Part 334

ROBINSON, MOSES, Senator from Vermont, 380, 441, 520, 590.

ROSS, JAMES, Senator from Pennsylvania, 523, 591.

Rules.--Senate, committee on, in case of conference, 10; for conducting business, Senate committee on, first Congress, 10; of the Senate for open doors, 314.

Rum.--The word changed to distilled spirits, 28; duty on, 28.

RUTHERFORD, JOHN, Senator from New Jersey, 309, 380, 441, 523, 591.

RUTHERFORD, ROBERT, Representative from Virginia, 455, 527, 604; objects to the duty on salt, 506; on the President's speech, 538; on the reduction of salaries, 573; on the admission of Tennessee, 754.

RUTLEDGE, JOHN, votes for, as Vice President in 1789, 10.

Salt, debate on duty on, 38; duty fixed, 41.

Salted Provisions, drawback on, fixed, 41.

SCHUREMAN, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 21, 175, 255; opposes the motion to lay duty on African slaves as improper at that time, 74.

SCHUYLER, PHILIP, Senator from New York, 16; draws lots with Rufus King for length of term, 10, 168, 254.

SCOTT, MAJOR GENERAL, resolution of thanks to, by the House, 546.

SCOTT, THOMAS, Representative from Pennsylvania, 175, 255, 455, 530; remarks on the principle of discrimination in laying duties, 28; favors duty on hemp, 36; opposes duty on salt, 39; on Western lands, 99; on do., encouragement to emigration, 113; plan of land-office, 115; on selecting a seat of government, 155; on a distinction between foreign and domestic creditors, 194; further remarks, 197; do. on the discrimination and liquidation of the public debt, 198; on constitutionality and propriety of Pennsylvania memorial for the abolition of slavery, 208; on a seat of Government, 245; on establishment of a land office, 260; further remarks, 261; moves to strike out thirty cents as the price of land, 261; on the pay of soldiers, 459; further remarks, 460; on the relief of the French emigrants, 474; on exclusion of titled foreigners from citizenship, 558; on the right to Indian lands within a State, 578; on intruders on Indian lands, 587.

Seat of Government.--Motion to fix a permanent residence for the general Government of the United States, 145; a spot on the banks of the Susquehanna regarded as most central, although south of the centre of population, 145; resolution to locate on east bank of Susquehanna offered, 146; a great national question, 146; a preamble of general principles moved, 146; spot on the Delaware proposed, do. on the Potomac, 146; preamble regarded as unnecessary, 146, 147; voted in the negative, 147; neither centre of wealth, or population, or locality, should decide, as the future may make great changes, 147; the several places should be considered on their merits, 147; original motion under consideration, 148; advantages of the banks of the Susquehanna, 148; the whole thing arranged out doors, let its consistency with general principles be shown, 148; answer, 148; if Eastern members have settled the question let them settle the principles of the government, 149; the territorial centrality on the Susquehanna denied, 149; the place proposed comes within the general principles agreed on, 149; cannot men consult together who have a common interest, 150; the Susquehanna south-west of the centre of wealth, &c., 150; the Potomac regarded as unhealthy, 150; banks of the Potomac the best place, 150; advantages of Harrisburg, 151; advantages of the Potomac, 151; advantages of the Hudson, 151; various considerations on the subject, 152; motion to insert Harrisburg, lost, 153; motion to strike out "east bank of the Susquehanna," and insert Potomac, 158; remarks thereon, 154; motion for committee to rise, 154; attempts to precipitate a decision, 154; a league between the Northern States and Pennsylvania against the South, 155; opposition in New England to the Potomac, 155; this business should be decided under an equal attention to the rights of the community, 155; effects of an uncentral location, 156; seat should be the centre of the Union, 156; Potomac the centre, 157; facts respecting the Susquehanna, 157; objections to the Potomac considered, 157; arguments in favor of the Susquehanna, 158; motion to strike out Susquehanna and insert Potomac, lost, 159; motion to insert "or Potomac" after Susquehanna, lost, 159; resolution for appointment of commissioners to examine, report to the President, and purchase on east bank of Susquehanna, &c., offered, 159; the site should be ceded, 159; the jurisdiction be exclusive, 160; several States offered a cession, 160; the reproach of bargaining, 160; do. repelled, 160; opposition of Southern members made to prevent an improper decision, 160; motion to insert "north bank of Potomac" for east bank of Susquehanna, lost, 161; do. to insert Wilmington, &c., lost, 161; do. to insert Potomac, Susquehanna, or Delaware, lost, 162; do. to insert "either side of the Delaware," &c., lost, 162; do. to insert "banks" for east bank, carried, 162; do. to insert "or Maryland " after Pennsylvania, lost, 162; do. to insert "Wilmington" for city of New York, lost, 163; do. to insert "Philadelphia" for New York, lost, 163; bill to establish a seat of government, considered, 164; moved to confine the choice between the mouth of Checkiselungo creek and the mouth of the Susquehanna, 164; moved to strike out all that part of the bill making New York the temporary seat of government, as unconstitutional, 164; bill passed, 164; do. passed by the Senate, with amendments, and returned to the House, 165; motion to postpone its consideration, 165; House should not be influenced by the Senate keeping the appropriation bill as a hostage, 165; insinuation wrongful, 165; amendment of Senate changes the tenor of the bill, 165; Germantown most proper spot, 165; arguments for postponement, 166; motion lost, 166; motion to concur with Senate, 166; advantages of Germantown, 166; a costly location, 167; a departure from every principle adopted by the House, 167; an amendment moved and carried, 167; on Committee of the Whole on a bill from the Senate fixing the temporary and permanent seat of government, debated, 242; moved to strike out "Potomac" and insert "a district to include the town of Baltimore," 242; centrality is not an idea which predominates in regard to any other country, 242; if the clause is struck out the bill will be lost, 242; consideration of the relative interests of the Southern, Middle, and Northern States, 243; a central position necessary, 243; the merits of the question, 243; map of the Potomac, 243; reasons in favor of Baltimore, 243; objections to the place proposed, 244; Philadelphia will become the permanent residence, 244; no necessity for moving temporary residence, 244; Potomac a national location, 244; only three States can claim it, 244; advantages of the Potomac, 245; advantages and disadvantages of the two places compared, 245; centrality of the Potomac, 245; not the time to fix the seat of government, 245; objections considered, 246; New York a temporary seat, 246; history of the Quakers, 246; conduct of New York during the war, 247; conduct of her Senators on this question, 247; Baltimore the place on the map, 247; character of New York, 247; advantages of Baltimore, 247; principles of the bill, 247; no State has a right to the seat of government, 248; report of a committee of the late Congress, 248; Baltimore or the Potomac too far south, 248; Baltimore nearest the centre, 248; after present ferment has subsided, Potomac will be considered the bond of the Union, 248; improvements on the Potomac, 248; difficulty of ever removing from Philadelphia if made temporary residence, 248; proceedings at last session, 248; motion lost, 248; moved to strike out Potomac and insert Delaware, 249; motion lost, 249; do. to strike out Potomac and insert Germantown, 249; do. lost, 249; do. to strike out Potomac and insert Baltimore, 249; do. lost, 249; do. to adjourn, lost, 249; bill passed, 249; note, 250.

Secretaries, resolution requiring attendance on the House, 390.

Secretary, of the Senate, elected by ballot, 1st Congress, 10.

Secretary of the Treasury, debate on his duties, 109; on communicating information to the House, 111; report of, 176; manner of making it, 177. See Treasury.

Secretary of War, letter from, 393. See St. Clair.

SEDGWICK, THEODORE, Representative from Massachusetts, 175, 395, 455, 530, 604; on removal of officers, 103; on the compensation of the President, 117; further remarks on pay of Vice President, 120, 122; motion on the pay of members of Congress, 123; favors discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 125; opposes a Home Department, 128; on amount of pay of members, 130; farther remarks, 132, 133; on the manner of giving instructions to Representatives, 143; on the location of a seat of Government, 150; further remarks, 154; on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 183; opposed to indiscriminate admission of foreigners, 188; on the importance of prompt action relative to the public debt, 199; on the immediate second reading of the Quaker Memorial, 203; on discrimination of public creditors, 211; on memorial of officers of navy, 241; on price of public lands, 261; further remarks, 262; on vacancy in the Presidency, 267; on excise bill, 265; on officers, 271; speech on the Bank of the United States, 282; on resignation of William Pinkney, 329; on the electoral college, 333; on vacancy in the office of President, 335; on official conduct of Secretary of Treasury, 426, 429; on non-intercourse with Great Britain, 493; on merits of indemnity resolution, and on reference, 504; on the President's speech, 532, 539; on indemnification sufferers by Pennsylvania insurgents, 547, 553; on amending naturalization laws, 556, 557, 565; on intruders on Indian lands, 585; on the answer to the President's speech, 607; on the support of existing establishments, 626; on a stenographer for the House, 630; on a salary for members of Congress, 636; on rights of the House relative to treaties, 656; on the admission of Tennessee, 755.

SEENY, JOSHUA, Representative from Maryland, 27, 175, 255, 315; appointed on committee to draft bill on tonnage duties, 57; urges decision relative to duty on molasses, 69; presents the offer of ten miles square by Maryland for a seat of Government of United States, 81; on the compensation of Vice President, 122; opposes discrimination in the pay of members of the two Houses, 125; approves of the Susquehanna region for a seat of Government, 161; on constitutionality of memorial for the abolition of slavery, 203; on discrimination among the public creditors, 226; on memorial of officers of navy, 240; on a seat of Government, 244; on answer to President's message, 258; on the election of Mercer, 328; further remarks, 329.

Senate, members present at first meeting, 9; adjournment from day to day for want of a quorum, 9; session with closed doors until 1794, note, 9; no publication of debates of, note, 9; receives the House on the inauguration of Washington, 12; resolution of respecting titles of President and Vice President, 14; do. division in three classes, 14; first executive session, 15; confirmed the appointment of collectors, naval officers, and surveyors, 16; mode of communication with the President, 16; report on, 17; do. resolution on, 17; President consults with, note, 17; wait upon the President and deliver their answer to the inaugural address, 18; on ratification of treaties with Indian tribes, &c., report of committee on, 20; conference with the House on the impost bill, 113; results of, 113; and House meet together to receive President's message, 168; address of to the President, 169; manner of presentation, 170; when the term of office of members commenced, 171; answer to the President's address, 253; notice of letter of French King, 313; answer to President's message, 313; resolutions respecting public proceedings, 384; special session of, 386; answer to President's address, 383; answer to the President's message, 444; answer to President's message, 523; executive journal of, 524; answer to President's address to 1st session, 4th Congress, 594.

Sequestration of British debts.--See Great Britain.

SEVIER, JOHN, Representative from North Carolina, 260.

SHERBURNE, JOHN S., Representative from New Hampshire, 455, 527, 604; on a stenographer to the House, 630.

SHERBURNE, UPTON, Representative from Maryland, 317.

SHERMAN, ROGER, Representative from Connecticut, 21, 175, 255; views on the proposition to lay duties on Madeira wine, 31; on oaths of State officers, 53; on necessity of impost duties, 61, 65; on committee of conference respecting title of President, 68; opposed to embracing African slaves in a bill for duties on goods, &c., 73; further remarks, 74; on limiting the period of the impost bill, 80; further remarks, 84; on naturalization of pauper emigrants, 84; on admission of Rhode Island, 101; on the removal of officers by a general law, 108; on compensation of Vice President, 121; offers a resolution respecting the form of amendment of the constitution, 133; remarks, 136, 137; do. note, 137; on the amendment to the constitution relative to the freedom of conscience, 137; on the right of instruction, 139; on the place for a seat of Government, 159, 166; on report of Secretary of the Treasury, 183; on committee on Pennsylvania memorial, 209; on memorial of officers of the navy, 240; further remarks, 240; on a seat of Government, 242; further remarks, 248; on answer to President's message, 257; on vacancy in the Presidency, 267, 269; on excise bill, 265; further remarks, 270, 272; on the commitment of the bill for a Bank of the United States, 273; Senator from Connecticut, 309, 380.

SHORT, WILLIAM, proposed to the Senate as Minister to France, 15; his fitness considered, 15; appointment to charge during the absence of the Minister, confirmed, 15.

SINNICKSON, THOMAS, Representative from New Jersey, 27, 175, 255; on duty on beer, 34; opposes a limit to the impost bill, 77; further remarks, 83; appointed on a committee to draft a bill relative to the importation of African slaves, 84.