323;
decease of, 344.
See Index, vol. 1.

Tazewell, Lyttleton W., Representative from Virginia, 498.

Tennessee, vote for President, 62, 487;
admission of, see Index, vol. 1.

Tenney, Samuel, Representative from New Hampshire, 505, 569, 693.

Territories.—Subject of fixing the limits of Georgia, and erecting the Mississippi territory considered, 217;
amendment proposed, "after the consent of the Legislature of Georgia shall have been obtained," 217;
claim of the United States to this territory examined, 217;
to proceed without consent of Georgia unconstitutional, 218;
United States possess the right, 218; who is the judge? 218;
amendment will defeat the bill, 218;
shall the territory remain defenceless? 218;
question of right examined, 218;
point of right be settled hereafter, 218;
terms required by Georgia, 219;
proposed measure absolutely necessary for the people of that territory, 219;
arguments so far do not show the right of the United States, but only the convenience of the measure, 219;
advantages of the measure to Georgia as a protection against the Indians, 219;
most proper that the amendment should be adopted, 219;
the only reason for the amendment is, that if the bill pass without it, offence will be given to Georgia, 220;
neither party has governed the territory, and Georgia cannot take offence in we hold it till the dispute is settled, 220;
particulars relative to the territory, 220;
Georgia always disposed to cede, 221;
further discussion, 221;
amendment lost, 221.

Clause providing that slavery shall not be forbidden, motion to strike out, 221;
clause very proper in the North-western Territory, but very improper in the Mississippi Territory, 221;
it would banish all the settlers, and exclude those intending to go there, 221;
Congress should so far respect the rights of humanity as not to legalize slavery any further than it now exists, 222;
is it proper on every occasion to bring forward the Southern States in an odious light? 222;
an immediate insurrection will take place if this is adopted, 222;
the motion will not be withdrawn, 222;
the tendency of this motion is not really to further the rights of man, 223;
it is a serious attack on the property of the country, 223;
the amendment should not be rejected on the ground of jurisdiction, 223;
only objection to the amendment is with regard to the people settled there, 223;
interest of the United States to reject the amendment, 223;
spreading the blacks over the country, 224;
question negatived, 224; note, 224.

Report on the credentials of the Delegate from the Mississippi Territory, 576;
Georgia has the right to the soil, and the laws of Congress for the government of the Territory are void, 576;
the Delegate has no right to a seat, 576;
no further proceedings should take place till the dispute is settled, 576;
the only question is whether the member is duly chosen, 576;
wait till the dispute is settled, 577;
let the report lie on the table, and the member keep his seat according to former practice, 577;
sufficient facts to decide the case without prejudicing the claims of Georgia, 577;
report agreed to, 578.

Thatcher, George, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429, 498, 693;
on the address to the President, 20;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 57, 59;
on answer to President Adams' first message, 124, 140;
on the Quakers' memorial, 183, 187;
on breach of privilege, 208;
on report on Quakers' memorial, 209;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 210, 211;
on the limits of Georgia, 221, 222, 223, 224;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 263;
on petition of free blacks, 438, 440, 442, 443;
on reporting the debates, 509.
See Index, vol. 1.

Thomas, David, Representative from New York, 569, 693;
in favor of a bill to extinguish State balances, 640.

Thomas, John Chew, Representative from Maryland, 429, 497.

Thomas, Richard, Representative from Pennsylvania, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497.

Thompson, John, Representative from New York, 429, 497.

Thompson, Mark, Representative from New Jersey, 14, 120, 180, 329.
See Index, vol. 1.

Thompson, Philip R., Representative from Virginia, 569, 693.

Tichenor, Isaac, Senator from Vermont, 3, 113.

Tillinghast, Thomas, Representative from Rhode Island, 179, 326, 569, 693.

Title, of President, &c., see Index, vol. 1.

Tracy, Uriah, Senator from Connecticut, 3, 113, 165, 322, 399, 481, 541, 661;
on breach of privilege, 409, 416, 418;
elected President of Senate, pro tem. 427.
See Index, vol. 1.

Treason and Sedition, bill to define, 175.

Treasury Department, bill providing that the Secretary shall lay before Congress annual report with plans for improving revenue, &c., 478;
House only has right to originate money bills, 478;
not Senate or Secretary, 478;
ordered to third reading, 478.
See Index, vol. 1, Executive Departments.

Treaty with Great Britain, motion that no person be delivered up under the 27th article, 476;
debated, 476;
lost, 476.
See Index, vol. 1.

Trigg, Abram, Representative from Virginia, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497, 569, 694.

Trigg, John, Representative from Virginia, 121, 179, 326, 497, 569, 693.

Trumbull, John, presents to the Senate two prints, 400;
letter to House, offering two prints, 430; note, 430.

Truxton, Captain, resolution to present a medal to, 469;
no official information received on the subject, 470;
resolution does not go far enough, 470;
resolution to call for information adopted, 470;
report of Secretary of the Navy in accordance therewith, 470;
resolutions considered, 471;
was it the duty of the commander of the Constellation to persist in the chase, and compel to action a ship of such superior force? 471;
rash conduct, 471;
law of Congress prescribes duty of naval commanders, 471;
nothing in their conduct but what was highly laudatory, 471;
frigates were constructed for protecting commerce—was this protecting commerce, to reduce his ship to a wreck? 472;
resolution carried, 472.


U

United States Judges, memorial of to Senate, 665;
petitions of, 727.

Upham, George P., Representative from New Hampshire, 569, 693.


V

Van Allen, Jonathan E., Representative from New York, 14, 120, 179, 326.
See Index, vol. 1.

Van Cortlandt, Philip, Representative from New York, 14, 120, 180, 329, 429, 497.

Van Horn, Isaac, Representative from Pennsylvania, 569, 693.

Van Ness, John P., Representative from New York, 569, 693;
on the apportionment bill, 574;
case of, considered, 696;
the member of the House has exercised the authority of a major of militia, under the authority of the United States, and thereby forfeited his seat, resolution to inquire considered, 696;
important as deciding a principle, 696;
resolution should go to committee on elections, 696;
reference ordered, 697;
report of committee, 725;
explanation of Van Ness, 726;
resolutions unanimously adopted;
on the case of Van Ness, 697, 726.

Van Rensselaer, Killian K., Representative from New York, 569, 693.

Varnum, Joseph Bradley, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 120, 179, 326, 429, 497, 569, 693;
on the petition of manumitted slaves, 60;
on military appropriations, 98, 99;
on military and naval appropriations, 107;
on tax on lawyers' licenses, 155;
on the Georgia limits, 221;
on temporary direct tax, 272;
on bill relative to protection to commerce, 291;
on a marine corps, 292;
on direct taxes, 304;
on the case of Jonathan Robbins, 455;
on repeal of internal taxes, 580. See Index, vol. 1.

Venable, Abraham, Representative from Virginia, 14, 120, 180, 326;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 42;
on lands for Canadian refugees, 45;
on naval appropriations, 76, 77, 101, 103;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 140;
on expatriation, 151;
on exempting bank notes from stamp duty, 157, 159;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 212;
on the naturalization laws, 255, 256;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 263;
relative to letters of marque, 297.
See Index, vol. 1.

Vermont.—Vote for President, 62, 487.

Veto of army bill, by President Washington, 95.

Vining, John, Senator from Delaware, 6, 114. See Index, vol. 1.

Virginia.—Vote for President, 62, 487.


W

Wadsworth, Peleg, Representative from Massachusetts, 14, 179, 326, 429, 497, 570, 693.
See Index, vol. 1.

Walker, Benjamin, Representative from New York, 569.

Waln, Robert, Representative from Pennsylvania, 326, 529, 497;
presents petition of free blacks, 436, 437;
on petition of free blacks, 438, 440, 441;
on the bill prohibiting the slave-trade, 476.

Washington, reply to address of Senate, 5;
present at the inauguration of John Adams, 11; note 11;
vote for, as President, in 1796, 62;
vetoes army bill, 96;
administration of, note, 111;
letter accepting Lieutenant-Generalship, 177;
as Lieutenant General, visits the House, 327;
Mrs., reply to resolutions of Congress, 405;
his death announced to House, 483;
memory of, resolution on, 478;
bill for erecting mausoleum reported, 478;
discussion, 478;
bill passed, 479;
in Senate, bill to erect mausoleum, considered, 485;
amendments agreed to, 486;
bill passed, 486;
bill to erect a mausoleum considered, 503;
first section, 503;
amendment moved to erect a monument, 503;
a mausoleum preferable to a monument, 503;
propriety of a monument, 503;
a mausoleum more imperishable, 503;
the adoption of the amendment equivalent to rejecting every plan, 504;
expense of the proposed measure, 504;
difference of expense between the two measures, 511;
proceedings of last session, 512;
bill recommitted, 512;
proceedings of Congress in 1783; bill reported for a mausoleum as before, excepting a difference in materials, 513;
various amendments proposed, 513;
expense discussed, 514;
blank filled with $200,000, 514;
bill on third reading, 515;
equestrian statue more proper than a mausoleum, 515;
suitableness of a mausoleum, 515;
the idea that a mausoleum would be equal to the character of Washington preposterous, 516;
a tedious and useless debate, 516;
a departure from the original plan a violation of the feelings of Mrs. Washington, 516;
further debate, 517;
bill ordered to be engrossed, 518;
bill passed, 522;
amendments of Senate considered, 538;
House agree, 538.
See Index, vol. 1, Washington.

Washington City, first meeting of Congress at, 481.

Watson, James, Senator from New York, 322, 399.

Wells, William Hill, Senator from Delaware, 323, 400, 481, 540, 664;
on the resolutions relative to the right of the United States to the free navigation of the Mississippi, 680.

Western lands, resolutions relative to, 448.

Wheaton, Joseph, elected sergeant-at-arms to House, 430, 569.

White, Hugh Lawson, petition of, 48;
report of committee on, 48;
claim of, for services against the Indians, 48;
committee report the expedition as undertaken without authority from the President, under laws of the United States, but the Indians highly aggressive, 48; note, 48;
expedition just and necessary, 48;
Indians carried the station and threatened to carry the seat of government, 48;
the rations found for the troops on the expedition had been paid for, and no reason exists why the whole expense should not be paid, 49;
if the expedition was unconstitutional, it should not affect the soldier who was obliged to obey his superior, 49;
if this claim is allowed, it establishes a principle for all the militia in that expedition, 49;
the expedition was a necessary one, 49;
Congress were in session, and received information, but took no order thereon, 50;
the constitution prescribes that if a State is actually invaded, it may engage in war; this is a case coming within the constitutional limits, 50; note, 50;
referred to a select committee, 51; note, 52.

White, Right Rev. Bishop, appointed chaplain to Senate, 166.
See Index, vol. 1.

White, Samuel, Senator from Delaware, 540, 661, 665;
on the apportionment bill, 550;
on the Mississippi question, 671.

Williams, John, Representative from New York, 14, 120, 179, 326;
on the address to the President, 18;
on compensation of President and other officers, 64;
on increase of duties on sugar, 71, 72;
on the accommodation of the President, 90;
on the military establishment, 96;
on answer of House to President Adams' first message, 139;
on arming merchant-vessels, 147;
on a naval armament, 154;
on relief to daughters of Count de Grasse, 195;
on expenditure for the naval service, 196;
on the case of Griswold and Lyon, 210, 211, and 212;
on the limits of Georgia, 219;
on relations with France, 232;
on establishing the Navy Department, 248, 251;
on a new census for a direct tax, 265;
on a direct tax, 268;
on admission of aliens to citizenship, 279;
on instructions to armed vessels, 286;
on the bill relative to protection to commerce, 288;
on direct taxes, 303;
on intercourse with France, 347.
See Index, vol. 1.

Williams, Lemuel, Representative from Massachusetts, 429, 497, 569, 693.

Williams, Robert, Representative from North Carolina, 121, 179, 725;
on a tax on lawyers, 156;
advocates weekly license to distillers, 194;
on the Griswold and Lyon case, 215;
on establishing the Navy Department, 251;
on presents to ministers by foreign courts, 263;
a bill relative to treatment of alien enemies, 284;
relative to letters of marque, 297;
relative to State balances, 595;
on considering the French spoliations, 734.

Woods, Henry, Representative from Pennsylvania, 429, 497, 569, 693.

Wooster, General, and others, bill relative to, 664.

Wright, Robert, Senator from Maryland, 540, 661;
on memorial of United States Judges, 667.

Wynn, Thomas, Representative from North Carolina, 693.


Y

Yeas and Nays in Senate on bill to accommodate the President, 9;
in the House on amended answer to President's message, 33;
on relief to sufferers by fire at Savannah, 44;
on a direct tax on land, 52;
on a direct tax on slaves, 56;
in House on naval appropriations, 79;
in House on bill relative to Mediterranean Powers, 81;
on the appropriation for the accommodation of the President, 92;
in House on naval appropriation, 105;
in House on bill relative to military and naval appropriations, 107;
on adoption of answer of House to President Adams' 1st message, 142;
on a bill providing for a naval armament, 155;
on bill laying stamp duty, 162;
on bill laying additional duties on salt, 164;
in Senate on act to declare treaty with France void, 173;
in Senate on resolution authorizing Minister to Spain to receive presents, 173;
in Senate on bill to define and punish treason and sedition, 173, 175;
relative to landing French passengers, 174;
do. on census bill, 174;
on motion to reconsider do. 174;
on enumeration of slaves, 174;
on bill to encourage capture of French armed vessels, 175;
on bill making appropriations for a naval force, 175;
on expulsion of Matthew Lyon, 208;
relative to claim of Amy Dardin, 213;
on the Griswold and Lyon case, 216;