Albert Gallatin
on doctrine of checks, 143;
on bill to punish foreign correspondence, 156;
on Senate bill to require annual financial reports, 161.
Gunboats, Jefferson's scheme for, 288;
origin of his idea, 288;
opposed by Gallatin, 289.
Gurney, ----, in Pennsylvania legislature, 183.
Hale, ----, introduction to his work on Indians written by Gallatin,
380.
Hamilton, Alexander, his career compared to that of Gallatin, 28, 32;
amends excise law, 52;
demands punishment of Pittsburgh leaders of opposition, 53, 54;
drafts proclamation against them, 54;
attacked by Gallatin in Senate, 64;
deprecates demand for minute information, 64, 65;
submits plan for crushing insurgents, 76, 77;
impatient at delay, writes as "Tully" advocating punishment, 87;
accompanies army to Pittsburgh, 88;
investigates insurrection, 90;
fails to find indictment against Gallatin, 90;
dissuades troops from violence, 92;
resigns from Treasury, 97;
continues to lead party, 99;
stoned in defending Jay treaty, 103;
letters of Wolcott to, complaining of Republican opposition, 126, 154;
attends Congress as general, 155;
his influence on government, 168, 169;
review of his career in the Treasury,
174-176;
his place in history, 176;
his enmity to Gallatin, 179;
attacks of Gallatin upon his system, 184, 185;
his revenue system maintained by Gallatin, 218, 234;
and reenacted by Democrats in 1813, 235;
his report on public lands, 237, 238;
his organization of Treasury Department, 243;
his financial reports, 245;
on Bank of North America, 249;
his report on national bank, 250, 251.
Hamilton, J. C., accuses Gallatin of cowardice in Whiskey Rebellion, 84.
Harper, Robert Goodloe, leader of Federalists in House, 98, 133;
denounces call for Jay treaty papers as unconstitutional, 111, 112;
closes argument on Federalist side, 114;
recognizes Gallatin as leader of Republicans, 115;
in debate on relations with France, 134, 135;
called a "bungler" by Gallatin, 140;
moves appropriation for foreign intercourse, 141;
his share in debate, 142, 146;
introduces bill to suspend intercourse with France, 151;
altercation with Gallatin over Alien Bill, 152;
on resolution to furnish foreign correspondence, 156;
on Senate bill to require annual financial reports, 161.
Harvard College, gives Gallatin permission to teach French, 17;
his connection with, 18;
gives Gallatin certificate, 18.
Hassler, Ferdinand Rudolph, superintendent of coast survey, 290.
Hawks, ----, member of Ethnological Society, 379.
Henry, Patrick, recommends Gallatin to county surveyor and commissions
him to locate lands, 24;
advises Gallatin to go West, predicts success, 29.
Henry, Prof. Joseph, letter of Gallatin to, on Squier and Davis's
"Ancient Monuments," 379.
Hillhouse, James, Federalist in Congress, 99;
on committee on finance, 107.
Holland, vain attempt to sign commercial treaty with, 334;
arbitrates northeast boundary, 347, 349;
its decision rejected, 349.
House of Representatives, leaders of, in 1795, 98-100;
debate in, over conduct of Washington's administration, 104-106;
appoints Committee on Finance, 106, 107;
debate in, on principle of appropriations, 108, 109;
motion of Livingston to call for papers in Jay treaty brings on debate
on treaty power, 109-114;
asserts right to withhold appropriations, 115;
considers foreign treaties separately, 118;
debates Jay treaty, 118-121;
votes to carry treaty into effect, 121;
but condemns it, 121;
refuses to adjourn on Washington's birthday, 126;
adopts address complimentary to Washington, 129;
new members in fifth Congress, 132;
debates President's message on relations with France, 133-136;
votes to support administration, 136;
considers measures of defense, 137;
impeaches Blount, 138;
entertained by Adams, 140;
encounter in, between Lyon and Griswold, 141;
debate in, on foreign missions, 141, 142;
on relation of executive to Congress, 142-147;
rejects amendment to abolish foreign missions, 147;
debates war with France, 148;
requests President to furnish correspondence of envoys to France, 148;
receives X Y Z dispatches, 149;
altercation in, between Gallatin and Allen, 150;
passes Alien Bill, 152;
message of Adams to, on resumption of diplomatic intercourse
with France, 152; passes bill abrogating treaty with France, 154;
debates and passes bill to punish foreign correspondence, 155, 156;
debates and passes bills to favor French West Indies, and punish Spanish
and Dutch ports, 156, 157;
refuses to repeal Sedition Act, 157;
new members in sixth Congress, 158;
replies to President's address, 158;
refuses to repeal Sedition Law, 159;
passes bill to suspend intercourse with France, 159, 160;
votes a medal to Truxton, 160;
refuses to amend Foreign Intercourse Act, 160, 161;
debates and passes Senate bill to require annual Treasury reports, 161;
refuses to continue non-intercourse, 162;
again rejects bill to amend Sedition Act, 162;
part played by Gallatin in, 167, 168;
investigates Wolcott's management of Treasury, 177.
Howell, Richard, leads New Jersey militia against Whiskey Rebellion, 88.
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von, aided in study of precious metals in
America by Gallatin, 278, 374, 381;
brings Lafayette's letter to Gallatin, 315;
meets Gallatin in Washington, 315;
speaks of Gallatin's "glory," 325;
letter to Gallatin, 381.
Husbands, Herman, on committee on resolutions of Parkinson's Ferry
meeting, 80.
Huskisson, William, on impressment, 347.
Impressment, Gallatin's opinion of, 122;
its abandonment by England insisted on by Monroe, 305;
refused consideration by England, 322, 327, 335, 347.
Indians, relations of Gallatin with, at Machias, 15;
trading posts with, opposed by Gallatin, 108;
Wayne's treaty with, 117, 118;
danger of war with, in 1795, 120, 121;
Gallatin's opinion of, 122;
influence of Choteau over, 287;
fur trade of Astor with, 288;
proposals of England concerning, in treaty of Ghent, 317, 319, 321;
studies of Gallatin concerning, 373-378;
the Canadian Indians, 373;
tribes of, classified by Jefferson, 374;
"Synopsis of Indian Tribes" by Gallatin, 374;
vocabularies collected by Gallatin, 375, 376;
studies of Du Ponceau concerning, 377;
republication of Gallatin's "Synopsis," 377;
his essay on Indian civilization, 380;
his introduction to Hale's work on, 380.
Ingham, Samuel D., report of Gallatin to, on gold and silver, 268.
Internal improvements, Gallatin's scheme for, 224, 290;
urged by Jefferson, 226, 227, 290;
inconsistency of Jefferson, 227.
Irish, petition against Sedition Act, 157.
Irving, Washington, describes Mrs. Gallatin's manners and appearance,
363, 364;
describes Gallatin in old age, 368.
Jackson, Andrew, votes against complimentary address to Washington, 129;
his appearance described by Gallatin, 129 n.;
orders removal of deposits, 270;
Gallatin's opinion of, 270, 355;
occupies Pensacola, 336;
refuses to appoint Gallatin to French mission, 349;
candidate for president in 1824, 358;
defeated for president by Adams, 358;
his idea of party, 359;
Gallatin's opinion of, 359;
character of his presidency, 360.
Jackson, F. J., his mission to United States, 295.
Jay, John, asked by Jefferson for information concerning Gallatin, 27;
drafts letter for New York Convention calling for a new convention,
37 n.;
burnt in effigy after his treaty, 103;
his purpose in making treaty, 117;
said by Sheffield to have duped Grenville, 117;
his warning remark to Randolph during negotiations, 118;
attacked by Gallatin, 119.
Jay, William, member of "The Club," 366.
Jay treaty, ratified, 102;
made public by Mason, 103;
popular dissatisfaction with, 103, 116;
sent to House, 109;
condemned in England, 117;
debate over, 118-121.
Jefferson, Thomas, in behalf of Gallatin family writes to Jay for
information concerning Albert Gallatin, 27;
countersigns Washington's proclamation against excise rioters, 54;
retires from cabinet, 97, 99;
rupture with Hamilton, 99;
imbued with French principles, 102;
ridiculed as a sans-culotte, 104;
influence complained of by Wolcott, 127;
tries to moderate bitterness of Republicans, 128;
Gallatin known to be in his confidence, 133;
complains of weakness of Congress, 138;
unable to influence Senate, 139;
loses taste for French alliance, 139;
thinks Sedition Bill aimed at Gallatin, 152;
praises Gallatin's courage, 158;
receives tie vote with Burr, 163;
probably makes bargain with Federalists, 164;
his inexplicable submission to Smith, 164;
elected, 167;
in triumvirate with Madison and Gallatin, 168;
represents social equality, 169;
his suggestions on coinage, 172;
urges Gallatin to accept Treasury Department, 178-180;
letter to Macon, 182;
suggestions of Gallatin to, on financial policy, 186;
not a practical statesman, 188;
does not consult cabinet as a whole, 188;
letters of Gallatin to, on finances, 189, 193, 201, 203, 216;
summons Congress to ratify Louisiana purchase, 195;
reelection helped by finances and Louisiana treaty, 197, 198, 223;
urges Gallatin to retain post until extinction of debt, 203;
wishes reduction of army and navy, 220;
advocates application of surplus to internal improvement, 226;
in so doing abandons his principles, 227;
detests bank, 233, 251, 280;
proposes impracticable economies in Treasury Department, 244;
suggests issue of paper money, 264;
an abandonment of republican principles, 266;
introduces new principles of administration into government, 279;
opposes Gallatin's civil service circular, 281;
proposes to fill one half of offices with partisans, 282;
submits draft of annual message to cabinet, 283;
objects to appointing a woman to office, 283;
lack of system in his cabinet, 284;
does not consult Gallatin on military matters, 284;
agrees with Gallatin's view on acquisition of territory, 285
advised by Gallatin concerning Louisiana treaty, 285;
unfortunate in choice of political methods, 286;
friendly with Duane, 286;
promises to protect Astor, 288;
his gunboat scheme, 288, 289;
origin of his views on gunboats, 288;
his plan of internal improvements, 290;
recommends national university, 291;
wishes amendments to Constitution, 291;
advised by Gallatin not to rely on "general welfare" clause of
Constitution, 291;
shirks responsibility of decision with regard to English policy, 291,
292;
urged by Gallatin to enforce non-intercourse, 293;
calls Gallatin ablest man in administration except Madison, 298;
regard of Gallatin for, 300;
his love for Gallatin, 300;
letters of Gallatin to, on reputation of United States in Europe, 327;
on France, 327, 328;
letter of Gallatin to, on difficulty of withdrawal from public service,
329;
rejoices in Gallatin's acceptance of French mission, 331;
his opinion of Louis XVIII., 331;
relations with de Tracy, 331;
supports Crawford for presidency, 356;
favors state rights, 356;
does not appreciate decay of his party, 358;
on non-sectarian education, 369;
his remarks on Indians in "Notes on Virginia," 374;
on Washington's strong passions, 383 n.
Johannot, ----, educated at Geneva, 4, 17.
Johnston, ----, member of "The Club," 366.
Jones, William, secretary of navy, 312.
Kent, Chancellor James, member of "The Club," 366.
King, Charles, member of "The Club," 367.
King, Rufus, resigns mission to England, 342;
tone of his correspondence, 345.