Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16)United States. Congress
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16)
United States. Congress
Law -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
JOHN ADAMS,
_Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate._
_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. READ 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 on Monday next, at twelve o'clock, at his own house.
Whereupon,
_Resolved_, That the Senate will, on Monday next, at twelve o'clock,
wait on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES accordingly.
MONDAY, December 12.
THEODORE FOSTER, from the State of Rhode Island; JOHN BROWN, from the
State of Kentucky; and HENRY TAZEWELL, from the State of Virginia,
severally attended.
_Address to the President._
Agreeably to the resolution of the 10th instant, the Senate waited on
the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and the VICE PRESIDENT, in their
name, presented the Address then agreed to.
To which the PRESIDENT made the following reply:
GENTLEMEN: It affords me great satisfaction to find in your
Address a concurrence in sentiment with me on the various
topics which I presented for your information and
deliberation; and that the latter will receive from you an
attention proportioned to their respective importance.
For the notice you take of my public services, civil and
military, and your kind wishes for my personal happiness, I
beg you to accept my cordial thanks. Those services, and
greater, had I possessed ability to render them, were due
to the unanimous calls of my country, and its approbation
is my abundant reward.
When contemplating the period of my retirement, I saw
virtuous and enlightened men, among whom I relied on the
discernment and patriotism of my fellow-citizens to make
the proper choice of a successor; men who would require no
influential example to ensure to the United States "an
able, upright, and energetic Administration." To such men I
shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to
serve our common country; but, at the same time, I hope I
may be indulged in expressing the consoling reflection,
(which consciousness suggests,) and to bear it with me to
my grave, that none can serve it with purer intentions than
I have done, or with a more disinterested zeal.
G. WASHINGTON.
The Senate returned to their own Chamber, and then adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, December 21.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, appointed a Senator by the State of Massachusetts, in
place of CALEB STRONG, resigned, attended, produced his credentials, and
the oath required by law being administered to him, he took his seat in
the Senate.
TUESDAY, December 27.
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