_Resolved_, That the President be requested to make known to the King of
the French, that the Senate of the United States have received with the
highest satisfaction the official communication of his acceptance of the
constitution which, it is their earnest wish, may establish, on a solid
basis, the freedom and prosperity of the French nation, and the
happiness and glory of the Monarch presiding over it.
WEDNESDAY, March 14.
_Ordered_, That the resolution of the Senate, on the Message of the
President of the United States, enclosing the letter from his Most
Christian Majesty, be signed by the Vice President, and laid before the
President of the United States, by the Secretary.
MONDAY, March 26.
A motion was made by Mr. MONROE, seconded by Mr. LEE, as follows:
"_Resolved_, That it be a standing rule, that the doors of the Senate
Chamber remain open whilst the Senate shall be sitting in their
Legislative capacity, except on such occasions as in their judgment may
require secrecy; and that this rule shall commence and be in force on
the first day of the next session of Congress;" and it passed in the
negative--yeas 8, nays 17, as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Butler, Carroll, Foster, Hawkins, Johnston, King, Lee,
and Monroe.
NAYS.--Messrs. Bassett, Bradley, Cabot, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Few, Gunn,
Henry, Izard, Langdon, Read, Robinson, Rutherford, Sherman, Stanton,
Strong, and Wingate.
WEDNESDAY, April 18.
The VICE PRESIDENT being absent, the Senate proceeded to the election of
a President _pro tempore_ as the constitution provides, and the Hon.
RICHARD HENRY LEE was duly elected.
_Ordered_, That the Secretary wait on the President of the United
States, and lay before him an attested copy of this proceeding, and that
he notify the House of Representatives of the election of a President
_pro tempore_.
THURSDAY, April 19.
_Resolved_, That the President _pro tempore_ of the Senate, as a member,
retain his right to vote upon all questions.
TUESDAY EVENING, May 8.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the
House of Representatives, having completed the business before them, are
about to adjourn.
In conformity to the resolution of the 4th instant, the President _pro
tempore_ adjourned the Senate to the first Monday in November next,
being the time appointed by law for the next annual meeting of Congress.