Part 332

New York, vote for President in 1793, 385.

NICHOLAS, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 455, 528, 606; on the French emigrants from St. Domingo, 463; on the relief of, 474; speech on the commerce of the United States, 468; on the power of the Algerines, 476, 478; on the advance of money to France, 514; on the bill to protect the South-western frontiers, 517; on the President's speech, 532, 536, 538; on indemnification to sufferers by the Pennsylvania insurgents, 541, 548; on amending the naturalization laws, 555, 556; on exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 558; on the reference of a letter of the Secretary of War, 566; on the reduction of salaries, 572; on the right to Indian lands within a State, 577; on the Randall bribery case, 615; on the resolution relative to bribery, 621; on the support of existing establishments, 628; on a stenographer for the House, 631; on a salary for members of Congress, 636; on rights of the House relative to treaties, 641; on the execution of the British treaty, 710; on the military and naval appropriations, 766.

NILES, NATHANIEL, Representative from Vermont, 317, 388, 527; on the Electoral College, 333; on the flag of the Union, 461.

Non-intercourse with Great Britain, see Great Britain.

North Carolina, vote for President in 1793, 385.

Oaths, a bill to regulate the time and manner of administering certain, reported, 11; administered to Vice President and each Senator, 15; to Secretary of Senate, 15; leave to bring in a bill, in the House--form of, for the members of the House, 22; of President--proceedings of the House after its administration, 46.

Amendments of the Senate to the bill regulating the time and manner of taking oaths, 51; whence is derived the power to oblige members of State Legislatures to take this oath? 51; no doubt respecting the powers of Congress on the subject, 51; if left to State Legislatures, different laws might be passed, and different degrees of obligation required, 51; the power appears to be generally conceded; the principle of policy should be examined, 51; not a suitable time; it argues a jealousy in the national Government, 52; the States should comply with an act of Congress, 52; Congress has not the power to carry it into effect, 52; Congress has such power, 52; the policy depends on a variety of circumstances, 52; it may be considered an interference with the State Governments, 53; no reason offered by the Senate for concurrence, 53; a general provision better than particular ones, 53; no other Legislature capable to make one, 53; it is the duty of the House to detail the general principles laid down by the constitution, and reduce them to practice, 53.

O'BRIEN, RICHARD, petition of, 389.

Officers, removal of, 102; debate on the power of the President, 103. See Executive Departments.

ORR, ALEXANDER D., Representative from Kentucky, 457, 528.

OTIS, SAMUEL ALYNE, elected Secretary of the Senate, 10.

PAGE, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 317, 388, 477, 546, 604; presides in Committee of Whole, 22, 24, 27, 33, 37, 39, 41, 42; on application to amend the constitution, 48; on tonnage duties--experience of Virginia, 56; presides in Committee of the Whole, 57, 58, 71; opposed to all titles for the President, 66, 68; on the admission of Rhode Island, 101; remarks on the Treasury Department, 109; further remarks, 110; on the compensation of President, &c., 116; further remarks, 119; do. on Vice President, 122; on amount of compensation of members, 129, 132; on the right of Instruction, 139; do. further, 143; on the admission of reporters for the press, 180; on making easy terms of naturalization, 185, 187; on the public debt, 193; urges commitment of Pennsylvania memorial, 210; on discrimination among the public creditors, 221; do. further remarks, 228; on a seat of Government, 247; speech on ratio of Representation, 325; a bill for the encouragement of the cod fisheries, 364; on the head to be stamped on American coins, 371, 372; on discharging committee in case of St. Clair, 395; on reference to the Committee of the Whole of the resolutions relative to the official conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, 420; on the exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 557; on reference of letter of Secretary of War, 570; on the reduction of salaries, 573; on the support of existing establishments, 627; on the pay of the Speaker, 638; on the rights of the House relative to treaties, 664; on the execution of the British treaty, 726.

PAINE, ELIJAH, Senator from Vermont, 591.

PAINE, WINGATE, Representative from New Hampshire, 455, 527.

Paris.--Letter of President of Commonalty on death of Dr. Franklin, 256.

PARKER, JONATHAN, Representative from Virginia, 21, 175, 259, 388; appointed by House to make list of votes for President when counted in the Senate, 22; appointed on Committee of Supplies, 46; appointed of Committee of Conference on subject of title of President--because it is all repugnant to republicanism, 67; moves a duty on importation of African slaves, 73, 74; withdraws motion for duty on African slaves, 76; appointed on committee to draft a bill relative to the importation of African slaves, 84; on duties on distilled spirits, 263; further remarks, 264.

PARKER, JOSIAH, Representative from Virginia, 456, 527, 604; on the reduction of the army, 399; further remarks, 405; on the commerce of the United States, 472; against the embargo laws, 499; on the President's speech, 539; on resolutions of thanks to General Wayne, 543; on Indian trading houses, 585; on the address to the President, 605, 606; on establishing Indian trading houses, 625, 633.

PARTRIDGE, GEORGE, Representative from Massachusetts, 22, 175, 255; on duty on molasses, 31; on duty on hemp, 36, 37.

PATERSON, WILLIAM, Senator from New Jersey, 9, 168; appointed on Judiciary Committee, first Congress, 10; on committee to prepare answer to Washington's Inaugural, 12; resigns his seat in Senate, 251.

PATTON, JOHN, Representative from Delaware, 457, 604.

Pennsylvania.--Vote for President, 10, 385.

Pennsylvania Insurgents.--The recommendation of compensation to the sufferers by the Pennsylvania insurgents considered, 546; proposed to confine it to officers of the Government, 547; sound policy required indemnification of the sufferers, 547; the whole affair but a trifle, not twenty thousand dollars, 547; there should be no discrimination, 547; it should be confined to persons who had suffered in defence of Government, 547; a private person more entitled to indemnification than revenue officers who are paid for their services, 547; let the sufferers have recourse to the laws, 547; Government equally bound to make compensation to those who suffered by British soldiers, 548; amendment rejected, 548; on the bill before the House, immediate indemnity, objected to, 548; if you pay the claims you cut off civil process, 549; it becomes a precedent, 549; the measure will encourage a spirit to suppress insurrections, and it may encourage insurrections, 549; resolution is unsound policy, 549; the subject should be postponed to another session, 550; no civil process will lie in the case, 550; the amendment to confine the damages to citizens personally aiding or assisting the officers, considered, 551; it becomes the honor and justice of the Legislature to indemnify them, 551; the point of law considered relative to civil actions, 552; the British had practised indemnification to the Royalists, 553; previous question carried, 553; other amendments added, 554.

PERSON, THOMAS, petition of, see Indian lands within States, &c.

Petition, of Catharine Greene, 335; of William Dunbar, in behalf of the heir of George Galphin, 383; of Richard O'Brien, 339; of Warner Mifflin, on subject of negro slavery, 397; to make Hudson, N. Y., port of entry, 410; of Conrad Laub, respecting the seat of Albert Gallatin in the Senate, 442; from the Quakers of Rhode Island, relative to the slave trade, 446.

Philadelphia.--Letter from Commissioners offering Congress the Court House, 251.

PICKENS, ANDREW, Representative from South Carolina, 457, 528.

PINKNEY, WILLIAM, resignation of, 320.

Post Office.--Bill to establish post offices and post roads, 249; moved to empower Postmasters General to establish certain roads under the direction of the President, 249; reasons for opposing a concurrence in this amendment, 249; reasons in favor of the amendment, 249.