SKETCHES OF THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS
BLAIR AND RIVES, EDITORS.
PRINTED AT THE GLOBE OFFICE, FOR THE EDITORS.
LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR
UNIVERSITY.
ro TO THE TWELFTH VOLUME OF THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE.
Abolition of slavery in the District of Colum- bia, petitions on the subject of, 133, 233 330
Africans recaptured on the coast of Africa, concerning the appropriation for the support of 328, 335, 336, 345 African squadron, concerning the, 41, 50, 63, 79 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336 Agricultural Bank of Mississippi, bill for the relief of the 89, 141, 180 Alabama, bill for the relief of certain citizens of, who lost their improvements in consequence of the war with the Creek Indians
88 bill relating to the mode of payment of the two per cent. fund relinquished to the State of 330, 336, 340 Albemarle Sound and Atlantic ocean, bill di- recting a survey of a direct commu- nication between the 157, 180 Allen, Win, of Ohio, 2, 31, 63, 75, 128, 133 149, 161, 181, 205, 226, 237, 275, 311 328, 340, 342, 354, 364, 365, 366, 371 376, 377, 379
133 70, 304, 331 remarks on the bankrupt bill 346, 349 remarks on the subject of improving the navigation of the Western waters remarks concerning the speech of Sir Robert Peel, on the construction of the Ashburton treaty as to the right of search remarks on the bill making appropria- tion for the fulfilment of the stipula- tions of the Ashburton treaty . 378 remarks on the bill to recharter the banks in the District of Columbia, 364, 365 371 remarks on the proposition to give to the present Congress printers 20 per cent, above the contract price for ex- ecuting the public printing remarks concerning the proposition to pay for books distributed to members of Congress remarks on the bill reviving the act of July, 1838, allowing pensions to wi- dows of officers and soldiers of the Revolution 388, 389 remarks on the bill to print the debates, 355 356, 357, 358 (See Debts.) Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, bill to amend the charter of the town of, 141 181, 192
Apportionment bill, protest of a State Legis-
Appropriation bills, the civil and diplomatic, 79 81, 377, 381, 382, 390, 391, 392, 393
Archer, Wm. S., of Virginia, 30, 38, 41, 45, 61 63, 70, 75, 81, 88, 100, 106, 111, 121 127, 133, 147, 153, 157, 166, 175, 182 185, 206, 220, 244, 252, 275, 276, 299 314, 315, 326, 328, 342, 345, 363, 364 366, 371, 372, 379, 394 remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Petersburg Railroad Company, 196 188 remarks concerning the quintuple treaty, 63 64, 85, 262 remarks on the Oregon bill, 74, 100, 104 105, 212, 220, 222, 230, 239, 240, 244 remarks on the proposition to print the report on the subject of the fine on General Jackson
his recollections touching the contro- versy, in secret session, between Messrs. Rives and Benton, concern- ing the red line map remarks on the bill making appropria tion for the fulfilment of stipulations of the Ashburton treaty 378, 379 remarks on the presentation to the Sen- ate of the sword of Washington and the staff of Franklin - 255 remarks on the bill providing for a mis- sion to China - 391, 392 remarks on the bill to indemnify Major General Jackson
Bank of the State of Alabama, bill authorizing its notes to be received in payment of lands sold in that State on certain con- ditions - 330, 336, 340 - 220 Bank of the United States, concerning 316, 317 Banks in the District of Columbia, the bill to continue the charters of the several, 226 364, 365, 371, 377
remarks concerning the speech of Sir Robert Peel, on the construction of the Ashburton treaty as to the right of search 331, 332, 333, 335, 336
(See Debates-Debts.) Arkansas, bill for the relief of citizens of, who lost their improvements in conse- quence of the treaty between the United States and Choctaw Indians, 54 89,95
bill for the relief of persons heretofore residing within the supposed limits of Arkansas and Louisiana, who were, by the settlement of the boundary line, thrown into the territory of Texas 127, 133 Army and the military academy, bill making appropriation for the support of the, 233 244, 267, 315, 342 (See Enlistments.) an act respecting the reorganization of the, and for other purposes, 166, 354, 362 Ashburton, Lord, special minister from Eng- land, his correspondence touching the Northeastern and Northwestern boundaries 4 to 22 concerning the suppression of the Af- rican slave-trade
365 . 364 364, 365 . 365 Mr. Walker Bankrupt law, petitions, &c., on the subject of the repeal of the, 54, 63, 69, 75, 79 81, 88, 94, 99, 100, 103, 104, 110, 118 127, 133, 143, 152, 157, 161, 162, 166 169, 175, 186, 192, 198, 205, 211, 212 220, 226, 237, 238, 244, 262, 275, 280 Mr. Benton's remarks concerning 69 the bill to repeal the, 33, 38, 45, 46, 51 147, 181, 185, 238, 275, 281, 315, 321 327, 338, 344, 362, 375, 380
the army and military academy, 233, 244 267, 268, 315, 342 263, 321, 322, 327, 328, 331, 337 340, 363 261, 263 233, 366
Ashburton treaty. (See Treaty.)
Assumption. (See Debts of the States.) Atherton, Charles G., Senator elect from New Hampshire, credentials of
Auditor's office, the second, joint resolution for continuing an additional clerk in
Mr. Tallmadge, 45, 46, 51, 84, 238, 342
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