objection to the principle, but to the convenience of the
thing, 157; it is said, do not meddle with corporations,
157; it cannot be proved that stamping bank notes will
embarrass their circulation, 158; motion essentially just
and right, 158; operation of the tax considered, 158;
objections considered, 158; foreign banks commute with
their governments, 159; the introduction of this prin-
ciple will destroy the bill, 159; analogy between private
notes and bank notes? 159; great difficulties attend its
operation, 159; no danger of a run on a bank, 159; a
beginning should be made, 160; not the intention of
opponents to screen the moneyed interest, 160; how
shall the tax be arranged, 160; commutation can be
made, 160; amount of the tax less than one per cent.,
161; difference between bank and individual notes, 161;
an estimate showing the operation of the tax on banks,
161 further debate, 162; bill passed, 162; note, 162.

Duties on Distilled Spirits, and on stills under de-
bate, 193; proposition to allow to distillers weekly
licenses, 194; designed to accommodate distillers from
fruit, 194; distillers from fruit pay less duty than dis-
tillers from grain, 194; this proposition will give them
an unfair advantage, 194; other objections in detail,
194; most distillers of peach-brandy now excluded under
present law from distilling early fruit, 194; reason in
favor at length, 194; capacity of peach stills, 195; mo-
tion carried, 195; present law on entry of stills, 195;
four cents per gallon on weekly licenses adopted, 195;
bill of Senate referred to a select committee, 302; reso-
lution to inquire into the expediency of repealing laws
laying duties on stills, distilled spirits, &c., considered,
579; time to commence proceedings on this subject, 579;
it reduces the revenue, 579; reasons for referring the
subject stated, 579; other subjects to be decided before
this should be, 579; motion seeks information, 580;
should be taken up at once, 580; President said the
taxes might be dispensed with, if expenses were re-
duced, 580; information needed, 580; further debate,
580, 581; reference carried, 581.

Resolution to raise additional revenue annually
by tax on land, houses, and slaves, to be apportioned ac-
cording to the last census, considered in committee, 265;
moved to strike out last census, 265; proper to have
new census before the tax was assessed, 265; great in-
convenience thereby incurred, 265; debate upon the
census for taxation, 265; on report to the House moved
to strike out "annually," 266; the tax not wanted for
permanent revenue, but to meet present exigencies,
266; examination of present revenue, 266; the present
revenues are equal to the expenditures, including re-
demption of public debt, except in case of war, 267;
imposts and tonnage yielded a million more than the
estimate, 267; arguments are presented as if a state of
profound peace prevailed, and the defences of the
country of no importance, 267; course of members on
this subject, 268; censure of the House by members,
268; debate adjourned, 269; motion to strike out "an-
nually" withdrawn, and limitation moved, 270; if laid
for a number of years, the tax will be more unpopular,
271; it depends on a contingency whether the tax will
be wanted or not, 271; it is a new tax, unsatisfactory to
some parts, and should be of short duration, 271; no
question about the propriety of levying a direct tax-
only difference related to time of operation, 271; fears of
the member from Pennsylvania, 272; two reasons against
striking out the word "annually," 272; amendment lost,
272; word "annually" struck out, 272; bill providing
for the valuation of houses and lands and enumeration of
slaves read a third time, 302; the tax will bear hard on
Kentucky, money is so scarce there, 802; such is the
case of Tennessee, 302; both States have many advan-
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tages in respect to this tax, 302; the money was neces
sary, and the law as good as it well could be made, 808;
loans and taxes the only resource, 803; no other objects
so suitable for taxation, 308; fears respecting the ability
of Kentucky and Tennessee not be realized, 808; tax not
just and equal, 304; every species of property should be
taxed, 304; bill passed, 804; bill to amend act for laying
and collecting direct tax considered, 586; repeals clause
for redemption of land sold for unpaid taxes, 586; this
clause inoperative on account of its expense, 586; will be
a hardship to non-residents, 587; non-payment had
arisen in Southern States from a want of collectors, 587;
committee rose, 587.

TAZEWELL, HENEY, Senator from Virginia, 5, 117, 823; de-
cease 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, 698.

Territories.-Subject of fixing the limits of Georgia, and
erecting the Mississippi territory considered, 217; amend-
ment 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 pro-
ceed 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 ter-
ritory remain defenceless? 218; question of right exam-
ined, 218; point of right be settled hereafter, 218; terms
required by Georgia, 219; proposed measure absolutely
necessary for the people of that territory, 219; argu-
ments so far do not show the right of the United States,
but only the convenience of the measure, 219; ad-
vantages of the measure to Georgia as a protection
against the Indians, 219; most proper that the amend-
ment 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 gov-
erned the territory, and Georgia cannot take offence ir
we hold it till the dispute is settled, 220; particulars re-
lative 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 le-
galize 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, 228; it is a seri-
ous attack on the property of the country, 228; the
amendment should not be rejected on the ground of ju-
risdiction, 228; 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

pense of the proposed measure, 504; difference of ex-
pense between the two measures, 511; proceedings of
last session, 512; bill recommitted, 512; proceedings
of Congress in 1788; bill reported for a mausoleum
as before, excepting a difference in materials, 513; va-
rious 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 viola-
tion of the feelings of Mrs. Washington, 516; further de-
bate, 517; bill ordered to be engrossed, 518; bill passed,
522; amendments of Senate considered, 588; House
agree, 588. 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 Missis-
sippi, 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 expe-
dition, 49; the expedition was a necessary one, 49; Con-
gress 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, 826; on the address to the President, 18; on com-
pensation 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, 189;
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 estab-
lishing 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 com-
merce, 288; on direct taxes, 303; on intercourse with
France, 847. See Index, vol. 1.
WILLIAMS, LEMUEL, Representative from Massachusetts,
429, 497, 569, 698.

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 rela-
tive to treatment of alien enemies, 284; relative to let-
ters of marque, 297; relative to State balances, 595;
on considering the French spoliations, 784.
WooDS, HENRY, Representative from Pennsylvania, 429,
497, 569, 698.

WOOSTER, GENERAL, and others, bill relative to, 664.
WRIGHT, ROBERT, Senator from Maryland, 540, 661; on me-
morial of United States Judges, 667.

WYNN, THOMAS, Representative from North Carolina, 693.

Y

Yeas and Nays in Senate on bill to accommouate the Pre-
sident, 9; in the House on amended answer to Presi-
dent's message, 88; 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 Pre-
sident, 92; in House on naval appropriation, 105; in
House on bill relative to military and naval appropri
ations, 107; on adoption of answer of House to Presi-
dent 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, 178; in
Senate on resolution authorizing Minister to Spain to
receive presents, 173; in Senate on bill to define and
punish treason and sedition, 178, 175; relative to land-
ing 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 ves-
sels, 175; on bill making appropriations for a naval
force, 175; on expulsion of Matthew Lyon, 208; rela-
tive to claim of Amy Dardin, 218; on the Griswold
and Lyon case, 216; on the bill establishing the Navy
Department, 252; on the resolution relative to presents
to our Ministers at foreign courts, 264; on the bill to
raise a provisional army, 276; on the bill relative to
alien enemies, 286; on the bill relative to protection of
commerce, 291; on resolutions granting letters of
marque, 300; on the sedition bill, 810; on the abroga-
tion of the treaty with France, 316; on bill for sedition
and punishment of crimes, 319; on instructions to
armed vessels, 819; in Senate on non-intercourse with
France, 324; do. on aliens holding lands in the Terri-
tories, 324; do. on vesting power of retaliation in Presi-
dent, 324; in Senate on increase of army, 325; on in-
crease of salaries, 825; on acceptance of jurisdiction over
Western Reserve, 825; on establishing United States
post office, 825; on bill relative to intercourse with
France, 847; on bill to increase the navy, 856; on
agreeing to report of committee relative to capture of
French vessels, 364; on the expulsion of Matthew Lyon,
872; on repeal of alien and sedition law, 884; on amend-
ments to bill relative to disputed Presidential elections,
408; in Senate on resolution relative to breach of privi-
lege, 421; on resolutions of Committee on Privileges,
422; on adopting form of warrant of Senate for appre-
hension of William Duane, 426; on Mississippi Slave
Act, 427; relative to petition of free blacks, 444; on re-
solutions in case of Jonathan Robbins, 469; on the
medal to Captain Truxton, 472; on postponing the bill
relative to admirals in the navy, 474; on bill prohibiting
the slave trade, 477; on the bill to erect a mausoleum
for Washington, 479; in Senate relative to mausoleum
for Washington, 486; relative to reporting the debates,
511; on the bill for a mausoleum to Washington, 518;