Chapter M: Gayoso De Lemos (10)

_Message_ of President Jefferson at first session of eighth
Congress, 4; _note_ on, 4; on the cession of Louisiana to the
United States, 6; relative to the capture of an armed ship
of the Emperor of Morocco, 20; from President Jefferson to
Senate on Tripolitan aggression, 37; relative to the contingent
fund, 39; of President Jefferson to Senate relative to taking
possession of Louisiana, 40; of President Jefferson relative
to the wreck and capture of the frigate Philadelphia, 48; of
President Jefferson to the House on the cession of Louisiana,
52; from the Senate to the House, relative to adjournment, 162;
from the Senate to the House, announcing the passage of sundry
bills, 162; of President Jefferson to second session of eighth
Congress, 164; from the President relative to the Tripolitan
war, 168; from President Jefferson to first session of ninth
Congress, 346; from the President on the ex-Bashaw of Tripoli,
351; on Spanish and French spoliations, 348; from the President
on the aggressions on commerce, 353; of the President on Lewis
and Clarke’s expedition, 360; from the President on the demand
and threat of Tunis, 375; of President Jefferson at second
session of ninth Congress, 486; _note_, 487; relative to Burr’s
conspiracy, 488, 490, 491; of President Jefferson, calling
an extra session of Congress, 547; of President Jefferson to
first session of tenth Congress, 548; from the President,
recommending an embargo, 551; from the President, relative
to the contingent fund, 552; relative to the impressment of
seamen, 554; of President Jefferson, recommending an embargo,
640; with documents relative to Gen. Wilkinson, 663.

_Militia, the_, in the House, bill to authorize a detachment
from militia of the United States read third time in the House,
392; a bill of no trifling import, 392; to equip a force of one
hundred thousand men at an expense of two millions of dollars,
392; what special objects are to be answered by the bill? 392;
what effect will it have on the militia systems of the States?
392; only selected, officered, equipped, and ordered to be in
readiness, 392; objection on the score of pay considered, 393;
other reasons for the passage of the bill, 393; bill passed,
393; the bill more effectually to provide for the national
defence by the militia of the United States, considered, 659;
sect. one considered, 659; defects in the present law, 659; the
system proposed better than the old, 659; subject uniformly
recommended by each successive President, 659; also State
executives, 659; object to take only those who can best be
spared from home, and can be most relied on, 660; leave at home
the senior and minor classes as much as possible, 660; three
points of attack, and young men enough under twenty-six and
over twenty-one to keep up a continual force, 660; what shall
be done with the minor class? 660; numbers of each class, as
near as can be ascertained from the census, 660; volunteers
not to be relied on, 661; mode of officering, 662; reward of
services, 662; other particulars stated, 663; _note_, 663.

_Military Academy._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

MILLEDGE, JOHN, Senator from Georgia, 487, 547. _See_ _Index_,
vols. 1 and 2.

MILNOR, WILLIAM, Representative from Pennsylvania, 612; on
building gunboats, 625.

_Mint, establishment of._--_See_ _Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

MIRO, letter of, respecting settlement of Louisiana, 665.

_Mississippi Question_, on free navigation of. _See_ _Index_,
vol. 2.

_Mississippi Territory_, memorial of House of Representatives
of, 85, 315.

MITCHELL, NAHUM, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 285.

MITCHILL, SAMUEL L., Representative from New York, 50, 285;
Senator from New York, 165, 345, 485, 547; on the call for
papers relative to the Louisiana treaty, 56; advocates the
resolution to carry the Louisiana treaty into effect, 68;
on the bill authorizing the President to take possession of
the Louisiana territory, 74; remarks on the road to Natchez
and New Orleans, 78; on light house duties, 86; on a tax on
imported slaves, 133; on the appointment of an agent to collect
information on the Louisiana lead mines, 287; on suspending
intercourse with St. Domingo, 350. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

MONTGOMERY, DANIEL, jr., Representative from Pennsylvania, 612.

MONTGOMERY, JOHN, his testimony for the prosecution on the
trial of Judge Chase, 213; representative from Maryland, 613;
on compensating Capt. Pike, 676.

MOORE, ANDREW, Representative from Virginia, 50.

MOORE, ANDREW, petition of, 78.

MOORE, ANDREW, Senator from Virginia, 163, 349, 487, 550. _See_
_Index_, vol. 2.

MOORE, NICHOLAS R., Representative from Maryland, 50, 285, 377,
493, 613.

MOORE, SAMUEL, his testimony for the defence on the trial of
Judge Chase, 226.

MOORE, THOMAS, Representative from South Carolina, 51, 286,
378, 493, 613; on a tax on imported slaves, 135. _See_ _Index_,
vol. 2.

MORROW, JEREMIAH, Representative from Ohio, 51, 285, 378, 493,
613; on the resolution relative to public roads, 84; on the
application of the Society of Harmony, 406.

MORROW, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 377, 493, 613.

MOSELY, JONATHAN A., Representative from Connecticut, 377, 493,
612; on the importation of slaves, 500.

MOTT JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 286; on the
postponement of the resolution to inquire into the official
conduct of Judge Chase, 94. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

MUMFORD, GURDON S., Representative from New York, 377,
497, 614; on importations from Great Britain, 460; on the
appropriation to build gunboats, 516, 518.

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_National University._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

_Naturalization laws_, resolution relative to, 659. _See_
_Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

_Naval Peace Establishment_, bill in House considered, 143;
object a more economical arrangement for national ships laid up
in ordinary, 143; moved to abolish the office of Lieut. Col.
Commandant of the Marine Corps, and to authorize the President
to make other reductions, 143; amendment agreed to, 143; other
amendments adopted, and bill ordered to third reading, 143;
Senate adhere to their amendment, 162; House recedes, 162; bill
submitted to the House, 385; provisions explained, 402; further
debate, 402.

_Naval Establishment._--_See_ _Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

_Naval Appropriations_, bill making for 1805 considered, 312;
amendments proposed, 312.

_Navy, increase of_, considered in the House, 87; no necessity
exists for an augmentation of the navy, 87; numerous facts
stated to prove this point, 87; the bill has received the
sanction of the Senate--they must have had satisfactory proof
of its necessity, 88; this point examined, 88; bill referred
to the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 88; resolution
to provide for expenses in repairing ships at one of the navy
yards on Atlantic coast considered, 314; some yard nearer to
the ocean than at Washington needed, 315; resolution referred,
315.

_Navy_, letter from Secretary of, 396.

_Negroes, kidnapping of._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

NELSON, JEREMIAH, Representative from Massachusetts, 377, 493.

NELSON, ROGER, Representative from Maryland, 286, 384, 493,
613; on improving the navigation of the Potomac, 291, 293,
298, 299; the retrocession of the District of Columbia 308; on
the reference of the letter of the Postmaster-General, 333,
335; on a plurality of offices in the same person, 470; on the
suspension of the habeas corpus, 509; on suspension of the act
of non-importation, 709.

_Neutral Rights_, in House, President’s message relating to
the invasion of neutral rights by some of the belligerents
considered, 393; motion to discharge the Committee of Ways
and Means, 393; no avail to make declarations of what is
the law of nations on the floor of the House, 393; that was
the place for measures to prevent the infraction, 393; the
reference should have been to the Committee of the Whole,
394; the eyes of America and Europe are looking with anxiety
to our proceedings on this subject, 394; subject should not
have gone to a standing committee, 394; the reference was made
six weeks ago, and we have no report yet, 394; the subject as
interesting as any since the establishment of the Government,
394; the memorials have been referred to the Committee of the
Whole, 394; motion to discharge committee agreed to, 395;
proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means, 396; letter to
the Secretary of State, 396; reply, 396; papers referred to
Committee of the Whole, 396.

NEW, ANTHONY, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285. _See_
_Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

NEWBOLD, THOMAS, Representative from New Jersey, 612.

_New Hampshire_, vote for President and Vice President, 168.

_New Jersey_, vote for President, 168.

_Newspapers_, postage on considered, 78. _See_ _Postage on
Newspapers_.

NEWTON, THOMAS, Jr., Representative from Virginia, 50, 285,
378, 493, 613; advocates repeal of the bankrupt law, 79; on
securing the privilege of the habeas corpus, 538; on building
gunboats, 627; on suspension of the act of non-importation,
709. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

_New York_, vote for President, 168.

NICHOLAS, WILSON CAREY, Senator from Virginia, 3; opposes
motion to strike out all relative to Vice President in report
on amendments to the constitution, 8; for the issue of stock
for the purchase of Louisiana, 19; moves an amendment to the
report on amendments to the constitution, 21; on the amendment
to the constitution relative to election of President, 24;
resigns, 163. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

NICHOLAS, PHILIP N., his testimony for the prosecution on the
trial of Judge Chase, 207.

NICHOLSON, JOSEPH H., Representative from Maryland, 50, 286,
377; on the call for papers relative to the Louisiana treaty,
56; on the bill to authorize the President to take possession
of the Louisiana territory, 74; in favor of augmentation of the
navy, 88; on the resolution to appoint a committee to inquire
into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 118; on the amendment
to the resolution of inquiry into the official conduct of Judge
Chase, 98; further remarks, 105; on protection against the
Barbary powers, 160; replies to the argument for the defence
on the trial of Judge Chase, 261; on improving the navigation
of the Potomac, 294; on the reference of the letter of the
Postmaster General, 333; on importations from Great Britain,
402; on the application of the Society of Harmony, 407; on
incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408; on the payment of
witnesses on the trial of Chase, 411; on importation from Great
Britain, 444. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

_Non Importation of British Goods._--Resolutions relative to
offered in the House, 395; property of our citizens has been
seized by foreign cruisers--cargoes condemned, seamen impressed
and held in bondage, 395; better to have interdicted all
commercial intercourse with Great Britain, 395; resolutions
referred to Committee of the Whole, 395; resolutions calling
for information adopted, 399; other resolutions relating to
intercourse with the belligerents offered and referred to
Committee of the Whole, 400; amount of importations from Great
Britain yearly, 402; effect on the revenue to prohibit this
trade, 402; effects of prohibition of cotton goods, 402; other
resolutions introduced and referred, 403. Resolutions read,
419; extent of the depredations, 419; no reason to expect an
accommodation with Great Britain until we resort to measures,
and will make her feel the loss of our market, 419; history
of the late conduct of Great Britain, 419; interposition of
Government demanded, 420; the capture and condemnation of
our vessels, 420; have reached a period at which the honor,
the interest, and the public sentiment of the country call
loudly on us to make a stand, 421; what are the proper steps
to be taken 421; purport of the resolution, 421; this is
their vulnerable part, 421; by stopping the importation of
British goods and continuing our exports to that country large
debts will become due from British merchants to American
citizens, 421; the balance of injury will be against us, 421;
one hundred millions of American property at the mercy of
British cruisers, 421; would it be politic to expose so much
property to the retaliation of British ministers? 422; balance
of trade against us with Great Britain, is eleven to twelve
millions, 422; this measure will injure Great Britain vastly
more than it will us, 422; captures by her may amount to six
millions, 422; but if it did not exceed one we are bound to
protect our merchants, 422; we should have the advantage in a
war, 422; but a war will not follow this resolution, 422; a
similar principle has been adopted by Great Britain in regard
to the Colonial trade, 422; impressment, too, is a subject
of most serious complaint, 422; this resolution is defended
on principles which would justify none but war measures, 423;
three points to be maturely considered--first, our ability to
contend with Great Britain for the question in dispute--second,
the policy of such a contest--and third, the manner in which
we can with the greatest effect react upon and annoy our
adversary, 423; what is the question in dispute--the carrying
trade--that portion which covers enemy’s property and carries
the West India products to the mother country, 424; the policy
of such a contest examined, 425; _note_, 425; our Government
not framed for offensive war, 425; come out of it without a
constitution, 425; never go to war but in self-defence, 425;
what is this war for but the carrying trade, and you already
possess seven-eighths of it, 426; would you jeopardize your
best interests for a circuitous commerce for the fraudulent
protection of belligerent property under your neutral flag,
426; it is said you ought to go to war for the fur trade,
426; the period of 1793 stated, 426; what has been done
this session, 427; Britain is your rival in trade, you will
sacrifice the paramount interests of the country to wound her;
for Spain and France you are carriers, and from them every
indignity is to be endured, 427; whence comes this resolution,
427; there is no cabinet, no system, no plan, 428; free ships
make free goods, 428; the charge of being willing to surrender
important rights to a foreign government, 428; never be
instrumental to the ambitious schemes of Bonaparte, 429; the
object of attack is that very navy which in 1798 stood between
you and danger, 429; get rid of the public debt and you may put
the world at defiance, 430; can you expect England to yield to
you what she will not give up for Russia, 430; the existence of
her navy secures your possession of New Orleans, and yet you
are for a British naval war, 430; only two commercial nations,
431; it is said England will not go to war--Holland thought the
same thing in 1781, 431; character of the inhabitants of the
southern country on whom you rely for support, 431; the magic
of words, 431; the statesmen and the counting-house clerk,
432; men of no nerve oppose this resolution, 432; no plan on
the part of the government, 432; this subject calls for the
display of all the knowledge and experience of commercial men
and statesmen, 433; object of the resolution is the protection
of the active commerce of the country, 433; first inquiry
is whether this commerce is so important as to require our
protection, 433; this point examined, 433; the government
long since pledged to support the rights and interests of our
merchants upon the ocean, 434; too late to retrace our steps,
434; treachery to the mercantile interest, 434; insults and
aggressions of Great Britain not denied, but the resolution
not the best course to proceed, 434; two causes of restraints
and prohibitions between nations, 434; protection to home
industry and national animosity, 435; the last occasions this
resolution, 435; in case of a war what will be the situation
of your carrying trade, 435; ought commerce to be considered
as beneficial in its relation to the United States, 435; this
point examined, 435; the right of commerce to protection under
the constitution, 435; our rights are invaded and an attack
made upon our carrying trade, which cannot be warranted by
the law of nations, 436; it is said this is a war measure,
436; objections considered, 437; impressment of seamen, 438;
these seamen made to fight against France, our ally, if we
connive at it we may be charged with a breach of neutrality,
438; aggressions on our commerce, 439; the merits of the
question, 439; must the agricultural interest of the country
be sacrificed to preserve the carrying trade, 440; should the
present prosperous state of things be put to risk, 440; can
we as men and patriots tamely submit to these aggressions,
440; the resolution is devoted to destruction, 440; never was
a more interesting crisis in our affairs in reference to our
foreign relations, 440; two classes of arguments against the
motion--one addressed to our hopes, the other to our fears,
440; these considered, 440; has there been as much pains taken
to apprise the nation of its true position as there has been
to alarm it, 441; what is the true cause of our dispute with
Great Britain, and what is the extent to which it goes, 441;
this measure involves the best interests of our country, 442;
the subject considered relatively to its general policy, and
whether we are bound to adopt the resolution, 442; objects
of the federal compact, 442; the resolution will produce
instantaneous war, 442; effect on Great Britain, 442; objects
of a free government, 443; unless it fulfils its objects it
is not worthy of support, 443; grounds of difference already
stated, 443; not able to meet Great Britain on the ocean, 443;
we say, be just or we will hold no intercourse with you, 443;
the resolution objectionable in all its parts, 444; it embraces
two points--one relating to the carrying trade, the other to
the impressment of seamen, 444; previous consideration of
the subject of impressment, 444; impressment has been going
on for ten or twelve years and no memorials come from these
patriotic merchants, 444; it is the carrying trade alone
which has brought them, because their interests are affected,
444; this an object of secondary importance, 445; effects of
adopting the resolution, 445; resolution of 1793 compared,
445; two alternatives before this nation, 445; the dispute is
most unquestionably for the carrying trade, 446; a trade less
beneficial to the nation than any other, and the cause of most
of our disputes with foreign nations, 446; not so important
as the coasting trade, or the direct trade, 446; our conduct
towards France and its effects, 446; particulars respecting our
trade, 446; British merchants and manufacturers will aid us
under this measure, 447; the adoption of the resolution will
affect the revenue, 447; question of expediency, 447; partial
operation of the resolution, 447; impressment considered,
448; arguments for the resolution founded on impressment,
examined, 448; adopt this measure and you may overthrow our
administration, 449; it is said, now is the time to settle our
disputes with England, 449; evidences of the spirit of the
nation, 450; the ocean common and undivided property, hence
difficult to afford the same security as on land, 450; the case
of Tripoli said to be in point, 450; is this the best course,
450; better if the government had never given protection to
commerce out of sight of our territory, 451; the grounds of
complaint considered, 452; impressment, 452; aggressions on
commerce, 453; the right of Great Britain to seize and condemn
colonial produce, the property of a neutral, on its way to the
ports of a parent state, her enemy, examined, 453; this measure
only a commercial regulation and cannot give any cause for war,
454; no animosity to occasion the resolution, 455; the conduct
of Great Britain is manifestly unjust and unauthorized by the
law of nations, 455; a review of the points in discussion
between this country and Great Britain, and the arguments of
the opponents of the resolution examined, 455; aggressions of
Great Britain a sufficient stimulus for us to do something,
458; law requiring protections for seamen regretted--the flag
should protect, 458; motion to discharge the Committee of
the Whole from the further consideration of the resolution,
459; no discussion of its merits had, 459; motion lost, 459;
painful to see gentlemen so far forget the interests of their
own country in defending the pretended of rights of others,
460; facts relating to impressments, 460; property of foreign
nations covered by American merchants, 460; vindication of the
character of American merchants, 461; true history and cause
of the British aggressions, 461; difference between our treaty
with Great Britain and other nations, 462; the just cause of
complaint being admitted, it remains to determine whether
we will tamely submit, 462; only difference relates to the
question what measures will have the most effect with the least
injury to ourselves, 462; where is the remedy, 463; is peace
to be destroyed until indemnity and security can be obtained,
463; other arguments considered, 463; motion that the committee
rise, 464; opposed, 464; lost, 464; a resolution adopted, 465;
bill read third time, 466; passed, 466. _In the House_, motion
to postpone the bill authorizing the President to suspend the
non-importation law under certain contingencies, 709; in the
event of suspending the embargo, it may be proper to suspend
this law, 709; the law should be a permanent regulation, 709;
have a right to make all regulations we please, respecting
commerce, 709; what cause for suspending at present, 709;
postponement carried, 709.

_North Carolina_, vote for President, 168.

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_Oath_, administered to members of House at 1st session, Eighth
Congress, 51.

_Oaths._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

_Officers, removal of._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

_Officers, plurality of._--Resolutions declaring that a
contractor is an officer of government, and incapable of
holding a seat in the House, and that the union of a plurality
of offices in a single individual, especially military with
civil authority, is repugnant to the constitution, &c.,
considered in the House, 466; no such principle in the
constitution, as is prescribed in first resolution, 466;
no right to make a disqualification which the constitution
does not attach to the tenure of a seat, 466; each House
shall be the judge of the qualifications of its members,
467; the resolution an exposition of the constitution, 467;
meaning of the word “officer,” 467; subsequent Houses may
give the constitution a different construction, 467; every
objection which can be made to a member applies with equal
force to his holding a lucrative contract, 467; words of the
constitution, 467; cannot be justified in declaring what is
and what is not the constitution, 468; adopt this resolution,
and a bare majority might deprive a member of a seat, 468; no
power to exclude members from a seat, unless it is found in
the constitution, 468; what is the idea of an officer under
the constitution, 468; is a contractor an officer under the
constitution, 469; the only question is, whether there was an
existing disqualification, 469; a contract cannot be considered
in the light of an office, 469; officer and contractor do not
mean the same thing, 469; not in the power of the House to
declare the two appointments incompatible, unless expressly
authorized in the constitution, 470; allusion to cases, 470;
resolution not agreed to, 470; second resolution considered,
471; declaration of the resolution not correct, 471;
constitution recognizes union of civil and military offices,
471; the union here contemplated, gives the actual discharge
of civil powers to a person in command of the army, 471; is
there no spirit in the constitution, 471; a union of different
offices in the same person not repugnant to the constitution,
472; what benefit will result from this declaration, 472; what
does the resolution amount to, 472; resolution goes too far;
it is very common for two offices to be united in one man,
472; union necessary in some cases, 472; resolution not agreed
to, 473; third resolution considered, 473; adopted, 473; bill
presented, 473; bill prohibiting military and naval officers
from civil employment, read third time, 476; the bill goes to
the unconstitutional removal of an officer, 476; have we a
right by a legislative act to prejudice any other department
of the Government, 476; strongest argument in favor of the
expediency of the bill, 476; what is constitutional 477; let
us not interfere with the constitutional rights of the other
departments, 477; bill passed, 478.

_Ohio_, vote for President, 168.

_Ohio State Government._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

OLCOTT, SIMEON, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 163. _See_
_Index_, vol. 2.

OLIN, GIDEON, Representative from Vermont, 50, 285, 377, 493;
on the application of the Society of Harmony, 404, 405; on the
importation of slaves, 501; on excluding settlers from the
public lands, 543.

_Ordinance of 1787, respecting slavery_; resolutions of Indiana
Council, relative to suspension of, 503; report on, 519.

_Orleans_, bill for the government of the territory of, 166.

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PAINE, THOMAS, address to the Senate, stating his claim, 552.

PALMER, BERIAH, Representative from New York, 50, 285.

PARKE, BENJAMIN, delegate from Indiana Territory, 381, 497.

PARKER, NAHUM, Senator from New Hampshire, 547.

PARKINSON, REV. WILLIAM, elected chaplain of the House, 52.

PATTERSON, JOHN, Representative from New York, 52.

PENDLETON, EDMUND, resolution relative to the death of, 77.

_Pennsylvania Insurgents._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

_Pennsylvania_, vote for President, 168; resolutions of
legislature relative to removal of Federal judges, 676.

PETERS, RICHARD, Judge, committee appointed by the House to
inquire into his official conduct, 174.

_Petitions_, reception of, _see_ _Index_, vol. 2, and _Index_,
vol. 1, _Slavery_.

PHELPS, OLIVER, Representative from New York, 78, 315.

PICKERING, TIMOTHY, Senator from Massachusetts, 3, 163, 345,
485, 547; on the acquisition of Louisiana, 13; on the amendment
to the constitution, relative to the election of President, 27.
_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

PIKE, CAPT., resolution to compensate, 676.

PITKIN, TIMOTHY, jun., Representative from Connecticut,
380, 493, 612; on the importation of slaves, 496; on the
appropriation to build gunboats, 517.

PLATER, THOMAS, Representative from Maryland, 50, 285. _See_
_Index_, vol. 2.

PLUMER, WILLIAM, Senator from New Hampshire, 3, 163, 345, 485;
on the amendments to the constitution, relative to the election
of President, 29. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

POINDEXTER, GEORGE, Delegate from Mississippi Territory, 613.

POLK, WILLIAM, petition of referred, 82.

POPE, JOHN, Senator from Kentucky, 547; on expelling Senator
John Smith, 602.

PORTER, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 612.

_Postage of Newspapers considered in House_, 78; it affects
the means of acquiring political information in the different
parts of the Union, 78; should be transported free of postage,
78; Post Office establishment never intended as a paramount
source of revenue, 78; resolution moved to repeal postage on
newspapers, 79.

_Post Office Committee_, report of to the House, 85; amendments
discussed, 86.

_Post Office._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

_Post Roads in States._--Act relative to, in Senate, 45.

_Post Roads_, passage of the bill relative to, 342.

_Potomac River._--Bill to authorize the corporation of
Georgetown to make a dam or causeway from Mason’s Island to
the western shore of the Potomac, 290; motion to strike out
the first section, 290; Congress no right to pass the law
in question, 290; the tax authorized would be unequal and
oppressive, 290; House should legislate, or relinquish the
claim to jurisdiction, and authorize themselves, or retrocede
to Virginia, 290; no opposition out of the House, 290; no
injury done by it, 290; applicants should give notice of their
intention by previous publication, 290; effects of the measure
on the navigation, 291; moved committee rise, 291; opposed as
it effects nothing, 291; where is the proof it will do no harm?
291; compact between Maryland and Virginia, 291; tendency to
improve the navigation, 291; applications from the inhabitants
of the district should be noticed, 292; further time desirable,
292; committee rose, 292; asked leave to sit again, 292; act of
cession by Virginia read, 292; neither Maryland nor Virginia
have ceded their joint rights to this river, 292; any thing
done respecting the navigation must be by their joint act, 292;
the constitution gives Congress exclusive jurisdiction over
ten miles square, 292; the jurisdiction of the Potomac ceded
by Virginia and Maryland, 292; if Congress has no jurisdiction
over the Potomac, it has none over the district, 293; does
Congress possess exclusive jurisdiction of the Potomac, is the
question, 293; could Maryland give it? she had only a qualified
right, so Virginia, 293; each had concurrent jurisdiction, 293;
a deed to exclusive property by certain metes and bounds, would
not pass a joint interest in other property not contained in
those bounds, 293; where is the conveyance by which Virginia
has relinquished her concurrent jurisdiction? 293; power of
Congress to pass the bill, examined, 293; compact between
Maryland and Virginia explained, 293; illustration of passing
joint property with exclusive jurisdiction, 293; stipulations
between Maryland and Virginia, 294; two States uniting makes
the grant complete, 294; Virginia never passed the right of way
purchased of Maryland, and Maryland had it not to convey--how
could the United States have acquired it? 294; case of the
cession of Louisiana, 294; was the jurisdiction of the Potomac
ceded to Congress? 294; improper to take up the subject as
there is a motion to retrocede the district, 297; determination
on the part of the people of the district to give Congress as
much trouble as possible, 298; immediate exertions required to
prevent the channel from being filled up, 298; propriety of
adopting the resolution to retrocede, 298; alterations in the
bed of the river, 298; further reasons to show that Congress
does not possess the power of legislating on the subject, 299;
further reasons on the opposite side, 299; this reasoning
examined, 299; it is intended to stop one channel in order
to deepen the other, 300; further remarks on the rights of
Congress, 300; further debate, 301; motion to strike out first
section lost, 301; third reading of the bill, 301; this bill
effects the interest and wantonly violates the right of one of
the States, 301; two methods of construing the constitution,
302; the Legislatures of the two States never could have
intended a cession of the jurisdiction, 302; passage of the
bill, 302--Postponement passed in the Senate, 374.

_Bridge across the Potomac_, in the House, resolution to
authorize the erection of, considered, 397; will the erection
of the contemplated bridge injure the navigation of the
Potomac? 397; reasons and objections of the anti-memorialists
examined, 397; the inconvenience to vessels examined, 397;
other objections of the counter-memorialists examined, 398;
resolution carried, 398.

POTTER, SAMUEL J., Senator from Rhode Island, 3; deceased, 165.

PREBLE, COMMODORE, motion in Senate relative to, 168;
resolutions relative to, 343.

_Presents to Ministers._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

_Presidency, Vacancy in._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

_Proclamation_ of President Jefferson interdicting harbors and
waters to British armed vessels, 619.

_Protective Duties._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

_Public Lands_, bill from Senate to prevent settlement of,
until authorized, considered in the House, 543; postponement
moved, as too late in the session to do justice to the subject,
543; the bill declares the rights of all settlers forfeited,
and thus destroys the constitutional rights of those who had
existing rights, 543; an invasion of the rights of the States,
543; propriety of the bill justified by the necessities of the
case, 543; shall the public lands be given up to intruders,
543; the bill destroys the right of asserting a claim to
property, 544; other objections urged, 544; the very defects
are a reason why the bill should not be postponed, 544;
postponement lost, 544; moved to strike out first section,
lost, 544; bill passed, 545. _See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

_Public Roads._--_See_ _Roads, Public_.

PUGH, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 377, 493, 612.

PURVIANCE, SAMUEL D., Representative from North Carolina, 51,
286; in favor of the resolution to carry the Louisiana treaty
into effect, 63.

Q

_Quakers._--Memorial on slavery in the Territories, 313. _See_
_Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

QUINCY, JOSIAH, Representative from Massachusetts, 377, 493,
612; on the presentation of a sword to General Eaton, 382,
383; on the bill to authorize a detachment from the militia of
the United States, 393; on the importation of slaves, 401; on
incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408; on a plurality of
offices in the same person, 471; on the exclusion of military
and naval officers from civil employment, 476; against a
repeal of the duty on salt, 479, 480; on the importation of
slaves, 495, 498; on reference of the petition of the Manhattan
Company, 497; on securing the privilege of the habeas corpus,
537; on post roads, 542; on the settlement of the public
lands, 543, 544; on inquiring into the cause of the attack on
the frigate Chesapeake, 614; on British aggressions, 617; on
granting relief to the soldiers of the Revolution, 623, 624; on
building gunboats, 628, 639; on the suspension of the embargo,
696.

R

RANDOLPH, DAVID M., his testimony for the defence on the trial
of Judge Chase, 221.

RANDOLPH, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 378,
493, 613; remarks on the death of Samuel Adams, 52; against the
resolution to call upon the President for documents relative
to the acquisition of Louisiana, 54; moves that the committee
rise on the debate relative to amendment of the constitution,
60; advocates the resolution to carry the Louisiana treaty
into effect, 61, 70; remarks on the bill to authorize the
President to take possession of the Louisiana territory, 72;
further remarks, 73; advocates a repeal of the bankrupt law,
79; on the resolution relative to public roads, 83; opposes
augmentation of the navy, 87; offers a resolution to inquire
into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 88, 89; further
remarks, 91; on the importance of the inquiry into the official
conduct of Judge Chase, 95, 97, 112; on the Georgia claims,
142, 148, 149, 150; reports on the impeachment of Judge Chase,
161; appointed to impeach Judge Chase at the bar of the Senate,
174; opens the case of the impeachment of Judge Chase, 192;
closes the reply to the argument of the defence on the trial
of Judge Chase, 274; informs the House of the deficiency in
the appropriation to carry out the seventh article of the
British treaty, 287; on the remission of duties on books,
289; against bridging the Potomac, 290, 292, 293, 299; on the
duty on salt, 297; on the resolution relative to the Georgia
claims, 315, 316; on the Georgia claims, 317, 330; presents a
bill relative to French spoliations, 380; on proceedings of
Committee of Ways and Means relative to the subject of neutral
rights, 396; against postponing the resolution for amending the
constitution relative to the removal of federal judges, 414;
_note_, 414, 416; on exclusion of contractors from seats in
the House, 417; on prohibition of plurality of offices, 417;
on disjunction of military and naval with civil appointments,
417; on importations from Great Britain, 423, 463; on a
plurality of offices in the same person, 466, 469, 471, 472;
on naval appropriations, 474, 475; on repeal of the duty on
salt, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484; on the suspension of the
Habeas Corpus, 511; on the appropriation to build gunboats,
516; on securing the privilege of the Habeas Corpus, 529,
533, 539; on post roads, 542; on compensation to the soldiers
of the Revolution, 622, 623, 624; on relief to the soldiers
of the Revolution, 623, 624; on fortifications and gunboats,
639; communicates information relative to the conduct of
General Wilkinson, 642; on inquiry into the conduct of General
Wilkinson, 649; on fraud in land warrants, 676; on suspension
of the embargo, 695, 706. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

RANDOLPH, THOMAS M., Representative from Virginia, 50, 285,
378, 493.

_Rapids of the Ohio_, report relative to a canal at the, 465.

RAWLE, WILLIAM, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial
of Judge Chase, 202.

REA, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285, 377, 493,
612.

READ, GEORGE, his testimony for the prosecution on the trial of
Judge Chase, 211.

REED, PHILIP, Senator from Maryland, 487, 547.

REGNIER, his letter to the Imperial Attorney General, Paris,
641.

_Report_ on the contested election of Thomas Lewis, 143;
of committee on the limits of Georgia, 403; relative to
non-importation of slaves into Territories, 407; of committee
on Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 418; on the claim of
Beaumarchais, 542.

_Representation, ratio of._--_See_ _Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

_Resignation_, does it cause a vacancy.--_See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

_Resolution_ relative to assistance for Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Senate, 4; on supplying Senators with newspapers,
4; relative to number of chaplains, 4; of amendment to the
constitution, 23; of amendment to the constitution as passed
by the Senate, 37; on amendments to constitution, 38; in
Senate, on impeachment of Judge Chase, 45; referring the
President’s Message to committees, 51; in House, to make
provision to carry into effect the treaty of Paris, 53; calling
on President for documents to show the title to Louisiana,
acquired by treaty, 53; vote on, 57; relative to the death of
Edmund Pendleton, 77; relative to the road to Natchez and New
Orleans, 78; relative to postage on newspapers, 79; relative
to making provision for public roads, 83; of inquiry into
the official conduct of Judge Chase, 89; to impose a tax on
imported slaves, 96; relative to the Virginia Yazoo Company,
125; relative to the Georgia claims, 142; of Senate, relative
to the decease of Samuel J. Potter, 165; _note_, 165; to
present a sword to Com. Stephen Decatur, 286; calling for
the names of the officers and men who destroyed the frigate
Philadelphia, 287; to present a sword to Capt. Decatur, 287;
relative to post roads in Tennessee, 295; on the retrocession
of the District of Columbia, 298; relative to the duty on salt,
297; relative to a post road to New Orleans, 302; relative to
emancipation in the District of Columbia, 313; relative to
the protection of seamen, 314; relative to repairs at navy
yards, 314; relative to the Georgia claims, 315; to inquire
if Samuel Hammond has accepted an executive appointment, 319;
relative to counting the electoral votes, 340; relative to
the petition of Richard Taylor, 341; relative to the removal
of federal judges, 341; relative to the payment of witnesses
on the trial of Judge Chase, 343; relative to expenditures
in the navy, 354; on British aggressions on our commerce,
355; of thanks to General Eaton, 371; relative to the decease
of Senator Jackson, 372; relative to the Yazoo claims, 379;
relative to presenting a sword to General Eaton, 380; relative
to the number of impressed seamen, 384; relative to contingent
expenses, 388; relative to non-intercourse, 395; calling for
information relative to the imports and exports to and from
Great Britain, 399; relative to non-intercourse with Great
Britain, 400; relative to the non-importation of slaves into
Territories, 401; _note_, 401, 407; relative to amendment of
the constitution respecting the removal of federal judges, 402;
relative to importations from Great Britain, 403; relative to
the West India trade, 403; in favor of admitting slavery into
Indiana Territory, 406; relative to contractors holding a seat
in the House, 418; relative to a plurality of offices, 418;
relative to adjournment, 474; relative to the coast survey,
494; relative to securing the privilege of the Habeas Corpus,
520; for an amendment of the constitution relative to a removal
of the federal judges, 550; relative to John Smith, 551;
relative to the decease of John Dickinson, 554; relative to an
inquiry into the cause of the attack on the frigate Chesapeake,
614; relative to revolutionary pensions, 614; relative to
British aggressions, 617; to lay an embargo, 641; relative to
an inquiry into the conduct of Gen. Wilkinson, 644; relative
to Government contracts, 659; relative to removal of federal
judges, 675; to compensate Capt. Pike, 676; relative to the
decease of Ezra Darby, 675; relative to the decease of Jacob
Crowninshield, 694.

RHEA, JOHN, Representative from Tennessee, 51, 285, 378, 613;
on conference with the Senate relative to a repeal of the
duties on salt, 482.

_Rhode Island_, vote for President, 168.

_Rhode Island, admission of._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 1.

RICHARDS, JACOB, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285,
377, 493, 612.

RICHARDS, MATTHIAS, Representative from Pennsylvania, 612.

RIKER, SAMUEL, Representative from New York, 285, 612.

_Roads, Post_, bill for the establishment of certain,
considered, 338; object of the measure two-fold, 338; these
objects stated, 338; a shorter route to New Orleans, 338;
advantages for commercial purposes, 339. _See_ _Index_, vol. 1,
_Post Office_.

_Public, in Ohio_, resolutions to provide for considered, in
the House, 83; the resolutions contravene one of the provisions
of the law to which they refer, 83; various propositions, 83;
previous legislation on the subject, 83; the construction
of the law, 83; the question is whether five per cent. was
to be given, exclusive of the three, 84; further remarks on
the construction of the law, 84; the question made an Eastern
and a Western one, 84; further remarks on the construction of
the law, 84; motion to strike out one-twentieth and insert
one-fiftieth, carried, 85.

Bill under consideration, 128; motion to postpone lost, 128;
moved to vest the President with a general power to appoint
three commissioners to designate and report a route, 128;
carried, 128; bill ordered to third reading, 129.

ROBINSON, JONATHAN, Senator from Vermont, 547.

RODNEY, CÆSAR A., Representative from Delaware, 50, 287; on
the amendments to the constitution relative to the election of
President, 60; on the resolution relative to public roads, 84;
on the postponement of the bill to tax imported slaves, 141; on
the Georgia claims, 153; continues the reply to the argument of
the defence on the trial of Judge Chase, 267.

ROOT, ERASTUS, Representative from New York, 52, 285.

ROWAN, JOHN, Representative from Kentucky, 648; offers
resolution for inquiry into the conduct of General Wilkinson,
648, 657; on inquiry into the conduct of Judge Innes, 707.

RUMSEY, DAVID, letter relative to the impressment of his son,
384.

RUSSELL, JOHN, Representative from New York, 377, 493, 612.

S

SAILLY, PETER, Representative from New York, 377, 493.

_Salem, Mass._, memorial of inhabitants on British aggression,
395.

SAMMONS, THOMAS, Representative from New York, 50, 285, 377,
493.

SANDS, JOSHUA, Representative from New York, 50.

SANFORD, THOMAS, Representative from Kentucky, 50, 285, 378,
493; on the amendment to the constitution relative to the
election of President, 60; in favor of carrying the Louisiana
Treaty into effect, 67; on the resolution relative to public
roads, 84.

_Savannah, relief of._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

SAWYER, LEMUEL, Representative from North Carolina, 613; on
fortifications and gunboats, 629.

SCHUNEMAN, MARTIN G., Representative from New York, 377, 493.

SCOTT, WILLIAM, letter of Secretary of War relative to, 314.

_Seamen, protection of._--Letter from the Secretary of State
relative to the number impressed considered, 313; subject
demands investigation, 314; proclamations of Governors of
British West India Islands, 314; objects of British Government,
314; will the United States tamely submit to this impressment?
314; resolution of inquiry on the subject, 314; do. referred,
314. _Seamen, impressment of_, resolution of inquiry relative
to, offered in the House, 384; number detained in the British
service, 384; information already obtained has produced a loud
expression of public indignation, 385; resolution of inquiry
agreed to, 385.

_Seat of Government._--In Senate, bill for the temporary
removal to the City of Baltimore considered, 45; motion to
postpone further consideration, 45; bill offered as a spur
to the inhabitants at Washington to effect a more complete
accommodation of Congress, 45; design of the bill to frighten
the women and children of Washington, 46; moral right of
Congress to remove Seat of Government denied, 46; Congress
possess the constitutional power of altering the Seat of
Government, 46; the permanent Seat of Government was fixed
under the constitution, and Congress did not possess the power
to alter it, 46; to remove would be to prostrate the national
faith, 46; motion to postpone lost, 46; Trenton offered to
Congress for their accommodation in case of any removal, 46;
four rightful grounds of removal could exist, 46; moved to
strike out the words “Baltimore” and “Maryland” 47; agreed to,
47; causes of the inconveniences at Washington, 47; the Seat
of Government will yet be transferred to the Mississippi, 47;
the least expensive course is to remove--time cannot cure the
ill accommodations, 47; constitutional point examined, 47; the
seat once fixed becomes permanent, 48; motion to order a third
reading lost, 48. _See_ _Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

SEAVER, EBENEZER, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 285,
377, 493, 612.

_Seditious practices._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

_Senate_, recedes from disagreement to amendments of the
House to bill authorizing the President to take possession of
Louisiana, 9; _note_, 9; admission to the floor of, considered,
39; adjournment of first session of eighth Congress, 49; motion
relative to absent members, 168; vote of thanks to Aaron Burr,
170; proceedings on the impeachment of Samuel Chase, 175;
adjournment at close of first session of tenth Congress, 611.

_Senators_, classification of, 38.

_Sinking Fund_, report of commissioners, 354.

_Slavery._--Memorial of American Convention for promoting
abolition of, and prohibiting the introduction of slaves into
Louisiana, considered, 41.

_Slavery in Territories_, power of Congress relative to, as
asserted in the act erecting the Territory of Louisiana,
_note_, 44.

_Slavery in Indiana Territory_, petitions for, 385.

_Slavery._--Resolutions of Indiana council, relative to a
suspension of the ordinance of 1787, 503; report on, 519;
report in the Senate on the resolutions of the Legislative
Council of Indiana, relative to the suspension of the ordinance
of 1787, 550; considered in the Senate, 551; resolution on
passed, 551.

_Slavery in Territories._--Memorial of Quakers, 313.

_Slavery, prohibiting in a Territory._--_See_ _Index_, vols. 1
and 2.

_Slavery and Slave Trade._--_See_ _Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

_Slaves, importation of_, motion in Senate to appoint a
committee to report if any amendments are necessary in the
act relative to, 39; resolution relative to non-importation
in Territories, 401; resolution in favor of suspending the
ordinance of 1787 relative to slavery in Indiana Territory,
406; report relative to non-importation in Territories, 407.
Moved to strike out so much of the bill as inflicts the
punishment of death on owners and masters of vessels employed
in slave trade, 500; crime in question most heinous, and
ought to be punished capitally, 500; most effectual method of
stopping the trade, 500; question whether we shall strike out
that part of the section which attaches the crime of felony to
the traffic, 500; penalty just, but too severe to be executed,
500; punishment of death not best calculated to stop the
traffic, 501; now said forfeiture is unnecessary, punishment
of death will stop the traffic, 501; no man in the Southern
States will dare inform, 501; slavery not considered an evil
in the Southern States, 501; capital punishments not inflicted
for political evils, 501; motion to strike out carried, 502;
imprisonment substituted, 502; bill from the Senate to prohibit
the importation after January first, 1808, read third time and
passed, 519; _note_, 519. _See_ _Duties on Imports_. _Also_
_Index_, vol. 1.

SLOAN, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 86, 285, 377,
493, 612; on a tax on imported slaves, 135; on the bill to
bridge the Potomac, 290, 298, 300; on the retrocession of the
District of Columbia, 310; on the importation of slaves, 385,
401; on the application of the Society of Harmony, 404, 405; on
incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408; on importations from
Great Britain, 437; on the importation of slaves, 500; on the
suspension of the Habeas Corpus, 510.

SMELT, DENNIS, Representative from Georgia, 497, 613.

SMILIE, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285, 377,
493, 612; on the amendment to the constitution, relative to
the election of President, 59; on extending the authority of
the United States over the Louisiana Territory, 76; advocates
a repeal of the bankrupt law, 79; opposes augmentation of the
navy, 87; on the inquiry into the official conduct of Judge
Chase, 89, 96; on the bill to bridge the Potomac, 290, 291,
298; on the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 304; on
the presentation of a sword to Gen. Eaton, 382; on laying a
duty on imported slaves, 387; on discharging the committee from
consideration of neutral rights, 393; on the application of
the Society of Harmony, 404, 406; on incorporating a church in
Georgetown, 408; on amendment of the constitution, relative to
the removal of federal judges, 415; on importations from Great
Britain, 435; on naval appropriations, 476; on the exclusion
of military and naval officers from civil employment, 476,
477; on building gunboats, 626; on inquiry into the conduct of
Gen. Wilkinson, 645, 652; on inquiry into the conduct of Judge
Innes, 701, 708. _See_ _Index_, vols. 1 and 2.

SMITH, DAVID, Senator from Tennessee, 345, 487, 547. _See_
_Index_, vol. 2.

SMITH, ISRAEL, Senator from Vermont, 3, 163, 345, 485; on
British aggressions on our commerce, 355. _See_ _Index_, vols.
1 and 2.

SMITH, JEREMIAH K., Representative from New Hampshire, 612.
_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

SMITH, JOHN, Senator from New York, 44, 165, 349. _See_
_Index_, vol. 2.

SMITH, JOHN, Senator from Ohio, 8, 165, 349, 490; resolutions
relative to, introduced into the Senate, 551; report thereon,
552; notification to Smith, 552; resolution relative to, 552;
in Senate to hear the counsel of John Smith why he should not
be expelled, 554; changed to hear counsel why the report should
not be adopted, 554; counsel would show that the testimony
of the main witness against Smith was not worthy of credit
and nothing to affect the character of the accused, 555;
further proceedings, 555; reasons of counsel why the report
should not be adopted, commenced, 556; examination of the
direct testimony submitted, 556, 557, 558; examination of the
circumstantial testimony offered by other witnesses in support
of the accusation, 558; circumstances which have been distorted
against the accused, 559; evidence of Smith’s innocence, 560;
Smith’s character and situation in life, 561; charge against
Smith is, of being connected with Colonel Burr in the late
conspiracy, 563; grounds of proof stated, 563; these grounds
examined in detail by counsel for the defence, 563, 564, 565,
566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573; arguments of counsel
for defence closed, 573; resolution of expulsion of Senator
John Smith, of Ohio, for participation in the conspiracy of
Aaron Burr, submitted to the Senate, 578; what is the evidence
of Mr. Smith’s participation in the conspiracy, examined, 574
to 584; principles of the report of the committee condemned,
584; the Senate have cognizance of the case, 584; to vote for
the resolution is to disrobe a Senator of his honor, and doom a
citizen, 584; examination of the points relied on against Mr.
Smith, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589; other points considered
and reviewed, 589, 590, &c.; arguments against Mr. Smith,
598, &c.; counsel for Mr. Smith opposed the resolution on two
grounds: 1st. That the Senate have no jurisdiction of the case.
2d. That the evidence does not warrant its adoption, 602; is
the resolution supported by the evidence? this point examined,
602, &c.; resolution lost, 606; _note_, 606.

SMITH, JOHN, Representative from New York, 52.

SMITH, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 50, 285, 378, 493,
613. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

SMITH, JOHN C., Representative from Connecticut, 50, 285, 377;
on the Georgia militia claims, 128; on laying a tax on imported
slaves, 391; on the importation of slaves, 401; on payment of
witnesses on the trial of Chase, 409; on naval appropriations,
478.

SMITH, O’BRIEN, Representative from South Carolina, 383.

SMITH, SAMUEL, Senator from Maryland, 3, 163, 345, 485, 547;
in choice of House from five highest candidates, 22; on the
amendment to the Constitution relative to the election of
President, 26; on suspending intercourse with St. Domingo, 350;
elected President _pro tem._ of the Senate, 378; on British
aggressions on our commerce, 369. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

SMITH, SAMUEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 377, 493, 612.

SMITH, SAMUEL H., his testimony for the prosecution on the
trial of Judge Chase, 214.

_Soldiers of the Revolution_, one system of national defence
which ought to be sedulously cherished, 622; to arm the
national defence--muskets in the hands of citizens and cannon
in the arsenals, 622; a measure of justice should precede any
step for defence, 622; how could the Government call on the
youth of the nation for defence, when the veterans of the
Revolution were begging from door to door, 622; resolutions
submitted, 623; the provision made for these soldiers was
notoriously scanty and mean, 623; the pathetic appeal to the
House by one of its oldest members, 623; moved to strike out
the word “disgraceful” from the resolutions, 623; shall our
public lands, commerce and every blessing, be participated
in by those who sacrificed nothing for our independence,
while those who achieved it are suffered to live and die in
wretchedness? 624; compare the services of Lewis and Clarke
with that of the soldiers of the Revolution, 624; what a
wide difference in their remuneration, 624; there are other
sufferers besides the officers and soldiers, 624; no necessity
for the amendment, 624; do not desire to disclose our own
disgrace, 625; amendment carried, 625.

SOUTHARD, HENRY, Representative from New Jersey, 86, 283, 377,
493, 612; on improving the navigation of the Potomac, 292; on
the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 307; on laying a
duty on imported slaves, 386, 389; on incorporating a church
in Georgetown, 408, 409; on fortifications and gunboats, 635.
_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

_South Carolina._--Vote for President, 168.

STANFORD, RICHARD, Representative from North Carolina, 50, 285,
378, 493, 613; advocates a repeal of the bankrupt law, 79;
on the bridging the Potomac, 298; on the retrocession of the
District of Columbia, 303. _See_ _Index_, vol. 2.

STANTON, JOSEPH, Representative from Rhode Island, 50, 285,
377, 493; on a tax on imported slaves, 137. _See_ _Index_, vol.
2.

_State Balances._--_See_ _Index_, vol. 2.