on selling the stock of the United States in the bank,296;his character,296.Barry, William T., Postmaster General,120;appointed Minister to Spain,181.Bayard, James, Commissioner at Ghent,91.Benton, Thomas H., instigator of the clause prohibiting legislative interference with slavery in the constitution of Missouri,8;his first experience in standing "solitary and alone,"16;views relative to the settlement of Oregon,13;first suggests sending ministers to Oriental nations,14;denounces the treaty of 1818,15,17;moves amendment to the constitution,37;visit to Jefferson,43;offers a bill to occupy Columbia river,50;remarks on the treaty with the Creeks,61;on the duty on indigo,97;on the sale of the public lands,103,130;on slavery,136;on the peroration of Webster,142;on the regulation of commerce,151;the repeal of the alum salt tax,155;on the Bank of the United States,187;his silence relative to the nomination of Van Buren as Minister to England,218;letter to Van Buren,218;on the illegal currency of the Bank of the United States,220;on government expenses,231;against the exclusive privileges of the bank,245;reply to Clay on the veto power,255,256;on the compromise tariff bill,319;on home valuation,324;on Missouri resolutions,360;on report of the Secretary of the Treasury,393;on the removal of the deposits,406;gives notice of the expunging resolution,428;on a gold currency,436;on public distress,462;on the Report of the Senate Committee to investigate the affairs of the bank,482;relative to the expunging resolutions of Alabama,524;on the Branch Mints,551;on distribution of the proceeds of the public lands,560;on the memorial to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,577;on French affairs,591;on abolition petitions,617;on the Expunging resolution,645;on distribution of the land proceeds,649,652;on rechartering the district banks,658;on Texas Independence,670;on the specie circular,677;on revision of the specie circular,695,701;on the salt tax,714;on the Expunging resolution,719.Berrien, John M., remarks on the treaty with the Creeks,62;attorney-general,120;resigns his seat in the cabinet,181.Bibb, George M., on home valuation,324;on the French spoliation bill,487.Birthdayof Jefferson and the doctrine of nullification,148.Blair, Francis P., how led to establish the Globe newspaper,130.Bloomfield, Joseph, Representative from New Jersey, votes for the admission of Missouri,9.Bouldin, James W., on the admission of Arkansas,631.Branch, John, Secretary of the Navy,120;resigns his seat in the cabinet,181.Branch Mints at New Orleans and in the Southern gold regions.—Bill reported,550;opposed by Mr. Clay,550;unwise and injudicious to establish these branches,550;indefinite postponement moved,550;no evil in the nullification of mints,550;the present one sufficient,551;the measure would be auxiliary to the restoration of the metallic currency,551;remarks of Mr. Benton,551;"constitutional right to establish these mints,551;an act of justice to the South and West,551;give the mint five or six branches and nobody would want the bank paper,552;the idea of expense on such an object scouted,552;for the greater part of the gold currency is in the vaults of the bank,552;what loss has the Western people now sustained for want of gold?552;in favor of measures that will put down small paper and put up gold and silver,552;"postponement lost,553;other motions made and lost,553;bill passed,553.British West India Trade, recovery of.—Account of this trade,124;six negotiations carried on between the United States and Great Britain on this subject,124;limited concessions only obtained,125;a primary object with Washington,125;his letter of instructions to Gouverneur Morris,125;a prominent point in our first negotiation in 1794,125;attempts of 1822 and 1823,125;remarks on the negotiation of 1822,125;effect of the word "elsewhere,"126;attempts of Mr. Adams' administration to negotiate,126;effects of his failure,126;Gallatin's interview with Mr. Huskisson,126;despatch,126;facts communicated to Congress by President Adams,127;the case presented hopeless,127;the loss of this trade an injury to the country,127;the position of General Jackson,127;minister sent to London,127;reasons given for a renewed application,128;point of right waived,128;the trade recovered,128;the trade under the act of Parliament,128;the grounds of success,128.Brown, Bedford, for Van Buren as Minister to England,216;on the branch mints,551;on abolition petitions,612.Brown, James, Senator from Louisiana,7;votes for the Missouri Compromise,8.Buchanan, James, presents memorial of the Society of Friends,576;on French affairs,590;in favor of the admission of Arkansas,630;on distribution of the land proceeds,708.Burke, Edmund, on the sale of the crown lands,102.Burr, Col. Aaron,decease of.—Brilliant prospects ending in shame,681;in the expedition with Arnold,681;the opinion of Washington,681;position at the close of the presidential election of 1800,681;his character as regarded by his compeers,682;his talents,682;the fate of Hamilton,682.Burton, Hutchins G., Representative from North Carolina,7;governor,7.Bush, Henry, Representative from Ohio,7.Butler, Benjamin F., nominated Secretary of the Treasury,470.Butler, Thomas, Representative from Louisiana,7.CCalhoun, John C., Secretary at War,7;on internal improvement,22;candidate for the Vice-Presidency in 1824,45;rupture with Jackson,167;his friendship for Jackson,218;on the compromise tariff bill,315;on home valuation,324;offers nullification resolutions,334;on the principles of nullification,335;on distribution of proceeds of land sales,364,651,709;on the removal of the deposits,411;on the plan of relief,484;on the expunging resolutions of Alabama,526,527;on the branch mints,553;on the combination of the slave States,585;on French affairs,591;on abolition petitions,611,614,619;on the independence of Texas,667;on the Expunging resolution,728.Cambreleng, C. C., on the Committee of Bank Investigation,241;on the fortification bill,556.Campbell, John W., Representative from Ohio,7.Cannon, Newton, Representative from Tennessee,7;governor,7.Carroll, Charles,decease of; last of the signers of the Declaration of Independence,476;fate of other signers felicitous,477;his career,477;not present on the day of signing,477;signed afterwards,477;incident,477.Carson, Kit, application for a commission in the army,183.Cass, Lewis, Secretary at War,181.Chambers, E. F., against Van Buren as Minister to England,215.Chandler, John, Senator from Maine,9;votes for the admission of Missouri,9.Chesapeake Canaldiscussed,22.Clarke, Gen., treaties with the Indians,29.Clay, Henry, Representative from Kentucky,7;efforts for the declaration of war in 1812,6;moves a joint committee of both Houses on the admission of Missouri,9;often complimented as the author of the Compromise of 1820,10;selects the members of the joint committee in the House,10;his coadjutors,10; movement against the treaty of 1818,17;on internal improvement,22;address to Lafayette,30;on public distress,32;lays before the House the note of Vivian Edwards,34;appoints committee on charges against Crawford,35;candidate for the Presidency in 1824,44;letter to Benton relative to declaring his intention previously to vote for Adams,48;Secretary of State,55;Commissioner at Ghent,91;against Van Buren as Minister to England,215;nominated for the Presidency,232;remarks on the veto power,255,256;on the origin of the protective policy,267;report relative to the public lands,275;candidate for the Presidency,282;on the Compromise Tariff bill,313;on Kendall cotton,319;on distribution of proceeds of land sales,363;on report of the Secretary of the Treasury,393;on the removal of the deposits,402;on the expunging resolutions of Alabama,525,527;on the bill to suppress incendiary publications,586;on distribution of land proceeds,707;on the Expunging resolution,729.Clay, Mrs., her appearance on the evening previous to the duel between Clay and Randolph,74.Clayton, J. M., against Van Buren as Minister to England,215;on the coming distress of the people,254;on home valuation,324-326;on French affairs,594;moves a committee of investigation on the Bank affairs,236;on the committee to investigate the affairs of the U. S. Bank,241.Cobb, Thomas W., Representative from Georgia,7.Cooke, John, Representative from Tennessee,7.Coles, Edward, publishes correction of errors relative to the passage of the ordinance of 1787.Columbia River, occupation of, bill to authorize the President to take possession and occupy the country offered,50;object of the British,50;the British pretensions examined under their own exhibition of title,50,51,52,53;title as claimed by the United States,54.Combination against General Jackson.—See Bank of the United States.Commerce, regulation of.—The power which is given to Congress by the constitution,149;not yet been executed in the sense intended by the constitution,149;views of Mr. Jefferson, of Madison, Hamilton, &c.,149;remarks,149;the principle of the regulation was to be that of reciprocity,150;mode of acting,150;object to carry out these views on the extinction of the public debt,150;bill to revive the policy of the Madison resolutions,150;Madison's remarks,150;"the commerce of the United States not on that respectable footing to which its nature and importance entitled it,150;situation of things previous to the adoption of the constitution,150;effects to be produced by the resolutions proposed,150;advantageous position this country is entitled to stand in,150;our country may make her enemies feel the extent of her power,150;""bill proposed,151;to provide for the abolition of duties,151;the title of the bill,151;the bill,152;the first section,152;contains the principle ofabolishing duties by the joint act of the Legislative and Executive departments,152;the idea of equivalents,152;in what way may the restriction on our commerce be best removed, regulated, or counteracted?152;two methods,152;friendly arrangements,152;the plan proposed,152;benefits resulting from an abolition of duties,153;do not our agriculture and manufactures require better markets abroad than they possess at this time?153;the merits of the plan,153;its success,153;advantages arising from a payment of the public debt,153;the treaties should be for limited terms,154;"remarks,154.Committeeon the charges against W. H. Crawford,35;on amendments to the constitution,78;on the reduction of Executive patronage,80;on the application of the bank for a renewal of its charter,233;House, to whom was referred the memorial of the bank,235;of investigation into the affairs of the U. S. Bank,241;to investigate the affairs of the bank,458,470;on incendiary publications,580;on abolition petitions,621.Congress,22d, its members,208;their talent,208;commencement of 24th,568;when does the term of its session expire?598,599.Cook, Daniel P., Representative from Illinois,7.Crawford, William H., Secretary of the Treasury,7;devises a measure of relief for the public land debtors,12;on internal improvement,22;charges against,35;candidate for the Presidency in 1824,44;declines the Secretaryship of the Treasury tendered by Adams,55;letter to Mr. Forsyth,182.Crittenden, John J., on the recision of the specie circular,698.Crooks, Ramsey, founder of the colony at Astoria,13.Crowell, John, Representative from Alabama,7.Cumberland Roaddiscussed,22.Cushing, Caleb, on the admission of Arkansas,632.DDallas, George M., presents memorial for a renewal of the bank charter,227;remarks,227;on the operation of the Tariff,270;on home valuation,324.Dane, Nathan, claimed as the author of the ordinance of 1787,133.Daniel, on the Virginia resolutions,351.Davis, John, on the compromise tariff bill,310.Debt, public, amount of at the close of the second war,5.Deposit Bank bill, to regulate the custody of the public money,553;bill once defeated in the Senate,553;sent up again and passed,553.Dickens Asbury, writes the answer of Crawford to charges against him,35.Distribution of the Revenue.—These propositions first opposed and afterwards favored by Mr. Calhoun with the salvo of an amendment to the constitution,556;committee of inquiry appointed,556;basis upon which the committee was proposed,557;first meeting and a sub-committee appointed,557;the report an ingenious and plausible attack upon the administration, &c.,557;debate on the report,557;expenses doubled from extraordinary objects, not belonging to the Government, temporary in their nature and transient,557;the distribution of the surplus and the amendment of the constitution,557;distribution the only practical depletion of the Treasury and remedy for the corruptions which an exuberant Treasury engendered,557;no minority report made,557;custody of the public moneys not illegal,557;opponents of the Administration defeated the Deposit Regulation bill,557;the report,557;"what is to be done with the surplus?557;existence of our institutions and the liberty of the country may depend on the success of this investigation,558;danger from excess of patronage arising from excess of revenue must be temporary,558;the Government in a state of passage from an excess of revenue to a limited revenue,558;objects of investment,558;objections to distribution,558;effects of distribution,558;reasons for suggesting this proposal,559."Reply of Senator Benton,559;"proposition in the report to amend the constitution for eight years to enable Congress to make the distribution,560;eclipses all other propositions,560;predictions from the same source of a deficiency of the revenue,560;anecdote,560;the Treasury was to be bankrupt and the currency ruined,560;the amendment of the constitution,561;this scheme an old acquaintance on this floor,561;the statement of a surplus examined,561;report of the Secretary of the Treasury,562;it is said there is no way to reduce the revenue before the end of 1842 without violating the compromise,563;sources from which a large reduction could be made,563;it is said there is no possibility of finding an article of general utility on which the surpluses could be expended,564;several useful, necessary, and exigeant measures,564;defenceless state of the country,564;fortifying the coasts,564;message of President Monroe in 1822,565;extracts,566;remarks upon the extracts,566,567;"no vote ever taken on the amendment to the constitution,567;deficiency in the Treasury,567;distribution afterward took place without the amendment,567.Extract from the National Gazette attributed to Nicholas Biddle,649;distribution nearly become a party measure,649;the plans proposed,649;remarks of Senator Benton,649;introduces an antagonistic bill, devoting the surplus money to the public defences,649;making an issue between the plunder of the country and the defence of the country,649;every surplus dollar required for the defences,650;bill passed Senate,651;sent to the House,651;course adopted to secure votes in the House,651.Scheme of deposit with the States,651;objections,651;vote on the passage of the bill,652;objections urged against the bill,652;attempt to debauch the people,653;consequences must be deplorable and destructive to the Federal Government,654;the progress of the distribution spirit,654;the measure goes to sap the foundations of the Federal Government,655;is it wise to throw away this money?656;nothing but evil in this fatal scheme,657;bill passes the House,657;feelings of the President on approving of the act,657.Moved that a bill be brought in to release the States from all obligations ever to return the dividends under the deposit act,707;motion condemned at the outset,707;laid on the table,707;Clay's movement to revive the land distribution bill,707;his remarks,707;