TUESDAY, April 15.
_Non-Importation Act._
The bill, entitled “An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods,
wares, and merchandise,” was read the third time; and the amendment
adopted was again considered and rejected.
A motion was made to postpone the bill for the purpose of considering the
following resolution:
_Resolved_, That, in consequence of a more favorable course
of conduct on the part of Great Britain, in respect to the
disturbance of the trade of the United States; and entertaining
a hope that the British Ministry, lately established, will
be disposed to a reasonable arrangement of all affairs of
difference between the two nations, the Senate do hereby
postpone the further consideration of the bill, entitled “An
act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares, and
merchandise,” to the first Monday in November next.
And, on the question to agree to this motion, it passed in the
negative--yeas 9, nays 19, as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Adair, Adams, Hillhouse, Logan, Pickering,
Plumer, Sumter, Tracy, and White.
NAYS.--Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Condit, Gaillard, Gilman,
Howland, Kitchel, Maclay, Mitchill, Moore, Smith of Maryland,
Smith of New York, Smith of Ohio, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of
Vermont, Stone, Thruston, Worthington, and Wright.
And on the question, Shall this bill pass? it was determined in the
affirmative--yeas 19, nays 9, as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Baldwin, Condit, Gaillard,
Gilman, Howland, Kitchel, Maclay, Mitchill, Moore, Smith of
Maryland, Smith of New York, Smith of Ohio, Smith of Tennessee,
Smith of Vermont, Thruston, Worthington, and Wright.
NAYS.--Messrs. Adair, Hillhouse, Logan, Pickering, Plumer,
Stone, Sumter, Tracy, and White.
So it was _Resolved_, That this bill pass.
FRIDAY, April 18.
_Demand and Threat of Tunis._
The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES:
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with the request of the Senate, of yesterday’s
date, I now communicate the entire correspondence between the
Ambassador of Tunis and the Secretary of State; from which the
Senate will see, that the first application by the Ambassador
for restitution of the vessels taken in violation of blockade,
having been yielded to, the only remaining cause of difference
brought forward by him, is the requisition of a present of
naval stores, to secure a peace for three years; after which,
the inference is obvious, that a renewal of the presents is to
be expected, to renew the prolongation of peace for another
term. But this demand has been pressed in verbal conferences,
much more explicitly and pertinaciously than appears in the
written correspondence. To save the delay of copying, some
originals are enclosed, with a request that they be returned.