Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856.

728 INDEX. idea that the navy, or other institutions for defence, are every army in Europe, 373; neither stoppage of pay nor to be regarded as improvements analogous to roads and I appointing of chaplains will prevent desertion, 374; bill canals founded on an entire misconception, 268; the case ordered to be engrossed, 374. of the army on the Western frontier, 268; bill passed, In the House, a bill relative to, considered, 603; the 281; the distress upon the currency of the country pro- bill involves important principles, 603; the measure duced by the expenditure of the Government in any recommended some years ago, 604; number of donations, part of the country being less than the revenue raised 604; bill laid on the table, 604. in it, 269. ASHLEY, HxENYa, Representative from N. Y., 596. This bill may be passed without the assumption of any power different from what has been exercised for twenty years, 269; how did the concern of the Govern- B ment in this roa begin? 270; the true situation of that part of the Union, 270; this road is wanted now, 271; BADGER, LUTHER, Representative from New York, 596. how are you to expend your surplus? 271; how much of BAILEY, JOHN, Representative from Massachusetts, 596. See your expenditures have crossed the Alleghanies? 271; Index, vol. 7. a proposition to put the road under the superintendency BALDVIN, JOHN, Representative from Connecticut, 596. of the Legislature of Ohio, 272; the beneficial influence Bank notes in payment of lDuties.-See Indes, vol. 7. of the expenditures, 272; New York no complaints to Bank of the United States.-See Index, vols. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. make against this Government for rejecting its applica- Bank7s of Deposit.-See Index, vol. 7. tion for assistance, 272; bill ordered to be engrossed, 278. Bankcrupt Act.-See Index, vols. 2, 3, 7. In the Senate, an appropriation for, considered, 474; BXAuBER, NOYES, Representative from Connecticut, 596. Sos early circumstances relative to the road, 474; facts Index, vol. 7. relative to the admission of Ohio and Missouri, 475; BARBOUR, JAMES, reports on the mode of reception of Laarticle in the Intelligencer, 476; the people of Ohio fayette by Congress, 100; introduces Lafayette to the all consider the immunities on the side of the General Senate, 101; reports relative to the suppression of piracy, Government, 477; the Legislatures of the States through 107; on the suppression of piracy, 118, 124, 156; on the which this road is to pass have given up the right to the occupation of the Oregon river, 183. See Jndex, vols. United States to make it, 477; the bond of union, 477; 5, 6, 7. road is called by the people the Congress Road, 478; BARBOUR, JOHN S., Representative from Virginia, 596; reall the patronage of the Land Office should be in the lative to the election of President by the House, 313. See hands of the individual States and not in Congress, 478; Inclde, vol. 7. further debate, 4T9, 480; appropriation passed, 481. BARBOUR, PHILIP P., relative to the Virginia military lands See Index, vols. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7. bill, 67; on occupying claimant laws of Kentucky, 74; acnHER, WM. S., Representative from Va., 596;, reports on on remuneration to the Niagara sufferers, 224; on the communication to Lafayette, 233. SeeIndex, vols. 6, 7. penal laws of the United States, 245; on the Western Arkanrsas Territory.-See Index, vol. 6, Territories. national road, 257; on the suppression of piracy, 344. See Arkansas Western Boundary.-In the House, a bill to fix Index, vols. 5, 6, 7. the Western boundary of Arkansas considered, 89; the BARNEY, JOHN, Representative from Maryland, 596; on the extension is violating the provision of Indian treaties, Panama Congress; 640; on a site for a Navy Yard at 89; right of the settlers to the lands denied, 89; forty Baltimore, 680-682. thousand Indians turned loose among the settlers who BARTLETT, ICHABOD, on the memorial of Edwards, 45; on had subdued the wilderness, 89; hardships of the cir- remuneration to Lafayette, 218; on the suppression of cumstances of the settlers, 89; bill does not violate the piracy, 341. treaty, 89; if this extension be allowed, the whole must Representative from New Hampshire, 596; on an be received as a State, 89; further debate, 89; bill army appropriation, 684. See Index, vol. 7. passed, 89. See Index, vol. 7. BARTLEY, MORDECAI, Representative from Ohio, 596. See Armory, Western.-In the House, a resolution relative to Index, vol. 7. an armory in East Tennessee, 598; sole object to obtain BARTON, DAVID, Senator from Missouri, 350; on the Jufor a component part of the Western waters an equal diciary bill, 559. See Index, vol. 7. participation in respectful examination with others BASSETT, BURWELL, Representative from Virginia, 596. See which had been examined, 599; act of 1823, 599; one lnedex, vols. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. report already made, 600; amendment offered to examine Battutre at:New Orleans.-See Index, vol. 4. Do. St. Louis. West Tennessee, 600; already examined, 600; is this the — See Indexe, vol. 6. best mode of ascertaining where the armory should be BAYLIES, FRANCIS, Representative from Massachusetts, 596; located? 600. on the exploration of the North-west coast, 602. See InALMSTRONG, WILLIAM, Representative from Va., 596. dex, vol. 7. Army. —See Index,e vols. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7. Beausmarchais, claim of-In the House-memorial of, reArsmy desertion,, prevention of.-In the Senate, a bill rela- port on, 40; report considered, 69; state of the question, tive to, considered, 371; proposes an increase of the pay 69; a review of the facts, 69, 70; evidences relative to and a retention of apart of the money, 371; will this the point in question, 71; further debate, 72; commitbill accomplish the desirable result? 371; the most effec. tee have leave to sit again, 72; subject considered, 72; tual mode is to pay them well and pay them promptly, motion to rise and refuse leave to sit again carried, 72; 371; what has been the principal cause of desertion, resolutions on, 75, 90. bee Index, vols. 3, 5, 6, 7. mutiny and rebellion in the armies of Europe? 372; BEECHER, PHILEMON, on the Western National road, 247, 249, general outline of the principles upon which the bill 251. Representative from Ohio, 596. See Index, vols. had been adopted, 372; never an army of its size capable 6, 7. of so much expansion as ours, 372: two sections of the BELL, SAMUEL, Senator from New Hampshire, 350. See Inbill, 3872; manner in which desertions had hitherto been dee, vol 7. punished, 872; what has been the result of the ball and BENTON, THOMAS H., on the trade between Missouri and chain andhard labor? 373; the second section a measure New Mexico, 106; presents a petition relative to the of justice and humanity and economy, 273; adopted by trade with Mexico, 126; his conversation with Jeffer