_President of the Senate, pro tempore_.
_Ordered_, That the committee who prepared the Address, wait on the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and desire him to acquaint the Senate at
what time and place it will be most convenient for him that it should be
presented.
Mr. ROSS reported, from the committee, that they had waited on the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and that he would receive the Address
of the Senate to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, at his own house.
Whereupon, _Resolved_, That the Senate will, to-morrow, at 12 o'clock,
wait on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES accordingly.
TUESDAY, December 10.
Agreeably to the resolution of yesterday, the Senate waited on the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and the President of the Senate, in
their name, presented the Address then agreed to.
To which the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES made the following reply:
_Gentlemen of the Senate:_
I thank you for this Address. I wish you all possible
success and satisfaction in your deliberations on the means
which have a tendency to promote and extend our national
interests and happiness; and I assure you that, in all your
measures directed to those great objects, you may, at all
times, rely with the highest confidence on my cordial
co-operation.
The praise of the Senate, so judiciously conferred on the
promptitude and zeal of the troops, called to suppress the
insurrection, as it falls from so high authority, must make
a deep impression, both as a terror to the disobedient, and
an encouragement of such as do well.