_President pro tempore._
To this Address, the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES was pleased to make
the following reply:
I derive much pleasure, gentlemen, from your very
satisfactory Address. The renewed assurances of your
confidence in my Administration, and the expression of your
wish for my personal happiness, claim and receive my
particular acknowledgments. In my future endeavor for the
public welfare, to which my duty may call me, I shall not
cease to count upon the firm, enlightened, and patriotic
support of the Senate.