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SANFORD, THOMAS, Representative from Kentucky, 50, 285, 378, 493; on the amendment to the constitution relative to the election of President, 60; in favor of carrying the Louisiana Treaty into effect, 67; on the resolution relative to public roads, 84.

Savannah, relief of.--See Index, vol. 2.

SAWYER, LEMUEL, Representative from North Carolina, 613; on fortifications and gunboats, 629.

SCHUNEMAN, MARTIN G., Representative from New York, 377, 493.

SCOTT, WILLIAM, letter of Secretary of War relative to, 314.

Seamen, protection of.--Letter from the Secretary of State relative to the number impressed considered, 313; subject demands investigation, 314; proclamations of Governors of British West India Islands, 314; objects of British Government, 314; will the United States tamely submit to this impressment? 314; resolution of inquiry on the subject, 314; do. referred, 314. Seamen, impressment of, resolution of inquiry relative to, offered in the House, 384; number detained in the British service, 384; information already obtained has produced a loud expression of public indignation, 385; resolution of inquiry agreed to, 385.

Seat of Government.--In Senate, bill for the temporary removal to the City of Baltimore considered, 45; motion to postpone further consideration, 45; bill offered as a spur to the inhabitants at Washington to effect a more complete accommodation of Congress, 45; design of the bill to frighten the women and children of Washington, 46; moral right of Congress to remove Seat of Government denied, 46; Congress possess the constitutional power of altering the Seat of Government, 46; the permanent Seat of Government was fixed under the constitution, and Congress did not possess the power to alter it, 46; to remove would be to prostrate the national faith, 46; motion to postpone lost, 46; Trenton offered to Congress for their accommodation in case of any removal, 46; four rightful grounds of removal could exist, 46; moved to strike out the words “Baltimore” and “Maryland” 47; agreed to, 47; causes of the inconveniences at Washington, 47; the Seat of Government will yet be transferred to the Mississippi, 47; the least expensive course is to remove--time cannot cure the ill accommodations, 47; constitutional point examined, 47; the seat once fixed becomes permanent, 48; motion to order a third reading lost, 48. See Index, vols. 1 and 2.

SEAVER, EBENEZER, Representative from Massachusetts, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612.

Seditious practices.--See Index, vol. 2.

Senate, recedes from disagreement to amendments of the House to bill authorizing the President to take possession of Louisiana, 9; note, 9; admission to the floor of, considered, 39; adjournment of first session of eighth Congress, 49; motion relative to absent members, 168; vote of thanks to Aaron Burr, 170; proceedings on the impeachment of Samuel Chase, 175; adjournment at close of first session of tenth Congress, 611.

Senators, classification of, 38.

Sinking Fund, report of commissioners, 354.

Slavery.--Memorial of American Convention for promoting abolition of, and prohibiting the introduction of slaves into Louisiana, considered, 41.

Slavery in Territories, power of Congress relative to, as asserted in the act erecting the Territory of Louisiana, note, 44.

Slavery in Indiana Territory, petitions for, 385.

Slavery.--Resolutions of Indiana council, relative to a suspension of the ordinance of 1787, 503; report on, 519; report in the Senate on the resolutions of the Legislative Council of Indiana, relative to the suspension of the ordinance of 1787, 550; considered in the Senate, 551; resolution on passed, 551.

Slavery in Territories.--Memorial of Quakers, 313.

Slavery, prohibiting in a Territory.--See Index, vols. 1 and 2.

Slavery and Slave Trade.--See Index, vols. 1 and 2.

Slaves, importation of, motion in Senate to appoint a committee to report if any amendments are necessary in the act relative to, 39; resolution relative to non-importation in Territories, 401; resolution in favor of suspending the ordinance of 1787 relative to slavery in Indiana Territory, 406; report relative to non-importation in Territories, 407. Moved to strike out so much of the bill as inflicts the punishment of death on owners and masters of vessels employed in slave trade, 500; crime in question most heinous, and ought to be punished capitally, 500; most effectual method of stopping the trade, 500; question whether we shall strike out that part of the section which attaches the crime of felony to the traffic, 500; penalty just, but too severe to be executed, 500; punishment of death not best calculated to stop the traffic, 501; now said forfeiture is unnecessary, punishment of death will stop the traffic, 501; no man in the Southern States will dare inform, 501; slavery not considered an evil in the Southern States, 501; capital punishments not inflicted for political evils, 501; motion to strike out carried, 502; imprisonment substituted, 502; bill from the Senate to prohibit the importation after January first, 1808, read third time and passed, 519; note, 519. See Duties on Imports. Also Index, vol. 1.

SLOAN, JAMES, Representative from New Jersey, 86, 285, 377, 493, 612; on a tax on imported slaves, 135; on the bill to bridge the Potomac, 290, 298, 300; on the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 310; on the importation of slaves, 385, 401; on the application of the Society of Harmony, 404, 405; on incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408; on importations from Great Britain, 437; on the importation of slaves, 500; on the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, 510.

SMELT, DENNIS, Representative from Georgia, 497, 613.

SMILIE, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 50, 285, 377, 493, 612; on the amendment to the constitution, relative to the election of President, 59; on extending the authority of the United States over the Louisiana Territory, 76; advocates a repeal of the bankrupt law, 79; opposes augmentation of the navy, 87; on the inquiry into the official conduct of Judge Chase, 89, 96; on the bill to bridge the Potomac, 290, 291, 298; on the retrocession of the District of Columbia, 304; on the presentation of a sword to Gen. Eaton, 382; on laying a duty on imported slaves, 387; on discharging the committee from consideration of neutral rights, 393; on the application of the Society of Harmony, 404, 406; on incorporating a church in Georgetown, 408; on amendment of the constitution, relative to the removal of federal judges, 415; on importations from Great Britain, 435; on naval appropriations, 476; on the exclusion of military and naval officers from civil employment, 476, 477; on building gunboats, 626; on inquiry into the conduct of Gen. Wilkinson, 645, 652; on inquiry into the conduct of Judge Innes, 701, 708. See Index, vols. 1 and 2.

SMITH, DAVID, Senator from Tennessee, 345, 487, 547. See Index, vol. 2.

SMITH, ISRAEL, Senator from Vermont, 3, 163, 345, 485; on British aggressions on our commerce, 355. See Index, vols. 1 and 2.

SMITH, JEREMIAH K., Representative from New Hampshire, 612. See Index, vol. 2.

SMITH, JOHN, Senator from New York, 44, 165, 349. See Index, vol. 2.

SMITH, JOHN, Senator from Ohio, 8, 165, 349, 490; resolutions relative to, introduced into the Senate, 551; report thereon, 552; notification to Smith, 552; resolution relative to, 552; in Senate to hear the counsel of John Smith why he should not be expelled, 554; changed to hear counsel why the report should not be adopted, 554; counsel would show that the testimony of the main witness against Smith was not worthy of credit and nothing to affect the character of the accused, 555; further proceedings, 555; reasons of counsel why the report should not be adopted, commenced, 556; examination of the direct testimony submitted, 556, 557, 558; examination of the circumstantial testimony offered by other witnesses in support of the accusation, 558; circumstances which have been distorted against the accused, 559; evidence of Smith’s innocence, 560; Smith’s character and situation in life, 561; charge against Smith is, of being connected with Colonel Burr in the late conspiracy, 563; grounds of proof stated, 563; these grounds examined in detail by counsel for the defence, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573; arguments of counsel for defence closed, 573; resolution of expulsion of Senator John Smith, of Ohio, for participation in the conspiracy of Aaron Burr, submitted to the Senate, 578; what is the evidence of Mr. Smith’s participation in the conspiracy, examined, 574 to 584; principles of the report of the committee condemned, 584; the Senate have cognizance of the case, 584; to vote for the resolution is to disrobe a Senator of his honor, and doom a citizen, 584; examination of the points relied on against Mr. Smith, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589; other points considered and reviewed, 589, 590, &c.; arguments against Mr. Smith, 598, &c.; counsel for Mr. Smith opposed the resolution on two grounds: 1st. That the Senate have no jurisdiction of the case. 2d. That the evidence does not warrant its adoption, 602; is the resolution supported by the evidence? this point examined, 602, &c.; resolution lost, 606; note, 606.