A.

ABBOTT, JOEL, Representative from Georgia, 8, 216, 377, 592.
-See Index, vol. 6.

ABERDEEN, HENRY, in the the House, petition of, presented,

257; owing to the construction of the laws relating to
enrolling and licensing of vessels, colored persons were
debarred from this privilege, 258.

ADAMS, BENJAMIN, Representative from Massachusetts, 8.
-See Index, vols. 5, 6.

Addresses of the Senate and House in answer to President's
Messages.-See Index, vols. 1, 2.

Adjournment, in the Senate, a proposition to adjourn on

the first of April considered, 169; nothing but ordinary
business to be done, 169; too soon to fix a day, 169; noth-
ing be lost by postponing most of the important ques-
tions now before Congress to the next session, 169; tho
real question is, whether the business can be done in a cer-
tain time, 170; further debate, 170; resolution agreed to,
170.

In the House, do not possess the necessary facts to fix
a limit to the session, 267; very little has been done so
far, 268; further debate, 268.

Admirals in the Navy.-See Index, vol. 2.
African Slaves and Slavery.—See Index, vols. 1, 2, and In-
dex, vol. 6, Slavery.

ALEXANDER, ADAM R., Representative from Tennessee, 592.
ALEXANDER, MARK, Representative from Virginia, 3, 216
877, 592; on the Revolutionary Pension bill, 291. See
Index, vol. 6.

Algerine War.-See Index, vol. 1.
Allegiance, Foreign.-See Index, vol. 1; also Index, vols.
2, 5, 6., Expatriation.

ALLEN, NATHANIEL, Representative from New York, 8.
See Index, vol. 6.

ALLEN, ROBERT, Representative from Tennessee, 6, 216, 377,
592; on the public land debt, 127; relative to payment
for horses lost in the Seminole war, 308; on road from
Memphis to Little Rock, 615. See Index, vol. 6.
ALLEN, SAMUEL C., Representative from Massachusetts, 3,
215, 877, 592. See Index, vol. 6.
ALLISON, JAMES, Representative from Pennsylvania, 592.
Amelia Island.-See Index, vol. 6.
Amendment of the Journal of the House.-See Missouri.
Amendment to the Constitution.-In the Senate, resolution
offered to amend the constitution so as to give the Sen-
ate appellate jurisdiction from the Judiciary over all
cases in law or equity under the constitution, &c., 145;
the constitution itself contemplates amendment, 146;
the sole difficulty in its formation was to determine the
proper distribution of power, 146; after an experience of

thirty-two years it becomes our duty to begin this inquiry
relative to the conflicts between the Federal Judiciary
and the sovereignty of the States, 146; those conflicts so
frequent and alarming, the public safety demands an in-
vestigation, 146; it is contended by some of the States,
that the States have superior claims to an exclusive de-
cision in all cases of conflicting power, 146; in the case
of Pennsylvania, much was said of the rights of the par
ties, and the necessity of a tribunal that could remedy
the evil, 146; at this time there is unfortunately a want
of confidence in the Federal Judiciary in cases that in-
volve political power, 147; it is a principle interwoven
both in the theory and practice of our Government, that
every department which exercises political power shall be
responsible to the people, 147; it may be denied by some
that the Judiciary exercises legislative or judicial pow-
ers, 148; the passions and propensities of human nature,
with all their imperfections, are alike common to every
rank and condition, 148; it is not pretended that judges
are worse than other men, 148; power cannot safely be
confided anywhere without the guarantee of responsi-
bility, 149; are we choosing guardians to control us, and
prevent us from destroying ourselves in our fits of luna-
cy? 149; has the change in the judicial term from ten-
ancy at will to that of life essentially changed the char-
acter of decisions in Great Britain? 149; the nature and
the object of the Federal Judiciary are subjects worthy
of investigation, 150; the real object of an independent
Judiciary in this country, must have been to embody
the best experience in legal knowledge, and produce
uniformity of decision in legal questions relating to prop-
erty and crimes, 150; what should be the supreme law
of the land? 150; the history of this Government fur-
nishes us nothing that can induce us to look with a very
favorable eye to the Federal Judiciary as a safe deposi-
tory of our liberties, 151; instances in which State au-
thorities have been set at defiance, 151; case of Dart-
mouth College, 151; case of New Jersey, 152; case of
Pennsylvania, 152; case of Maryland, 153; case of Ohio
and Kentucky, 153; the case of Cohen vs. Virginia, 154.
Election of President and Vice President by a di-
rect vote of the people, a resolution relative to, offered,
472.

A resolution providing that the electors shall continue
voting until a President is chosen, offered, 478; the
necessity of some change is obvious, 473; numerous pro-
positions offered, 478; the Electors represent the true
feelings of the people, 473.

A resolution proposing the district system, offered, 478.
A resolution to restore the original system proposed,

474; a return to the good old ways of our political fathers, 474; for what purpose was the office of Vice President created, 474; the propriety of the original mode of election was not only evident from the deductions of reasoning and the voice of experience, but it was fully confirmed by the prospect of the future and especially by the prospect immediately before the nation, 475; note, 475; while no small excitement exists in relation to the President's election, there is an utter apathy and indifference in regard to the Vice President, 475.

Resolution providing for a second ballot by the Electors if there is no choice on the first ballot, 475; the plan of an election by a direct vote of the people examined, 476; it does not profess to give the choice to a majority of the people, and renders a resort to the House of Representatives almost indispensable, 476; the consent of the States required for the district system, 476; basis of the election of the three departments of Government, 476; its tendency is to reduce still more the relative weight of the large States in the general scale, 477; remarks on the other propositions, 477, 478; remarks of commentators on the constitution, 478; experience has settled for us the general point of the operation of the powers conferred by the constitution upon the relative strength and influence of the respective Governments, 479; election of President and Vice President by a direct vote of the people considered, 496; it proposes to divide the United States into electoral districts, 496, 497; evils of the general ticket system, 497; the choice of electors by legislative ballot is subject to equal objections, 498; analysis of the words of the constitution, 498; the construction put upon the constitution at the time of its adoption, 499; reasons stated in the Federalist, 499; these reasons considered, 500, 501; by the constitution it was intended the electoral office should be one of the first dignity in the republic, 502; the elector may betray the liberties of the people by selling his vote, 502; historical examples to prove the correctness of this opinion, 502; the virtue and simplicity of this day must pass away, 503; danger of tumults and popular commotions, 508; what shall we infer from tumultuous elections, 504; the Grecian republics, 504.

Caucus System.-Under the present state of public feelings the consideration of the amendments should be postponed, 517; a new, self-created, central power, stronger than the power of the constitution, has grown up at the seat of Government, 517; note, 517; this power at present composed of a select number of members of Congress, &c., 518; they are under no restriction as to the number and condition and residence of their members, 518; should perilous times occur and men of unchastened ambition become President and Vice President they would employ this central power to fill the two Houses of Congress, 518; let any member of the Senate point out an article or clause of the constitution which gives the slightest encouragement to measures of any sort by which a concentration of the votes for the President may be effected previously to the choice of electors in the several States, 518; the practice of holding caucuses has long existed, 519; the first embargo was agreed upon in caucus, 519; proceeding in the States relative to an amendment of the constitution, 519; it has been said that the proposed amendment is an attempt on the part of the large States to deprive the smaller States of their equal ratio in the House in the choice of President, 520; a reference to what had taken place should dispel this impression, 520.

A disproportion has grown out of the relative powers of the great and small States which the members of the convention had not foreseen, 521; six great States can control the election, 521; the appointment of electors

by State legislatures has been acquiesced in for thirty years, 521; if the legislature choose the electors they know whom they choose, 521; the present provision of the constitution in respect to an election of President is extremely weak, 522; the power which members of Congress assumed of nominating a President places the complete control of the Government in the hands of a party, 522; the caucus is neither forbidden nor enjoined by the constitution, 522; every printer in the country exercised the same privilege, 522.

The first use of the word caucus here, 523; seems to apprehend the time will come when the President and heads of departments will participate in such a convention, 523; a public meeting has been held to recommend to the people to unite and keep the election in their own hands, 523; what is the question before the Senate, that of an indefinite postponement of the amendments, 523; the district system, 523; is the object to affect the public mind in regard to the caucus which has been recently held, 524; its object was to produce union, 524; former caucuses, 524; what has this to do with the propositions to amend the constitution? 524; it is a firebrand thrown into this House, 524; what was done in caucus was done openly, 524; explanation, 524; it is said that a Congressional caucus for the nomination of President is not liable to any of the objections which may be urged against the election of President by Congress, 525; an obvious fallacy, 525; if gentlemen acted in their private capacity every citizen would be entitled to attend, 525; a member of Congress cannot put off his character and as a private citizen interfere with matters which the constitution has wisely prohibited him from meddling with, 526; illustrations, 526; objections to a Congressional caucus, 526; it is said such a caucus is free from objection, because it does not profess to elect but only to nominate a President, 527; is not the design of the nomination to procure the election? 527; it is said, a caucus is necessary to promoto union, 527; this debate is entirely out of order, and foreign to the subject before the Senate, 528; the true question is, whether we have a confederated or a consolidated government, 528; how far will these amendments go to cure the evils in the constitution or introduce others into it, 528; to an unadvised stranger who had heard the first speaker it would seem that a monster of yesterday had sprung up threatening to devastate the country, 529; it is said the President and Heads of Departments may with equal propriety meet and make a nomination, but they do not come imme. diately from the people as members of Congress, 530; let gentlemen propose a substitute for a cauens, 530; what is the consequence of a difference of opinion? 530; the meeting is merely for the general concentration of opinion, 530; the system is too old in this country-opposition to it will not do, 581; the dangers the Republican party had to encounter have been mainly obviated by the caucus system, 582; it has been approved, 532; a view of the caucus system as it has operated, 532; suppose all had met and agreed on a candidate, what would have been the consequence! 583; in a government like ours there must be some mode to concentrate the votes of the people, 588; what is to be substituted for the caucus mode? 533; motion to lay on the table lost, 584; unfortunate for the amendments that this subject has been introduced, 584; none could be made to affect the next election, 534; review of the past, 534; have now more candidates for the Presidency than ever before, 534; impossible to see how the choice of Electors by districts could affect an election of President, 535.

The dangers of our present system have been shown

in the strongest colors, 535; the small States ask the of this enormous power

adopting a system of single districts for the choice of Electors, 535; what is the power of the small States on an Election of President by the House, 585; the small States in the House can choose a President against the voice of the large, 586; of what advantage is this power to the small States, which has been exercised but once since the establishment of our government, and was then considered a great calamity, 536; there is a power vested in the small States beyond their numerical strength upon which their existence depends, 536; the district system has a tendency to deprive all the States of a portion of their power, 587; a nomination by a Congressional caucus is a clear violation of the spirit of the constitution, 537; the meeting of some members of the Virginia Legislature, 587; further debate, 588, 589; subject postponed, 540.

In the House.-Resolved to appoint a select committee to inquire into expediency of amending relative to election of President, &c., 594; report of committee, 600. Road and Canal making power within a State.— In the Senate, resolution relative to, 490; importance of the question, 490; is the power to make roads and canals within the States now vested in the Federal Government, 490; little reason to hope that without some constitutional provision the question will ever be settled, 490; other reasons for the amendment, 491. See Index, vols. 1, 2, 3, 5.

ANDERSON, JOHN, case of. See Index, vol. 6, Bribery. ANDERSON, RICHARD C. JUN., Representative from Kentucky, 3.

On the amendment of the Journal relative to Missouri, 62. See Index, vol. 6.

Appointments, Executive. See Index, vol. 5. Appropriations.-Stoppage of Pay to Debtors of the Gov

vernment.-In the Senate, an amendment proposed to the Appropriation bill, 195; inexpedient, 196; a declaration that there was no honesty among public officers, 196; officers at a distance might find it difficult to settle their accounts, 196; any man indebted to the people ought to discharge that debt before he receives any more of the people, 196; establish an odious discrimination among public debtors, 196; in this attempt to do right they would fall into the error of doing wrong, 196; object is to compel those who owe the government to pay their debts, 197; further debate, 197; amendment lost, 197; farther amendments offered and agreed to, 198. Cumberland Road, Repair of.-A motion to insert $9000 for repairs of the Cumberland Road, 198; impolitic to insert this provision in the bill which could not be expected to succeed, 198; appropriation agreed to, 198; enormous amounts already expended on the road, 824; the people of the West have been heavily taxed to build fortifications on the seaboard, 824; how can the repair of this road come within the constitutional provision for the support of the government 824; manner in which the provision has been introduced into the bill, 824; the same reasons that induced the government to build the road should lead them to take care of it, 324; is it an object of sufficient consideration to authorize this appropriation, 825; every Congress for the last ten or twelve years has appropriated money for this object, 325; it is a national road built for a national purpose, 825; motion to strike out carried, 326; question on concurring with the committee to strike out, 828; the question is, by whom the road shall be repaired, 328; whether by the United States, or by the people who use it, 828; it is said, because you have made the road you should be at the expense of repairing it, 329; comparisons have been instituted between the amount of pub

lic money expended for the benefit of the people in the East and in the West, 829; how can it be said justly that the money expended in a navy has been for the benefit of the East, 329; what has Pennsylvania done? 829; it is expected this road will support itself, 829; all agree that the road shall not be suffered to go to ruin, 330; has Congress the power to legislate on the subject of internal improvements within the States, 381; further remarks, 831; motion agreed to, 881.

Veto Message of President Monroe, 843; the bill, 344; rejection of, 345.

In the House.-The appropriation bill considered, 442; motion to appropriate $50,000 to repair the Cumberland road, 442; origin of the fund pledged to refund the money which the road cost, 442; road should be kept in repair by tolls for that purpose, 442; objections to this course, 443; if the road were accepted by the States is there any danger it would go to destruction, 443; roads in Vermont, 443; is it not just that this road should maintain itself? 443; Congress keeps in repair ships and fortifications built at the public expense, and why not this road built in the same manner? 444; it is asked what benefit is this road to Maine and Georgia, 444; uncertain whether the States will take it if ceded, 444.

Minister to Lisbon, amount to defray the expense of, considered, 822; boundary line between the United States and Mexico, amount to cover the expense of running considered, 323.

Question on striking out the appropriation for the erection of Fort Calhoun, 385.

Appropriation for Mobile Point considered, 885; facts in the case, 335; incorrect policy to make specific appropriations to fortifications by name, 386; reasons why the United States are absolved from the contract, 336; further debate, 336.

Military. In the Senate, to purchase a farm at West Point, moved to strike out the appropriation for, 513; no use to purchase this farm with the public house on it, as another can be erected close at hand, 513; liquor obtained at this house and introduced in violation of the rules of the Academy, 513; public houses scattered all over the country, and the expense would be immense if Government should purchase all to prevent their injuri ous effects on youth, 513; if the purchase is made it must be by cession of the jurisdiction from the State, 513; the object is much greater than the price to be paid, 514; this appropriation would introduce a new principle, that we should purchase out every nuisance that exists in the neighborhood of our public seminaries, 514; bill passed to a third reading, 515.

Diplomatic Corps, reduction of-Too many ministers now, 679; none needed to Spain and Portugal, 679; moved to strike out Lima, as unnecessary, 680; a Charge appointed last year, 680; a large commercial intercourse between us and Peru, 680; further debate, 684.

North Portico of President's House, question on granting the appropriation, 682; this is a part of the original plan of the building, 682; good time now to build it, 682; reasons for doing it, 682; no difficulty to find a tenant without more repairs, 683; no valuable end to be answered by it, 683; appropriation lost, 684.

Pay for Jobs to salaried Officers, question on striking out the clause prohibiting, 706; compensation received by Governors of Territories for extra services, 706; state of the law in relation to these Governors, 706; the laws relative to Governors of Territories and Indian agents, 709. See Index, vols. 1, 2, 8, 5. ARCHER, STEVENSON, Representative from Maryland, 3; on the vote of Missouri for President, 116. ARCHER, WILLIAM S., Representative from Virginia, 3, 216, 877, 592; on the Missouri Constitution, 83; offers a

resolution relative to the position of Missouri, 57, 59;
on the amendment of the Journal, 65; on the vote of
Missouri for President, 118; on the death of William
Lowndes, 419; on the suppression of piracy, 288; on
the suppression of public documents, 433. See Index,
vol. 6.

Arkansas Territory.-See Index, vol. 6, Territories.
Arkansas, western boundary, report on, 589.

Army. In the House, the bill making appropriations for
the pay and subsistence of, considered, 253; moved to
fill the blank with a certain amount, 258; desirable to
see first a statement of the revenue of the country, 253;
we are now two months in the new year, and there is
nothing to pay the demands on this department, 253;
the army and the Revolutionary pensioners suffering
for their pay, 253; the first inquiry is, whether we have
the money, 254; the bill was reported yesterday, and is
not yet dry, 254; unsafe to adjust the appropriations on
any calculation of average, 254; further debate on the
amount of the appropriation, 255, 256; motion to report
the bill to the House, agreed to, 256; report and esti-
mates of the Secretary of War, 271; what has been done
for the officers and soldiers of the army, 832; it is said,
that to preserve peace, a nation must be prepared for
war, 833; at what time will there be war, or what is the
adequate measure of preparation? 833; note, 833; no
probability the United States will soon be at war with
any of the nations of Europe, 833; the dangers of an
European invasion are past, 333; the militia are the
strong bulwark and impregnable defence of the nation,
334.

Army, Reduction of the, bill for, 72.

B

BAGLY, THOMAS, Representative from Maryland, 5, 222.
BAILEY, JOHN, Representative from Massachusetts, 592; on
the case of Bailey, 684.

BAKER, CALEB, Representative from New York, 3. See In-
dex, vol. 6.

BALDWIN, HENRY, Representative from Pennsylvania, 8,
216; on bank notes in payment of duties, 58; on the
amendment of the Journal, 62; on the appropriation
relative to Missouri, 93; on the South American Prov-
inces, 97; relative to the affairs in Florida, 222; on ex-
penditure of the Indian department, 228; on military
appropriations, 253, 254; on the proposed adjournment
268; on the appropriation bill, 323, 325. See Index, vol. 6.
BALL, WILLIAM LEE, Representative from Virginia, 4, 216,
882, 592; decease of, 514. See Index, vol. 6.
Bank Notes in Payment of Duties.-In the House, a
resolution to inquire into the expediency of refusing
the notes of every bank in payment of duties which
issues bills smaller than five dollars, 51; viciousness of
the currency where such small notes are issued, 51;
efforts making in some of the States to banish them
from circulation, 51; the effect which the adoption of
such a measure would have in giving preference to the
notes of the United States Bank, 51; the committee
should inquire whether the Government should not
lend its aid to bring about uniformity by excluding
small notes, 52: the Secretary of the Treasury has the
power to prohibit the reception of these notes, 52; bad
policy ever to have permitted the banks to issue notes
of less denomination than five dollars, 52; the particu-
lar object of this motion is not to benefit the bank, 52;
the bank has not fulfilled the duties it was intended to
perform, 52; was the circulating medium of the country
intended only for men who deal in tens and hundreds?
52; the people expected the Government to do what

was in its power to restore a sound currency to the
country, 52; this measure would tend to prevent the
exportation of specie, 53; the sooner these small notes
are stopped the better it would be for the country, 5;
the Bank of the United States has nothing to do with
this question, 58; this is the beginning of a system of
legislation which looks towards an interference with
the State Banks, 58; one bank in a country as objec
tionable as one head in a monarchy, 58; if Congress has
the power to interfere with one dollar notes of the
State Banks, it has the power to interfere with all
the notes, 53; improper to attempt indirectly a meas-
ure we cannot approach directly, 53; resolution passed,

54.

Bank of the United States.-In the Senate, a bill to amend
the charter of the United States Bank by appointing
officers to sign the bills considered, 178; motion to post-
pone lost, 178; motion to strike out the first section
carried, 178. See Index, vols, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Banks of Deposit.—Report of the Secretary of the Treasury
relative to, 249.

Bankrupt Act.-In the House, a resolution calling for
information relative to the operation of the Bankrupt
Law of 1800 considered, 223; information wanted as a
guide, 223; extent of the call limited, 223; the propo-
sition is one of a novel character, 224: the information
should be obtained through the medium of a committee,
224; further debate-resolution carried, 224.

Bill considered, 233; the whole civilized world, so
far as it was commercial, had adopted a bankrupt law,
233; two principal points regarded, security to the
creditor and relief to the debtor, 233: differences in the
administration of those laws, 233; the Government of
our own nation, 234; the operation of the certificate of
discharge, 285; the unpopularity of the former law
should be attributed to circumstances not really affect-
ing the merits of the system, 235; the principles and
leading provisions of the bill, 236; the English system
except in some details, 286; how has the system opera-
ted in England, 236; this system has totally failed after
a full and fair trial, 287; motion to strike out the first
section of the bill, 239; effects of this bill upon the
people, 289; who may become a bankrupt, 239; it con-
tains no provision for corporations, 239; the principle
of the bill an invasion of the rights of man, 239; it is
urged that the law provides relief for the unfortunate
debtor, 240; there is no constitutional power to dis-
charge a man from his debts, 241; the insolvent laws
of the States are preferable to a general system, 241;
the constitution provides that the judicial power shall
be vested in the Supreme Court, &c., 241; it proposes
to incorporate the mercantile community with a system
of laws peculiar to themselves, 242. The provision to
compel the debtor to surrender his property for the
pretended benefit of the creditor, and exonerate the
debtor from his obligations, objectionable, 245; this
system would change the relations of debtor and credi-
tor, 246; the laws of other nations on this subject, 246;
experience of other nations would often prove a fatal
guide, 246.

We are now to determine whether a bankrupt law
shall embrace every citizen of the nation, and spread its
demoralizing influence over the whole surface of so-
ciety, 280; it has been said by its friends that this bill
should be confined to the mercantile classes, 280; will
you pass a bankrupt law for the former? 280; a ques-
tion of constitutional power has now arisen on the
amendment to extend the operation of the bill, 281;
consider the meaning of the term bankrupt, 291; extent
of the meaning, 281; the general spirit of the federal
institutions, 281; contrary to the nature and spirit of

our Government to extend it to all classes of people,
281; who may be declared bankrupts against their
will, 282; in what manner is a person to be declared a
bankrupt by this bill? 282; what then is the situation
this bill places every man within its adverse provisions?
282; details of the bill, 283; what will be the moral and
practical effects of this bill with the amendment? 288;
what would be the necessary operation of such a law?
283; controversies that would arise, 284; the manifest
tendency of the bill to increase the perpetuation of
fraud, 284: further details discussed, 285; question on
the third reading of the bill lost, 286. See Index, vols. 2, 8.
BARBER, LEVI, Representative from Ohio, 216, 877. See In-
dex, vol. 6.

BARBER, NOYES, Representative from Connecticut, 215, 877,
592.

BARBOUR, JAMES, Senator from Virginia, 187, 3848, 465; on

appropriation to the Cumberland Road, 198; on the
suppression of piracy, 855; on the British Colonial
trade, 860; on the case of Henderson, 484; on additional
sloops of war, 504; on amendment to the constitution,
529, 588. See Index, vols. 5, 6.

BARBOUR, JOHN S., Representative from Virginia, 592.
Barbour, Philip P., Representative from Virginia, 4, 216,

592; on the Missouri Constitution, 26; on the amend-
ment of the Journal, 66, 67, 68; reports on a naval peace
establishment. 81, 92; relative to Missouri, 88; on the
increase of the navy, 180; chosen Speaker, 216; his ad-
dress, 216; on the report relative to land offices, 307;
address as Speaker on a vote of thanks, 464. See Index,
vols. 5, 6.

BARSTOW, GIDEON, Representative from Massachusetts,
215, 408.

BARTLETT, ICHABOD, Representative from New Hampshire,
599.

BARTLEY, MORDECAI, Representative from Ohio, 592.
BARTON, DAVID, Senator from Missouri, 187, 848, 465; rela-

tive to Louisiana land titles, 160; presents a memorial
of Cherokee Government, 588.

BASSETT, BURWELL, Representative from Virginia, 216, 377,
599; relative to public defaulters, 321; on the disburse-
ment of public money, 379, 890; on Canadian refugees,
411; on road from Memphis to Little Rock, 615. See
Index, vols. 8, 4, 5, 6.

BATEMAN, EPHRAIM, Representative from New Jersey, 8,
216, 877. See Index, vols. 5, 6.

BATES, JAMES WOODSON, Delegate from Arkansas, 8, 217,
877. See Index, vol. 6.
Batture at New Orleans.-See Index, vol. 4. Do. St. Louis,
See Index, vol. 6.

BAYLIES, FRANCIS, Representative from Massachusetts, 215,

877, 592; on the occupation of the Columbia river, 400;
on the duty on woollens, 676; on the duty on tallow, 695.
BARROWS, DANIEL, Representative from Connecticut, 215,
378; on the Indian department, 230.
BEAUMARCHAIS, claim of.--In the House, a message relative
to, 189, 817; letters of Baron Neville to the Secretary of
State, 317, 318; the subject referred to a committee who
did not report on it, motion to refer again, 378; ought
not to take the course of common claims, 878; referred
to a special committee, 378; report. 423. See Index,
vols. 8, 5, 6.

BEECHER, PHILEMON, Representative from Ohio, 8, 592. See
Index, vol. 6.

BELL, SAMUEL, Senator from New Hampshire, 465.
BENTON, THOMAS H., Senator from Missouri, 143, 353, 465;

offers a resolution relative to Louisiana land titles, 159;
160; offers a resolution for information relative to lands
donated for certain Christian Indians, 160; remarks, 161;
note, 164; on land titles in Missouri, 176; on the Indian
factory system, 180, 188; offers resolutions relative to

persons of Indian blood, 189; offers a resolution relative
to revenue from lead mines, 201; on the fur trade of the
west, 201; on the lead mine leases of the Upper Missis
sippi, 207; offers a resolution respecting officers of the
army, 211; reports a bill for the sale of the lead mines,
858; offers a resolution relative to the occupation of the
north-west coast, 863, 366; on the sale of the lead mines
and salt springs, 363; offers an amendment of the con-
stitution, submitting the election of President, &c., to a
derect vote of the people, 472; against the case of Hen-
derson, 483; reports on the amendments to the consti-
stution, 485, 496; reports on western boundary of Ar-
kansas, 540, 589, note, 540; offers a resolution on Lake Su-
perior copper mines, 540; on the Indian fur trade, 543,
552, 554; on selling refuse lands, 567; on the duty on
cotton, 581; relative to the use of American hemp, 586.
BIGELOW, LEWIS, Representative from Massachusetts, 215,
877.

Bills, Money.—See Index, vol. 1.

Bills, last day for sending from either House, 589, note, 589.
BLACKLEDGE, WILLIAM, Representative from North Caro-
lina, 217, 877.

BLAIR, JAMES, Representative from South Carolina, 216; on
a call for information relative to the former bankrupt
laws, 223.

BLAIR, JOHN, Representative from Tennessee, 592.
Blank Ballots, shall they be counted?-See Index, vol. 4.
BLOOMFIELD, JOSEPH, Representative from New Jersey, 3.
See Index, vol. 6.

Blue Lights, as signals to the enemy.—See Index, vol. 5.
BOARDMAN, ELIJAH, Senator from Connecticut, 187, 848;
decease of, 472.

BODEN, ANDREW, Representative from Pennsylvania, 17.
See Index, vol. 6.

BORLAND, CHARLES, JR., Representative from New York,
216, 378.

Bounty to fishing vessels.-See Index, vol. 5, Duties, &c.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM C., Representative from Vermont, 592.
See Index, vol. 5.

BRANCH, JOHN, Senator from North Carolina, 466; on amend-

ments to the constitution, 538.
Breach of privilege.--See Index, vols. 2, 4.
BRECK, SAMUEL, Representative from Pennsylvania, 592.
BRECKENRIDGE, JAMES D., Representative from Kentucky,
233, 877; on the appropriation for the Cumberland road,
324; on a western armory, 426; on the suppression of
public documents, 441. See Index, yol. 5.
BRECKENRIDGE, Rev. Mr., chosen chaplain of the House, 879.
See Index, vol. 5,

BRENT, WILLIAM L., Representative from Louisiana, 592; on
Maison Rouge's claim, 616.

BREVARD, JOSEPH, Representative from South Carolina, 3.
See Index, vol. 6.

Bribery.—See Index, vols. 1, 6.

British Aggressions on our commerce.-See Index, vol. 8.
British Intrigues.-See Index, vol. 4.

British Minister, conduct of.—See Index, vol. 4.
British West India Trade. See Index, vol. 6.
BROWN, ETHAN ALLEN, Senator from Ohio, 154, 348, 466; re-

lative to propagating the gospel among the heathen, 164.
BROWN, JAMES, Senator from Louisiana, 137, 848, 465; on
the suppression of piracy, 855; on the roads in Florida,
509, 510. See Index, vols. 4, 5, 6.

BROWN, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 216, 877,