liment Washington personally on his retirement,
but not his administration, 129;
describes Andrew Jackson's appearance, 129 n.;
insists on payment of indebtedness of States to government, 129;
chairman of conference committee, 129;
opposes army and navy expenditure, 129, 130;
secures passage of bill confining treasury expenditures, 130;
in sympathy and confidence of Jefferson, 133;
deprecates debating foreign relations, 134;
wishes to treat France like other nations, 134;
opposes threatening France, 135;
joins moderate Republicans in voting with Federalists for address to
President, 136;
opposes appropriation for defense, 137;
objects to employment of frigates, 137;
favors defense of ports and harbors only, 137;
opposes salt duty, 137;
and excessive loans, 137;
points out method of impeachment in Blount case, 138;
describes his desire for moderation, 138;
calls Federalists aristocrats, 139;
votes against presenting answer to message in person, 140;
now acknowledged leader of Republicans, 140;
presents anti-slavery petitions from Pennsylvania, 140;
his opinion of use of foreign coins, 140;
estimate of specie in United States, 141;
opposes proposal to expel Lyon, 141;
on executive power of appointment, 142;
wishes to abandon foreign political intercourse, 143;
upholds power of House to check executive through appropriations, 143;
makes elaborate speech on checks of legislature on executive, 144-146;
and on necessity of abstention from European politics, 145;
practical drawbacks to his theory, 147;
his speech circulated by party, 147;
opposes war measures against France, 148;
supports call for papers of envoys to France, 148;
presents petition against authorizing private citizens to arm vessels,
149;
opposes bill to authorize President to arm convoys, 149;
prefers submission to French outrages rather than war, 150, 151;
attacked by Allen of Connecticut, his reply, 150, 151;
opposes non-intercourse with France, 151;
declares Sedition Bill unconstitutional, 152;
high words with Harper over Alien Bill, 152;
taunted by Harper, 152;
opposes declaration of state of relations by Congress, 153;
votes against abrogating treaty with France, 154;
continues to harass Wolcott in the Treasury, 154;
his even temper, 154;
opposes bill to punish correspondence with foreign princes, 155, 156;
opposes bill to incite French West