Tomlinson, Mr., on Internal Improvements, 1181, 1184. Troup, Mr., asked to be excused from serving on the Com- mittee for celebrating the centennial birth day of Washington, 297.
Tyler, Mr., on Mr. Clay's resolution for abolishing certain tariff duties, 105.
Mr. Benton's resolution in relation to the charter Bank United States, 150.
the Tariff, 335, 344, 1188.
the celebration of the centennial anniversary of Washington's birthday.
Appropriation bill, 777, 794, 827. Bank United States, 1025.
French Spoliations, 1083.
on presenting the Richmond petition, 1093. Internal Improvements, 1121.
Free Bridge over the Potomac. 1297.
Webster, Mr., on the report of the Committee of Finance, on reducing the duty on Tea, 13.
Mr. Benton's resolution respecting the meaning of the charter of the United States' Bank, 152, 153. the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the birthday of Washington, 370. Apportionment bill, 487, 502, 513, 526, 558, 641, 834, 934, 936. Colonial Trade, 19, 709, 710, 711. Appropriation bill,784, 799, 801, 829, 832. bill for continuing the Bank United States, 950, 953, 954, 964, 965, 977, 979, 981, 989, 990, 1020, 1031.
extension of Patents, 995, 996.
Pension bill, 762, 764.
Indian appropriation bill, 978.
Bank United States, 1023, 1048, 1054. taking up the Land bill, 1094, 1095. Internal Improvements, 1121. President's veto of the Bank bill, 1240.
Wilkins, Mr., on Mr. Clay's resolution for abolishing cer- tain Tariff duties, 107.
Mr. Benton's resolution respecting the meaning of the charter of the Bank United States, 153. Tariff, 606, 607, 1220, 1274, 1275, 1277, 1287. French Spoliations, 1082.
Insolvent Debtors' bill, 1090.
INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Accounts, Committee of, a resolution instructing the com.
mittee to order to be paid out of the contingent fund to members, the money received for checks drawn by J. O. Dunn, late Sergeant-at-Arms, which he had failed to pay over to them; agreed to, 3809.
Adjournment, resolution fixing the 9th of July for ad- journment, 3730; agreed to, 3809.
Admission of Ladies, a resolution to admit them to the privileged seats in the Hall; laid on the table, 3678.
Agents, Indian, (See Indians.)
Alexandria Aqueduct and Canal,' the bill on this subject Bank of the United States, a motion to refer that portion
taken up, 2748; rejected, 2754; a motion made ank carried to reconsider the bill, 3081; again taken up, 3101; and passed, 3102.
Amendments to the Constitution, resolution touching the
election of the President and Vice President, 1963; taken up, 2164; agreed to commit the re- solution to Committee of the Whole, and after- wards recommitted to a select committee; the committee reported, and the report was commit- ted to a Committee of the Whole, 3102. Annuities, Indian, (See Indians.)
Apportionment Bill, a bill to regulate the apportionment of representatives according to the fifth census, introduced, 1531; passed, 1820.
the Senate's amendments taken up, 2620; again re- sumed, 3039; disagreed to, 3058. Appropriation Bill, the general, 2166; passed, 2198. amendments of the Senate taken up, 2624, and agreed to
bill for a final settlement of the several States for
of the President's message which relates to this subject to the Committee of Ways and Means, rather than to a select committee, 1428; agreed to, 1432.
the memorial of the president and directors, pray- ing for a renewal of their charter, 1582; referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, 1529. memorial of the Bank of Pennsylvania in favor of rechartering Bank United States, 1598; referred to the Committee of Ways and Means with in- structions, 1598.
the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom the memorial of the Bank was referred, reported a bill to renew and modify the charter of the Bank of the United States, which was committed, 1780. resolution of Mr. Clayton, proposing a committee to examine the affairs of the Bank, 1846; amend- ed and agreed to, 2164.
report of the majority of the committee, (See the Appendix, 33.)
Bank U. States, report of minority on the Bank, (See Ap-Coins and Currency, Committee on Coins instructed to in- pendix.)
a bill from the Senate to renew and modify the charter of the Bank of the United States was twice read and debated, 3454; resumed, 3507; again taken up, 3835; ordered to a third read- ing, and passed, 3852.
Bank, National, (See National Bank.) Breach of Privilege, letter from Mr. Stanberry, member from Ohio, to the Speaker, stating that an attack had been made upon him by Samuel Houston, late of Tennessee, 2512; a resolution proposing to take Houston into custody, agreed to 2539; report of committee, 2550; concurred with, 2553; Houston brought to the bar of the House, and the trial commences, 2562; postponed on account of the indisposition of his counsel, 2631; Hous- ton's defence, 2810; resolution declaring Hous- ton guilty of a contempt and violation of the pri- vileges of the House, agreed to, 3014; also a resolution directing him to be reprimanded by the Speaker, 3017; Houston's written address to the House, 3020; the reprimand of Houston by the Speaker, 3021.
another, Mr. Cooke, a member from Ohio, charged E. S. Davis with sending him a challenge, for having asked him what he termed an imperti- nent question when giving his evidence in Hous- ton's case, 3023; a motion made to refer the matter to a select committee, 3024; negatived, 3036. Breakwater on Lake Champlain, a petition asking for an appropriation for forming it, 1445; referred to the Committee on Internal Improvements. Bridge over the Ohio at Wheeling, a resolution instruct. ing the Committee on Internal Improvements, to inquire into the expediency of erecting one; agreed to, 1450.
a bill introduced for constructing this bridge was referred to the Committee of the Whole, 2206. Bridge over the Potomac, a bill to alter the bridge and draw at Washington, passed, 3914.
Buffalo and New Orleans Road, a resolution directing the Committee on Internal Improvements to inquire into the expediency of constructing such a road, was rejected, 2350; motion to reconsider the de- cision negatived, 2384.
Canals and Roads, (See Roads and Canals.) Cannon and Shot, contracts for, a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for a statement of contracts made for these articles from 1820 to the present time, agreed to, 1817.
Census, progress made in taking the fifth, 1422.
aggregate amount of each description of persons, 1422, (See Apportionment.)
Centennial Birthday, (See Washington.) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a memorial from Pennsylva-
nia praying Congress to authorize a subscription of a million of dollars towards constructing the western section of this canal, laid on the table, 3913 Chickasaw Treaty, (See Indians.) Cholera, Asiatic, a resolution introduced appropriating $50,000 to be expended under the authority of the President to preserve the people of this coun- try from the disease; a motion to suspend the rule in order to take up this resolution was negatived, 3677
a resolution received from the Senate proposing a day of humiliation and prayer in reference to a deliverance from the Asiatic Cholera, 3833; agreed to, 3887.
Claims for captured property, a resolution proposing to inquire into the expediency of making further provision for carrying into effect the act of 1816,
quire into the expediency of making prompt payment for bullion at the mint, 2207; agreed to be referred to a select committee, 2227. Collector of Wiscasset, (See Official Corruption.) Colonization of free negroes, a resolution proposing a com- mittee to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the purpose of removing them to Africa, 1537; postponed, 1538; refer- red to the committee to whom was referred the New Jersey memorial, 1676.
a memorial from the New Jersey Society praying for an appropriation in favor of colonization, 1673; referred to a select committee. memorials from Kentucky, and one from persons in England, in favor of colonization, 2332; copy of the English memorial, 2350; which was with- dawn.
Columbia, District of, a resolution proposing to instruct the District Committee to inquire into the expe- diency of reporting a bill to provide for the elec- tion of a delegate to Congress, 1449, agreed to. several bills relating to the District, 2475; taken up, 3077, and passed.
Columbia College, a bill to bestow a portion of lots in Washington, on the college taken up, discussed and passed, 3210.
Commercial intercourse with Colombia, a bill to give ef- fect to a commercial arrangement with that coun- try, 1664; the bill passed, 1669. Committees, Standing, appointed, 1424.
on the President's message, 1432. Commissioner of General Lund Öffice, (See Land Office.} Constitution, (See Amendments to the Constitution.) Convention with France, a bill to carry into effect the late convention with France, taken up, 3340; order- ed to be engrossed, 3348, and passed. Creek Indians, (See Indians.)
Dardín, Amy, a bill for the relief of David Dardin; bill passed 1673.
Day of fasting and prayer, (See Cholera.) Debtors, Insolvent, (See Insolvent Debtors.) Decatur, Claim of, a bill for the relief of Susan Decatur, 1830, rejected; motion made for reconsideration withdrawn; 2182.
Documentary History of the Revolution, a bill reported authorizing a subscription to the work, to be- published by M. St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, 3659; rejected, 3720.
Drawbacks, a statement from the Secretary of the Trea- sury on the subject, 1440.
Flaget, Bishop, bill for the relief of Benedict J. Flaget, 2201; passed, 2203. France, Convention with, (See Convention.) Fraud alleged, a resolution proposing the appointment of a select committee to inquire whether an at- tempt had not been made by the late Secretary of War, J. II. Eaton, fraudulently to give to Sa- muel Houston, or to any person connected with him, a contract for supplying Indian rations, 3022; agreed to, 3023; leave given to the com- mittee to sit during the sitting of the House, 3261; the committee made a report on the subject, ac- quitting the parties of fraud; a counter report was made by a minority of the committee, and both were ordered to be printed.
Free people of color, (See Colonization.) French spoliations, a memorial from citizens of Connecti- cut praying for relief for, prior to 1800, 1433.
Georgia and Florida boundary line, a communication from the Secretary of State on the subject; referred to Judiciary Committee, 1461. Georgia and the United States, a memorial presented by Mr. Adams from citizens of New York in rela- tion to the treatment of the Cherokee Indians, 2010; committed to a Committee of the whole on the sate of the Union, 2036.
Georgia and the Missionaries, a memorial from New York presented by Mr. Pendleton, 3105; considera- tion resumed, 3400; laid on the table, 3420. Gold and silver coins, a resolution to inquire into the ex- pediency of authorizing prompt payment in coin at the mint for bullion, 2632; passed, 2633.
Houston, Samuel's attack on Mr. Stanberry, (See Breach of Privilege.)
Hull, General William, a bill in favor of the representa- tives of the deceased, laid on the table, 1451. Hunt, Jonathan, (one of the members from Vermont,) his death announced, 3056.
Impost Duties, a resolution submitted, proposing to ex- empt from duty, tea, coffee, wines, &c. 1442; withdrawn, 1446.
a resolution instructing the Committee on Com- merce to inquire into the practical effect of some portion of the tariff law on certain articles im- ported, 1539; amended, and passed, 1625. Indians, Creek, a memorial from their chiefs, remonstrat- ing against the passage of a bill before the House to carry into effect the fourth section of the treaty of the 8th January, 1821; referred, 1558. resolution calling on the President for a copy of a treaty negotiated with the Chickasaw Indians in 1830, 1643; resolution modified, 1682; agreed to, 1845. removal of, a message from the President urging its necessity, without delay; referred, 1818. Chickasaw Reservation, a report on the conditions of the one acquired by W. B. Lewis, taken up, 3289.
Indian Claim, a bill for the relief of
Internal Improvements, a bill for the improvement of cer- tain harbors, and the navigation of certain rivers, taken up, 3248; ordered to a third reading, 3256; bill passed, 3286.
Interest on advances to the several States, (See Appropria- tions.)
Iron for Rail-roads, (See Rail-road Iron.) Johnston, Charles C., from Virginia, his death announced, 3677. Judiciary, resolutions proposing to bring in a bill to regu- late certain proceedings in the Supreme Court, 1474; laid on the table, 1475.
resolution affirming the power of the Supreme Court over the criminal laws of the States; nega- tived.
resolution proposing to instruct the Judiciary Com- mittee to inquire into the expediency of amend- ing the constitution so that judges shall hold their offices for a limited term; rejected, 1856.
Key, Mr., appears as counsel for Samuel Houston on a charge of breach of privilege, 2562; his address at the close of the evidence, 2597; argument concluded, 2721.
Public, a resolution proposing the appointment of a committee to inquire into the expediency of distributing the proceeds of them amongst the several States, 1452; ordered to lie on the table, 1479.
resolutions proposing a mode of disposing of the public lands after the public debt is discharged; laid on the table, 1475.
an appropriation of 160,000 dollars for surveying public lands, discussed, and carried, from 1849 to 1853.
a bill supplementary to the laws for the sale of lands, 2200; ordered to a third reading, 2234; passed, 2273.
a bill to grant the right of pre-emption to settlers on the public lands, taken up and discussed, 3508. a bill from the Senate (introduced by Mr. Clay,) providing for the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands coming up for consideration, it was postponed to the first Monday of December next, 3853.
Rogers, passed, 1561. Land Office, General, an item in the general appropria- tion bill granting extra compensation of 4,000 dollars to the office of Commissioner of the Ge. neral Land Office, in the issue of military land scrip, was agreed to, 1846.
a bill making appropriations for the Indian Depart- ment, 2312; read a third time, and passed, 2359. annuities, a bill making appropriations for, 3075; passed, 3081.
resolution for inquiring into the conduct of the Commissioner of the Land Office, 2198; agreed to, 2199.
Missionaries, a petition from sundry inhabitants of the State of New York, praying Congress to take measures to enforce the judgment of the Su- preme Court in the case of Worcester and But-Laurens, Colonel, a bill passed for his relief, 3867. ler, 3105. Laws, a bill from the Senate authorizing a subscription to an edition of, by Duff Green, taken up, 3099; laid on the table, 3101, 3912.
Commissioners, a bill for the appointment of a board of, to take charge of the location of the removed tribes, taken up, 3855; ordered to a third read- ing, and passed.
Insolvent Debtors, a bill in addition to an act granting relief to certain insolvent debtors of the United States, 1842; ordered to be engrossed, 2231; bill passed, 2259. Internal Improvements, the Committee on, instructed to inquire into the expediency of opening a creek leading from the ocean into the large pond on the west end of Block island; agreed to, 1446. a resolution instructing the Committee on Improve- ments to inquire into the expediency of laying out and constructing the Sandusky Road, 1617; agreed to, 1619.
a bill making appropriation for certain internal im- provements, 2329; taken up, 3058; bill passed, 3075.
a proposal from James Connor, of New York, to publish a stereotyped edition of the laws; refer- red to the Judiciary Committee, 3248. William B., his Chickasaw reservation, (See In- dians.)
Oak Agents, resolutions calling for information on the subject of live oak, 1858; after being amend- ed were agreed to, 1868.
a communication from the Navy Department on live oak, in answer to the call made upon it, 2227; referred to a select committee.,
Manufactures, Domestic, a resolution directing the Secre- tary of the Treasury to obtain information as to the quantities and kinds of manufactures of the United States, &c., 1585; agreed to, 1588. Members, a list of, 1419.
Minister to Colombia, a provision for his salary, proposed in Committee of the whole, 1853; agreed to, 1855. Mitchell, George E., his death announced, and measures adopted for his funeral, 3831. Mounted Troops, a bill for mounting and equipping a part of the army, taken up, 3388; gone through, and passed, 3397.
National Bank, a memorial of the citizens of Massachusetts praying for such an establishment; referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, 1752. Naval Depot, an item in the appropriation bill for the sur- vey of the Narraganset Bay for this purpose, 2649; disagreed to, 2650. Navy Yard at Brooklyn, an appropriation for it in the na- val appropriation bill, 1827; passed, 1829. Navy Pension Fund, a bill to extend the provisions of, ta- ken up, 3325; ordered to a third reading, 3326, passed, 3800.
Officers of the House elected, 1423. Official corruption, resolution proposing to instruct the Ju- diciary Committee to inquire into certain charges against the Collector of Wiscasset, 2252; the pre- vious question was carried; it was then moved that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of this case, and carried; the case was then referred to the Trea- sury Department, 3104.
Order, points of, 1534, 1537, 2027, 2148, 2149, 2242, 2339, 2375, 2502, 2546, 2547, 2548, 2563, 2573,
2580, 2581, 2592, 2589, 2868, 3015, 3028, 3058,
Quarantine regulations, a bill to enforce them, ordered to be engrossed, 2445.
Quarantine, a bill to oblige vessels from foreign ports to perform it, 3858.
Rail-road Iron, resolution proposing a drawback on all iron imported for rail-roads, 2165; agreed to, 2166. Randolph, John, a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to communicate a detailed state- ment of the allowances made to him as envoy to Russia, 3505; agreed to, 3507. Register of Debates, a resolution for extending the sub- scription to the succeeding volumes introduced, 3601; discussed, amended, and agreed to, 3608. Release of sureties, a bill for relief of the sureties of A. Edwards, 2276; bill passed, 2277.
Revolutionary Pensions, a bill in addition to an act to pro- vide for certain persons in the land and naval ser- vice, 1918; the bill reported to the House, 1943; ordered to a third reading, 2679; bill passed,
3060, 3188, 3236, 3295, 3588, 3866, 3868, 3874, Rules of proceeding, a resolution proposing to rescind a 3877, 3879, 3888 3898, 3899, 3900, 3910.
Ordnance, a bill for increasing the Ordnance Department,
for the establishment of a board for the government of, 2446.
Patents to aliens, a bill concerning issuing patents to aliens, read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, 1500, Rules, and passed.
a resolution authorizing additional clerks, ordered to a second reading, 1588.
a bill granting letters patent to certain aliens; or- dered to be engrossed, 1846. Pay of members, some remarks upon, 3286, 3287, 3318. Pensions, (See Revolutionary Pensions.)
a resolution to transfer the performance of certain duties respecting, from the Department of the Treasury to the War Department, 3659; ordered to a third reading, and passed, 3662. Pensioners, Invalid, a bill to allow them to enjoy their pensions in addition to what they might receive under the late pension bill, in compensation of their arrears of pay; ordered to a third reading, 3855.
part of the seventeenth rule, which limits the presentation of reports amd resolutions to one hour, 1482.
resolutions offering new rules, 3913.
a resolution for amending the rule in relation to putting the previous question, laid on the table, 3832; negatived, 3851.
resolutions charging Mr. Adams with a breach of, 3908; resolutions laid on the table, 3912.
Salt Springs, (See Arkansas.)
Sandusky Road, (See Internal Improvements.) Second Auditor, (See Auditor.) Seneca Indians, a resolution proposing to instruct the Committee on Indian Affairs to inquire into the propriety of passing a bill to authorize the Se- cretary of War to pay to said Indians the defi- ciency due to them in 1829; agreed to, 1449. Silk, a communication on the subject of silk manufac- tures, 1440.
Personal protection of members, resolutions introduced proposing the appointment of a select committee to inquire what measures are necessary for this South purpose, 3038.
a motion made to postpone the orders of the day to take up said resolutions, and rejected, 3119. Post Office Contracts, a resolution calling on the Postmas- ter General for a copy of contracts for printing blanks, 2808; agreed to 3243. Postmasters, the post office bill under consideration, a proposition was made that the President of the United States shall fill all appointments of post- masters where the emoluments shall be three hun dred dollars, or upwards, 1917; rejected, 1918. Postage of newspapers, &c., a petition praying for the remission of postage on newspapers, &c., laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, 1441; laid on the table, 1482.
President's message dissected, 1427.
a bill to promote the culture and manufacture of silk, taken up, 3085; rejected, 3096.
in the District of Columbia, a petition presented, praying for the abolition of, 1425; report on the petition, in which the committee ask to be discharged from its further consideration, 1442. Carolina Claims, a bill for satisfying claims for mo- neys advanced during the late war, discussed, and consideration postponed, 1457; ordered to a third reading, 1824, and passed. Spafford's Patent, a bill for relief of Horatio G. Spafford. Speaker elected, 1420.
his address to the House on his election, 1420. resolution proposed, charging an indignity to,3887; suspension of the rule refused, 3887; resolution of- fered, 3888; consideration resumed, 3895; adopt- ed, 3908.
Stanberry, Mr., charged with indignity to the Speaker, (See Speaker)
Batteries, a bill for constructing two steam batte- ries, taken up, 3694; the bill ordered to a third reading, 3695; rejected, 3800.
Steam Carriages, a resolution reported, proposing to re- Yeas and Nays on the resolution for appointing a Com- print the report of the British House of Com-
mons on the use of steam carriages on common roads, 1765; agreed to, 1777.
Survey of the Coast, a bill authorizing it taken up, $186.
Tariff, a memorial from the Legislature of South Caroli- na, stating the grievances which that State suf- fers from the tariff, and asking relief, 1619; referred to the Committee on Manufactures,
1625, a bill to reduce and equalize the duties on imports, reported by the Committee of Ways and Means, 1763; taken up, 3120.
a bill reported by Mr. Adams on the subject, 3090; for his report, see the Appendix.
the Senate's amendment to the bill committed, 3887; bill passed, 3913.
Temperance, a petition in favor of, referred to the Com- mittee on Manufactures, 2232.
Territories, sundry bills relating to the several Territories, taken up, and passed, 3243.
Treasury, annual report of the Secretary of, 1423.
Secretary of, his estimate of appropriations for the service of 1832, 1426.
Troops, mounted, (See Mounted Troops.) Turkish Mission, a motion to amend the appropriation for,
Vaccination of the Indians, a bill to prevent the spreading of the small-pox among the Indians, 2384. Virginia Land Claims, a bill for the adjustment of, taken up, and postponed, 1461.
claims, a bill proposing to appropriate 600,000 dol- lars to reimburse moneys paid by that State to certain regiments of the Virginia line, which had, on application of General Washington, been transferred to the Continental service, taken up, 3257.
Washington's centennial birthday, a joint resolution was offered proposing to celebrate the day; agreed to, and a committee appointed, 1733; commit- tee's report, 1782; agreed to, 1809. copies of the letters from the relatives of the Ge- neral in relation to the removal of his remains,
resolutions of the Virginia Legislature against re- moving the remains of Washington, 1857. portrait of, a resolution proposing to employ John Vanderlyn to paint one, 1809; agreed to, 1827. statue of, a resolution to employ Horatio Green- ough to execute a marble, full-length, pedestri- an one, 1809; agreed to,1830; appropriation, 2175. Washington Bridge, a motion made to discharge the Com-
mittee of the whole, to whom a bill for erecting this bridge was referred, from the further con- sideration thereof, in order to recommit it; the subject postponed, 2350. Whitney, R. M., ex-director of the United States' Bank, his memorial in vindication of his conduct, 3599. Wisconsin, a bill for establishing the Territory of, taken up, 3244.
Wood's patent Plough, a bill for extending the period of the patent, ordered to be engrossed, 1995.
mittee on Roads and Canals, 1441.
laying on the table resolutions proposing to bring in a bill to regulate the Supreme Court, 1475. laying on the table Mr. Mercer's resolution re- specting the public lands, 1476.
laying on the table Mr. Blair's resolution on the same subject.
on referring the memorial of the president and di- rectors of the Bank of the United States to the Committee of Ways and Means, 1529.
the previous question on Mr. Bouldin's resolution respecting the tariff, 1571
the passage of the resolution, 1625. resolution affirming the power of the Supreme Court over the criminal laws of the States, 1643. question taken on the apportionment bill, 48,000, in order to insert some other number, 1699, 1725, 1762, 1775, 1779, 1814, 1816, 1820. resolutions for observing the centenary of Wash- ington's birthday, 1809.
resolution in relation to Chickasaw treaty, 1846. resolution for amending the constitution so that judges shall hold their offices for a limited term,
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