Elliott, Jesse D., lieutenant U. S. navy, vi. 344; cuts out British vessels at Fort Erie, 347; commander in U. S. Navy, commands “Niagara,” in Perry’s squadron, vii. 120; fails to close with the enemy, 122; Perry’s, Barclay’s, and Yarnall’s remarks on, 123–126; dispute about, 126. Ellsworth, Oliver, chief-justice, sent to France as envoy extraordinary, vii. 43. Embargo of March 26, 1794, ii. 323. Embargo, suggested by Armstrong, in 1805, against Spain, iii. 40; approved by Madison, 75; favored by Senator Jackson in 1805, 149; by John Randolph, 149. Embargo of Dec. 22, 1807, Jefferson’s first draft of message, iv. 168; Madison’s draft, 169, 170; bill reported and passed in Senate, 172, 173; moved by Randolph in House, 173; becomes law, Dec. 22, 1807, 175, 176; object of, 175, 176, 186, 332; Senator Adams’s resolution on, 187; Jefferson’s determination to enforce, 249–271, 273; difficulties of Governor Sullivan regarding, 253–256; difficulties of Governor Tompkins in New York, 259; dissatisfaction of Robert Smith with, 261; demand of “powers equally dangerous and odious” by Gallatin, 262; interference of Justice Johnson in South Carolina, 263, 264; arguments on constitutionality of, 266, 267; decision of Judge John Davis, 268–270; opinion of Joseph Story on, 270; its economical cost, 274, 275; its moral cost, 276; its political cost, 277–284, 288; its failure to coerce, 288, 344; Jefferson’s opinion of its relative prejudice to England and France, 309; Jefferson’s opinion of its cost, 309, 462; approved by Napoleon, 313; Armstrong’s opinion of, 314; its pressure on England, 324, 327–329; Canning’s note on, 334–336; W. C. Nicholas’s letter on, 345; the alternative to war, 354, 355; repeal of, 438; v. 33; Turreau’s complaints of repeal, 34, 35, 37; Canning’s note on, 42; revocation of orders attributed to, 75, 77; John Taylor’s explanation of repeal, 195, 196; approved by Napoleon, 254; causes France to lose her colonies, 254; its effect on the northwestern Indians, vi. 83. Embargo for sixty days, recommended by the President, March 31, 1812, vi. 193, 194, 195, 197, 198; Foster’s report on, 199; act passed by Congress, April 4, 1812, 201, 202. Embargo, of Dec. 17, 1813, rejected by the Senate, vii. 70, 71; recommended by the President, December 9, 367, 368; adopted by Congress, 369; repeal recommended by Madison, March 31, 1814, 373; debate on, 374–377; repealed, 378, 379; viii. 11; effect of, on the currency, vii. 387, 388; effect of, on the elections, viii. 10, 11; on Massachusetts, 14. “Embargo, The,” a satire, by William Cullen Bryant, iv. 279.