on appropriation for holding Indian treaties, 477;
relative to additional revenue, 477;
relative to an additional army, 477;
relative to the memory of Washington, 478;
relative to counting votes for President, 486;
of old Congress relative to statue to Washington, 512;
relative to election of President, 522, 523;
relative to the Judiciary, 581;
relative to Lieut. Sterret, officers, and crew, 593;
relative to imprisonment for debt, 593;
on decease of Narsworthy Hunter, 640;
relative to French spoliations, 642;
relative to funeral expenses of members, 648;
relative to free navigation of Mississippi, 670;
in Senate relative to impeachment of John Pickering, 692;
calling for papers relative to removal of deposit at New Orleans, 694;
relative to J. P. Van Ness, 696;
calling for information relative to the cession of Louisiana, 697;
relative to cession of Louisiana, 702;
relative to the navigation of the Mississippi, 710;
do. considered in secret session, 710;
for monuments to various officers and others, 712;
for a monument to Gen. Gates, 725;
relative to pay of late U. S. Judges, 731;
relative to French spoliations, 732;
on receding to the respective States jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, 736;
relative to Ohio School Fund, 742.

Revenue statements, reports on, made, 214.

Revenue, collection of; resolution for information relative to expense of collecting the revenue, &c., considered, 587;
great objection to internal taxes; the expense of collection, 588;
information sought, that it may be reduced, 588;
expense of collecting other taxes, 588;
the collection of some cost more than the collection of other taxes—discrimination required, 588;
statements of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 589;
further debate, 589;
the intention seems to be to repeal the internal taxes, right or wrong, 589;
further debate, 590;
motion lost, 591.

Rhode Island.—Vote for President, 62, 487.

Rhode Island.—See Index, vol. 1.

Richards, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14.

Robbins, Jonathan, case of, 444;
papers in, 444;
resolutions of Mr. Bayard, 446;
do. of Mr. Livingston, 447;
resolutions of Mr. Livingston taken up, 448; note, 448;
statement of facts, 448;
record of the court should be obtained, 448;
kind of evidence to be adduced, 449;
point to be gained, 449;
motion to discharge committee, not sufficient evidence before them, 450;
if interference of Executive improper, it did not proceed from improper motives, 450;
claim of citizenship and protection by Robbins, 450;
further debate relative to rising of the committee, 450, 451, 452;
motion negatived, 452;
resolutions calling on President for copy of the proceedings of the court considered, 452;
is there any such evidence as will throw light on the case? 453;
all the evidence necessary should be obtained, 453;
extraordinary resolution—was the President clerk of the court? 453;
the resolution must be negatived, and the debate on the merits go forward, if the end is to be reached this session, 453;
motion will operate as a discharge of the committee, 454;
further debate, 454;
substitute moved requiring Speaker of the House to obtain the proceedings of the Court, 454;
postponement moved, 454;
object of the resolution, a charge upon the President and upon the District Judge, 454;
conduct of both called into view, and the reprehensibleness defended on the testimony before the House, 455;
what do the resolutions amount to, 455;
question of great importance to the American people and to the reputation of the House, 455;
doubtful if the President has acted with propriety or not, 455;
particulars of the case, 455;
further debate, 456;
motion to postpone negatived, 456;
adoption of the resolution negatived, 456;
Mr. Livingston's resolutions considered, 457;
record of Circuit Court of New Jersey, 457;
change of conduct in the Executive, 457;
Committee disagree with Mr. Livingston's resolutions, 457;
will the House concur, considered, 457;
conduct of the Executive cannot be justly charged with the errors imputed to it, 458;
the case within the 27th article of the Treaty between U. S. and Great Britain, 458;
was the murder committed within the jurisdiction of Great Britain, 458;
extent of a nation's jurisdiction examined, 458;
jurisdiction of a nation at sea, 459;
illustrations, 459;
piracy, 459, 460;
application of the Treaty, 460;
act of Congress considered, 461;
does not comprehend case of murder committed in a foreign ship of war, 461;
English cases cited, 462;
indictments found at Trenton, 462;
bearing on jurisdiction, 462;
secondly, the case was a case for Executive not Judicial decision, 462;
this point examined, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466;
the President, in exercising this power and in performing the duty it enjoins, has not committed an unauthorized interference with Judicial decisions, 467;
this point examined, 467, 468;
House agree with Committee of the Whole in their disagreement to the resolutions, 469;
committee discharged from further consideration, 469.

Ross, James, Senator from Penn., 6, 119, 171, 322, 400, 485, 665;
on disputed presidential elections, 406;
on the Mississippi question, 668.
See Index, vol. 1.

Rules for the Election of President reported, 529.

Rutherford, John, Senator from New Jersey, 3, 117, 175.
See Index, vol. 1.

Rutherford, Robert, Representative from Va., 14;
on the address to the President, 28;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 41;
on petition of Hugh L. White, 49;
on liability of U. S. to a State for war expenses, 51;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 58;
on compensation of President and other officers, 65;
on increase of duties on sugar, 72;
on increase of duties on salt, 75;
on the accommodation of the President, 89, 91.
See Index, vol. 1.

Rutledge, John, Jr., Representative from South Carolina, 121, 179, 326, 429, 505, 694;
on answer of House to President Adams' 1st message, 132;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duties, 158;
on answer to President's message, 181;
on the Quakers' memorial, 183, 187;
on naval expenditure, 198;
on report on the Quakers' memorial, 209;
on the limits of Georgia, 222;
on relations with France, 228;
on the bill to raise a provisional army, 246, 248;
on the naturalization laws, 256;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 263;
on intercourse with France, 294;
on the capture of French vessels, 362;
on petition of free blacks, 437, 438, 440, 441, 442;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 451, 454;
on the bill against the slave-trade, 475, 476;
on reporting the debates, 508;
for a mausoleum to Washington, 514;
on a bill relative to District of Columbia, 523;
on repeal of internal taxes, 579;
on the collection of internal revenue, 590;
on reducing duties on imports, 591;
on imprisonment for debt, 593;
against repeal of Judiciary Establishment, 632;
in favor of relief for French spoliations, 645;
on a public discussion of cession of Louisiana, 698;
on taking up the French spoliation subject, 733.


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Savannah, relief to.—Resolution to afford some relief to the sufferers by the late fire at Savannah, debated, 39;
most calamitous event of the kind in United States—relief was granted to sufferers by fire at St. Domingo—if it was just in case of foreigners, it was equally so in the case of citizens, 40;
if the unfortunate have any claim on the Government, none could have greater, 40;
the city is a wide waste of ruin, 40;
if relief is granted in this case, it should be also to New York and Charleston, and other places, 40;
no occasion for insurance companies if Government makes good these losses, 40;
the principle a bad one, 40;
this is a distinct case, 40;
the loss unexampled—only a contribution is asked, 40;
it will not serve as a precedent, 40;
motion to go into Committee of the Whole lost, 40;
motion to discharge the committee made, 40;
more respect due to the feelings of the sufferers than to dispose of the subject without discussion, 40;
the Legislature of Pennsylvania had contributed, 40;
$10,000 were given to sufferers in St. Domingo, 40;
relief granted to the daughters of Count de Grasse, 41;
too tenacious about approaching the treasury, 41;
duty of Government to relieve such distress, 41;
what would $30,000 be when divided among all the people of the Union, 41;
motion to go into Committee of the Whole carried, 41;
neither the act for relief to sufferers in St. Domingo, nor to the daughters of Count de Grasse, in point, 41;
let gentlemen put their finger on that part of the constitution which gave the House power to grant relief, 41;
if the United States become underwriters for the whole Union, where shall the line be drawn? 41;
the constitution does not authorize any such grant, 41;
our duty to grant relief from humanity and from policy, 41;
no difference between the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, yet the House of the latter had voted unanimously, 42;
members, as individuals, can subscribe, but it is not constitutional to afford relief from the treasury, 42;
if the principle is adopted it should be general—every sufferer has an equal claim, 42;
motion to add Lexington to Savannah, 42;
the House cannot undertake to make good individual misfortunes, 42;
but the line is distinct between individual and national, and this is a national calamity, 42;
Savannah and Lexington should not be united, 43;
the former is an important place, 43;
Lexington had not asked for relief, 43;
our duty to pay claims of distressed soldiers first, 43;
this amendment designed to defeat a laudable object, 43;
this case a sharp conflict between humanity and the constitution, 43;
amendment lost, 43;
the greatness of the calamity is admitted and the disposition to relieve entire—a written constitution, however, prescribes the manner in which money shall be drawn from the treasury, yet it is impossible to obtain absolute directions in every case, 43;
the objects are specified in the eighth section, yet many laws have passed not exactly specified, 43;
the constitution cannot be administered under so rigorous and mechanical a construction, 43;
the principle is the thing aimed at for establishment, 44;
it is not what generosity and humanity require, but what the constitution and duty require, 44;
disagreed to in committee, 44.

Schureman, James, Representative from New Jersey, 121, 180, 326;
Senator from New Jersey, 400, 481;
resigns seat in Senate, 487.
See Index, vol. 1.

Seat of Government, resolution relative to proper measures to be adopted preparatory to removal of, 470;
bill to make further progress for removal and accommodation of the Government considered, 472;
motion to fill blanks for expenses, 473.
See Index, vol. 1.

Sedgwick, Theodore, Senator from Massachusetts, 5, 114, 171;
elected President pro tem. of Senate, 173;
Representative from Massachusetts, 429, 497;
elected Speaker, 429;
speech, 429;
acknowledges thanks of House, 538.
See Index, vol. 1.

Seditious practices, bill for restraint of, 295;
details of do., 296;
bill for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States considered, 305;
its outlines, 305;
motion to reject it, 305;
necessity of the law, 305;
extensive combinations exist, 306;
freedom of the press an example, 306;
effects of such liberty in France, 306;
true meaning of liberty of the press, 306;
its extent in this country, 307;
it is striking at the root of a republican government to restrict the use of speaking and writing, 307;
features of the bill, 307;
the bill in direct opposition to the constitution, 308;
operation of such laws, 308;
does the situation of the country require any law of this kind, 308;
the bill has two objects—to punish conspiracies and calumnies against the Government, 309;
question on rejection of the bill lost, 310;
question on its passage, 316;
not within the powers of the House to act on this subject, 316;
consider its effects, 316;
had the constitution cognizance of these offences, and had its amendments taken that away? 317;
this is the commencement of a system which may be extended to religious establishments, 317;
prosecutions for libel cannot take place under general Government, 318;
further debate, 318;
bill passed, 319.

Resolution that it is inexpedient to repeal the sedition law considered, 378;
objectionable clause, 378;
the constitutional argument in relation thereto, 379;
power of Congress over the press, 379;
is it proper for Congress to possess the power claimed for it, 380;
arguments in support of it examined, 381, 382, 383, 384;
resolution carried, 384;
question that the bill for repeal of part be engrossed, 535;
grounds upon which the original bill was passed, 535;
experience of the last two years, 535;
further remarks, 536;
engrossment refused, 536.

Senate.—Reply to the valedictory of John Adams as Vice President, 9;
special session at inauguration of John Adams, 10;
meets the House to count votes for President, 62;
answer to President Adams' first message, 117;
adjournment of, at 1st session, 5th Congress, 119;
answer to President's message, 2d session, 5th Congress, 169;
Legislative session adjourned, 175;
Executive session, 175;
adjourned, 178;
answer to President's message at 3d session, 5th Congress, 322;
form of warrant of, to be issued for apprehension of William Duane, 426;
adjournment 1st session, 6th Congress, 427;
message to House on eulogium to Washington, 447;
answer to President's message 2d session, 6th Congress, 483;
answer to address of Jefferson on retiring from Vice Presidency, 488;
special session convened March 4, 1801, 489;
secret session to ratify convention with French Republic, 492;
adjourns 1st session, 7th Congress, 569.

Sewall, Samuel, Representative from Massachusetts, 15, 120, 180, 326, 429;
on expatriation, 149, 150, 152;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 161;
on the Quakers' memorial, 184;
against weekly licenses to distillers, 194;
on naval expenditure, 197;
on breach of privilege, 205, 208;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 212;
on relations with France, 228;
on a provisional army, 243;
on establishing the navy department, 249;
on the naturalization laws, 253, 256, 259;
on a provisional army, 275;
on the persons to be excluded from citizenship, 278, 279;
on bill relative to treatment of alien enemies, 281, 282, 283;
on instructions to armed vessels, 286;
on a marine corps, 292;
on intercourse with France, 293;
on the abrogation of the treaty with France, 310, 312.

Sheafe, James, Senator from New Hampshire, 544.

Shepard, William, Representative from Massachusetts, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497, 569, 693;
on military appropriations, 252;
on the bill relative to the protection of commerce, 288.

Sherburne, John S., Representative from New Hampshire, 14;
on the address to the President, 20;
on the accommodation of the President, 92.
See Index, vol. 1.

Sinnickson, Thomas, Representative from New Jersey, 121, 179, 329.
See Index, vol. 1.

Sitgreaves, Samuel, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14, 120, 180;
on the address to the President, 17, 24, 31;
on land for Canadian refugees, 45;
on kidnapping negroes, 47;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 58;
on the accommodation of the President, 88, 89, 90;
on naval appropriations, 99, 100, 104;
on liberation of Lafayette, 109;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 132, 140;
on expatriation, 150, 152;
on tax on lawyers, 156;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 158, 160;
on foreign intercourse, 201;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 211, 212, 214;
on relations with France, 225;
on the naturalization laws, 256, 258, 260;
on a new census for a direct tax, 265;
on admission of aliens to citizenship, 279;
on letters of marque, 299;
on the abrogation of the treaty with France, 310, 311.
See Index, vol. 1.

Slave Act, Mississippi, for bringing slaves into, 427.

Slavery, prohibiting it in a Territory, see Territories.

Slavery, prohibition of, in a Territory, debate on, 217.

Slave Trade, &c., bill from Senate to prohibit carrying on, considered, 474;
manner of the passage of the former act, 474;
conveniences of the commerce, 475;
further debate, 475;
most defective bill, 475;
motion to refer to a select committee, 476;
too late in the session, 476;
the New England States should enjoy the profit of this traffic as well as the English, 476;
present law does not stop the trade, 476;
its extent, 476;
bill committed, 476;
bill passed, 477.

Slavery and Slave Trade.—See Index, vol. 1.

Slaves emancipated from West Indies, memorial respecting, 725.

Skinner, Thompson J., Representative from Massachusetts, 57, 182.