Chapter 1 No.1

Imports.-See Duties on imports.

Indemnity, for spoliations.-See Great Britain.

Indian lands within a State, Rights over.-The claim of Thomas Person to certain lands on the frontier of North Carolina, and ceded by the United States Commissioners to the Indians, considered, 576;

note, 576;

the conduct of other States, 576;

the Government of the United States has converted property of the citizens of North Carolina, and they ask compensation, 576;

examination of authorities on the rights of the sovereign to take property, 576;

detail of the circumstances of the present dispute, 577;

the claim of North Carolina to sell the land was wrong, 578;

the cause of all the disputes with the Federal Government, 578;

have the United States taken away any claim which the purchasers of these lands had, 578;

suitable method to settle the matter, 578;

Indians never occupied the lands, 578;

on the limits of the States and the right to what was jointly acquired, 579;

North Carolina could grant only the pre-emption right, 579;

further details respecting the grants in North Carolina, 579;

these lands within the limits guaranteed by the articles of Confederation, 580;

further particulars, 580;

resolutions reported to the House, 582;

do. further reported, 583.

Indian lands disposed of by the Legislature of Georgia, considered, 583;

resolutions on the subject, 584;

they subject persons to martial law, 584;

amendment proposed, 584;

also that persons in pursuit of Indians should not be liable to the law, 584;

useless to expend money to protect the frontier if this permission is granted, 585;

better declare there shall be no frontier, 585;

no man could be arrested under this amendment, 585;

amendment carried in committee, 585;

reported to House, 586;

reasons for authorizing pursuit of Indians, 587;

importance of the amendment, 587;

further considerations, 588;

lost, 589.

Indians, Southern, treaty to be negotiated with, 18.

Indian Trading Houses, bill for establishing trading houses for supplying Indians considered, 585;

tends to conciliate an unhappy and distressed people, 585;

bill of utmost consequence, 586;

system of arrangements for the frontiers proposed, 586;

bill to establish trading post considered, 624;

amendments made, 624;

the object of the bill unattainable, 624;

it effects a change in our system, 625;

influence of the Canada traders, 625;

note, 625;

objects of the measure, 625;

bill put on its passage, 625;

principles of the bill considered, 634;

no opinion of governmental bargains, 634;

note, 634;

bill passed, 635.

Indian Tribes.-Message from the President on disputes between the same and some of the States, 16.

Instruction, right of debate on, 138.

Insurgents of Pennsylvania.-See Pennsylvania Insurgents.

Intercourse Foreign.-On the bill providing means of intercourse with foreign nations, 242;

moved to strike out thirty and insert forty thousand dollars, 242;

reasons urged in opposition, 242;

reasons urged in favor of the motion, 242;

motion adopted, 242.

Invalid Pensions, bill reported, 406.

Irvine, William, Representative from Pennsylvania, 455, 551.

Izard, Ralph, Senator from South Carolina, 10,168,251,309, 380, 441, 520;

on committee on future disposition of papers of late Secretary of Congress, 10;

added to Judiciary committee, 10;

on committee for conducting reception of President, 11;

on committee to wait on Vice President, 11.

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Jackson, Geo., Representative from Virginia, 604.

Jackson, James, Representative from Georgia, 42, 175, 255;

remarks in favor of reducing duties, 44;

remarks on tonnage duties, 48;

on power of Congress to require oaths of State officers, 51;

objects to high duties on account of expense of their collection, 64;

temptation to smuggle, 64;

considers subject of title for President as trifling, 68;

urges postponement of consideration of duty on African slaves imported, 73;

further remarks, 74;

urges limitation to impost bill, 81;

on the power of the President to remove officers, 87;

remarks on citizenship and foreign allegiance, 98;

opposes discrimination in the pay of Senators and Representatives, 123;

further remarks, 126;

on the form of amending the constitution, 136;

on the rights of instruction, 139;

on location of a seat of Government, 149;

on amendments of the Senate to House bill on seat of Government, 165;

on subjects embraced in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 182;

further remarks, 183, 184;

on testimonials of behavior and conduct as requisites of naturalization, 187;

favors a progressive and probational naturalization, 189;

further remarks, 189;

a funded debt is an injury, 191;

further remarks, 195, 197, 199;

opposes a commitment of the Quaker memorial, 202;

on property of master in the slave, 209;

on discrimination among the public creditors, 216;

further remarks, 217;

on memorial of Officers of the Navy, 240;

on answer to the President's message, 256;

further remarks, 257;

on price of public lands, 261;

moves to strike out essential part of first clause of bill relating to duties on distilled spirits, 261;

remarks on, 261;

further remarks, 264,270,271,272;

on the commitment of the bill for Bank of the United States, 272;

speech on the Bank, 285;

petition on election and return of Anthony Wayne, 324;

Senator from Georgia, 445, 520.

Jacobs, Isaac, Representative from Pennsylvania, 389.

Jails of the States, resolutions on, 308.

Jay, John, votes for, as Vice President in 1789, 10.

Jefferson, Thomas, desires to return from France as Minister, 15;

votes for, as Vice President in 1793, 386.

Johns, Kinsey, claims a seat as Senator from Delaware-claim considered, 453;

rejected, 453.

Johnson, Wm. S., Senator from Connecticut, 9, 168, 254;

resigned, 309;

on committee on future disposition of papers of late Secretary of Congress, 10;

on committee of arrangements for reception of President, 10;

on committee to prepare answer to Washington's inaugural, 12;

on committee on titles of President and Vice President, 13.

Johnston, Samuel, Senator from North Carolina, 171, 251, 309, 383.

John Torrey.-Petition of, in Committee of the Whole on report of Secretary of Treasury, 317;

Congress promised half-pay to the officers who should continue in service to the end of the War.-Major Torrey continued in service till near end of 1783 and died, did he continue in service to the end of the war? 318;

peace concluded April, 1783, 318;

what was the intention of the parties in this contract? 318;

when did the war end? 318;

what does the law of nations say? 318;

distinction between preliminaries and a definite treaty by the law of nations, 318;

objections considered, 319;

the question does not turn on a judicial principle, 319;

certain established rules have been observed in settling with every officer, 320;

terms of contract decided by the sovereign power, 320;

motion for accepting report carried, 320.

Judiciary, Senate committee on, first Congress, 10.

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Kentucky, memorial of a convention in, 253;

vote for President in 1793, 385.

Key, Philip, Representative from Maryland, 388.

King, Rufus, Senator from New York, 16, 168, 251, 312, 380, 444, 520, 591;

on answer to Presidents speech, 594.

Kitchell, Aaron, Representative from New Jersey, 316, 388, 455, 527, 604;

on the ratio of representation, 328;

on the execution of the British treaty, 734.

Kittera, John W., Representative from Pennsylvania, 323, 388, 455, 527, 604;

on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 569;

on the right to Indian lands within a State, 578;

on the execution of the British treaty, 729.