THE

DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS

IN TRE

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES;

WITA

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS,

AND ALL

THE LAWS OF A PUBLIC NATURE;

WITH A COPIOUS INDEX.

FOURTEENTH CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION:

COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 2, 1816, TO MARCH 3, 1817,

INCLUSIVE.

COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC MATERIALS.

WASHINGTON:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GALES AND SEATON.

1854.