Part 9

To the Senate of the United States:

According to the resolution of the Senate, of the 17th instant, I now transmit them the information therein requested, respecting the execution of the act of Congress of February 21, 1806, appropriating two millions of dollars for defraying any extraordinary expenses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations.

JANUARY 24, 1809.

TH. JEFFERSON.

The Message and documents were read, and one thousand copies thereof ordered to be printed for the use of the two Houses of Congress.

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate, so far as the same is not complied with by the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the 20th instant, the Secretary of State respectfully reports, that neither the whole nor any portion of the two millions of dollars appropriated by the act of Congress of the 21st of February, 1806, "for defraying any extraordinary expenses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations," was ever authorized or intended to be applied to the use of either France, Holland, or any country other than Spain; nor otherwise to be applied to Spain than by treaty with the Government thereof, and exclusively in consideration of a cession and delivery to the United States of the territory held by Spain, eastward of the river Mississippi.

All which is respectfully submitted.

JAMES MADISON.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Jan. 21.

MONDAY, January 30.

The VICE PRESIDENT having retired, the Senate proceeded to the election of a President pro tempore, as the constitution provides; and the Hon. JOHN MILLEDGE was appointed.

THURSDAY, February 2.

The credentials of SAMUEL WHITE, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Delaware, for six years, commencing on the 4th of March next, were read, and ordered to lie on file.

TUESDAY, February 7.

Examination and Count of Electoral Votes for President and Vice President.

Mr. SMITH, of Maryland, from the joint committee appointed to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and Vice President, and of notifying the persons elected of their election, and for regulating the time, place, and manner, of administering the oath of office to the President, reported in part the following resolution, which was read and agreed to:

Resolved, That the two Houses shall assemble in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday next, at 12 o'clock; that one person be appointed a teller on the part of the Senate, to make a list of the votes as they shall be declared; that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state of the vote, and the persons elected, to the two Houses assembled as aforesaid; which shall be deemed a declaration of the persons elected President and Vice President, and, together with a list of the votes, to be entered on the Journals of the two Houses.

Ordered, That Mr. SMITH, of Maryland, be appointed teller on the part of the Senate, agreeably to the foregoing resolution.

A message from the House of Representatives brought to the Senate "the several memorials from sundry citizens of the State of Massachusetts, remonstrating against the mode in which the appointment of Electors for President and Vice President has been proceeded to on the part of the Senate and House of Representatives of said State, as irregular and unconstitutional, and praying for the interference of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, for the purpose of preventing the establishment of so dangerous a precedent."

The message last mentioned, referring to the memorials of sundry citizens of the State of Massachusetts, was read.

Ordered, That the message and memorials lie on the table.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House agree to the report of the joint committee "appointed to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and Vice President, and of notifying the persons elected of their election, and to regulate the time, place, and manner of administering the oath of office to the President," and have appointed Messrs. NICHOLAS and VAN DYKE tellers on their part.

WEDNESDAY, February 8.

The two Houses of Congress, agreeably to the joint resolution, assembled in the Representatives' Chamber, and the certificates of the Electors for the several States were, by the President of the Senate, opened and delivered to the tellers appointed for the purpose, who, having examined and ascertained the number of votes, presented a list thereof to the President of the Senate, which was read, as follows:

Key: James Madison. = JMn George Clinton. = GC C. C. Pinckney. = CCP James Monroe. = JMe John Langdon. = JL Rufus King. = RK

+---------------+--------------+-------------------------+ | STATES. |For President.| For Vice-President. | | +----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+ | | JMn| GC| CCP| GC| JMn| JMe| JL| RK| +---------------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+ |New Hampshire | --| --| 7| --| --| --| --| 7| |Massachusetts | --| --| 19| --| --| --| --| 19| |Rhode Island | --| --| 4| --| --| --| --| 4| |Connecticut | --| --| 9| --| --| --| --| 9| |Vermont | 6| --| --| --| --| --| 6| | |New York | 13| 6| --| 13| 3| 3| | | |New Jersey | 8| --| --| 8| | | | | |Pennsylvania | 20| --| --| 20| | | | | |Delaware | --| --| 3| --| --| --| --| 3| |Maryland | 9| --| 2| 9| --| --| --| 2| |Virginia | 24| --| --| 24| | | | | |North Carolina | 11| --| 3| 11| --| --| --| 3| |South Carolina | 10| --| --| 10| | | | | |Georgia | 6| --| --| 6| | | | | |Kentucky | 7| --| --| 7| | | | | |Tennessee | 5| --| --| 5| | | | | |Ohio | 3| --| --| --| --| --| 3| | +---------------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+ |Totals | 122| 6| 47| 113| 3| 3| 9| 47| +---------------+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+

The whole number of votes being 175, of which 88 make a majority.

Whereupon the President of the Senate declared JAMES MADISON elected President of the United States for four years, commencing with the fourth day of March next; and GEORGE CLINTON Vice President of the United States for four years, commencing with the fourth day of March next.