UNITED STATES, _December 8, 1798_.
The PRESIDENT having finished his Address, after sitting a few moments,
presented the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of
Representatives, each of them, with a copy of it, and withdrew, and
after him the Heads of Departments, Senators, general officers, foreign
Ministers, &c. The SPEAKER then took his chair, and after calling the
House to order, proceeded, as is usual, to read over the Speech, which
being finished, it was committed to a Committee of the whole House for
Monday, and ordered to be printed. The House then adjourned.
MONDAY, December 10.
A new member, to wit: RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT, returned to serve in this
House as a member for North Carolina, in the room of Nathan Bryan,
deceased, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the
House; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States having
been first administered to him by the SPEAKER.
_Address to the President._
On motion, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on
the Speech of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Mr. DENT in the chair;
when
Mr. SPRAGUE proposed for adoption the following resolution:
_Resolved_, That it is the opinion of this committee, that
a respectful Address ought to be presented by the House of
Representatives to the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, in
answer to his Speech to both Houses of Congress at the
commencement of this session, containing assurances that
this House will take into consideration the various and
important subjects recommended to their consideration.
The resolution was agreed to without objection, and the committee rose
and reported the resolution. The House took it up, concurred in it, and
appointed a committee of five to prepare an answer accordingly.
The committee consists of Messrs. DANA, VENABLE, HARPER, HOSMER, and
BALDWIN.
TUESDAY, December 11.
Two other members, to wit: THOMAS SINNICKSON and MARK THOMPSON, from New
Jersey, appeared and took their seats in the House.
WEDNESDAY, December 12.
Several other members, to wit: from Rhode Island, CHRISTOPHER G.
CHAMPLIN; from Pennsylvania, THOMAS HARTLEY; and from Virginia, CARTER
B. HARRISON; appeared, and took their seats in the House.
_Address to the President._
Mr. DANA, from the committee appointed to draft a respectful Address in
answer to the PRESIDENT'S Speech, made a report, which was committed for
to-morrow.
THURSDAY, December 13.
PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT, from the State of New York, appeared, and took his
seat.
_Address to the President._
On motion of Mr. DANA, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole on the Address yesterday reported, in answer to the Speech of the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and Mr. DENT having taken the chair, the
Address was read, as follows, omitting the words printed within
brackets, which were added as amendments: The words printed in italics
were struck out in the discussion, so that the Address to be presented
to the PRESIDENT contains the words printed within brackets, and does
not contain those printed in italics.