The Messages and papers therein respectively referred to, were read.
_Ordered_, That they severally lie for consideration.
WEDNESDAY, December 7.
AARON BURR, Vice President of the United States and President of the
Senate, attended.
JOHN ARMSTRONG, appointed a Senator by the Executive of the State of New
York, in the room of De Witt Clinton, resigned, attended.
THURSDAY, December 8.
The credentials of Mr. ARMSTRONG were read, and the oath was administered
to him by the Vice President as the law provides.
MONDAY, December 12.
_Amendment of the Constitution._
The Senate resumed the consideration of the last resolution reported
by the committee appointed on the 22d of October last, to consider the
motion for an amendment to the constitution in the mode of electing the
President and Vice President of the United States; which is as follows:
“_Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds
of both Houses concurring_, That the following amendment be
proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an
amendment to the constitution of the United States, which,
when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislature, shall
be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the said
Constitution, to wit;
“That no person who has been twice successively elected
President of the United States shall be eligible as President
until four years shall have elapsed: but any citizen who
has been President of the United States may, after such
intervention, be eligible to the office of President for four
years and no longer.”
On the question to agree to this resolution, it passed in the
negative--yeas 4, nays 25, as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Anderson, Butler, Dayton, and Jackson.
NAYS.--Messrs. Adams, Armstrong, Bailey, Baldwin, Bradley,
Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Condit, Ellery, Franklin,
Hillhouse, Logan, Maclay, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Potter,
Israel Smith, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Tracy, White,
Worthington, and Wright.
TUESDAY, December 13.
ABRAHAM B. VENABLE, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State
of Virginia on the 7th instant, produced his credentials, was qualified,
and took his seat in the Senate.
_Repeal of Bankrupt Act._
The bill, entitled, “An act to repeal an act, entitled ‘An act to
establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,’”
was read the third time; and, on motion, that the further consideration
of this bill be postponed to the second Monday in December next, it
passed in the negative--yeas 13, nays, 17, as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Adams, Armstrong, Bailey, Baldwin, Bradley, Brown, Condit,
Jackson, Israel Smith, Samuel Smith, Tracy, White, and Wright.
NAYS.--Messrs. Anderson, Breckenridge, Butler, Cocke, Dayton, Ellery,
Franklin, Hillhouse, Logan, Maclay, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Potter,
John Smith, Venable, and Worthington.
On the question, “Shall this bill pass?” it was determined in the
affirmative--yeas 17, nays 12, as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Anderson, Breckenridge, Butler, Cocke, Dayton, Ellery,
Franklin, Hillhouse, Logan, Maclay, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Potter,
John Smith, Venable, and Worthington.
NAYS.--Messrs. Adams, Armstrong, Bailey, Baldwin, Bradley, Brown, Condit,
Israel Smith, Samuel Smith, Tracy, White, and Wright.