Volume 32 Index
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Uches. See Yuchi (Uchee) Indians
United States
Army
military academy proposed, 5n
views on standing army, 33, 96, 422
harbor fortifications, 56-7, 66-8, 247
militia preferred over, 60, 173, 339, 422
and executive patronage, 126
armory at New London, Va., 248, 249n
officers of provisional, 309n
War, Navy Departments could be combined, 409
regiments disbanded, 422
fire in War Department office, 435-6
superintendent of military stores, 435n
clerks, functions of War Department, 462-3, 575n
War Department maps, 463
appointments, 495
Armstrong suggested as secretary of war, 566
L. H. Stockton nominated, withdrawn as secretary of war, 566, 567n
Confederation Congress
authorizes monument to Washington, 61-2
admiralty courts, 370, 371n
Congress, Fifth (4 Mch. 1797-3 Mch. 1799)
and proposed board of agriculture, 14n
Gerry insulted on floor of House, 494, 495n
Congress, Sixth (4 Mch. 1799-3 Mch. 1801)
opening of 2d session, vii, 115, 116, 216, 243, 248-9, 263
toasted, 61n
elected during XYZ influence on policy, 97
party strengths in, 97, 243
and allowances for consuls, 132-3
act further to suspend commercial intercourse between U.S. and France, 214, 217n
bill for uniform mode of drawing jurors by lot, 214, 217n
and regulation of judges' officeholding, 214, 217n
Ross election bill, 214, 217n, 379n
convenes in new Capitol, 248n
authorization for congressional library, 259
idle, 263, 324, 336, 376, 385
post roads bill, 323, 324n, 336-7
potential bills to direct outcome of presidential election, 358
act to establish uniform system of bankruptcy, 381
and Gérard claim, 384-5
bill for Washington mausoleum, 385, 386n, 601, 602
and budget surplus, 385
possible prolongation of, 404n
bill to continue Sedition Act, 418, 419n, 504, 515, 597n
relief of S. Lewis, 462-4, 574-5, 602
public dissatisfied with, 515
considers continued suspension of trade with France, 540
and western land titles, 603
See also District of Columbia; Judiciary Act (1801)
Congress, Seventh (4 Mch. 1801-3 Mch. 1803)
Republican majorities expected, 6, 95-7, 227, 485
potential role in resolving presidential election, 436-7
dispensation to Dufour for land purchase, 529-33
Senate called for 4 Mch., 572
Continental Congress
Wythe's, P. Randolph's experience in, xxxvi, 21n
members, 415n
Courts
R. R. Livingston laments "arbitrary dogmas" of, 10, 122
Robbins extradition, 33-4
circuit courts, 70n, 213n, 353n
Ware v. Hylton, 70n
suit against E. Randolph, 74-6, 154, 374
importance of trial by jury, 96
impeachment of judges, 122
and indemnification of consuls, 132
chief justiceship, 167, 168n, 322, 323-4n, 358
marshals, 212, 327-8, 347-8, 349n, 358n, 360n, 450-2, 457-8, 460-1, 561-3, 564, 582, 592
judges' officeholding, 214, 217n
juries, 214, 217n, 347-8
Pa. Federalists seek judicial appointments, 308
district court judges, 353n, 525n, 561, 563n
judicial appointments, 353n, 443n
chief justice as potential acting president, 358, 375, 385
lasting effects of judicial appointments, 358, 385
judges' role in certification of electoral votes, 367n
district attorneys, 387n, 563n, 567n, 570n
judiciary aligned with executive, 422, 485
clerks, 561, 563n
Marshall named chief justice, 570n
Judiciary Act of 1789, 592
room in Capitol for Supreme Court, 599, 602
See also common law; Judiciary Act (1801)
Economy
speculation in paper, lands, 7n
use of hard money, coins, 17, 405
commerce toasted, 61n
agricultural economics, 85, 121-2, 151-3
values of securities, currency, 86, 154
role of commerce, 96
domestic tobacco markets, 107
transactions in state currencies, 108, 209, 260n, 400, 402n, 409-10, 413-14, 427, 440, 441n, 450, 470-2, 473, 499, 534, 535, 558, 573
bank stocks, 158
Europeans explore commercial prospects, 161-2n
specie as tender of contracts, 164
agricultural supplier to industrial, commercial France and Britain, 181, 183, 325, 326, 438
national currency advocated, 270n
weights and measures, 334, 361-3, 444-5
as market for British manufactures, 339, 586
relationship of banks' notes in circulation to capital, 350-1
importance of agriculture, 422, 501
shipping increasingly in foreign hands, 422-3
potential supply of naval stores to Britain, 438, 439n
imprisonment for debt, 462-4, 574-5
trade with W. Indies, 497n
commercial, banking interests and election intrigue, 500
efforts toward manufacturing self-sufficiency during American Revolution, 582n
textile milling, 582n
Executive
likened to a monarchy, 126, 302-3
fund for furnishings used to purchase horses for president, 140
social expectations for cabinet, president, 303-4
post roads system means patronage, favoritism, 337
use of favors, patronage, 422, 518-19
Foreign Relations
and Spanish authorities in Fla., 51, 52n
boundaries, 55n, 224, 448, 479, 480n, 481n, 548, 549n
avoidance of entangling alliances, 96, 294, 422, 590
consuls as neutrals, 132
compensation, indemnification of consuls, 132-4
with Denmark, 156, 293-4
with Spain, 162, 373, 396-7, 424
with Naples and Sicily, 173, 339-40
potential alliance with neutrality league, 186, 189, 195, 204
with Prussia, 293-4, 296n
with Russia, 294
aggression against Britain proposed, 339
diplomatic relations with Saint-Domingue, 356-7
importance of avoiding war, 372, 422, 438
assuring American neutrality, 381, 382-4
diplomatic establishment, 381, 506-7
proposal to have no resident ministers of other nations in U.S., 383
no news from Europe, 385
with Batavian Republic, 424
dominated by Treasury Department, 424
draw attention, resources from domestic needs, 424
U.S. favors monarchies, not republics, 424-5
Sayre proposes multinational agreement, 452-7, 590
with Algiers, 456
nation faces an agitated international situation, 581
See also Convention of 1800; France: U.S. Relations with; Great Britain: U.S. Relations with
Government
Digest of the Laws, 364-6
1792 act on presidential election, succession, 367, 484-6, 488n
TJ desires council of appointment, 381
need for a congressional library, 423
German edition of statutes needed, 424
House of Representatives
petitioned, 132-3, 364-6, 462-4, 529-33
Republican majority expected, 227
committees, 259n, 364-6, 418, 419n, 436n
party strengths in, 263
potential succession of speaker to presidency of U.S., 484
procedures for opening of electoral votes, balloting, 567-8, 578-9, 599, 603
Jay Treaty appropriations vote, 576, 577n
See also election of 1800
Indian Affairs
supervised by War Department, 50, 52n, 463
Creek agency, 50-2, 243
and Spanish Fla., 50-2
Navy
toasted, 60
ships stationed in W. Indies, 113, 114n
and executive patronage, 126, 138n
sentiments against, 137-8, 173, 339
aggressive actions of, 146
qualifications for secretary of, 303
secretaryship offered to R. R. Livingston, 303-4, 322, 358, 408-9, 537, 596
naval agents, 353, 354n
could be combined with War Department, 409
high cost of, 422-3
need for a limited, 489-90
TJ's views of, 506, 509n
method for making, using chain shot, 533, 534n
S. Smith potential secretary of, 537, 583
Politics
spirit of moderation returning, 111, 126-7
depth, acrimony of partisan splits, 122, 126-7, 141, 581
situation likened to state of disease, 511
Public Finance
$3.5 million loan, 30, 31n, 115, 154
interest rates, tax increases decried, 33
military expenditures as political issue, 68, 96, 126
Pierce's certificates, 77-80, 90n
burden on working citizens, 126
funding system a "curse," 172-3, 339, 467
post roads bill wasteful, 323, 337
Republicans oppose loans, increased taxes, military expenditures, 371
apportionment of taxes, 381, 382n
power of the purse as check on executive measures, 381
withholding of appropriations to reduce diplomatic relations, 383n
surplus funds, 385
burden of a navy, 422-3
expenditures needed for domestic wants, 423-4
opposition to liquor excise, 561
See also Direct Tax (1798); taxes
Public Opinion
delusion of the people, 18, 97, 167-8, 198, 199, 227, 581
turning against Federalists, for Republicans, 18, 48-9, 91, 95-7, 103, 167-8, 239, 581-2
impropriety of pensions as reward for service to nation, 110
importance of "spirit of freedom," 126
people only need information to find the correct course, 257, 422
people will be enraged by subversion of presidential election process, 401n
averse to war, 438
public displeased with Senate, 438
and XYZ affair, 492
Senate
responds to president's address opening session, vii, 248-9, 250
and TJ's parliamentary manual, xxxv-xxxvi, 323n, 405, 600
proceedings against Duane, 217n
Md. seat, 225-6
near majority of Republicans expected, 227
presidents pro tem, 249n
May 1797 address to Adams, 253n
committees, 259n, 351-2, 539-40n
resignations, 264
and executive appointments, 296n, 324n, 327n, 351-2, 495n, 536, 570n
potential succession of president pro tem to presidency of U.S., 307, 322, 375, 441, 484, 485, 487, 488n
resolution of secrecy, 322, 323n, 324, 330, 601
TJ breaks tie votes, 323n, 477, 535-6
case of W. S. Smith, 351-2
and Ross election bill, 379n
TJ contemplates changes to, 381
secretary of, and rumors of presidential succession, 403
possible prolongation of session, 404n
and potential power to name an acting president of U.S., 404n
TJ does not withdraw to allow selection of president pro tem, 404n
procedures regarding treaties, 405, 504, 599-600, 601
Republicans hope for gains in, 422
Blount's impeachment trial, 426n
and Jay Treaty, 426n
public opinion against, 438
and interim executive appointments, 439
and relief of S. Lewis, 463, 602
petitioned, 529-33
opening of electoral votes, 567-8, 578, 599, 603
and nomination of L. H. Stockton, 567n
will be delayed in advising on TJ's nominations, 572, 594
as committee of the whole, 599, 601
provides space for Supreme Court, 599, 602
bills and motions, 599-603
doorkeeper, 601
stoves for Senate chamber, 601
considers opening galleries, 603
See also Convention of 1800
Society
lack of interest in literature, 93
good education unappreciated, 95
observations of foreign travelers, 121-2
proposed national university, 141, 143-4n
interplay of union, diversity, 144n
universal education advocated, 173, 339
histories, 178
population increase on frontier, 423
Treasury
employees, 45, 262n, 482, 499
treasurer's position, 139-40
and political patronage, 215, 308, 309n, 347-9, 366n, 434, 457n
supervisor of revenue for Pa., 308, 309n, 348, 434
secretaryship offered to Gallatin, 322, 323n, 409
auditor's office, 367n
continental loan offices, 374
influence on foreign policy, 424, 425
controlled by New England interests, 425
fire in offices of, 435-6, 548
General Stamp Office, 477, 536
Register's Office, 482, 499
surveyor of revenue at Philadelphia, 541, 544n
Dexter named secretary, 567n
revenue officers in Ky., 569, 570n
customs collectorships, 575-7
Universal Gazette (Philadelphia)
S. H. Smith publishes, 31-2n
and rumors of TJ's death, 42n
prints XYZ addresses, responses, 196-202
Urania (Muse), 487
Urquijo, Mariano Luis de, 396-7
Ustick, Stephen Clegg, 447n