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.


P

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.

Presents to Ministers.—Letter of Mr. Pinckney relative to presents offered to him by Spanish and British courts considered, 253;
referred to a select committee, 253;
resolution from the Senate granting leave to Mr. Pinckney to accept certain presents, 261;
moved to concur, 261;
if we allow presents to be received, we must prepare to give them, 261;
if it should ever be allowed in consideration of public service, there never could be a better occasion, 261;
object of the constitution is to oblige ministers to make known to the world the presents they receive, 261;
this particular case considered, 261;
policy dictates the propriety of rejecting the resolution, 261;
object of the constitution to lock up every door to foreign influence, 262;
if leave granted, a precedent established and a title will be tendered hereafter, 262;
this will be the last application, if resolution rejected, 262;
no grounds for apprehension, 262;
practice under the confederation, 262;
action in this case will fix future usage, 262;
not necessary to accept them as a point of etiquette, 262;
a dangerous principle as it opens an avenue to foreign influence, 263;
a stop should be put to this business, 263;
further debate—House refused to concur, 264;
explanation and views of Mr. Pinckney, 269;
reason of the House for refusal, 276.

Presents to a Minister's wife.—Letter from Col. Humphrey, 731;
referred to a select committee, 732.

Presidency, vacancy in, see Index, vol. 1.

President's election disputed in the Senate.—Resolution for the appointment of a committee to inquire what provisions should be made by law to decide &c., considered, 405;
if any thing is done it must be by an amendment to the constitution, 406;
dangerous practice to endeavor to amend the constitution by making laws for it, 406;
Legislature has a right to make such provision as may be necessary, 406;
questions to be considered with regard to electors, 406;
do. 407;
committee appointed, 407;
bill reported, 407;
postponed, 408.
In the House, bill considered, 473;
motion debated, 473;
postponed, 478;
message from Senate disagreeing to amendments, 479;
House adhere, 479;
bill lost, 479.

Pritchett, Thomas, a manumitted slave, petition of, 57.

Proceedings in Senate on ratification of convention with French Republic, 492.

Protection of Trade, see Appropriations, naval.

Public Lands.—See Index, vol. 1.

Public Printing.—Report in favor of appointing a public printer considered, 573;
various objections urged, 573;
reasons in favor stated, 573;
lost, 573.


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Quakers' Memorial.—See Petitions.


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Randolph, John, Representative from Virginia, 429, 498, 569, 694;
on petition of free blacks, 438;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 450;
on the medal to Captain Truxton, 471;
moves $500 for furniture for President, 473;
on a mausoleum to Washington, 516, 517;
on jurisdiction over District of Columbia, 520;
on public printing, 573;
on the apportionment bill, 575;
on library of Congress, 578;
on reduction of the army, 578;
on resolutions relative to Judiciary, 582;
in favor of repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 621;
against reading the letter of McHenry, 697;
on motion to establish the mint, 695;
on the call for papers relative to the cession of Louisiana, 698, 700, 713, 715, 717;
on amendment to the bankrupt act, 724, 725;
on petition of United States judges, 728, 729;
against taking up resolution relative to French spoliations, 732;
on jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 738.

Ratio of representation, in the Senate, bill to fix, considered, 550;
moved to strike out 33,000 and insert 30,000, 550;
unless amended 28,800 persons in Delaware will have no representative, 550;
equity of the case, 550;
other reasons urged, 551;
motion to strike out lost, 551;
moved to allow one member for every fraction of 27,000, 551;
reasons for the motion, 551;
lost, 551;
bill passed, 551.
In the House.—Resolution to fix the ratio at 33,000, 572;
various numbers proposed, 572;
arguments in favor of a small and of a large ratio, 572;
resolution carried, 573;
move to strike out 33,000 and insert 30,000, 573;
object to lessen the size of the districts that electors might know the elected, 573;
smallest ratio preferred as a matter of principle, 573;
Delaware an extreme case, 574;
small States materially affected by the ratio in the bill, 574;
views of the people, 574;
experience of the States, 574;
large representation relied on for safety and economy, 574;
further debate, 575;
heretical and improper to consider the House as the representative of the people, 575;
the members of the House are the representatives of the States in proportion to their numbers, 575;
the apportionment is among the States, not among the people, 575;
further debate, 576;
motion to strike out eight and insert nine as the representation from Maryland, 583;
motion carried, 583.
See Index, vol. 1.

Read, Jacob, Senator from South Carolina, 3, 117, 165, 321, 399, 484;
elected President pro tem. of the Senate, 166.

Read, John, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497;
on increase of duties on sugar, 72;
on breach of privilege, 418.

Read, Nathan, Representative from Massachusetts, 498, 569, 693.

Report on memorial of Anna de Neufville, 69;
of Secretary of State, relative to affairs with Mediterranean powers, 79;
on petition of widow of Hanging Maw, 97;
on petition of daughters of Count de Grasse, 192;
on the Matthew Lyon affair, 206;
of Committee on Privileges on Griswold and Lyon case, 213;
on petition of Stephen Cantrell, 242;
on remonstrance of Georgia, 331;
on petitions for repeal of alien and sedition law, 373;
on measures in relation to breach of privilege, 422, 423;
in Senate on mausoleum for Washington, 485;
of committee of House on credentials, 500;
of Committee on Unfinished Business, 522;
on credentials of members, 530;
of Committee on State Balances, 534;
of committee on remonstrance of Georgia, 537;
on the Wyoming controversy, 639;
on State balances, 639;
in Senate on memorial of United States Judges, 666;
of committee on case of Van Ness, 725.

Resolution in Senate relative to joint meeting of two Houses to count votes for President, 6;
of relief in lands to Canadian refugees, 44, 45;
of Andrew Jackson on petition of Hugh L. White, 48;
on direct taxes, 52;
to notify Vice President Jefferson of his election, 63;
relative to lands of live-oak and red timber, 69;
relative to grant of lands to John C. Symmes, 70;
relative to suability of the States, 88;
relative to statements from War Department, 105;
relative to Gen. Lafayette, 108;
relative to defensive measures, 144;
relative to printing the laws in the German language, 165;
ordering newspapers for Senators, 166;
authorizing Minister to Spain to receive presents, 173;
relative to Gen. Kosciusko, 191;
relative to attack of Matthew Lyon on Roger Griswold, 206;
on Quakers' memorial, 209;
relative to disorderly behavior of Roger Griswold and Matthew Lyon, 210;
of Otis, relative to case of Griswold and Lyon, 212;
relative to claim of Amy Dardin, 213;
on relations with France, 225;
that no alien shall ever be a citizen, 254;
relative to direct taxes, 265;
relative to naturalization, 272;
relative to presents to ministers by foreign courts, 276;
relative to relations with France, 296;
giving bounty on capture of French armed vessels, 320;
relative to remonstrance of Georgia, 348;
for the expulsion of Matthew Lyon, 364;
relative to prints of John Trumbull, 402;
of Senate relative to death of Washington, 403;
of House sent to Senate on death of Washington, 404;
of House relative to commemoration of death of Washington, 405;
in Senate on disputed Presidential elections, 405;
of Senate to hear eulogium on Washington, 408;
of Senate relative to breach of privilege, 408;
relative to prosecution of William Duane, 427;
relative to prints of John Trumbull, 431;
to grant W. H. Harrison franking privilege, 433;
in House relative to death of Washington, 434;
of respect to memory of Washington, 435;
relative to amendment to constitution, 446;
in case of Jonathan Robbins, 447-452;
relative to western lands, 448;
relative to conduct of officers and crew of frigate Constellation, 470;
for a medal to Capt. Truxton, 469-471;
on Lake Superior lands, 457-472;
relative to lands given in satisfaction of judgments, 473;