Part 269

PUGH, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36. See Index, vol. 3.

Quakers, memorial of.--See Index, vols. 1, 2, 3.

Quartermaster's Department.--In the House, a bill for the establishment of, from the Senate, came up for its third reading, 476; no necessity for this office, and that of a Purveyor of public supplies, 477; the great object is to provide for a Quartermaster-General's department, instead of military agents, as employed at present, 477; these agents, without much responsibility, had nearly controlled the whole war department, 477; the duties of Quartermaster-General and Purveyor are very different, 477; the former is next in consequence to the Commander-in-chief, every movement of the army is first communicated to him, 477; if not a Purveyor of supplies during the Revolutionary war, there was a clothier, who did nearly the same business, 477; impossible to go to war without a Quartermaster-General, 477; bill passed, 477.

QUINCY, JOSIAH, Representative from Massachusetts, 36, 124, 187, 316, 424, 581; on resolution relative to amending the act laying an embargo, 41; on voting twelve additional revenue cutters, 48; on submission to the late edicts of England and France, 49, 56; on non-intercourse with Great Britain and France, 107; relative to prosecutions for libel, 134; on the call on the President for papers, 192; on the conduct of the British minister, 197; on the Torpedo experiment, 220; favors postponement of resolution relative to the apportionment of representation, 224; offers a resolution relative to Col. Washington, 226; on the ratio of representation, 318; on the admission of the territory of Orleans as a State, 327; against the admission of Mississippi, 352; on commercial intercourse with France and Great Britain, 370; on laying additional duties, 431; on rules and orders of the House, 469; on a Quartermaster's department, 477; in favor of a Naval establishment, 499; on the British intrigues, 516; on the temporary embargo bill, 547; on the temporary embargo bill, 548; moves an amendment to the bill declaring war with Great Britain, 559; on the pay of the army, 585; on the policy of the war, 628; on encouragement to privateer captures, 704; on non-importation in foreign bottoms, 722. See Index, vol. 3.

RANDOLPH, JOHN, Representative from Virginia, 37, 125, 217, 425, 580; on proceedings on counting electoral votes, 105; on counting blank ballots, 125; on a vote of approbation of the conduct of the Executive, 127; on postponing do., 129; on Miranda's Expedition, 142, 146; on the Batture at New Orleans, 149; offers a resolution relative to the decease of Colonel Washington, 225; reports a bill for the reduction of the Naval establishment, 227; on the future Naval establishment, 232; on the reduction of the Marine corps, 240; on disbanding the master commandants, 242; on reduction of the Navy, 245; on the claim of Matthew Lyon, 426; on the expenditure of public money, 429; against the bill for the Government of the territory of Louisiana, 430; on foreign relations, 434, 436, 462; on mode of relief of Caraccas, 532; on the bill laying a temporary embargo, 545, 546; on pay of the Army, 590; on the imprisonment of American seamen, 595, 596; on an additional military force, 681. See Index, vols. 2, 3.

Rangers for the Frontier, bill to raise passed in the Senate, 404.

REA, JOHN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36, 124, 187, 315. See Index, vol. 3.

REED, PHILIP, Senator from Maryland, 3, 121, 168, 250, 400, 569. See Index, vol. 3.

REED, WILLIAM, Representative from Massachusetts, 424, 580.

Report, on the petition of citizens engaged in Miranda's expedition, and confined in the jails at Carthagena, 47; in Senate relative to foreign armed vessels, 122; of Secretary of Treasury relative to barred claims, 188; on the letter of I. A. Coles, 204; on claim of Elizabeth Hamilton, 212; on the claim of Alexander Scott, for Indian depredations, 217; on the mortality of the troops at Terre aux Boeuf, 247; on the conduct of General Wilkinson, 248; on extending charter of the bank, 311; on the claim of General Wilkinson, 312; on the claim for services in the old French war, 319; on the Spanish American colonies, 436; with amendments to the report on memorial of Legislative council of Mississippi for admission as a State, 465; relative to the pay of the officers and soldiers of the battle of Tippecanoe, 475; on sundry divorces in the district of Columbia, 505; on the disclosures of John Henry, 524; note, 525; relative to the Cumberland Road, 530; relative to the conduct of Judge Toulmin, 533; on an Astronomical observatory, 705; relative to amending the act for the Government of the Missouri Territory, 707; on the suspension of non-importation, 713.

Representation, ratio of.--In the House, resolution to apportion one Representative to forty-five thousand inhabitants offered, 224; motion to postpone, 224; better be decided at the next session, 224; better to decide the ratio now than after the result of the census was known, 224; if a law is now passed, the fractions would cause an alteration, 224; this is an attempt to settle a principle before the facts are known, 224; if postponed till after the census and a particular ratio should suit the three large States, they would carry it without regard to fractions in the small States, 224; if made now it will enable the Legislatures to district the States, 224; extreme difficulty in settling it after the results of the census were known, 225; its settlement heretofore had ended in a bargain between the members from the different States, 225; laid on the table, 225; question on filling the blank with the number of souls which should entitle to a Representative, 316; it should be filled before the result of the census is known, 316; better if the bill declare that the House should consist of a certain number of members to be apportioned hereafter, 316; a very important bill fixing the construction of a provision of the constitution, 317; important considerations in favor of a large number, 317; the present Congress may fix the ratio, but it will not be obligatory upon the next Congress, 318; the bill premature, 318; violation of the constitution to pass this bill, 318; it establishes a ratio which must be abortive, 318; the apportionment must be according to the numbers in each State, 318; the numbers are as yet unknown, 318; idea of its unconstitutionality unwarranted, 318; bill fixes only the ratio, 318; object of declaring the ratio is that the State Legislatures may proceed to district their States, 318; postponement opposed, 319; postponement urged, 319; bill laid on the table, 319; question on filling the blank for the number of inhabitants to a Representation, 432; 37,000 moved, 432; bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 432. See Index, vols. 1, 2.

Reprisals on British Commerce.--Amendments to the bill declaring war, 416.

Resignation, does it cause a Vacancy?--See Index, vol. 1.

Resolution.--To. repeal the embargo act, 5; relative to counting Electoral votes, 27; relative to the time of the meeting of the House, 36; relative to the expediency of continuing the embargo, 41; relative to citizens engaged in Miranda's expedition, 47; relative to submission to the late edicts of England and France, 48; relative to copies of public documents, 56; relative to admission of British vessels in American ports, 94; do., passed, 94; relative to immediate measures for public defence, 95; relative to counting Electoral votes, 105; relative to petitions respecting the Presidential election in Massachusetts, 105; of thanks to Speaker Varnum, 114; relative to the decease of Senator Malbone, 121; relative to exiled Cubans and their slaves, 121, 122; relative to prosecutions for libel, 133; relative to the decease of Senator Malbone, 141; relative to the liberation of American prisoners confined at Carthagena, 142; on decease of Samuel White, 168; relative to the conduct of the British Minister, 169; relative to demands on Great Britain, 179; do., withdrawn, 179; relative to publishing the laws of Louisiana in the English language, 184; relative to barred claims, 186; relative to the navigation laws, 188; on the violation of neutral rights, 189; relative to the batture at New Orleans, 191; calling on the President for papers, 192; for the appointment of a committee of manufactures, 189; vote on, 193; relative to trade to the Baltic, 206; relative to a Bank of the United States, 216; relative to the establishment of a first meridian, 223; relative to apportionment of representation, 224; relative to the decease of Col. Washington, 225; relative to secrecy in the Senate, 313; confidential from the House, 314; amendments to do., 314; on an amendment to the constitution relative to the removal of federal judges, 352; of thanks to Speaker Varnum, 399; relative to the burning of Richmond theatre, 404; relative to British intrigues, &c., 409; relative to the decease of Vice President George Clinton, 412; relative to a recess of Congress, 412; relative to the accounts of Gen. Wilkinson, 414; on the bill declaring war, 416; authorizing the President to address a proclamation to the inhabitants of Canada, 421; relative to extending the laws of the United States over whites in the Indian territories, 428; relative to the protection of American seamen, 429; relative to increased military and naval force in present state of foreign relations, 465; relative to memorial of Legislative Council of Mississippi, 466; relative to paying the officers and soldiers who served on the Wabash, 466; of inquiry relative to exciting the Indians on the western frontier, 466; relative to the pay of officers and soldiers in the battle of Tippecanoe, 476; relative to limitation of claims on the Government, 526; relative to Virginia military bounty lands, 527; committing Nathaniel Rounsavell to the custody of the sergeant-at-arms, 528; discharging Nathaniel Rounsavell, 530; relative to the removal of federal judges, 530; of respect to the memory of Vice President Clinton, 531; relative to the relief of Caraccas, 531, 532; relative to amendment of naturalization laws, 543; of inquiry relative to violations of secrecy, 548; relative to the occupation of Florida, 561; of inquiry relative to any proceedings respecting the country South of Georgia, 562; to supply each Senator with newspapers, 566; to inquire into the expediency of offering encouragement to privateers, 570; of respect for the memory of John Smilie, 571; of honors to Hull, Decatur, Jones, and Elliott, 573; relative to the capture of the Guerriere, 578; relative to the exemption of soldiers from arrest for debt, 578; relative to authorizing an expedition of mounted volunteers, 580; relative to sales of the public lands for cash, 611; relative to the decease of Smilie, 614; relative to raising mounted rangers, 651; relative to the land claims in Mississippi Territory, 703; relative to encouragement of privateers, 705; relative to Virginia military bounty lands, 710; calling for information relative to repeal of the decrees of France, 718; of thanks to the Speaker, 719; for information relative to the navy yards, 719.

Retaliation.--Bill giving power to the President, read third time, 718; passed, 718; the bill, 718.

Revenue Cutters.--In the House, bill to authorize the employment of twelve additional, considered, 47; this force necessary for the proper execution of the revenue laws, 47; has any letter been received from the Secretary of the Treasury? 47; information had been received directly from him, 47; more than verbal information required to make the proceeding correct, 48; never more than ten employed in the most flourishing times, 48; no consequence to the House whether there had been a written communication, so the information come from the proper source, 48; committee rise, 48; engrossed bill read a third time, 74; motion to recommit lost, 74; bill passed, 74.

RHEA, JOHN, Representative from Tennessee, 36, 125, 187, 315, 425, 577; on an extra session, 103; on the conduct of the British Minister, 204; favors postponement of the resolution relative to the apportionment of representation, 225; on reduction of the navy, 243, 244; on domestic manufactures, 428; on Indian affairs, 428; on the bill to enable the people of Mississippi to form a State Government, 521. See Index, vol. 3.

Rhode Island.--Vote for President in 1808, 27; in 1812, 573, 711; resolutions relating to maritime defence, &c., 413; admission of, see Index, vol. 1.

RICHARDS, JACOB, Representative from Pennsylvania, 37. See Index, vol. 3.

RICHARDS, MATHIAS, Representative from Pennsylvania, 36, 124, 187, 315. See Index, vol. 3.

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM M., Representative from Massachusetts, 496, 577; on the bill to authorize the people of Mississippi to form a constitution, 592.

Richmond Theatre.--Resolution in Senate relative to the burning of, 404.

RIDGELY, HENRY M., Representative from Delaware, 424, 578; on an additional military force, 622.

RIKER, SAMUEL, Representative from New York, 36. See Index, vol. 3.

RINGGOLD, SAMUEL, Representative from Maryland, 316, 424, 577.

Roads Post.--See Index, vol. 3.

ROANE, JOHN T., Representative from Virginia, 125, 187, 315, 425, 577.

ROBERTS, JONATHAN, Representative from Pennsylvania, 424, 577; on foreign relations, 455; against a naval establishment, 493; on the recall of absentees, 533.