against the abrogation of the compromise,309;killed on board the Princeton,568;his letter relative to Texas,581.Gilpin, Henry D., Attorney General,9.Girard, Stephen, memorial of,181.Globe Newspaper superseded.—A visit to Mr. Polk,651;condition on which he could receive the vote of South Carolina,651;Mr. Blair and the Globe were to be given up,651;to whom obnoxious,651;position of Mr. Tyler,651;withdraws,651;reason,651;$50,000 transferred from a bank in Philadelphia to a village bank in the interior of Pennsylvania,651;letters to Andrew Jackson Donnelson,651;proposition of Mr. Polk to Mr. Blair,652;letter of General Jackson to Mr. Blair,652;the Globe sold,654;letter of Mr. Van Buren to Mr. Rives,654;payment for the Globe,655;see Index, vol. I.Gouge, William, on the quantity of gold and silver,389.Graham, William A., Secretary of the Navy,768.Grundy, Felix, Attorney-General,9.Granger, Francis, Postmaster General,209;on the course of Mr. Cushing,514.HHale, John P., on abuses in the navy,509;on the home squadron,575-576.Hall, Nathan K., Postmaster General,768.Hamlin, Hannibal, on abuses in the navy,509.Hannegan, Edward A., on the Oregon question,663-664.Haralson, H. A., on the appropriation for the military academy,468.Harrison, William H., candidate for the Presidency,204;meeting of the Senate,209;oath administered to the Vice-President,209;scene in the chamber,209;the eastern portico,209;the inaugural,209;the oath administered,209;cabinet nominations confirmed,209;proclamation convoking an extra session of Congress,209;sickness of Harrison,210;death,210;character,210;public manifestations,210;origin of the family,210;Benton's remarks on Harrison,210;his fidelity to public trust,216.Harrison, Mrs., widow of President H.—Bill for the relief of, introduced,257;to indemnify the President for his expenses in the Presidential election, and in removing to the seat of government,257;words of the bill,257;motives on which the bill had been founded, explained by J. Q. Adams,258;vehement opposition to the principle of the bill,258;reasons of Mr. Payne, of Ala., for voting against the bill,258;a precedent which might hereafter be strained and tortured,259;remarks of Mr. Underwood,259;passage of the bill in the House,259.In the Senate, remarks of Mr. Calhoun on the bill,259,"this is no new thing,260;the enormous pension-list of the government,260;no part of the constitution authorizes such an appropriation,"260;remarks of Senator Woodbury,260;first application of a pension to a civil officer likely to succeed,260;protest against any legislation based upon our sympathies,260;claim did not come from the family of General Harrison, but from persons who had advanced money for the purposes stated in the bill,260;moved to recommit the bill,260;amendments proposed so as to secure the money to the widow,260;motion to recommit lost,261;Benton's remarks in reply to the argument founded on the alleged poverty of General Harrison,261;the poverty of Jefferson, Monroe, Madison,261;bill passed,262.Speech of Senator Benton on the bill,262;a bill to make a grant of money,262;first case of the kind on the statute-book,262;it was said at the last session that a new set of books was to be opened,263;the federal constitution differs fundamentally from those of the States,263;it is said this is a payment in hand,263;by the constitution, the persons who fill offices are to receive a compensation for their services,264;it is in vain to look to general clauses of the constitution,264;gentlemen refuse to commit themselves on the record,265.Hayne, Robert Y., his gifts,186;appearance,186;mental qualities,186;talents,186;exemplary morals,186;habits,186;position in South Carolina,187;marriage,187;becomes member of Congress,187;associates,187;estimate put upon him,187;his debate with Webster,187;remarks,187;assistance of Mr. Calhoun,188;retires from the Senate,188;subsequent occupation,188.See Index, vol. I.Haywood, William H., on the Oregon question,662.Henshaw, David, nomination rejected in the Senate,630.Hickman, Mr., on the nomination of Van Buren,592.Home Squadron and Aid to Private Steam Lines.—Reasons for the home squadron of Great Britain,271;United States has no need of a home squadron,271;Great Britain had one, therefore we must,271;bill passed,271;reasons given for it,271;appropriation made in gross,272;objected to,272;contrary to democratic practice, which required specific appropriations,272;an increase of the navy in disguise,272;comparative statement of expenses of the navy,272;statement of the French and British navies,273;the railroad and electric telegraph have opened a new era in defensive war,273;bill passed in the house almost unanimously,273;recommendation relative to ocean steamers,273;a useless waste of money,273.Resolution to inquire into the origin, use and expense of the home squadron,575;remarks of Mr. Hale,575;"indebted to the present administration for a home squadron,575;said to be necessary for protecting the coasting trade,575;we need not such a navy as Great Britain,"575;remarks of Mr. J. Ingersoll,575;in favor of retrenchment and economy, but the process ought to begin in the civil and diplomatic department,575;the army and the navy the two great objects of wasteful expenditure,575;reply of Mr. Hale to those who, without offering a word in favor of this domestic squadron, were endeavoring to keep it up,576;no result followed,576;remarks of Mr. Dean on this item in the appropriation bill,577;more ships built and building than can be used, and three times as many officers as can be employed,577;remarks of Mr. McKay,577;the illegality and wastefulness admitted,577;but the money has been earned by work and labor,577;the abuse sanctioned,577;a powerful combined interest pushes forward an augmented navy without regard to any object but its own interest,577.Hour Rule in the House.—Institution of,247;permanent injury done in order to get rid of temporary annoyance,247;such an anomaly never seen in a deliberative assembly,248;the English remedy for license in debate,248;the first instance of enforcing this new rule,248;described,248;same thing undertaken in the Senate,249;reason,249;numerous amendments offered to bills,249;the opposition speakers,249;Clay's remark on the anxiety of the country for action,250;sharp reply of Calhoun,250;a succession of contradictory asseverations,250;question asked of Clay if he meant to apply to the Senate the "gag law,"251;resolution of the democratic Senators,251;taunts of Calhoun,251;determination of Clay,251;remarks of Senator Linn,252;subject dropped and revived again,252.Another measure to be introduced,252;the previous question,253;issue made up, to introduce and to oppose it,253;remarks of Mr. Benton on the effect of the previous question,253;the previous question annihilates legislation,254;the previous question and the old sedition law are measures of the same character,254;change of tone in Mr. Clay,255;intimation of going into executive session,255;hesitation,255;friends of the measure dared by Mr. Calhoun,255;remarks of Senator Linn on the words of Mr. Clay,256;executive session,256;an explanation by Mr. Calhoun relative to the declaration of war, in 1812,256;further taunts,257;loan bill taken up,257.Hubbard, Samuel D., Postmaster General,768.Hunter, R. M. T., elected Speaker,160.Huntington, Jabez W., on making salt free of duty,315.IIndependent Treasury.—The crowning measure of the extra session,39;vehement opposition,39;the divorce of bank and state,39;attitude of Mr. Calhoun,40;taunts upon him,40;his reply,40;proposes to discontinue the use of bank paper in the receipts and disbursements of the government,40;his remarks,40;divorce of bank and state treated as a divorce of the bank from the people,41;Webster's main argument for a bank,41;regulator of the currency and the domestic exchanges,41;the founders of the bank never thought of such arguments for its establishment,41;the discussion,41;remarks,42.Consists of two distinct parts,124;1st, keeping the public money—2d, the hard money currency in which they were to be paid,124;a bill reported,124;hard money section added to the bill,124;struck out,124;bill opposed by Mr. Calhoun,124;reasons,124;passed the Senate and lost in the House,125.Repeal of,219;No. 1 in the list of bills,219;no substitute provided,219;motion to exclude the bank of the U.S.,220; vote,220;speech of Senator Benton,220;"artifices used against the independent treasury,"220;French explanation of the vote,221;artifices exposed,221;what constitutes the independent treasury system,221;the advocate of British systems,222;history of our fiscal agents,222;proved by experience to be the safest, cheapest, and best mode of collecting, keeping, and disbursing the revenue,223;no other system provided in its place,223;who demands the repeal of this system,224;this system was established by the will of the people,225;the spirit which pursues the measure,225;the deposits may go to the bank of the United States,226;laudations of Biddle,227;the State charter made no difference in the character or management of the bank,227;the conduct of those who refused a re-charter was wise and prudent,228;further remarks,228.Good effects of a gold and silver currency during the war,726;Government bills above par and every loan taken at a premium,726;triumph of the gold currency,726.Indian War in Florida.—One of the most troublesome, expensive, and unmanageable of Indian wars,70;its continuance and cost,70;its origin,70;one of flagrant and cruel aggression on the part of the Indians,70;the murder by a party under Osceola,70;other massacres,70;escape of a soldier of Dade's command,70;the struggle,70;the slaughter,71;misrepresentation of the origin and conduct of the war,72;speech of Mr. Benton,72.Charged that a fraud was committed on the Indians in the treaty negotiated with them for their removal,72;affixed to the Payne's Landing treaty,72;afterwards transferred to the Fort Gibson treaty,72;the posts,72,73;pretexts and excuses of the Indians for not removing,73;their real object,73;the agreement with the Creeks,73;article four of the treaty,73;extract from the treaty at Fort Gibson,74;how stands the accusation? 74;every thing was done that was stipulated for, done by the persons who were to do it, and done in the exact manner agreed upon,74;proved that no fraud was practised upon the Indians,75;moderation with which the United States acted,75;statement of Lieut. Harris,75;hostile proceedings not expected by the Government,75;the prime mover in all this mischief,76;our sympathies particularly invoked for him,76;statements tending to disparage the troops, answered,76;great error and great injustice in these imputations,76;reason why the same feats are not performed in Florida as in Canada,77;eight months in the year military exertions are impossible,77;conduct of the army in Florida,77;charges of inefficiency against Gen. Jesup,78;of imbecility,78;with how much truth and justice is this charge made?78;his vindication,78;a specific accusation against the honor of this officer,79;justification of the seizure of Osceola,79;he had broken his parole,79;he had violated an order in coming in, with a view to return to the hostiles,79;he had broken a truce,79;the expediency of having detained him,80;complaint of the length of time Gen. Jesup has consumed without bringing the war to a conclusion,80;his essential policy,81;the little said to be expected by his large force,81;false information given to the Indians,81;remarks respecting his predecessors,81;the expenses of the war,82;concluding remarks,82.Ingersoll, Charles J., on the administration in the McLeod case,287;moves the reduction of certain missions,305;on the repeal of the compromise tariff,310;on the home squadron,575.Iowa and Florida, admission of,660.JJackson, Gen.,refunding his fine.—Fined at New Orleans in the winter of 1814-'15 for contempt of court,499;paid under protest,499;Senator Linn brings in a bill for refunding the fine,499;letter of Gen. Jackson to him on receiving notice of the bill,500;Jackson would only receive it on the ground of an illegal exaction,500;the recourse to martial law vindicated,500;the measures could not be relaxed which a sense of danger had dictated,501;reasons given at the time against the fine,501;proceedings of the court,502;bill passed both Houses,502.See Index, vol. I.Jefferson, Thomas, his views on the surrender of fugitive criminals,445.See Index, vol. I.Jesup, Gen., conduct of, the Florida war,78.Johnson, R. M., a candidate for the Vice-Presidency,204.Johnson, Cave, on the appropriation for the military academy,567;on naval expenditures,507;Postmaster General,650.Johnson, Reverdy, on the Oregon question,665;Attorney General,737.Jones, John W., candidate for Speaker,160;chosen Speaker,565.KKendall, Amos, Postmaster General,9.Kennedy, John P., Secretary of the Navy,768.Kennon, Commodore, killed on board the Princeton,568.King, Thomas B., on the previous question,253;reports a bill for a home squadron,271;on exempting salt from duty,315;on the committee on the bank bill,335.LLegare, Hugh S., Attorney General,356.Linn, Louis F., opposition to the hour rule,252,256;on the disturbance in the Senate galleries,352;in favor of the Oregon settlement bill,472.Remarks on his decease by Senator Benton,485;birth,485;parentage,485;education,485;honors,484;character,486;talents,486;amiable qualities,486;character in party times,486;remarks of Senator Crittenden,487;introduces a bill to refund the fine of Gen. Jackson,500.London Bankers' Circular.—On assumption of State debts,171.MMadison, James, on the dangers to the Union,132;his views on the subject of disunion,786.Magoffin, James, conducts Gen. Kearney and troops to New Mexico,683.Mallory, Francis, on the coast survey,488.Mangum, Willie P., opposes the repeal of the pension act of 1837,266.Map ofthe original North-eastern boundary,423.Marcy, William L., Secretary of War,650;answer to the interrogatories of an anti-slavery meeting,775.Mason, John G., Secretary of the Navy,569;Attorney General,650.Maxey, Virgil, killed on board the Princeton,568.McDowell, James, remarks on the decease of John Quincy Adams,708.McDuffie, James, on the Oregon country,471.McKay, James J., on the appropriation for the home squadron,272;on the appropriation for the military academy,467.McKeon, John, on the Chinese Mission,511.McKinley, John, Judge of the Supreme Court,9.McLean, John, declines the secretaryship of war,356.McLeod, the case of,282.Meredith, William M., Secretary of the Treasury,737.Merrick, William D., on the disturbance in the Senate gallery,352.Merriweather, James A., on reduction of navy pay and expenses,482;on the Chinese mission,511.Military Department.—The progress of expenses of the army,404;comparative view presented by Mr. Calhoun,404;extract,404;cost of each man, at different periods, in the service,405;Adams proposes retrenchment in the army and navy,405;extract,405.Military Academy.—The instincts of the people have been against this academy ever since it took its present form,466;all efforts to abolish it are instantly met by Washington's recommendation of it,466;Washington never saw such an institution as shelters under his name,466;attack upon the institution by moving to strike out the appropriation for its support,467;remarks of Mr. McKay in defence of it,467;points shown by him,467;remarks of Mr. Johnson against the bill,467;remarks of Mr. Haralson in favor,468;remarks of Mr. Ficklin against it,468;