alien and sedition law, 373.

_Petitions, reception of_.--Petition of four negroes,
manumitted by their master, and afterwards sold into slavery
under the laws of North Carolina, and subsequently escaping
and being arrested under the fugitive act in Philadelphia,
considered, 57;
they pray the House to modify the fugitive act so as not to affect
persons of their description, 58;
very proper to refer petition to a committee, 58;
persons aggrieved have a sacred right to petition, 58;
laws of North Carolina forbid emancipation, 58;
men not free, 58;
United States nothing to do with it, 58;
if free by the laws of North Carolina, they should apply to
those laws to establish their freedom--if slaves, the
constitution gives them no hope of being heard here, 58;
a committee could inquire into the facts, 58;
every due respect should be paid to the petition, 59;
former practice was to send the petition back, 59;
they are slaves--a kind of property on which the House has no power
to legislate, 59;
cannot the House receive a petition without evidence that it is from
a free man? 59;
unjust to deprive them of the right of petitioning, 59;
it is a judicial question, 59;
by application to North Carolina justice would be done them, 60;
they have received injury under a law of the United States, and have,
therefore, a right to the attention of the Government, 60;
receiving the petition negatived, 60.

_Quakers, memorial_ of, 182;
motion to read second time, 183;
every Legislature should set their face against remonstrances complaining
of what it is impossible to alter, 183;
to read and commit is the regular way of getting rid of the difficulty, 183;
no objection to commit if the committee will report the censure deserved, 183;
no reason why the petition should not be dealt with in the ordinary way, 183;
the practice of the House--what objection to it now? 184;
_note_, 184;
nature of the petition, 184;
no authority over the subject, 184;
Quakers war-makers, 184;
_note_, 184;
unconstitutional to ask the House to do what they had no power to do, 185;
only object of petition to sow dissension, 185;
nothing prayed for, 185;
unnecessary to refer such a petition, 185;
no objection in general principles to a reference of the petition, 185;
contents of the petition, 185;
previous treatment of abolition petitions, 185;
to appear to be afraid of inquiring, will do more harm to slave property
than a fair investigation, 186;
reasons urged for the second reading, 186;
the doors should be shut against any thing tending to produce
such confusion as exists in West India Islands, 187;
no ground of irritation in the question, 187;
nothing unconstitutional be done, 187;
the fact called for examination, 187;
if petition is received and early reported on, it would stop the
mouth of these people, 187;
further debate, 187, 188;
second reading carried, 188;
referred to a select committee, 188;
report of committee on Quakers' memorial, 209;
remarks thereon, 209;
memorialists have leave to withdraw, 209.

_Petition of free blacks_ of the City and County of Philadelphia, considered,
436;
outline of the petition, 437;
reference moved, 437;
any reference improper, 437;
only two grievances noticed in the petition--fugitive act and
slave trade, 437;
a duty to grant relief so far as the House has power, 437;
signers incapable of writing their names or reading the petition, 437;
those who do not possess this property better leave its regulation
to those who do, 437;
so improper is it to consider this subject that some States
would not have adopted the federal form of government if it
had not been secured that Congress would never legislate on
it, 438;
no subject so likely to cause a division as this, 438;
if an evil exists under any law, a committee should be appointed
to examine it, 438;
constitution put it out of the power of the House, 438;
petition only asks amelioration of severities, 439;
petition examined, 439;
further debate, 440, 441;
former treatment of petitions, 442;
would gentlemen feel calm if measures were taken to destroy most of
their property, 442;
no danger from committing the petition, 443;
further debate, 444;
resolution relative to petition adopted, 444.
_See Index_, vol. 1, _Slavery and Slave Trade_.

_Philadelphia_, first session, 5th Congress, commenced at, 113.

PICKERING, JOHN, impeached before the Senate by the House, 692.

PICKERING, TIMOTHY, report of, as Secretary of State, 80;
letter with papers in Jonathan Robbins' case, 444.

PIERCE, JOSEPH, Representative from New Hampshire, 570.

_Pilnitz, Treaty_ of, a forgery, 239.

PINCKNEY, CHARLES, Senator from South Carolina, 324, 405;
vote for, as President in 1796, 63;
on disputed Presidential elections, 406;
on breach of privilege, 409;
on bill to amend act establishing Judiciary courts, 419;
vote for, as President, 487.

PINCKNEY, THOMAS, Representative from South Carolina, 180, 300;
vote for, as President in 1796, 62;
on answer to President's message, 181;
relative to Gen. Kosciusko, 192;
on foreign intercourse, 203;
on relations with France, 232;
letter relative to presents offered to him by courts in Europe, 253;
on presents to Ministers by foreign courts, 269;
on intercourse with France and St. Domingo, 342, 346;
on the capture of French vessels, 360.

PLATER, THOMAS, Representative from Maryland, 569, 693.

PLATT JONAS, Representative from New York, 429, 497;
on petition of free blacks, 440.

PLUMER, WILLIAM, Senator from New Hampshire, 661.

POLLOCK, OLIVER, bill reported for relief of, 207.

_Post Office, franking privilege._--Motion to pay $4,500 on letters to and from
certain officers of the army, 723;
unnecessary, 723;
Government ought to support this expense, 723;
all franking wrong, 724;
considerations in favor thereof, 724.

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

_Potomac Canal_, shares in, given to the President, 87;
_note_, 37.

POTTER, ELISHA R., Representative from Rhode Island, 34, 120;
on a direct tax on personal property, 54;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 159.

POWELL, LEVEN, Representative from Virginia, 429, 497.