INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE.
American State Papers, a proposition for extending the
subscription to a continuation of the work; reso-
lution ordered to be engrossed, and was after-
wards passed, 786.
Calhoun, Mr., his resolutions declaratory of the nature and
powers of the Government, 191, 750; laid on the
table, 785.
Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Pise appointed, 6.
Commercial statements, a resolution for printing the an-
nual statements of commerce and navigation was
taken up, 6; agreed to, 7; considered and laid
on the table, 10.
Constitutional powers, Mr. Clayton's resolution on the
subject, 231.
Crimes, a bill supplementary to an act for the more effi-
cient punishment of crimes against the United
States, 12.
Cumberland road, a bill for continuing this road from
Vandalia to Jefferson, 51; taken up, 119; re-
sumed, 359, and bill ordered to a third reading;
bill passed, 486.
District Code of Laws, ordered to be printed in the re-
cess of Congress, 786.
Documents in the State Department, a resolution for em-
ploying temporary clerks for copying documents
in relation to the French treaty of indemnity, 79;
taken up, 122; agreed to, 123.
Duties on imports, a bill further to provide for the col-
lection of imposts, 150; taken up, 280, and or-
dered to be engrossed; bill passed, 688.
Endless life, a petition for land from persons who pro-
fessed to have discovered endless life, referred,
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Force bill. (See Duties.)
Frauds on the revenue, a resolution for inquiring into
the expediency of making further provision for
the protection of the revenue, 11, agreed to;
bill taken up, 244; ordered to be engrossed,
601; passed, 688.
French spoliations, a bill to provide for the satisfaction of
claims due to certain American citizens, 5; re-
ferred; reported with an amendment, 12; a bill
reported and taken up, 98; agreed to, 99.
Government, on the nature and powers of, (see Mr. Cal-
houn's resolution,) 191, 750.
Interest to States, a bill providing for the final settlement
of the claims of States, 6.
Lands, public, notice given by Mr. Clay of his intention
of again bringing forward his bill for disposing
of the public land, 5; bill introduced, 6, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands; bill
reported with a proposed amendment; taken up,
61; ordered to a third reading, 231; bill passed,
235.
the amendments of the House to the bill were taken
up, 809, and agreed to.
a bill granting a township to Indiana, Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Alabama, a township each, for the pro-
motion of female education, 82; State of Ohio
added; laid on the table.
patents, a bill describing the mode by which land
patents may be signed, 150; bill passed, 150.
Light-houses, a bill was received from the House on the
last evening of the session, and read a first time;
but Mr. Grundy objecting to its being read a se-
cond time, and as it could not be so read at that
time but with unanimous consent, the bill was,
of course, rejected, 812.
Louisville and Portland canal, a bill to authorize the pur-
chase of the private stock in, 359; laid on the
table, 360.
Members, a list of the, 1.
Military orders, a resolution calling upon the President
for copies of the military orders given to the
forces in South Carolina, 377; postponed, 378;
resumed, 405; agreed to, 433.
canal, a bill granting land to enable the State to
open a canal in the Big Swamp, 12.
Order, points of, 300, 480.
Pension agency at Decatur, a bill for the establishment of,
809; laid on the table, 810.
Postage, a proposition for introducing a bill to reduce
the rates of postage, 27; discussed; agreed to,
40.
Powers of the Government, three resolutions defining
these powers, 191, 750; laid on the table, 785.
six resolutions offered as substitutes, 192.
President pro tempore balloted for; Mr. White, of Ten-
nessee, elected, 2.
his acknowledgments to the Senate, 3.
President's message received, 3. (See the Appendix for
a copy of it.)
veto on the bill of last session, providing for the
final settlement of the claims of States for inte-
rest on advances to the United States during the
late war, 3; laid on the table, 4.
Presidential election, a day fixed for counting the electo-
ral votes, 359; the votes counted, and Andrew
Jackson was declared to be elected President,
and Martin Van Buren Vice President, 487.
Printer to Congress, the resolution for his election taken
up, 587.
Proclamation, a copy of the President's, in relation to
South Carolina, called for, 99; proposition laid
on the table, 100; agreed to, 104.
Revenue. (See Frauds on, and Duties.)
Secretary of the Treasury called upon for a detailed state-
ment of articles of foreign growth or manu-
facture on which, in his opinion, the duties ought
to be reduced, &c., 8; agreed to, 27.
Senate called to order by the Secretary, 2.
Sheathing copper, a bill to amend the act to amend the
several acts imposing duties on imports, ordered
to be engrossed, 661.
Carolina resolutions, in reply to the President's
proclamation, 80.
Spanish claims, a resolution instructing the Committee on
Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency
of obtaining evidence deposited in the State De-
partment, 38; agreed to.
Special order, a resolution for changing the hour of taking
it up, agreed to, 359.
Standing committees appointed, 4.
Tariff, a resolution introduced calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury to furnish the project of a bill
for reducing the duties on imports, in conformi-
ty with the suggestions in his report, 6.
Tariff, a bill to modify the various acts imposing duties
on imports, 462; the bill reported with amend-
ments, 601; the bill taken up and discussed,
690; laid on the table, 785.
resolutions, offered by Mr. Webster, 483; laid on
the table, 492.
the bill from the House to modify the existing ta-
riff, was received, and both bills were ordered
to lie on the table, 785; the bill from the
House taken up, 786; consideration resumed,
787; bill passed, 809.
Treasurer's annual report of the state of the finances, 3.
Votes of absentees, an unsuccessful motion to permit
their names to be recorded, 688.
Yeas and nays, on considering the resolution for a reduc
tion of duties, 16.
resolution for the reduction of the rates of post-
age, 49.
on amendment to the resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of fo-
reign articles on which the duty may be reduc-
ed, 50, 59, 60.
on postponing Mr. Clay's land bill, 81, 122.
on postponing the force bill, 187.
on the land bill, 229, 250, 231, 232, 235.
postponing the revenue collection bill, 246, 404.
striking out the 3d section of the revenue bill, 483.
references of the bill to modify the tariff, 486.
on the passage of the Cumberland road bill, 486.
on amendments to the revenue collection bill, 518,
519, 595, 601.
on a question touching the election of printer, 588.
engrossing the revenue collection bill, 601.
on the passage of do., 688.
on striking out the 2d section of the bill to mo-
dify the tariff, 724.
on adding a 9th section to the bill, 724.
on striking out the 3d and 6th sections of do., 724.
on adding a new section to do., 725.
on the passage of the bill, 809,
OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
Bell, Mr., from New Hampshire, on modifying the tariff,
485, 718, 742.
Benton, Mr., from Missouri, on the reduction of postage,
31.
Cumberland road, 51, 119.
land bill, 208, 230.
modification of the tariff, 485, 713, 720.
electing a printer to Congress, 587, 588.
Bibb, Mr., from Kentucky, on printing commercial state-
ments, 10.
a reduction of certain duties, 26.
reduction of postage 37, 46.
public lands, 79.
the force bill, 174, 178.
revenue collection bill, 264, 280, 412, 413, 487,
bill modifying the tariff, 701, 720, 807.
Black, Mr., from Mississippi, on public lands, 104, 229.
on the bill modifying the tariff, 702.
Brown, Mr., from North Carolina, on a proposition for
a reduction of duties, 17, 20, 25, 51.
force bill, 183.
revenue collection bill, 333, 413.
calling for copies of military orders, 409.
Buckner, Mr., from Missouri, on a reduction of duties, 27.
on reducing the rates of postage, 31, 42.
public lands, 81, 82, 112, 122.
French spoliations, 98.
Cumberland road, 119, 121.
modification of the tariff, 479, 485, 711, 713,
719.
on his bill for modifying the tariff, 462, 476, 480,
484, 690, 692, 694, 695, 696, 699, 701, 710,
711, 713, 716, 718, 722, 726, 729, 749, 785,
786, 807.
Clayton, Mr., from Delaware, on the reduction of post-
age, 29, 30.
Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 237.
revenue collection bill, 378, 518.
bill to modify the tariff, 693, 697, 698, 700, 709,
716, 717, 722, 726, 786, 800, 802.
Dallas, Mr., from Pennsylvania, on the revenue collection
modifying the tariff, 486, 698, 726, 793.
Dickerson, Mr., from New Jersey, on reduction of duties
on foreign goods, 69.
on modifying the tariff, 478, 484, 692, 693, 694,
713, 720, 745, 749, 785.
Ewing, Mr., from Ohio, on the reduction of postage, 39.
on the land bill, 159.
revenue collection bill, 518, 676.
electing public printer, 588.
modifying the tariff, 795.
Mr., from Connecticut, on printing commercial
statements, 10.
on a reduction of postage, 31, 35, 49.
ditto of duties on foreign goods, 51, 60.
Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 237.
calling for copies of military orders, 409.
modifying the tariff, 480, 708, 717, 718.
revenue collection bill, 517.
electing public printer, 588.
Forsyth, Mr., from Georgia, on copying documents in
State Department, 79, 80, 123.
call for a copy of the South Carolina proclamation,
103.
on the land bill, 232, 233.
Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 243, 784.
Forsyth, Mr., from Georgia, on revenue collection bill,
403, 460, 589, 590, 592, 600.
modifying the tariff acts, 474, 476, 479, 480, 692,
693, 695, 699, 702, 717, 718, 724, 726, 802.
Frelinghuysen, Mr., from New Jersey, on a reduction of
duties, 19.
a reduction of postage, 43.
force bill, 182.
revenue collection bill, 312, 347.
modifying the tariff, 720, 792, 802.
Grundy, Mr., from Tennessee, on a reduction of post-
age, 27, 29, 30, 34, 37, 45.
call for a copy of South Carolina proclamation, 100,
104.
land bill, 112, 174.
force bill, 174.
Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 192, 240, 785.
revenue collection bill, 263, 403, 462, 488, 591,
661.
calling for copies of military orders, 405, 406, 408,
409, 430, 432.
modifying the tariff, 484, 485.
Hendricks, Mr., from Indiana, on reduction of duties on
foreign goods, 60.
Hill, Mr., from New Hampshire, cn public lands, 193.
the bill for modifying the tariff, 703.
Holmes, Mr., from Maine, on printing commercial state-
on a reduction of duties, 15, 19, 51, 52.
a reduction of postage, 30, 36, 49.
Spanish claims, 38.
copying documents in State Department, 80.
revenue collection bill, 348, 367, 413.
modifying the tariff, 474, 479, 483.
electing public printer, 588.
the bill modifying the tariff, 697, 702, 708, 709,
713, 718, 749, 805.
Kane, Mr., from Illinois, on a reduction of postage, 41.
on public lands, 61.
copying documents in State Department, 123.
modifying the tariff, 479, 699, 724.
revenue collection bill, 590.
King, Mr., from Alabama, on a reduction of duties, 13,
16, 59.
on a call for the proclamation respecting South Ca-
rolina, 99.
on a reduction of duties, 20, 24.
French spoliations, 99.
revenue collection bill, 360, 401, 402, 405.
modifying the tariff, 701, 716.
Webster, Mr., from Massachusetts, on Spanish claims, 38.
on French spoliations, 98, 99.
Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 237, 240, 774, 785.
revenue collection bill, 404, 405, 409, 412, 413,
461, 518, 553, 590.
modifying the tariff, 478, 693, 709, 722, 723, 726,
727, 801.
Wilkins, Mr., from Pennsylvania, on the force bill, 185,
on Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 243.
the revenue collection bill, 246, 403, 413,460,461,
488, 590, 592, 687.
calling for copies of military orders, 409.
on modifying the tariff, 693, 694, 713, 720.
Wright, Mr., from New York, on modifying the tariff,
708, 717, 718, 726, 806.
INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Amendment of the constitution, providing that no mem-
ber of Congress, during the time for which he
was elected, be appointed to any civil office of
trust or profit under the United States, 893;
postponed bill to Monday next, 894.
a resolution, offered at the last session by Mr. Root,
for amending the constitution, was called up,
940.
Appointments to office of members of Congress, a resolu-
tion calling on the President to lay before the
House a list of all the appointments of members
since the 13th of April, 1826, 901; agreed to,
Appropriations for the navy. (See Naval service.)
Appropriation bill (general) for the year 1833, taken up,
1921; ordered to a third reading, 1936.
Arsenal at Watervliet. (See Watervliet.)
Asylums for deaf, dumb, and blind, a bill granting a town-
ship of land to the New England asylum, 890;
bill rejected, 916.
Bank of the United States, a report from the Secretary of
the Treasury on, 838.
a resolution calling for a copy of the correspond-
ence, from the Secretary of the Treasury, 839.
a bill authorizing the sale of the Bank stock of the
United States, reported, 1707; bill rejected,
1722.
report from the Committee of Ways and Means,
1898; taken up, 1922; agreed to, 1936.
report from the minority of the committee, 1902.
Buenos Ayres, resolution calling on the President to com-
aid the Topographical Bureau in making a mine-
ralogical and geological map of the United States,
1723; agreed to, 1725.
bill, a bill making appropriations for carrying on
certain works heretofore commenced, for the
improvement of harbors and rivers, &c., 1921;
passed.
Hardware, a resolution instructing the Committee of Ways
and Means to inquire into the expediency of re-
pealing certain duties thereon, 1747, 1748.
public, resolutions proposing to reduce the price
of, &c. 837; subject considered, 873; laid on the
table, 893.
settlers on, a bill to extend the provisions of the
act of 1807, to prevent settlements, &c., report-
ed 1743; committed, 1747.
a bill from the Senate to fix the minimum price of
the public lands, 1904; bill passed, 1920.
Land claims, a bill to prevent the confirmation of fraudu-
lent land claims was referred to the Judiciary
Committee, 873.
Land offices, a bill to change the location of certain land
offices, 976; ordered to be engrossed.
municate the correspondence between this Go- Lent,
vernment and the Republic of Buenos Ayres,
reports, a resolution directing the Clerk of the House
to cause to be collected, arranged, and printed
for the use of the House, such of the reports of
the several boards of commissioners, &c., for the
adjudication of land claims, in the several States
and Territories, which were adverse to claim-
ants, which have not heretofore been printed,
with a suitable index, 1727; rejected, 1731.
James, jr., a member from New York, his death an-
nounced, and resolutions entered into for his fu-
neral, 1762.
the President declines to communicate the copy of Lien laws, a bill giving to the workmen in the District of
the correspondence asked for, 926.
Chickasaw treaty, a resolution calling on the Clerk of the
House to communicate to the Senate a copy of Lyon,
the report and documents made by the Commit-
tee on Public Lands, on the subject of the Chic-
kasaw treaty; motion negatived, 854.
subject reconsidered, and ordered to lie on the ta-
ble, 879.
Coin and bullion, a resolution calling on the Director of
the Mint to report to the ilouse the relative va-
lue of gold and silver bullion, agreed to, 864.
Collection of revenue. (See Revenue Collection bill.)
Columbia affairs. (See District of Columbia.)
District of Columbia, affairs of, 1812.
Doddridge, Mr., from Virginia, his death announced, 818.
Doubtful powers, a verbal report thereon by Mr. Daniel,
Duties, a bill to exempt certain articles of merchandise
from duty, 944.
Duties on hardware. (See Hardware.)
Enforcement bill, motion to print additional copies of the
report, 1675; agreed to, 1685.
Federal courts, a resolution instructing the Judiciary Com-
mittee to inquire what regulation is necessary to
reduce the annual expense of holding said courts,
agreed to, 870.
Florida claims, a bill for the relief of certain inhabitants
of East Florida, 998; the first section struck out,
1009.
the bill again brought up, 1685; bill recommitted,
1688.
Frontiers, a bill for the defence of, was taken up, 1727,
and agreed to.
Geological surveys, a resolution proposing to inquire into
the expediency of authorizing the President of
the United States to employ a suitable person to
Columbia a lien upon houses which they build,
870; ordered to be engrossed, 872.
Matthew's, fine, a bill to refund it to his legal re-
presentatives, 1010; bill taken up for considera-
tion, 1654.
Macomb, General, a bill for his relief; the bill taken up
for its third reading, 917; postponed for a week,
918; referred to the Committee of Claims, 998.
Massachusetts resolutions on the tariff. (See Tariff.)
Members, a list of, 818.
Ministers to France, the President requested to communi-
cate the instructions given to them, 821; agreed
to, 837.
Naval service, a bill making appropriations for the, con-
sidered, 1665; ordered to be engrossed, 1675.
Ohio, falls of, petitions for the improvement of, 835.
Order, points of, discussed, 950, 1225, 1270, 1272,
1290, 1515, 1521, 1567, 1634, 1661, 1662, 1699,
1701, 1729, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1822, 1823, 1824,
1920, 1923.
Postage, a resolution instructing the Committee on the
Post Office to inquire into the expediency of re-
ducing the rates of postage, 927.
President of the United States, his message at the opening
of Congress. (See Appendix.)
veto of the harbor bill, 819.
message dissected and referred, 822; subject re-
sumed, 864.
Presidential election, the electoral votes counted, 1722.
Public printer, election of, 1726.
Revenue laws, a memorial praying for relief under them,
834.
Revenue collection bill, reported, 1653; taken up, 1811;
ordered to a third reading, 1897; passed, 1903.
See also 1939.
Rochambeau, Marshal Count, a letter from General La-
fayette, with a petition from the granddaughters Tariff, a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Trea-
of the Marshal, praying for compensation for
services performed by their grandfather to the
United States, 1763.
Salt duty, a memorial on the subject of rock salt manu-
factured in Maine, 1156; referred, 1157.
Sergeant-at-arms, Thomas B. Randolph, of Virginia, ap-
pointed, 822.
Settlers on public lands.
Silk culture, a resolution for procuring copies of the man-
ual on silk, introduced, 1762; agreed to, 1763.
Slavery in the District of Columbia, a memorial from
Pennsylvania for its abolishment therein, 1584:
referred, 1585.
South Carolina convention, a resolution calling on the
President for a copy of his proclamation, and of
the ordinance of South Carolina, to which it re-
fers, 916; rejected, 917.
message from the President, communicating the
nullifying ordinance, &c., 1082.
resolution requesting the President to communicate
what evidence he may have to authorize the be-
lief that the Government and people of South
Carolina meditated the taking possession of the
forts of the United States, 1763; laid on the
table, 1764.
Southern assay offices, a bill to establish assay offices in
the gold region, 886; bill laid aside, 890.
Standing committees appointed, 821.
Surplus revenue, a resolution proposing to distribute the
surplus revenue amongst the several States, 1054;
the House refused to consider the proposition.
Tariff, a report from the Committee of Ways and Means,
on reducing and altering certain duties, 926.
report of the minority of the committee ordered
to be printed, 1902.
a bill to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on
imports, reported by the Committee of Ways and
Means, 958; tariff bill recommitted to a Com-
mittee of the Whole, with instructions to report
Mr. Clay's bill from the Senate in its stead, 1772.
sury for a list of articles on which the reduction
of six millions of duty may be made, 1089;
agreed to, 1273.
memorial and resolutions from Massachusetts on the
tariff, 1478; discussed, 1522; motion to reconsi-
der, 1564; motion withdrawn, 1578.
Taxation and the tariff, Mr. Burges moved a preamble
and resolutions on these subjects, 955; ordered
to lie on the table, and be printed, 957.
Treasury, Secretary of, his annual report, 820.
Tribunal for claims, a resolution for instructing the Judi-
ciary Committee to report on the expediency of
establishing such a tribunal, 957; agreed to,
958.
Veto of the harbor bill, 819.
Watervliet arsenal, the proposed appropriation for it,
1764.
Wickliffe's, Mr., address to the editors of this work on the
decision of the Speaker on a point of order,
1823.
and nays, on resolution touching the Chickasaw
treaty, 854, 878.
on an amendment to the resolution calling for a list
of members appointed to Congress, 910.
on the resolution as proposed, 911.
on a call for a copy of the President's proclama-
tion, &c., in relation to South Carolina, 917.
on considering a proposition to distribute the
surplus revenue amongst the several States,
1054.
on a resolution calling for information from the
Secretary of the Treasury on the tariff question,
1273.
on questions on the tariff bill, 1664, 1730, 1753,
1754, 1755, 1779, 1810.
on the bill for selling the stock of the United States
Bank, 1722.
on the revenue collection bill, 1896, 1897.
passage of the land bill, 1920.
report of the Bank committee, 1936.
OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ALPHABETICALLY
ARRANGED.
on appointment of members of Congress, 906, 907.
resolutions calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for tariff information, 1090, 1117, 1133, 1175,
1228, 1478, 1527, 1564, 1572, 1577.
on abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia,
1585.
on the tariff bill, 1609, 1616, 1640, 1810, 1817.
on making naval appropriations, 1673.
East Florida claims, 1686.
revenue collection bill, 1818.
the report of the minority of the Committee on
Manufactures, 1865.
on ordering the printing of do., 1902.
Alexander, Mr., from Virginia, on the Massachusetts re-
solutions touching the tariff, 1568, 1640.
bill for the relief of the heirs of Matthew Lyon,
1654.
Anderson, Mr., from Maine, on making appropriations for
the navy, 1665, 1666.
Angel, Mr., from New York, on Matthew Lyon's fine,
1012.
Appleton, Mr., from Massachusetts, on the tariff, 1194,
1431, 1453, 1434, 1579, 1589, 1634.
Archer, Mr., from Virginia, on establishing Southern as-
say offices, 888.
on our relations with Buenos Ayres, 901.
the nullifying ordinance, 1083, 1086, 1087.
East Florida claims, 1687.
revenue collection bill, 1761.
Arnold, Mr., from Tennessee, on the nullifying ordinance,
1083, 1089.
tariff, 1303, 1696, 1699, 1700.
enforcement bill, 1676.
revenue collection bill, 1757, 1759, 1767, 1811.
the culture of silk, 1762.
Ashley, Mr., from Missouri, on the tariff bill, 1635.
Banks, Mr., from Pennsylvania, on the tariff, 1529.
Barbour, Mr., from Virginia, on District of Columbia af-
fairs, 1815.
Barringer, Mr., from North Carolina, on appointment of
members of Congress, 910.
on Matthew Lyon's fine, 1018, 1020, 1022.
on the tariff, 1616, 1637, 1734, 1750.
on the bill for the relief of the heirs of Matthew
Lyon, 1654.
Bates, Mr., from Massachusetts, on the tariff, 1478, 1655,
1664, 1762, 1809.
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