Register of Debates in Congress

Letcher, R. P., and T. P. Moore, a bill for the relief of, |
read the third time and passed, 1296.
Light-boats; resolution on the expediency of placing
them on sundry places, 1358; agreed to.
Light-houses, a bill making appropriations for light-
houses, &c., 2149; passed.

Louisiana land office; a bill to establish it, 1516; passed.
Madison papers; a message from. the President of the
United States, calling the attention of Congress
to their purchase and publication, 1047; refer-
red to the Library Committee.
Marine hospitals, a bill to authorize the purchase of
suitable sites for, 1909; passed.

Members, list of, 1042.

Michigan; message from the President, on its readiness to
be admitted into the Union, 1164.

a bill for admitting Michigan into the Union, 1312,
1414, 1434, 1479; passed,

Mileage and pay of members, a resolution respecting,
1416, 1451; ordered to lie on the table, 1453;
further discussed, 1501.

Mint; a bill to amend the act establishing a mint, and reg-
ulating the coins of the United States, 1144;
passed, 1424.

Military tactics; two resolutions-one in relation to im-
proved firearms, and the other relating to new
systems of exercise for the militia, 1311.
Missouri (Washington county) Turnpike Company; a
bill to authorize said road, 1500; passed.
National currency; a memorial from citizens of Pennsyl-

vania, for an amendment of the constitution on
this subject, 1178; referred, 1204.
Navy; a bill making appropriations for the naval service
for 1837, 1130, 1563, 1759, 1883, 2098; passed.
a bill to enlist boys into the navy, 1510; passed,
2093.
New York post office; a resolution proposing that the
Post Office Committee inquire into the necessi-
ty of the erection of a fire-proof building, 1172;
agreed to.

Order, points of, 1156, 1312, 1314, 1316, 1317, 1318,
1319, 1320, 1340, 1345, 1349, 1350, 1351,
1352, 1383, 1398, 1411, 1425, 1426, 1427,
1430, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1479, 1502,
1504, 1509, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1556, 1585,
1586, 1587, 1588, 1594, 1631, 1666, 1667,
1668, 1669, 1670, 1672, 1708, 1739, 1740,
1745, 1761, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1783,
1785, 1797, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1827, 1829,
1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1838, 1839, 1840,

Presidential election; votes for the President and Vice
President counted, 1656.

Property lost in military service; several bills of this na
ture were taken up and considered, 1109; pass-
ed, 1122,

Protective duties, (see Coal.)

Protection to commerce; a memorial from the merchants
of Boston, 1398; referred.

Receipts and expenditures of the United States; a mo-
tion to print 5,000 copies of the document re-
ferred to; motion rejected, 1162.
Reprinting documents; a resolution proposing to reprint
sundry documents in relation to the reorganiza-
tion of the Treasury Department, 1294; agreed
to in part, 1295.

Right of petition; a resolution declaring slaves do not
possess the right, 1708; agreed to, 1733.
Rules; an alteration proposed, 1044.
Seamen; resolution proposing to instruct the Committee
on Commerce to inquire into the expediency of
repealing all laws protecting seamen, 1165;
modified and agreed to, 1170.
Silk; a report on the expediency of promoting the man-
ufacture of this article, 1943.
Speaker; vote of thanks by the House, 2148; his address
to the House, 2157.

Standing committees appointed, 1048.
Steamboat navigation; a committee appointed to examine
into its condition, 1113.

Surplus revenue; a memorial from citizens of North Car-
olina on the subject, 1122.

a bill to reduce the revenue to the wants of Gov-
ernment, 1347.

Suspension of rules; a motion for this purpose; debate
on, 2094.
Tariff; resolution proposed to instruct the Committee on
Agriculture to inquire into the expediency of
abolishing the duty on foreign grain, &c., 1150;
laid on the table, 1161, 1504.
Tennessee land bill; a bill to amend the act to authorize
the State of Tennessee to issue grants in cer-
tain cases, 1122.

Texas; a message from the President, in relation to that
country, 1137; an extra number of it ordered
to be printed.

petition praying for a recognition of its independ-
ence, 1754.

resolution of a recognition of its independence,

1880.

appropriation for a diplomatic agent, 2060; con-
curred in, 2066.

Translators to the House; a resolution from the Commit-
tee on Private Claims, 1434; rejected.

1843, 1866, 1867, 1869, 1871, 1878, 1880, Virginia bounty lands; a proposition for allowing an ad-

1881, 1882, 1915, 1967, 1984, 2058, 2078,
2079, 2080, 2089, 2094, 2096, 2098.
Pay and mileage; a bill to establish a more uniform rule
of computation, 1413; passed, 1414.
Pensioners, a bill making appropriations for the pay-

ment of revolutionary and other pensioners, 1130.
Pension system; a resolution instructing the Committee
on Revolutionary Pensions to inquire into the
expediency of amending the 3d section of the act
granting half pay to widows and orphans, 1173.
Post Office building, a resolution respecting the insu-
rance of, 1415; agreed to.

bills; a proposition to take them up on a certain
day, 1943; negatived.

President's annual message received, (see Appendix.)

do. referred to the appropriate committees, 1053.
do. message in relation to Texas, 1137.
Presidential election; a message from the Senate, con-
curring in the mode for counting out the votes,
&c., 1582.

ditional quantity, 2066; agreed to.
Waln, Robert, a bill for the relief of, 1573.
West Point Academy; a committee proposed to investi
gate its affairs, 1119.

a bill to provide for its support, 2072; passed.
Western hospitals; resolution appointing a committee on
establishing commercial hospitals on the West-
ern waters, 1120.

Western Indians; a bill for the protection of emigrant
and other Indians, 1516.
White, Colonel Anthony W., a bill for the relief of the
representatives of, 1109.
Whitman, John; a report on his claim, 1306.
Whitney, R. M., resolution stating his refusal to attend

the committee of investigation, and requesting
such order to be taken thereon as the dignity
of the House requires, 1686; agreed to, 1707;
R. M. W. appears, under the arrest of the Ser-
geant-at-arms, 1735, 1760.

IN THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

Adams, Mr., Massachusetts, on the President's message, | Anthony, Mr., Pa., on case of R. M. Whitney, 1750, 1790.
1068, 1071, 1079, 1080.

on protective duties, 1113, 1114.
the mint bill, 1144, 1146, 1171.

memorials for the abolition of slavery, from Penn-
sylvania, 1156, 1157, 1314, 1316, 1317, 1318,
1319, 1320, 1397, 1411, 1424, 1425, 1426,
1429, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1513, 1514, 1586,
1587, 1594.

protection of seamen, 1166.
reprinting documents, 1294.

inquired if any member was charged with a peti-
tion from the authors of Great Britain to Con-
gress; he had been applied to on the subject,
but would wait a week or two, to see if no more
direct application will be made, 1313.
surplus revenue, 1351, 1385.
imprisonment for debt, 1386.
keeping the journals, 1398.

mileage of members, 1417.

bill for relief of Andrew Knox, 1555.
navy appropriation bill, 1565.

a proposed resolution of censure of him, 1610,
1665, 1671, 1672, 1673.

the case of R. M. Whitney, 1706, 1707.
right of petition, 1722.

report on the expediency of promoting the cul-
ture and manufacture of silk, 1933.

an appropriation for a diplomatic agent to Texas,
2060, 2121.

distribution question, 1963.
judicial system, 2148.

Ashley, Mr., Missouri, on the Cumberland road, 1147.

printing report on geological reconnoissance, 1164.
surplus revenue, 1351, 1384, 1385.

public lands, 1387.

mileage of members, 1452.

freedom of elections, 1455.

enlisting boys into the navy, 1510.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1748, 1771, 1772, 1773,
1774, 1775, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1807, 1808,
1810, 1811, 1814, 1817, 1824, 1849, 1855,
1856, 1857, 1870, 1873, 1876.

army appropriation bill, 1909, 1917, 1956.
the distribution question, 1926, 1958, 1984.
fortification bill, 2095, 2145, 2149, 2150.
Indian appropriation bill, 2097.

sale of Creek reservations, 2155.

Bond, Mr., Ohio, on the case of R. M. Whitney, 1799.
West Point Academy 2075.

naval appropriation bill, 2099.
Cumberland road bill, 2076.

Boon, Mr., Indiana, on the President's message, 1072.
protective duties, 1118.

printing an extra number of President's message
in relation to Texas, 1144.

executive departments, 1170.

public lands, 1205.

abolition, 1319.

pay and mileage of members, 1502.

bill for relief of Andrew Knox, 1556.

on the memorial of Kern and George, 1569.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1697, 1749, 1873, 1877.

distribution question, 1967.

investigation reports, 2085.

Bouldin, Mr., Virginia, on the President's message, 1074. | Chambers, Mr., Pennsylvania, on protective duties, 1116.
abolition, 1589.

right of petition, 1716.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1740.

distribution question, 1937.
currency bill, 2086.

harbor bill, 2146.

public lands, 1246.

surplus revenue, 1385.

censure of Mr. Adams, 1672.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1688, 1760, 1762, 1834.
general appropriation bill, 2099.

Brown, Mr., New York, on the pay and mileage of
members, 1504.

Bunch, Mr., Tennessee, on the fortification bill, 1958.
Bynum, Mr., North Carolina, on abolition, 1327, 1396.
a proposed vote of censure on Mr. Adams, 1627.
the censure of Mr. Adams, 1667.

right of petition, 1716.

general appropriation bill, 2027.

Calhoon, Mr., Kentucky, on surplus revenue, 1382.
the pay and mileage of members, 1503.
Colonization Society, 1585.

censure of Mr. Adams, 1639.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1737, 1747, 1748, 1766,
1770, 1779, 1806, 1807, 1823, 1854.

naval appropriation bill, 1907.
fortification bill, 2154.

Cambreleng, Mr., New York, on the President's mes
sage, 1071.

protective duties, 1114, 1117..

several appropriation bills reported, 1130.
mint bill, 1144, 1171.

amount of duty on salt, &c., 1162, 1163.
protection of seamen, 1165, 1166, 1169.
executive departments, 1170.

surplus revenue, 1347, 1351, 1352, 1383, 1384.
pay and mileage, 1413, 1503.

Indian appropriation bill, 1514, 1515, 1550, 1556,
2097.

army appropriation bill, 1554, 1555, 1756, 1908,
1917, 1919.

naval appropriation bill, 1563, 1565, 1759, 1883,
1884, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1908, 2098.
the memorial of Kern and George, 1568, 1572,

1573.

memorial touching national currency, 1196.
bill for relief of Andrew Knox, 1555.

Chapin, Mr., New York, on the case of R. M. Whitney,

1752.

harbor bill, 1992.

West Point Academy, 2076.

Claiborne, Mr., Mississippi, on public lands, 1246.
mileage of members, 1417, 1451, 1502.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1689, 1761, 1768, 1829.
army appropriation bill, 1757.
fortification bill, 1958.

harbor bill, 2010.

Connor, Mr., North Carolina, on Post Office building,
1415, 1416.

proposition for taking up bills relative to the Post
Office on a certain day, 1943.
general appropriation bill, 2059.
Corwin, Mr., Ohio, on surplus revenue, 1353.
Craig, Mr., Virginia, on printing an extra number of
President's message relating to Texas, 1143.
granting land bounty to disbanded officers, 1176.
surplus revenue, 1351, 1385.

pay and mileage of members, 1503.
the case of R. M. Whitney, 1793.
Crane, Mr., Ohio, on the harbor bill, 2010, 2059.
Crary, Mr., Michigan, on presidential election, 1584.
the distribution question, 1933.

Cushing, Mr., Massachusetts, on protection of seamen,

1168.

on the quarantine at Elsineur, 1427.
Indian appropriation bill, 1516, 1525.
abolition, 1585, 1586.

censure of Mr. Adams, 1641.

appropriation for a diplomatic agent to Texas,
2060, 2100.

Cushman, Mr., N. Hampshire, on surplus revenue, 1375.
investigation reports, 2079.

Davis, Mr., Indiana, on protective duties, 1117.
on Indian treaties, 1149, 1150.
abolition, 1157, 1586.

public lands, 1243.

Dawson, Mr., Georgia, on the Indian appropriation bill,

1544.

abolition, 1601.

the case of R. M. Whitney, 1795, 1821, 1822.
naval appropriation bill, 1886.

harbor bill, 2005.

Denny, Mr., Pennsylvania, on the President's message,

1072.

protective duties, 1117.

memorial touching national currency, 1195.

army appropriation bill, 1956, 1957.
the distribution question, 1981.

harbor bill, 2006.

Dromgoole, Mr., Virginia, on amending the constitution,

1510.

a proposed vote of censure on Mr. Adams, 1612.
the case of R. M. Whitney, 1819.

Dunlap, Mr., Tennessee, on the distribution surplus,

1051.

Tennessee land bill, 1122.

executive departments, 1170, 1236, 1241.
public lands, 1205.

army appropriation bill, 1758, 1917, 1954.
navy appropriation bill, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897.
bill for erecting marine bospitals, 1911.
fortification bill, 1920.

West Point Academy, 2075.
harbor bill, 2147.

light-house bill, 2149.

Elmore, Mr., South Carolina, on a proposed vote of

censure of Mr. Adams, 1612, 1666, 1667, 1669,

1670, 1671.

Elmore, Mr., South Carolina, on navy appropriation bill, Graham, Mr., North Carolina, on the case of R. M.
1886.

currency bill, 2089.

Evans, Mr., Maine, on censure of Mr. Adams, 1665,
1666, 1667, 1668, 1670, 1671.

the general appropriation bill, 2058, 2059.
Everett, Mr., Vermont, on President's message, 1080.
memorial touching national currency, 1202.
bill for relief of the representatives of William
Anderson, 1300.

the Western Indians, 1516.

Indian appropriation bill, 1537, 1549, 1561.

bill to prevent the reissuing of Bank United
States notes, 1897.

Fairfield, Mr., Maine, on the case of R. M. Whitney,
1768, 1770, 1872.

on the general appropriation bill, 2139.
Forester, Mr., Tennessee, on the army appropriation
bill, 1958.

French, Mr., Kentucky, on the executive administra-
tion, 1346.

censuring Mr. Adams, 1659.

naval appropriation bill, 2097.
harbor bill, 2146.

fortification bill, 2150.

Fry, Mr., Pennsylvania, on the tariff, 1150.

Galbraith, M., Pennsylvania, on memorial on national

currency, 1178.

surplus revenue, 1382.

bill for preventing the reissuing of notes of Bank
United States, 1897.

on refusing to receive notes of the old Bank

United States, 1944, 1946.

the currency bill, 2089.

Whitney, 1706.

Granger, Mr., New York, on the claim of John Whit-

man, 1307.
abolition, 1591.

censure of Mr. Adams, 1672.
right of petition, 1723.

navy appropriation bill, 1760.
West Point Academy, 2072.
fortification bill, 2150.

Grantland, Mr., Georgia, on abolition, 1588.

Graves, Mr., Kentucky, on the freedom of election,

1516.

public lands, 1268.

executive administration, 1269.

pay and mileage, 1413, 1504.

censure of Mr. Adams, 1683, 1685.
navy appropriation bill, 1907.

bill for erecting marine hospitals, 1912.
harbor bill, 2006, 2147.

general appropriation bill, 2058.

Garland, Mr., Virginia, on deposite banks, 1177, 1212, Hall, Mr., Maine, on the public lands, 1242.

1224, 1225, 1226.

abuses in the executive departments, 1572.

the committee of investigation, 1578.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1861, 1865, 1871.
investigation reports, 2076.

Indian appropriation bill, 2097.

Garland, Mr., Louisiana, on Indian treaties, 1148,

1149.

Canada trade, 1512.

Hamer, Mr., Ohio, on executive administration, 1274.
the committee of investigation, 1581.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1776, 1786, 1803.
recognising Texas, 1881.

appropriation for a diplomatic agent to Texas,
2061, 2127.

Hardin, Mr., Kentucky, on President's message, 1075.
land bounty to disbanded officers, 1176.

the admission of Michigan, 1312, 1414, 1416.
Washington Turnpike Company, 1500, 1501.
memorial of Kern and George, 1569.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1689, 1748, 1764, 1765.
army appropriation bill, 1950.

appropriation for a diplomatic agent to Texas,
2064.

sale of Creek reservations, 2155.

Mr., New York, on granting land bounty to dis-
banded officers, 1175.

the harbor bill, 2000.

Harlan, Mr., Kentucky, on deposite banks, 1178, 1212,
1225.

public lands, 1205.

Post Office building, 1415.

appropriation for a diplomatic agent to Texas,

2061.

Harper, Mr., Pennsylvania, on protective duties, 1115.
the mint bill, 1147, 1171.

memorial touching national currency, 1188.
claim of Jolin Whitman, 1307.

memorial of Kern and George, 1569.
harbor bill, 2008.

naval appropriation bill, 2097.

Harrison, Mr., Missouri, on Indian treaties, 1149.
public lands, 1263.

the Washington Turnpike Company bill, 1500.
bill for relief of Andrew Knox, 1555.
case of R. M. Whitney, 1797.

harbor bill, 2006.

Hawes, Mr., Kentucky, on West Point Academy, 1120.
on a resolution directing the disposal of resolu-
tions touching abolition, 1411, 1514.

the bill to increase the military establishment,
2149.

fortification bill, 2150.

Hawkins, Mr., North Carolina, on pay and mileage of
members, 1504.

Haynes, Mr., Georgia, on abolition, 1320, 1587, 1588,
1591.

the Indian appropriation bill, 1554.

a proposed vote of censure on Mr. Adams, 1610,
1612.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1740.

naval appropriation bill, 1886, 1906.
the distribution question, 1986.
fortification bill, 2145.

Henderson, Mr., Pennsylvania, on printing report on

geological reconnoissance, 1163.

Hoar, Mr., Massachusetts, on printing an extra number
of the President's message relating to Texas,
1142.

surplus revenue, 1349, 1353.

right of petition, 1708, 1714, 1715.

Jarvis, Mr., Maine, on West Point Academy, 1120, 1130.
the mint bill, 1145.

public lands, 1251.

admission of Michigan, 1312.
surplus revenue, 1385.
enlisting boys into the navy, 1510.
bill for relief of Dana & Co., 1512.
abolition, 1514.

navy appropriation bill, 1564, 1565, 1759, 1883,
1895, 1899, 1901, 1905, 2099.
exploring expedition, 1570.
Colonization Society, 1585.
case of R. M. Whitney, 1706.
fortification bill, 1926, 2155.
general appropriation bill, 2059.
harbor bill, 2147.

Jenifer, Mr., Maryland, on executive administration,
1409.

the admission of Michigan, 1480:

a proposed vote of censure on Mr. Adams, 1610,
1611.

Johnson, Mr., Louisiana, on the tariff, 1161.
public lands, 1246.

Atchafalaya railroad, 1424.
right of petition, 1715,
harbor bill, 2005.
investigation report, 2077.

naval appropriation bill, 2097, 2099.
harbor bill, 2146.

Johnson, Mr., Tennessee, on the memorial of Kern and

George, 1569, 1572.

abuses, in the executive departments, 1572.
resolution to regulate the printing of maps, 1755.
army appropriation bill, 1756.

navy appropriation bill, 1896, 1897, 2098.
general appropriation bill, 2059, 2100.
barbor bill, 2147.

fortification bill, 2150.

Johnson, Mr., Virginia, on Virginia bounty lands, 2066.
Kennon, Mr, Ohio, on the bill for relief of Andrew

Knox, 1556.

Lane, Mr., Indiana, on West Point Academy, 1120.

the executive administration, 1132.
public lands, 1204, 1205, 1310, 1387.
pay and mileage of members, 1502.
case of R. M. Whitney, 1689, 1746, 1878.
right of petition, 1720.

distribution question, 1940.

naval appropriation bill, 2099.
fortification bill, 2152.

Lawler, Mr., Alabama, on Indian appropriation bill,

1541.

abolition, 1587.

a proposed vote of censure on Mr. Adams, 1613.
army appropriation bill, 1759, 1918, 1956, 1957.
Lawrence, Mr., Massachusetts, on surplus revenue,
1347, 1348, 1349, 1350, 1351, 1355, 1884,
1385.

protection of commerce, 1398.
abolition, 1427.

currency bill, 2086.

general appropriation bill, 2141.

petition in favor of the Colonization Society, Lee, Mr. G., New York, on printing report on geologi.

1755.

case of R. M. Whitney, 1771, 1780, 1807, 1810,
1855.

the memorial of the president and directors of the

Bank United States, 1949.

harbor bill, 2007.

West Point Academy, 2072, 2075.

naval appropriation bill, 2098.

Ingham, Mr., Connecticut, on the fortification bill, 1920.

army appropriation bill, 1950.

general appropriation bill, 2059.

cal reconnoissance, 1163.

the erection of a new post office at New York,

1172.

reprinting documents, 1295.

the distribution question, 1931.

general appropriation bill, 2058, 2100.

Lewis, Mr., Alabama, on the President's message, 1053,

1054, 1055.

Indian appropriation bill, 1552.
abolition, 1588, 1593.
right of petition, 1708.

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