Blank Ballots, shall they be counted-See Index, vol. 4.
Blue Lights, as Signals to the Enemy.-See Index, vol. 5.
BOULIGNY, DOMINIQUE, Senator from Louisiana, 467.
Bounty for Fishing Vessels.-See Index, vol. 5, Duties.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM C., on free negroes in the District of
Columbia, 358; on a Naval Academy, 456. See Index,
vols. 5, 7, 8.

BRANCH, JOHN, Senator from North Carolina, 467; on the
salary of the Postmaster-General, 234, 285; on the duty
on salt, 295-298; on the French colonial trade, 564. See
Index, vols. 7, 8.

Breach of Privilege.—See Index, vols. 2, 4.
Breakwater on the Delaware.-See Index, vol. 8.
BRENT, WILLIAM L., on free negroes in the District of
Columbia, 354, 356; on sufferers by fire in Alexandria,
885; on the Tacubaya mission, 433-435; Representative
from Louisiana, 610.

Brevet Rank.-In the Senate, a bill to abolish considered,
604; reasons for the measure desired, 604; effects, 604;
laid on the table, 604; to abolish the office of Major-
General also considered and lost, 606.

Bribery.-See Inder, vol. 6.

British Aggressions on Commerce.-See Inder, vol. 3.
British Colonial Trade-In the House, an amendment to
the bill considered, 451; object to confine the operation
of the bill to navigation by sea, without interfering with
the navigation on the lakes, 451; whenever the British
interdicted a trade in our vessels, we should interdict the
corresponding trade in their vessels, 451; not a safe pol-
icy to invite Great Britain to new restrictions, 451; we
place our West India interests on precisely the same
footing they were on under the act of 1820, 452; shall
we adhere to the policy of 1820, or bring a new point
into the controversy? 452; Canadian exports, 452.

Substance of the bill, 456; result of its passage, 456;
the 30th September the best period for the prohibition of
the bill to take effect, 456; the measure cannot be justly
offensive to Great Britain, 457; difference between the
bill of the Senate and that reported by the Committee
of Commerce, 457; not material which of the two pro-
positions the House should accept, 458; better to have
no bill at all than take that of the Senate, 459; inconsis-
tency into which the House would be betrayed by
adopting the amendment, 459; amendment agreed to,

459.

Disagreement of the Senate announced, 461; motion
that the House insist, 461; the bill had better fail alto-
gether than pass without the amendment, 461; material
difference between the two propositions, 461; action of
the Committee of Commerce defended, 462; erroneous
impression as to the supposed inefficiency of the bill;
462; our refusal to meet the legislative tender of Great
Britain, 463; regarded as a disrespectful tampering with
their dignity by Great Britain, 468; adherence carried,

464.

British Minister, conduct of-See Inder, vol. 4.
British Intrigues.-See Index, vol. 4.
British West India Trade.-See Index, vol. 6.
BROWN, MAJOR-GENERAL JACOB.-In the Senate, his de-
cease announced, 526; a bad precedent to go into mourn-
ing for other than a member, 526.

Bill for relief of the widow considered, 553; situation
of the affairs of the deceased, 554; entitled to a full pen-
sion, 554; public opinion in advance of the Legislature,
554: the delicacy of the case, 554; when people talk of
economy they ought to practise it here, 555; further de-
bate, 555; bill ordered to be engrossed, 556.
BROWN, TITUS, Representative from N. H., 607. See Index,
vol. 8.

BRYAN, JOHN H., Representative from N. C., 610; on the
British Colonial Trade, 459. See Index, vol. 8.

BUCHANAN, JAMES, on South American relations, 50, 68; on
the Panama Mission, 137; on the relief of revolutionary
officers, 225; on the appointment of Charges, 372: on
the Polar expedition, 414; on the British Colonial Trade,
462; on duties on wool and woollens, 594; Representa-
tive from Penn., 609; on the repair of the Cumberland
road, 656; on retrenchment, 672. See Index, vols. 7, 8.
BUCK, DANIEL A., Representative from Vt., 609. See Index,
vols. 7, 8.

BUCKNER, RICHARD A., on the Panama Mission, 115; Repre-
sentative from Kentucky, 610; on retrenchment, 697.
See Index, vols. 7, 8.

BUNNER, GUDOLPH, Representative from New York, 609;
on the case of Marigny D'Auterive, 648.
BURGES, TRISTRAM, Representative from Rhode Island, 609;
on the surviving officers of the revolution, 367; on suf-
ferers by fire in Alexandria, 384; on the Tacubaya mis-
sion, 433; on militia courts martial, 663. See Index,
vol. 8.

Burning of the Library of Congress.-See Index, vol. 5.
BUTMAN, SAMUEL, Representative from Maine, 609.

C

Cahawba Navigation Company.-In the House, a bill rel-
ative to, considered, 478; ordered to be engrossed, 478.
CALHOUN, JOHN C., presides in the Senate, 266; letter to
Senate relative to an investigation of his conduct as Sec-
retary at War, 275; memorial of, to the House, 362;
presides in the Senate, 467; report on the memorial of,
416; paper accompanying the report, 418. See Index,
vols. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

CAMBRELENG, C. C., on the Panama mission, 214; on duties
on wool, 881; on sufferers by fire in Alexandria, 359;
on duties on wool and woollens, 899; Representative
from New York, 609. See Index, vol. 8.
Canadian Refugees.-See Index, vols. 2, 5.
Canal around Muscle shoals.-In the House, a resolution
relative to, considered, 438; importance of the measure,

438.

Canal in Illinois.-In the House, a bill relative to, con-
sidered, 460; moved to recommit and inquire into the
expediency of the United States subscribing for the
stock, 460; reasons, 460; motion lost, 460; bill passed,
461.

Captured Africans.—In the Senate, bill considered, 477.
Caraccas, Relief of--See Index, vol. 4.

CARSON, SAMUEL P., on the Panama mission, 102; on suf-
ferers by fire in Alexandria, 386; on the Tacubaya mis-
sion, 432-434; Representative from North Carolina, 610;
on retrenchment, 693. See Index, vol. 8.
CARTER, JOHN, Representative from South Carolina, 610;
on the Panama mission, 167. See Index, vol. 8.
Caucus, Congressional.-See Index, vol. 5, and Index, vol. 7.
Amendments to the Constitution.

CHAMBERS, EZEKIEL, Senator from Maryland, 467. See In-
dex, vol. 8.

CHAMBERS, HENRY, Senator from Alabama, 467; on the

Colonization Society, 307-308; on the Colonization So-
ciety, 312; on the payment of interest to States, 570.
See Index, vol. 8.

CHANDLER, JOHN, on the sale of reserved lead mines, 282;
on the road in Michigan, 282-253; on the relief of suf-
ferers at Alexandria, 286; on repealing the duty on salt,
298; on the gradual improvement of the navy, 329; on
the Ohio turnpike road, 343; Senator from Maine, 467;
on the surviving officers of the Revolution, 496; on the
office of Major-General, 527; on the claims of South
Carolina, 539; on the bill for the relief of Mrs. Brown,
554; on the survivors of the Revolution, 583; on the
survivors of the Revolution, 584. See Index, vol. 8.

Charges des Affaires, Appointment of.-In the House, a
resolution relative to, considered, 371; object of the
resolution, 871; usual practice of the Government, 371;
diplomatic appointments are not regulated by statute,
872; the charge made, 372; origin of a minister in the
law of nations, 872; recognized by the Constitution,
872; whenever there is a suggestion of an abuse of
power by the Executive, it is a duty to sustain inquiry,
873.

Charitable Objects.-See Index, vol. 1.

CHASE, DUDLEY, Senator from Vermont, 467. See Index,
vol. 8.

CHASE, SAMUEL, Representative from New York, 609.
CHASE, JUDGE, Official conduct and trial of-See Index,
vol. 3.

Chesapeake Frigate, Attack on.-See Index, vol. 3.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.-In the Senate, a bill to au-
thorize subscription to the stock of, considered, 604; not
a western measure, 604; emanated from the Legislature
of Virginia, 604; the Constitution dead and gone, 604;
this bill a partnership concern, 604; decided in the af-
firmative, 605. See Index, vol. 8.

Choctaw Lands, Encroachments on.-In the House, a reso-
lution relative to, considered, 847; amendment moved,
347; the Government should interfere, to protect the
Indians from farther encroachment, 347; these things
have had their influence on the Indians, 347; object of
the amendment, 348; resolution adopted, 348.
Choctaw Indians.-Debate relative to removal of, 369.
CLAIBORNE, NATHANIEL H., Representative from Virginia,
609. See Index, vol. 8.

CLARK, JAMES, Representative from Kentucky, 610; on re-
trenchment, 698. See Index, vol. 8.

CLARK, JOHN C., Representative from New York, 609; on the
case of Marigny D'Auterive, 631; on retrenchment, 695.
CLARKE, MATTHEW ST. CLAIR, Clerk of the House, 845;

chosen Clerk of the House, 610. See Indes, vols. 7, 8.
Coast Survey.-In the House, a resolution relative to making
provision for, considered, 640; object of the resolution,
640; a favorite measure of Mr. Jefferson's, 640; com-
mencement of, 641; resolution agreed, 641. See Index,
vol. 3.

COBB, THOMAS W., Senator from Georgia, 467; on internal
improvement, 547; on the payment of interest to States,
571; on the duty on salt, 578; on the survivors of the
revolution, 584; on the Miami canal, 607. See Index,
vol. 6, 7.

COCKE, JOHN, on relief to the Florida Indians, 127; on the
New Creek Treaty, 259; on the Quapaw Indians, 346;
on a Western Armory, 351; on the memorial of Cal-
houn, 368; on the removal of the Choctaw Indians, 870;
on preservation of live oak timber, 377.

presenting their wishes to the Senate, 308; it is before
the Senate without any solid form, 308; papers witn
drawn, 308.

Memorial signed by the President of the Society, 812;
the Society indulges in no views hostile to the tenure by
which citizens of the Southern States hold their proper-
ty, 312; this is denounced as a visionary and chimerical
project, 313; the conduct of the agent arraigned, 318;
destruction of the Spanish factory, 818; destruction of
the French factory, 313; destruction of Trade Town, 314;
how does this affect the question before the Senate, 314;
the constitutional objections, 815; said to be too late in
the session to mature any measure out of this memorial,
815; is the Senate prepared to unite with the Senator
in denouncing a system thus recommended? 316.

Resolution of the Society, 317; object of the Society to
induce Congress to establish a colony on the coast of Afri-
ca, or to appropriate money for that object, 817; extract
from the memorial, 318; Mr. Jefferson's name has been
quoted, as if he had sanctioned this Society, 818; look
at the object expressly avowed in this petition, 319; if
this policy is ever adopted by this Government, they
will go directly into the market as the purchasers of our
slaves for the purpose of emancipation, 319; the danger-
ous tendency of the measure, 319; the means by which
this object is to be attained, 820; what are we to say to
this as a remedy for such an evil? 320; results of tables,
821; petition laid on the table, 322.

In the House, a resolution relative to, considered, 487;
these resolutions private papers, 437; referred, 438; re-
spect due a sovereign State demands its resolution should
be heard, 438; further debate, 438; further debate, 464.
Columbia River, occupation of.-See Inder, vols. 7, 8.
Commerce of the United States.-See Index, vols. 1, 8.
Compensation of President and Vice President.-See In-
dex, vols. 1, 2.

Compensation of Members.-See Inder, vol. 5. Pay of
Members.

CONDICT, LEWIS, Representative from N. J., 609. See In-
dex, vols. 4, 5, 7, 8.

CONNER, HENRY W., Representative from N. C., 610.
Contested Election.-See Index, vols. 1, 3, 5, 7.
Contingent Expenses.-See Index, vols. 2, 3.
Contracts, Government.—See Index, vol. 3.
Controversies between States.-See Index, vol. 5.
Convoy System.—See Index, vol. 4.
CONWAY, HENRY W., on non-residents' land in Arkansas,
254; on the Quapaw Indians, 346; on encroachments on
Choctaw lands, 348; on Indian land titles in Arkansas,
878; on Deaf and Dumb Asylums, 402-404; relative to
the duties of Governor of Arkansas, 439. See Indez,
vols, 7, 8.

Coins and Mint.-See Index, vols. 6, 7.
Collection Districts, Western.-See Index, vol. 8.
Colonization Society.-In the Senate a memorial of, pre.
sented, 303; reference to a special committee moved,
303; protest against the right of the Federal government
to appropriate the money of the people for the purpose
of establishing colonies abroad, or of transporting any
portion of the inhabitants to the coast of Africa, 303;
propositions of the Society, 303; agents of the Society on
the coast are engaged in warlike enterprises, 804; ac-
count of Dr. Ashmun, 304, 805; other expeditions, 305;
other points, 306; letter of the Secretary of the Navy,
807; is it proper for the Senate to refer to a committee or
even retain, for a moment, such a petition? 307; no sig-
natures attached, 307; the petition of a body of persons
who have legally no real existence, 307; no rule of the Sen-
ate ought to exclude any citizen or body of citizens from

on amendment to the Constitution, 81-87; on the New
Creek Treaty, 261; on the Tacubaya mission, 430; on the
Liberia Agency, 441. See Index, vol. 8.
Cordage, drawback on.—See Index, vol. 7.
Costs of suit by Patentees.-See Index, vol. 7.
COULTER, RICHARD, Representative from Penn., 609.
Creek Indian Negotiation.—See Index, vol. 8.
CBEIGHTON, WILLIAM J., Representative from Ohio, 610.
Crimes against the United States.-See Inder, vol. & Pe-
nal laws of the United States.

CROWNINSHIELD, D. W., Representative from Mass, 609;
reports on invitations to Panama, 48. See Inder, vols.

7, 8.

CROCKETT, DAVID, Representative from Tenn., 610
Cuba, its importance to the United States.-See Panama
Mission.

Cuba, emigrants from.-See Index, vol. 4.
Cuba, non-alienation to a European power, 118.

CULPEPER, JOHN, Representative from N. C., 610; on militia
courts martial, 659. See Index, vols. 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8.
Cumberland Road.-In the Senate, a bill for the preserva-
tion and repair of, considered, 588; bad state of repair of
some sections, 588; three courses might be taken, 588;
the Senate has no power to originate a bill for laying
taxes, 589; late period at which the bill has been taken
up, 589; is the Senate competent to frame an act on a
bill of this kind, 589; a Constitutional point, 589; question
submitted to the Senate, 589; bill laid on the table, 589.
See Appropriations, vols. 7, 8, and Index, vols. 3, 4, 5.
Cumberland River.-See Index, vol. 8.

D

DANIEL, HENRY, Representative from Kentucky, 610; on re-
trenchment, 694.

DAVENPORT, JOHN, Representative from Ohio, 610.
DAVENPORT, THOMAS, Representative from Virginia, 610.
See Index, vol. 8.

DAVIS, JOHN, Representative from Massachusetts, 610; on
the Massachusetts Militia Claims, 51; on duties on wool
and woollens, 398. See Index, vol. 8.

DAVIS, WARREN R., Representative from South Carolina,
610.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum in Kentucky.-In the Senate, a
bill to provide for the location of certain grants of land
considered, 279; object of the bill, 279; moved to strike
out, &c., 279; shall the Senate, because an error has
thrown the institution into their power, take back their
bounty? 279; bill ordered to third reading, 279.

In the House, a bill for the benefit of the New York
and Pennsylvania institutions considered, 401; amend-
ment that the land granted should be sold, 401; the sit-
uation of these institutions would induce them to a
speedy sale, 401; if withheld from market it will injure
the territory, 401; no reason why these states should
have a preference in the matter, 402; on what authority
can Congress make grants of money or land? 402; do
great injustice to Florida, 402; the lands should not be
sold within five years, 403; amendment to extend the
bill to other states, 408; objections, 403; precedent, 404;
Connecticut and Kentucky have received grants, 404; no
grant called for from other states, 404; appeal made in
behalf of the poor, 405; plan of the institutions, 405;
will the House do any thing for the deaf and dumb, 405;
on what principle are these grants wrong? 405; private
means have proved insufficient, 405; motion to recommit
the bill carried, 406; further amendment, 406. See In-
dex, vols. 6, 8.

Debates, reporting of.-See Index, vol. 2.

Debates, Register of, resolution to subscribe to, carried, 464.
Decatur, Mrs., the case of.—In the House, a bill to compen-

sate considered, 238; provisions of the bill, 238; com-
pensation to the officers and crew of the schooner In-
trepid, 238; hundred thousand dollars moved, 238; the
frigate Philadelphia could have been removed after her
recapture, had not the peremptory orders of Commodore
Preble prevented the attempt, 238; as a prize they
would have been entitled to nearly three hundred thou-
sand dollars, 239; precedents for the bill, 239; effect of
this capture on the Barbary powers, 240; definition of
the word glory, 240; these captors are entitled to remu-
neration from the extraordinary gallantry of their achieve-
ment, 241; what effect is the passage or rejection of this
bill calculated to have on the highest interests of the
navy, 241; blank filled with one hundred thousand, 242;
debate on the principle of the bill, 242; no legal claim
vested for prize money because the prize law requires
that the vessel should be condemned as a lawful prize,

242; the claim should have been presented long ago, 242.
See Philadelphia Frigate.

DE GRAFF, JOHN J., Representative from New York, 609.
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal.-See Index, vol. 8.
Delegates from Territories.—See Index, vol. 1.
Denny Penelope, case of-See Index, vol 8.
Defensive measures against Great Britain under John
Adams.-See Index, vol. 2.

Deserters, bounty to.—See Index, vol. 5.
Desertion, prevention of.-In the Senate a bill relative to,
considered and ordered to be engrossed, 545, 546.
DESHA, ROBERT, Representative from Tennessee, 610.
DICKERSON, MAHLON, Senator from New Jersey, 467; on the
decease of Joseph McIlvaine, 266; on the distribution of
revenue, 288; on the powers of the Vice President, 505;
on the graduation of the price of public lands, 581; on
the duty on molasses, 589; on the duty on vermicelli,
590; on the duty on furs, 593; on the duty on indigo,
595, 597, 598; on the duty on silks, 602. See Index, vols.
5, 6, 7, 8.
DICKINSON, JOHN D., Representative from New York, 609.
Diplomatic Addresses.-In the House a resolution calling
for, &c., considered, 89; such addresses unusual, 89; a
full view of our relations with Spain desirable, 89; occa-
sions when Ministers present addresses, 89; no bearing
in the papers asked for, upon any subject likely to come
before the House, 89.

Diplomatic Intercourse.-See Index, vol. 2.
Disbursements of the Public Money.-See Index, vol. 7.
Dismal Swamp Canal.-In the House an engrossed bill to
authorize subscriptions to the stock of, 19; yeas and nays
called, 19; ordered, 19; call of the House moved and
negatived, 19; bill passed, 19. See Index, vol. 8.
Distribution of the Revenue.-Bill to provide for, consid-
ered, 288.

District of Columbia.-See Index, vols. 2, 3, 6, 7.
Divorces in the District of Columbia.-See Index, vols.
8, 4, 7.

Domestic Manufactures.-See Inder, vol. 5.

DORSEY, CLEMENT, Representative from Maryland, 609; on
free negroes in the District of Columbia, 355, 858; on
slavery in the District of Columbia, 416; on retrench-
ment, 705. See Index, vol. 8.

Drawbacks.-See Index, vol. 1. Duties on Imports.
DRAYTON, WILLIAM, Representative from South Carolina,
610; on South American relations, 65; on the relief of
Revolutionary officers, 228; on sufferers by fire in Alex-
andria, 892; on report relative to the United States and
Georgia, 465; on the bank of the United States, 614;
on the case of Marigny D'Auterive, 646; on retrench-
ment, 751. See Index, vol. 8.

Duelling.-See Index, vol 6.

DUNCAN, JOSEPH, Representative from Illinois, 610.
Duties Discriminating.—See Index, vol. 8.
Duties on Imports, Salt, &c.-In the Senate a bill to repeal
a part of the duty on salt considered, 289; it will destroy
the bounty now given to fishermen, 289; note, 289; im-
portant to retain the bounty, 289; repeal asked in order
to remove the frauds said to have been committed on
the duty on salt, 290; manufacture in Massachusetts,
290; it has been said we could very well dispense with
the duty on salt, 291; not a time to reduce the income,
291; bill not intended to injure the fisheries, 291; it will
aid the fisherman in common with all the consumers of
salt, 291; time when the tax was imposed, 291; has been
deemed a mere war tax, 292; it began in England in the
same way, 292; its manufacture in this country, 292;
duty imposed by New York on her salt manufactures,
293; this point no bearing on the question, 294; reason
of the duty in New York, 294; the agriculturists do not
generally want assistance, 295; bill ordered to be en-

grossed, 295; condition of the finances, 296; ought any
of our resources to be cut off under their present con-
dition, 296; salutary occurrence for the finances of the
country to get occasionally into difficulty, 206; the duty
was imposed under circumstances that did not afford a
sanction for its continuance until this period, 296; the
fisheries and manufactures, 296; the state of the country
requires rather an increase than a decrease of revenue,
297; not equitable to remove the protection now given
without some previous notice, 297; the present deficien-
cy, 298; it was never intended this tax should remain
after the occasion ceased, 298; this bill has a claim
founded on justice and the equal rights of the citizens,
298; the treasury was overflowing at the opening of the
session, 298; appropriate thousands for foreign objects,
but it is difficult to obtain assistance for the laboring
community at home, 298; bill passed, 299.

A bill to reduce the duty on salt considered, 573; in-
definite postponement moved, 573; a tax on a necessary
of life is in utter hostility to the principles of our gov-
ernment, 573; a heavy tax on agriculture, 578; it may
be asked how such a tax could ever have been laid, 574;
why should not the duty be reduced, 574; the principle
of protection has been carried too far, 574.

Molasses.-Moved to strike out ten and insert seven
and a half cents per gallon, 589; the duty an odious tax
on a necessary article, 589; lead to the production of the
article in this country, 589; an indirect encouragement
to the farming interest, 589; a death to the West India
trade, 590; extends to the West its share of protection,
590; motion lost, 590; an additional duty of six cents per
gallon moved, 599; the first proposition to impose a duty
on molasses was considered a duty on sugar, 599; both
treated as duties on sugar, one in its granulary and the
other in its fluid state, 600; New England rum treated
as the antagonist of western whiskey, 600; molasses
used as sugar, 600; effect on the revenue, 600; on the
equal distribution of taxes, 600; it is said the increased
duty on molasses was put into the bill for the purpose of
poisoning it, 601; motion lost, 601.

Vermicelli.-Moved to insert “on vermicelli 50 per
cent." 590; large quantities exported from New Jersey,
590; a story, 590; amendment rejected, 590.

Lead.-Moved to lay a certain duty, 590; an article of
domestic production, 590; reasons for granting this in-
creased duty, 591; mineral district of Missouri at pres-
ent languishing, 591; the tariff objectionable as a sys-
tem of bounties, 591; in vain that it is called the Ameri-
can system, 592; remarks on the American system, 592;
amendment adopted, 592.

Furs.-Moved to lay a duty of 88 per cent., 593; ex-
tent of the trade, 593; amendments offered, 593; motion
lost, 593.

Indigo.-Duty of 25 per cent. moved, 598; first pro-
duction of indigo, 593; its history, 593; reasons for
encouraging the home production, 593; unanimous vote
expected, 594; wealth has fled from the south and set-
tled north of the Potomac, 594; effect of federal legisla-
tion, 594; moved to divide the question, 595; the ad-
dition to the duty too rapid, 595; qualities of the
article, 595; extraordinary that this proposition should
be opposed, 596; the amendment in strict conform-
ity with the principles of the bill, 596; the atten-
tion of the country is now directed to the subject, 597 ;
an additional tax on the manufacturer without benefit
to anybody, 597; capacity of the southern country to pro-
duce all required, 597; object of the mover of the amend-
ment, 597; various amendments offered, 597; little
benefit to the planter but a heavy tax on the manufactu-
rer, 598; the American system depends upon the British
government for its existence, 598; amendment lost, 593.

Cordage.-Moved to lay an additional duty of five
cents, 598; a bounty to the foreign manufactured article,
599; statement of a few facts, 599; motion rejected, 599.
Raw Wool.-A progressive duty moved, 599; idle to
go on with the debate at present, 599; motion lost,
599.

Woollen Blankets.-Moved to strike out the duty on,
601; an article of necessity required by everybody, 601;
the manufacture is not competent to supply the con-
sumption, 601; manufacture not increased since 1824,
601; a beneficial effect produced by the duty, 601;
amendment lost, 601.

Silks.-Moved to amend the duty on silks, 602; adds
five per cent, to the duty on silks from the other side of
Cape of Good Hope, 602; object appears to be to in-
crease discrimination, 602; our interest to be on the best
terms with France, 602; benefit of an increase of duty,
602; rejected, 603.

Miscellaneous articles.-Moved to strike out the duty
on steel, lead, leaden shot, litharge, &c., 603; lost, 603;
duty on oranges and lemons moved, 603; lost, 603; duty
on imported spirits moved and lost, 603; bill ordered to
a third reading, 603; passed, 603.

Wines.-Bill to reduce the duty on, 605; alterations
produced by the bill, 605; its effect on the revenue,
605; ordered to be engrossed, 606.

In the House a bill to alter the acts imposing a duty
on imports considered, 379; forty millions invested in
woollen manufacture, 879; value of the agricultural
interest, 379; amount involved in the question of pro-
tecting woollens, 379; interest of other branches of agri-
culture besides those engaged in sheep raising, 380;
foreign exports of flour, 380; the features of the bill,
880; first minimum placed at forty cents, 350; other
minimums, 881; motion that the committee rise, 381;
reasons for the motion, 381; not a time to tamper with
our tariff when the revenue was declining, 382; motion
carried, 882.

The protective bill of 1824, 394; this bill, if it becomes
a law, will effectually prohibit the importation of nearly
all the woollen goods in common use, whose value st
the place of exportation shall not exceed three and a
half dollars, 394; it embraces peculiarly articles worn
by the poor and middle classes of society, 894; the
question is whether our decision on the proposed in-
crease of duty on woollens ought not to be postponed,
895; have we any information as to its operation on the
revenue? 395; did not the tariff of 1824 shake the
Union to its centre? 395; the only object of the bill
was to give to manufacturers of woollens the protection
that was intended for them by the act of 1824, but
which they had failed to receive by its evasions, 395;
the motion to discharge the committee was submitted
with the single view to ascertain whether the House
were prepared to discuss, at this session, "the principles
and the policy of the tariff," 396; do gentlemen believe
a subject of this character will be permitted to pass
without a full and free discussion? 396; object of the
memorialists, 397; some better understanding can be
made between the friends and opponents of the bill, 897;
reasons against discharging the committee, 897; grounds
upon which the present consideration of the bill is
resisted, 398; object of the committee on manufactures
to apply a remedy to the frauds at the custom houses,
398; it is due to the memorialists to inquire whether
the statements they have made are true, 398; what
subject of greater moment is on the table? 399; if this
debate goes on one week, speculations will take place in
woollen goods to the amount of millions of dollars, 899;
it is said the committee were imposed upon, 899;
grounds upon which the bill was founded, 899; precipi-