Jefferson's rule affords the remedy,162;remarks upon it,163.Reportof Government Bank Directors,374.Resolutionsof Webster relative to the Compromise,317;relative to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the removal of the public deposits, &c.,394,398.Rhea, John, Representative from Tennessee,7.Rivers and Harbors.—Internal Improvement of, how based,4;how restricted,4.Rives, William C., on the meaning of the Virginia resolutions,337;on the independence of Texas,668.Roberts, Jonathan, votes for the Missouri Compromise,8.Robertson, George, Representative from Kentucky,7.Rowan, John, on revision of the tariff,95.Rush, Richard, Secretary of the Treasury,55;negotiates for joint occupancy of Oregon,109.SSalt Tax, repeal of.—This tax an odious measure,143;fluctuations in the tax,143;efforts to repeal it,143;"the English salt tax and manner of its repeal,144;the enormous amount of the tax,144;contrary to every principle of taxation,144;the distribution of this tax on different sections of the Union,144;the Northwest,144;the South,145;the West,145;provision curers and exporters were entitled to the same bounty and allowance with exporters of fish,145;the provision trade of the West,145;the repeal of the salt duty the greatest favor to this trade,145;the domestic manufacture has enjoyed all possible protection,146;time enough been had for the trial,146;the American system without a gross departure from its principles could not cover this duty any longer,146;every argument that could be used here had been used in England in vain,147;the petition of the British manufacturers,147;effect of an era of free trade in salt,"147.This tax a curse,154;a mystery in salt,154;bill to abolish offered,155;the fisheries,155;"the tax on alum salt, the foundation of all these bounties,155;different acts of Congress recited,155,156;reasons for abolishing the duty on alum salt,156;an article of indispensable necessity to the provision trade of the United States,156;no salt of the kind made in the United States,156;the duly enormous and quadruples the price,156;it is unequal in its operation,156;means of drawing an undue amount of money from the public treasury,157;a practical violation of one of the most equitable clauses in the Constitution of the United States,157;it now rests on a false basis,157;its repeal will not materially diminish the revenue nor delay the extinguishment of the public debt,157;it belongs to an unhappy period in the history of the government,"157.Amount paid by it into the treasury,714;quantity imported,714;its import from England,715;effect of the tax,716;its direct injuries,716;the burdens appear in the most odious light,716;testimony of Dr. Young,717.Sanford, Nathan, Senator from New York,7;candidate for Vice Presidency in 1824,45.Scott, John, Delegate from Missouri,8;presents the application of Missouri for admission into the Union,9.Seal of Colonel Benton, origin of it,77.Secessionof a State—origin of the doctrine,4;Senate in favor,34;do. against,34.Sergeant, John, Representative from Pennsylvania,7;on the committee to whom was referred the application of Missouri,9;nominated minister to Panama,60;renominated for the Vice Presidency,232;candidate for the Vice Presidency,282.Sevier, Ambrose H., on the cession of the public lands,709.Shaw, H., Representative from Massachusetts,9;votes for the admission of Missouri,9;coadjutor with Clay on the Missouri question,10.Sierra Leone, origin of the colony of,88.Silsbee, Nathaniel, Representative from Massachusetts,7.Slaves deported, British Indemnity for.—Controversy respecting slaves carried off in the war of 1812 concluded in 1827,88;similar controversy under the treaty of 1783,88;origin of the colony of Sierra Leone,88;subject referred to the Emperor Alexander,88;arbitrament disputed,88;payment made,88;statement of the case,88;the reference,89;views,89;the third treaty,89;the payment,90;the example,90;question of restitution arising under the Revolutionary war,90;number carried off,90;the commissioners at Ghent,91;French spoliation claim,91;contrast with the claim for deported slaves,91;proof that Northern men will do justice to the South,91.Slavery, effect of its existence or non-existence on different States.—"The ghost of the Missouri question,136;the line drawn between the free State of Ohio and the slave State of Kentucky,136;views of leading men North and South indisputably the same in the earlier periods of our government,136;the sublime morality of those who cannot bear the abstract contemplation of slavery a thousand miles off,136;the morality of the primitive Christians,"136;conduct of the Free States at the first introduction of the slavery topic into Congress,137;further remarks,138.Slavery in the District of Columbia, Abolition of.—Memorial of Society of Friends in Pennsylvania,576;source whence the memorial emanated,576;previous proceedings on these memorials,576;motion to reject when presented for reception,576;this point the origin of a long and acrimonious war in the two Houses of Congress,576;reception and condemnation would quiet the question,576;moved to postpone,577;remarks of Senator Benton,577;"character of the petitioners,577;the abolitionists,577;publications and prints,577;intended to inflame the passions of slaves,577;cause of the massacre of San Domingo,577;course of the French society,578;the conspiracy in Louisiana,578;these societies had already perpetrated more mischief than the joint remainder of all their lives spent in prayers of contrition and works of retribution, could ever atone for,578;the conduct of the great body of the people in the free States,579;object is to give that vote which will have the greatest effect in putting down these societies,579;past action of the Senate,"579.Slavery agitation.—Tune of its rise,5;unceasing efforts to alarm the South by imputations against the North, of unconstitutional designs on the subject of slavery,609;letter of Mr. Madison to Mr. Clay,609;letter to Edward Coles,609;nullification in a new disguise,609;publications to alarm the South,610;the "Crisis,"610;the subject of a Southern Convention,610;the conduct of Mr. Calhoun,610;petitions for the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia,611;Calhoun's remarks,611;extreme ground taken,611;his doctrine,611;reply of Mr. Morris,612;Bedford Brown in reply to Mr. Calhoun,612;King charges upon the remarks of Calhoun the effect of increasing the slavery agitation,613;Calhoun, in reply, charges that any other course will divide and distract the South,614;remarks of Mr. Hill relative to the views of Northern States,614;petitions in the House,615;remarks of Mr. Franklin Pierce,615;course of the Telegraph newspaper,615;the Herald of Freedom newspaper,616;Calhoun sends a paper to the Clerk's desk to be read, containing an attack upon a member of the other House,616;apology by the presiding officer for permitting it to be read,616;remarks of Mr. Benton at the request, and in defence of Mr. Pierce,617;the statement of Mr. Calhoun involved him in the solecism of sending forth incendiary publications through the action of the Senate,617;remarks of Mr. Benton on this point,617;remarks of Mr. King on the strange scene of Southern Senators attacking their Northern friends because they defended the South,617;increase of abolitionism denied,618;treatment of George Thompson,618;further statements,619;remarks of Mr. Webster,619;refusal of Mr. Calhoun to vote on the motion to reject the prayer of petitioners,619;his remarks,619;an unjustifiable assumption,620;memorial of the Society of Friends,620;further remarks,620.Action of the House on abolition petitions,621;resolution presented by Mr. Pinkney,621;votes,621;committee ordered and report,621;report adopted,621;remarks of Mr. J. Q. Adams on the reception of these petitions,622;action of early Congresses on this subject,623;Madison on abolition petitions,623;his consistent course,623;South, the point of danger from slavery agitation,623.Sloan, John, Representative from Ohio,7.Smith, Bernard, Representative from New Jersey,9;votes for the admission of Missouri,9.Smith, Samuel, Representative from Maryland,7;on the committee to whom was referred the application of Missouri,9;for Van Buren as Minister to England,216;on the British West India Trade,125;on the expenses of government,230;on the protective policy,268;on the compromise tariff bill,315,327.Smith, William, Senator from South Carolina,7;Judge,7;votes for the Missouri Compromise,8;moves to be excused from voting on the measure for the relief of public land debtors, as he was one,12;excuse refused,12.Smythe, Alexander, Representative from Virginia,7.Southard, Samuel L.,Senator from New Jersey,7;Secretary of the Navy,55;on the Expunging resolution,528;on the independence of Texas,669.Speakersin the House in favor of protection,32;ditto against,33.Specie Circular.—Its issue marked the firmness, foresight, and decision of General Jackson,676;its purport,676;extent of the land sales,677;remarks on the evil which required the specie circular,677;benefits of suppressing it,677;a view of the actual condition of the paper currency,678;bill which was the basis of the remarks rejected,678;President decides to issue the order,678.Resolution to rescind the Treasury Circular offered,694;remarks of Senator Ewing,694;origin of the order,695;its legality,695;remarks of Senator Benton,695;a little panic,695;letter of Mr. Biddle,696;Clay's speech at Lexington,696;illegality of the treasury order examined,696;the new distress,697;Mr. Biddle's description of it,697;movement to produce a general suspension of specie payments,697;remarks of Senator Benton,697;reply of Senator Crittenden,698;ditto of Senator Webster,699;other speakers,700;subject referred,700;report,700;action of the Senate,700;cause of Mr. Benton's speech,700;his speech on the proceedings,701,702;explosion of the banks foretold,708;reply of Senator Walker to Benton,708,704;Mr. Calhoun's reason for not voting on the recision bill,706;bill passed in the Senate,706;amendment of the House,706;lost,706;veto,706.Stevenson, Andrew, chosen Speaker,121;elected Speaker,209;chosen Speaker of the House,371.Stores, Henry R., Representative from New York,7.Stokes, Montfort, Senator from North Carolina,7;Governor,7;votes for the Missouri Compromise,8.Story, Joseph, Justice of Supreme Court,7.Supreme Court, its Judges and officers,731.Swift, Benjamin, opposes the admission of Arkansas,627.TTaney, Roger B., Attorney General,181;nomination as Secretary of the Treasury sent in near close of the session,470;immediately rejected,470;resigns,470;appointed Chief Justice,731;vote in the Senate,731.Tariff and American System.—Beginning of the question,32;protection looked for among the incidental powers,32;the design was to make protection the object, and revenue the incident,32;revision of the tariff proposed,32;public distress the leading argument for the new tariff,32;remarks of Mr. Clay,32."Public distress of the whole country the most prominent object of attention,32;its evidences,32;its extent,32;a truthful picture,"32.Other speakers,32, the distress disputed,33;its cause the paper system,33;no necessity for protection,33;Webster's remarks,33;other speakers in opposition,33;passage of the bill in the House,34;closeness of the vote,34;moved to refer to finance committees in the Senate,34;lost,34;referred to committee on manufactures,34;passed the Senate,34;increase of revenue a motive with some friends of the bill,34;views of the candidates for the Presidency,34;position of various States on the bill,34.Revision of.—Date of a serious division between the North and South,95;the work of politicians and manufacturers,95;productions of different States favored by additional duties on their rival imports,95;remarks,95;"in vain that it is called the American system,95;as a tax for the support of Government, it is to be supported; if for any other purpose, it is to be reprobated,95;the surrender of individual opinion to the interest of the State,"95;the bill contained a vicious principle,95;the tariff an issue in the Presidential contest,96;manufacturers warned not to mingle their interests in politics,96;change of policy in the New England States,96;"she held back,96;denounced,96;the present measure called a New England one,96;tone of those who administered the Government,"96;the question now both political and sectional,97;the duty on indigo,97;remarks on the motion,97;"history of its production,97;reasons for encouraging its home production,98;reasons for a unanimous vote,98;burdens imposed by every tariff on Virginia and the Carolinas,"99;"object to make the bill consistent, though opposed to the principle,99;no boon asked for the South,99;capacity of the country to produce it,100;"motion lost,100;a nominal duty imposed,100;this regarded as an insult by the South,100;Southern views of the bill,100;scheme of this Tariff, where conceived,101;the bill a regular appendage of presidential elections,101;change between the prosperity of the North and the South,101;cause to which attributed,101;its justice,101;feeling of the mass of democratic members,102.Reduction of Duties.—A certain amount reduced, at the previous session,308;a step in the right direction,308;further reduction expected,308;Verplanck's bill,308;the financial history of the country since the late war,309;a satisfactory statement,309;carrying back the protective system to the year of its commencement,309;abundant protection to real manufacturers,309;bound to be satisfactory to the South Carolina school,309;bill lingered in the House under interminable debates on systems and theories,309;suddenly knocked over by a new bill,309;moved to strike out all after the enacting clause, and to insert a new bill, called the compromise,309;delay asked for by Northern members,310;remarks,310;"one short hour ago collecting our papers to go home,310;a new bill, proposed, and the cry of 'question' raised,310;hasty legislation deprecated in matters of great importance,310;this matter assumes an imposing attitude,310;a bill to tranquillize feelings,310;it is said the next Congress will be hostile to the tariff,311;the discontent has a deeper seat than the tariff,"311;the seductive and treacherous nature of compromise legislation,311;bill passed at once,311;a bill without precedent in the annals of legislation,312;the manner of proceeding,312;the degree to which it was a compromise,312;list of the voters,312.Clay asks leave to introduce a bill called a "compromise measure,"313;remarks,313;"two great objects in view,314;the first object looks at the tariff,313;it stands in imminent danger,313;it must fall at the next session,313;be productive of calamitous consequences,313;can be placed on a better foundation now, than at the next session,313;the majority of the dominant party is adverse to the tariff,313;the father of the system charged with its unnatural abandonment,313;a wish to separate it from politics,"314;the principle of the bill a series of annual reductions of one-tenth per cent., &c.,314;other features of the bill,314;remarks on the number of years the protective policy has to run, and the guaranties for its abandonment,314;a stipulation to continue nine years, and no guarantee for its abandonment,314;moral guarantees,314;"this project has not the elements of success,315;a violation of the constitution, as the Senate have no power to originate a revenue bill,315;after they are defeated, and can no longer maintain a conflict, they come to make the best bargain they can,315;the tariff is in its last gasp,315;what has the tariff led us to already?315;what evidence that the manufacturers will not come at the end of the time, and ask more protection than ever,"315;"a measure for harmony,315;the unhappy divisions of North and South attributable to this bill,315;further remarks,"315;fallibility of political opinions,316;Clay's views,316;