TUESDAY, March 13.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made yesterday on the
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of
a letter from his Most Christian Majesty to the United States of
America.
A motion was made and seconded to postpone this motion, in order to take
up the following:
"_Resolved_, That the President of the United States be
informed that the Senate have received with satisfaction
the official intelligence that the King of the French has
accepted the constitution presented to him by the National
Assembly, and are highly gratified by every event that
promotes the freedom and prosperity of the French nation
and the happiness and glory of their King."
It passed in the negative; yeas 6, nays 21--as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Bassett, Cabot, Ellsworth, King, Strong, and Wingate.
NAYS.--Messrs. Bradley, Burr, Butler, Carroll, Dickinson, Few, Foster,
Gunn, Hawkins, Henry, Johnston, Izard, Langdon, Lee, Monroe, Morris,
Read, Robinson, Rutherford, Stanton, and Sherman.