_Resolved_, That, in conformity to a resolution of the Senate of the
United States, passed the 20th day of February, 1794, the gallery of the
Senate Chamber be permitted to be opened every morning, subject to the
restrictions in said resolution mentioned.
THURSDAY, December 10.
JOHN BROWN, from the State of Kentucky, and FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN,
from the State of New Jersey, severally attended.
Mr. KING, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported the
draft of an Address to the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, in answer to
his Speech to both Houses of Congress, at the opening of the session,
which was read, and ordered to lie for consideration until to-morrow.
FRIDAY, December 11.
ELIJAH PAINE, from the State of Vermont, attended.
_Address to the President._
The Senate took into consideration the report made by the committee, of
an Address to the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, in answer to his
Speech to both Houses of Congress, at the opening of the session, which
is as follows:
SIR: It is with peculiar satisfaction that we are informed
by your Speech to the two Houses of Congress, that the long
and expensive war in which we have been engaged with the
Indians north-west of the Ohio is in a situation to be
finally terminated; and, though we view with concern the
danger of an interruption of the peace so recently
confirmed with the Creeks, we indulge the hope, that the
measures that you have adopted to prevent the same, if
followed by those Legislative provisions that justice and
humanity equally demand, will succeed in laying the
foundation of a lasting peace with the Indian tribes on the
Southern as well as on the Western frontiers.
The confirmation of our Treaty with Morocco, and the
adjustment of a Treaty of Peace with Algiers, in
consequence of which our captive fellow-citizens shall be
delivered from slavery, are events that will prove no less
interesting to the public humanity than they will be
important in extending and securing the navigation and
commerce of our country.
As a just and equitable conclusion of our depending
negotiations with Spain will essentially advance the
interest of both nations, and thereby cherish and confirm
the good understanding and friendship which we have at all
times desired to maintain, it will afford us real pleasure
to receive an early confirmation of our expectations on
this subject.
The interesting prospect of our affairs, with regard to the
foreign powers between whom and the United States
controversies have subsisted, is not more satisfactory than
the review of our internal situation: if from the former we
derive an expectation of the extinguishment of all the
causes of external discord that have heretofore endangered
our tranquillity, and on terms consistent with our national
honor and safety, in the latter we discover those numerous
and wide-spread tokens of prosperity which, in so peculiar
a manner, distinguish our happy country.
Circumstances thus every way auspicious demand our
gratitude, and sincere acknowledgments to Almighty God, and
require that we should unite our efforts in imitation of
your enlightened, firm, and persevering example, to
establish and preserve the peace, freedom, and prosperity
of our country.
The objects which you have recommended to the notice of the
Legislature will, in the course of the session, receive our
careful attention, and, with a true zeal for the public
welfare, we shall cheerfully co-operate in every measure
that shall appear to us best calculated to promote the
same.