Part 189

Mr. ELLSWORTH reported, from the committee appointed yesterday to wait on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, that the PRESIDENT proposed to receive the Address of the Senate this day, at 12 o'clock, at his own house. Whereupon, the Senate waited on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and the VICE PRESIDENT, in their name, presented the Address agreed to on the ninth instant. To this Address the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES was pleased to make the following Reply:

"GENTLEMEN: The pleasure expressed by the Senate on my re-election to the station which I fill, commands my sincere and warmest acknowledgments. If this be an event which promises the smallest addition to the happiness of our country, as it is my duty, so shall it be my study, to realize the expectation.

"The decided approbation which, the Proclamation now receives from your House, by completing the proofs that this measure is considered as manifesting a vigilant attention to the welfare of the United States, brings with it a peculiar gratification to my mind.

"The other important subjects which have been communicated to you will, I am confident, receive a due discussion; and the result will, I trust, prove fortunate to the United States.

"G. WASHINGTON."

The Senate then returned to their Chamber, and resumed the reading of the papers communicated in the message of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES of the 5th instant, but adjourned before they were got through.

WEDNESDAY, December 11.

CALEB STRONG, from Massachusetts, attended to-day.

The credentials of Mr. BROWN and Mr. STRONG were read, the usual oath administered to them, and they took their seats.

FRIDAY, December 13.

WILLIAM BRADFORD, from Rhode Island, and JOHN TAYLOR, from Virginia, attended, produced their credentials, and took the usual oath and their seats.

MONDAY, December 16.

JAMES JACKSON, from Georgia, attended, produced his credentials, and, the oath required by law being administered to him, he took his seat in the Senate.

TUESDAY, December 17.

JOHN VINING, from Delaware, appeared, and, the oath required by law being, by the VICE PRESIDENT, administered to him, he took his seat in the Senate.

TUESDAY, December 24.

Exclusion of Bank Officers and Stockholders from Congress.

The following motion was made and seconded, to wit: That the constitution be amended by adding, at the end of the ninth section of the first article, the following clause:

"Nor shall any person holding any office or stock in any institution in the nature of a bank for issuing or discounting bills or notes payable to bearer or order, under the authority of the United States, be a member of either House whilst he holds such office or stock, but no power to grant any charter of incorporation, or any commercial or other monopoly, shall be herein implied."

And it was agreed that this motion should lie for consideration.

TUESDAY, December 31.

Mr. RUTHERFORD reported, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Conrad Laub and others, stating that the Hon. ALBERT GALLATIN, at the time he was elected a Senator of the United States, had not been nine years a citizen of the said United States as is required by the constitution; which report was read, and ordered to lie for consideration.

WEDNESDAY, January 1, 1794.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of Conrad Laub and others.

On motion to postpone the consideration of the report until to-morrow, it was agreed to amend this motion, by striking out the words "to-morrow," and to insert, in lieu thereof, "Thursday, the 9th instant."

THURSDAY, January 2.

A motion was made that it be--

"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 article 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 Legislatures, shall be valid as part of the said constitution, to wit: