H. OF R.] State Balances. [FEBRUARY, 180L Ordered, That Mr. PINCKNEY, Mr. TAZEWELL, | been duly elected President of the United and Mr. BAYARD, be appointed a committee to States, for the term of four years commencing wait on the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, on the fourth day of March next; and that the and notify him that THOMAS JEFFERSON is Clerk of this House do go with the said meselected President of the United States, for the sage. term commencing on the fourth day of March next. Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate to inform them that THOMAS JEFFERSON has THURSDAY, February 19. Mr. HILL, from the committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of extinguishing the Connecticut.-7 for Burr, viz: Mr. C. Goodrich, Mr. E. mond, Mr. J. C. Smith. Vermont.-1 for Jefferson, viz: Mr. Lyon. New York-6 for Mr. Jefferson, viz: Mr. Bailey, Mr. landt, Mr. J. Smith. Four for Mr. Burr, viz: Mr. Bird, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Platt. Two for Burr, viz: Mr. F. Davenport, Mr. Imlay. Pennsylvania-9 for Mr. Jefferson, viz: Mr. Gallatin, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Leib, Mr. Smilie, Mr. Muhlen berg, Mr. Heister, Mr. Stewart, Mr. R. Brown. Four for Burr, viz: Mr. Waln, Mr. Kittera, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Woods. Delaware.-1 for Mr. Burr, viz: Mr. Bayard. Maryland.4 for Mr. Jefferson, viz: Mr. S. Smith, Mr. Dent, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Christie." Four for Mr. Burr, viz: Mr. J. C. Thomas, Mr. Craik, Mr. Dennis, and Mr. Baer. Virginia.-14 invariably for Mr. Jefferson, viz: Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cabell, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Eggleston, Mr. Goode, Mr. Gray, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Jackson, Mr. New, Mr. Randolph, Mr. A. Trigg, Mr. J. Trigg, Mr. Tazewell. Five for Mr. Burr on the same ballots, (two of whom on the first ballot voted for Mr. Jefferson,) viz: Mr. Evans, Mr. H. Lee, Mr. Page, Mr. Parker, Mr. Powell. North Carolina.-6 invariably for Mr. Jefferson, viz: Mr. Alston, Mr. Macon, Mr. Stanford, Mr. Stone, Mr. R. Williams, Mr. Spaight. Four for Burr on some ballots, (8 of whom on the first ballot voted for Mr. Jefferson,) viz: Mr. Henderson, Mr. Hill, Mr. Dickson, Mr. Grove. South Carolina.-Mr. Sumter being sick has not attended, but will attend, at every hazard, the moment his vote can be of any avail. The individual votes of the Representatives of this State are not accurately known, but it is generally believed that Mr. Huger votes for Mr. Jefferson; and Mr. Rutledge, Mr. Pinckney, and Mr. Harper, vote for Mr. Burr. Mr. Nott's vote is doubtful. He has gone home. Georgia.-1 for Jefferson, viz: Mr. Taliaferro-Mr. Jones, who is dead, would have voted the same way. Kentucky.-2 for Mr. Jefferson, viz: Mr. Davis and Mr. Fowler. Tennessee.-1 for Mr. Jefferson, viz: Mr. Claiborne. On Saturday last a memorial was presented to John Chew Thomas, representative in Congress for this District, from a respectable number of his constituents, recommending him to vote for Thomas Jefferson, and declaring that at least twothirds of his constituents were in favor of the election of Mr. Jefferson. The memorial was signed by the most respectable Federal gentlemen of the City of Washington. [From the National Intelligencer, of Feb. 18.] which, by the Commissioners appointed to settle the accounts between the United States and the several States, were reported to be due from several of the States to the United States, now made a report, accompanied by a bill to extinguish the claims of the United States, for certain balances reported to be due from several of the States to the United States; which was read, and the consideration of the said report and bill postponed until the third day of March next. The report is as follows: The committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of extinguishing the claims of the United States for certain balances which, by the Commissioners appointed to settle the accounts between the United States and the several States, were reported to be due from several of the States to the United States, report That the Commissioners aforesaid, on the liquidation of the accounts, reported that there were due from several of the States certain balances, that is to say: That Congress by an act passed the 15th February, 1799, engaged that any State so reported against might discharge itself from the claim, by an engagement in the form of a legislative act, to be passed before the first of April, 1800, to pay at the Treasury of the United States, within five years, the amount of the sum assumed by the United States in the debt of such State; or by expending moneys to the like amount within the time aforesaid in the erection of fortifications. And the said act of Congress provides further, that any payment or expenditure aforesaid shall be credited at the Treasury to the amount of stock which said payment or expenditure is equal to the purchase of at the market prices of On Tuesday at 12 o'clock the 85th ballot was taken; the stock. That the State of New York passed, within result the same with that of the preceding ballots. At one o'clock the 36th ballot was taken which issued in the election of Thomas Jefferson. the time limited, the Legislative act required by the act of Congress aforesaid, and has already received credit at the Treasury for the sum of $222,810 06, for having previously expended in fortifications the sum of $136,533 82. That no other State has acceded to the terms offered by the said act of Congress. The committee further report, that, by the immediate operation of the said act of Congress, and of the Legislature of the State of New York, that State was exonerated and released from a very considerable part of the balance reported, to wit, the sum of $891,129 31, the balance reported against the State being to that amount more than the sum subscribed on the assumption of the United States in the debt of that State, # the sum so subscribed amounts to $1,183,716 69; that the sum of $891,129 31, exceeds the whole amount of the balance reported to be due from any one of the States, and the aggregate amount of the whole of the balances, with the exception of the balance reported to be due from the State of Delaware. The committee, without entering into a discussion of the principles whereon the settlement of the accounts by the Commissioners was founded, remark, that as none of the States but the State of New York have manifested any disposition to pay the balances reported against them, whether the terms offered by the said act of Congress operate favorably or not, and none of them have assented to the justice or equity of the claim of the United States, and no means exist of exacting payment, it seems unwise to keep alive a claim which cannot be enforced, and may have the effect of producing irritation and exciting discontent; and as the act of Congress has already released the State of New York from so large an amount and enabled that State, with ease and advantage, to discharge the residue of the balance reported to be due from that State, the committee are of opinion that a release of the balances due from the other States is expedient, and for this purpose report a bill, which is submitted. SATURDAY, February 21. President Elect. Mr. PINOKNEY, from the committee instructed on the eighteenth instant to wait on the PRESIDENT elect, to notify him of his election, reported that the committee had performed that service, and addressed the PRESIDENT elect in the following words, to wit: "The committee beg leave to express their wishes for the prosperity of your Administration; and their sincere desire that it may promote your own happi ness and the welfare of our country." [H. OF R. my humble acknowledgments, and the sentiments of "FEBRUARY 20, 1801." Sedition Act. The House then went into a Committee of the Whole, on the bill to repeal part of an act, entitled "An act in addition to the act, entitled An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,"" and to continue in force the residue of the same. On the question that the said bill be engrossed for a third reading bill was intended to continue was first passed, I Mr. DAWSON said, when the law which this gave to it my dissent; I did it from a conviction on my mind that it does violate that constitution which I have sworn to support, and from a persuasion that the then state of things did not require it: that while it begat an unjust suspicion of the American character, it was a stain on our code of legislation. If these were my impressions at that time, some reflection since, aided by the productions of men whose names and talents will be long remembered, and a knowledge of the sentiments of the State from which I come, and of the people whom I represent, have confirmed those impressions, and have resolved me to vote against that bill in every shape and in every stage, and I hope that it will not be suffered to be engrossed. Sir, it is well remembered by me, nor can it be forgotten by any gentleman, on what grounds this law was advocated and upon us as a necessary link in a chain of meafirst passed; it was then supported and pressed sures which a majority of the two Houses of "I receive, gentlemen, with profound thankfulness, Congress thought proper to adopt to meet a this testimony of confidence from the great Represen- particular crisis to guard against the supposed tative Council of our nation: it fills up the measure intrigues of a foreign nation-to give respectaof that grateful satisfaction which had already been bility and energy to our Executive-to prederived from the suffrages of my fellow-citizens them-vent its falling into disrepute with the people, selves, designating me as one of those to whom they were willing to commit this charge, the most important of all others to them. In deciding between the candidates, whom their equal vote presented to your choice, I am sensible that age has been respected rather than more active and useful qualifications. To which the PRESIDENT elect was pleased to make the following reply: "I know the difficulties of the station to which I am called, and feel, and acknowledge, my incompetence to them: But, whatsoever of understanding, whatsoever of diligence, whatsoever of justice, or of affectionate concern for the happiness of man, it has pleased Providence to place within the compass of my faculties, shall be called forth for the discharge of the duties confided to me, and for procuring to my has placed under the guardianship of the General Government. fellow-citizens all the benefits which our constitution "Guided by the wisdom and patriotism of those to whom it belongs to express the Legislative will of the nation, I will give to that will a faithful execution. "I pray you, gentlemen, to convey to the honorable body from which you are deputed, the homage of and to punish factious individuals. The history of the last two years has, I am persuaded, convinced gentlemen how mistaken were their opinions of the American character. With me they must now believe that whatever difference there may be in our political principles, when the safety, freedom, or honor of our country is threatened by a foreign nation, like a band of brothers we will rally round our government, and support it by means which the constitution of our country authorizes, and which the energy of the case may require. How far this law has given respectability or energy to our adminis tration I will not pretend to say; the events of the present day are an ample comment on that point; but, after the experience which we have had, since some of the objects for which it was formed do not exist, and others have not been answered, I did hope that no attempt would have been made to continue it, and that it would have been suffered to expire like its twinbrother, the Alien law. In this hope, however, I have been disappointed; gentlemen have come forward and supported it with a zeal, not uncommon to them on other occasions, and unexpected in the present, when we were taught to believe that they were at least indifferent about it, and new reasons have been assigned for its continuance-formerly it was thought necessary to protect the administration against the people; and now, sir, it is wanted to guard individuals against an administration which may be weak or wicked. Experience has, I am persuaded, convinced gentlemen that it has not answered the first purpose, and I hope they will find it unnecessary for the latter. Into whatever hands the administration of our country may fall, its acts ought to be examined with that freedom which becomes freemen, and with that decency which becomes gentlemen; so long as they are guided by justice and wisdom, they will be supported with decision and firmness by the friends to the administration; whenever they shall descend from these great principles, the voice of the people will again sweep the actors from the political theatre. [FEBRUARY, 1801 Dickson, William Edmond, Thomas Evans, Abiel NAYS.-Willis Alston, Theodorus Bailey, Phanuel Bishop, Robert Brown, Samuel J. Cabell, Gabriel Christie, Matthew Clay, William C. C. Claiborne, John Condit, Thomas T. Davis, John Dawson, George Dent, Joseph Eggleston, Lucas Elmendorph, John Fowler, Albert Gallatin, Samuel Goode, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, Joseph HeisAaron Kitchell, Michael Leib, Levi Lincoln, Matthew ter, David Holmes, Benjamin Huger, George Jackson, Lyon, James Linn, Edward Livingston, Nathaniel Macon, Peter Muhlenberg, Anthony New, John Nicholas, Joseph H. Nicholson, Josiah Parker, John Randolph, John Smilie, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Richard Stanford, David Stone, Thomas Sumter, John Stewart, Benjamin Taliaferro, This law, sir, has been advocated, because it John Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Lyttleis said to ameliorate the common law of Eng-ton W. Tazewell, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph B. land, and on this argument much dependence Varnum, and Robert Williams. has been placed; however, admitting it to be true, on a moment's reflection it will not be found to merit any consideration; for, sir, let it be remembered that the opponents to this law are also the opponents to the adoption of that law as the law of the United States, and do not think it authorized by the constitution; this is the doctrine which they have uniformly contended for, and which, pardon me if I say, has been established as fully as one point possibly can be ; it is not therefore probable, nay, I think it impossible, that they ever should appeal to it to shield them. No, sir, supported by the justice and policy of their measures, I trust they will need the aid of neither the Alien, Sedition, nor Common law. Sir, it will be unnecessary for me to touch on the unconstitutionality of this law; it has been proven over and over again in this House, and in every part of the continent, and if what has been said and written has not convinced gentlemen, no effect would be produced by any thing which I could say. But, sir, as some of the objects for which the law was first enacted have passed by, and others have not been answered as the friends to the approaching administration do not wish it for their protection, and the opponents will not need it for theirs, I do hope that those gentlemen who doubt about the constitutionality will vote with us, and that the bill will not be permitted to be engrossed. The question was then taken, and the engrossment refused, 49 to 53, as follows: YEAS.-George Baer, Bailey Bartlett, James A. Bayard, John Brown, Christopher G. Champlin, William Cooper, William Craik, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, Franklin Davenport, John Dennis, Joseph WEDNESDAY, February 25. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill providing for a Naval Peace Establishment, and for other purposes; and, after some time spent therein, the Committee rose and reported several amendments thereto; which were read, but, an adjournment being called for, the House adjourned. FRIDAY, February 27. Uniform System of Bankruptcy. ments reported yesterday, from the Committee of The House proceeded to consider the amendthe whole House, to the bill to amend and continue in force the act, entitled "An act to estab lish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States;" whereupon the amendments reported from the Committee of the whole House were, on the question severally put thereon, agreed to by the House. The said bill was then further amended at the Clerk's table; and, on the question that the same be engrossed and read the third time, it was resolved in the affirmative-yeas 49, nays 42, as follows: YEAS.-George Baer, Bailey Bartlett, James A. Bayard, John Bird, John Brown, Christopher G. Champlin, William Cooper, William Craik, Samnel W. Dana, John Davenport, Franklin Davenport, John Dennis, George Dent, Joseph Dickson, William Edmond, Thomas Evans, Abiel Foster, Jonathan Free man, Henry Glenn, Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich, Roger Griswold, Robert Goodloe Harper, Archibald Henderson, William H. Hill, Benjamin Huger, James H. Imlay, John Wilkes Kittera, Silas Lee, Edward Livingston, Lewis R. Morris, Harrison G. Otis, Josiah Parker, Thomas Pinckney, Jonas Platt, Leven Powell, John Read, Nathan Read, William Shepard, Samuel Smith, John C. Smith, James Sheafe, Samuel Tenney, George Thatcher, John Chew Thomas, Peleg Wadsworth, Robert Waln, Lemuel Williams, and Henry Woods. [H. OF R. Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendment, be engrossed, and read the third time today. Remonstrance of Georgia. Mr. DANA, from the committee to whom was referred, on the seventh ultimo, the memorial and remonstrance of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next. The report is as follows: The NAYS.-Willis Alston, Theodorus Bailey, Phanuel Bishop, Robert Brown, Samuel J. Cabell, Matthew Clay, William Charles Cole Claiborne, John Condit, John Dawson, Joseph Eggleston, John Fowler, Albert Gallatin, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, David Holmes, George Jackson, Aaron Kitchell, Michael Leib, Levi Lincoln, Matthew Lyon, James Linn, Nathaniel Macon, Peter Muhlenberg, Anthony New, John Nicholas, Joseph H. Nicholson, John Randolph, John Smilie, John Smith, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Richard Stanford, David Stone, Thomas Sumter, John Stewart, Ben-respecting the Mississippi Territory; one passed in min Taliaferro, John Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Lyttleton W. Tazewell, and Joseph B. Varnum. Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed and read the third time to morrow. Naval Peace Establishment. An engrossed bill providing for a Naval Peace Establishment, and for other purposes, was read the third time; and, on the question that the same do pass, it was resolved in the affirmative -yeas 69, nays 18. SATURDAY, February 28. An engrossed bill to augment the salaries of the District Judges in the districts of Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, and Maryland, respectively, was read the third time, and passed. Mr. GREGG, from the committee to whom was this day referred the memorial of Thomas Claxton and others, made a report; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same was twice read and considered; whereupon, Resolved, That Thomas Claxton, James Mathers, and Thomas Dunn, be permitted to occupy, free of rent, until otherwise directed by Congress, the houses now in their respective possession, the property of the United States, in the public square in the City of Washington, on which the Capitol stands; together with a small piece of ground contiguous to each, for a garden, to be enclosed in such manner as not to interfere with any of the public streets or avenues running through the said square. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said resolution to the Senate, and desire their concurrence. Mr. GRISWOLD, from the committee appointed, presented a bill further to amend the act, entitled "An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States;" which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill concerning the Mint; and, after some time spent therein, the committee rose and reported one amendment thereto; which was twice read, and agreed to by the House. Committee to whom was referred the Address and Remonstrance of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, submit the following Report: The remonstrance complains of two acts of Congress April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, the other in May, one thousand eight hundred; and prays for their repeal. The tract of country called the Mississippi Territory, is bounded on the west by the River Mississippi, on the east by the river Appalachicola, or Chatahoochee, on the south by the Southern boundary of the United States, and on the north by a line drawn from the confluence of the river Yazoo with the Mississippi, due east to the before mentioned river Chatahoochee. For a view of the claim of the United States to the territory in question, the committee, in the present instance, deem it sufficient to refer to a report of the Attorney General, made to the Senate, at the first session of the fourth Congress, and to the report of a the first session of the sixth Congress. The last-mencommittee of the House of Representatives, made at tioned report also contains a summary statement of a variety of individual claims to land within the territory. The claim of Georgia is particularly stated in the remonstrance referred to your committee. The two acts of Congress, of which the remonstrance complains, have provided for an adjustment of those claims, through the agency of Commissioners; and also for the establishment of a government over the Mississippi Territory, similar to that established by the ordinance of Congress, of July one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, for the Territory northwest of the river Ohio; saving and reserving to the State of Georgia all her right or claim to the said territory. Commissioners have accordingly been appointed on the part of the United States, and also on the part of Georgia, for negotiating an adjustment of their respective claims. No report has yet been laid before Congress from the Commissioners of the United States; but the business of their commission is understood to be yet pending. Considering this state of things, the committee deem it proper for them to abstain from any particular discussion of the several claims to the Mississippi Territory, while a hope is cherished that an Nor do they think it expedient to adopt any measure amicable adjustment may be ultimately effected. which may be prejudicial to an object so desirable. The committee therefore submit the following resolution: "Resolved, That it would not be proper at this time for the House to take any further order on the Address and Remonstrance of the Legislature of the State of Georgia. H. OF R.] MONDAY, March 2. Thanks to the Speaker. The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the President of the United States elect, which was read, and is as follows: [MARCH, 1801. TUESDAY, 6 o'clock P. M., March 3. Thanks to the Speaker. Mr. PAGE moved the following resolution: Resolved, That the thanks of the House be presented to Theodore Sedgwick for his conduct while in the The question was taken whether this motion was in order. It was decided to be in order. The yeas and nays were ordered. WASHINGTON, March 2, 1801. SIR: I beg leave through you to inform the Hon-chair of this House. orable the House of Representatives cf the United States, that I shall take the oath which the constitution prescribes to the President of the United States before he enters on the execution of his office, on Wednesday, the fourth instant, at twelve o'clock, in the Senate Chamber. I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, sir, your most obedient, and most humble servant, THOMAS JEFFERSON. HON. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Ordered, That said letter do lie on the table. Mausoleum to Washington. The House proceeded to consider the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill entitled "An act to erect a mausoleum for GEORGE WASHINGTON:" Whereupon, A motion was made and seconded to amend the amendment of the Senate to the first section of the said bill, by striking out, from the tenth line thereof, the word "fifty," for the purpose of inserting, in lieu thereof, the word hundred:" one And the question being taken thereupon, it passed in the negative-yeas 34, nays 49. The said amendments of the Senate were then further amended at the Clerk's table, and, on the question that the House do agree to the said amendments as amended, it was resolved in the affirmative-yeas 46, nays 33, as follows: YEAS.-Theodorus Bailey, Bailey Bartlett, John Bird, Phanuel Bishop, Robert Brown, Samuel J. Cabell, Matthew Clay, William C. C. Claiborne, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, John Dawson, Joseph Eggleston, John Fowler, Albert Gallatin, Chauncey Goodrich, Andrew Gregg, William Barry Grove, John A. Hanna, Joseph Heister, David Holmes, John Wilkes Kittera, Michael Leib, Levi Lincoln, Matthew Lyon, James Linn, Edward Livingston, Nathaniel Macon, Peter Muhlenberg, Anthony New, John Nicholas, John Read, Nathan Read, Wm. Shepard, John Smilie, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Richard Dobbs Spaight, David Stone, Benjamin Taliaferro, Samuel Tenney, John Chew Thomas, John Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Joseph B. Varnum, and Peleg Wadsworth. NAYS.-James A. Bayard, John Brown, Christopher G. Champlin, Gabriel Christie, William Craik, Franklin Davenport, John Dennis, Joseph Dickson, William Edmond, Thomas Evans, Abiel Foster, Henry Glenn, Roger Griswold, Robert Goodloe Harper, Archibald Henderson, Benjamin Huger, James H. Imlay, George Jackson, Henry Lee, Silas Lee, Ebenezer Mattoon, Robert Page, Thomas Pinckney, Jonas Platt, John Randolph, John C. Smith, Richard Stanford, Thomas Sumter, James Sheafe, John Stewart, George Thatcher, Lemuel Williams, and Henry Woods. Mr. CHRISTIE said he should not point out the improprieties in the conduct of the Speaker while in the chair, otherwise than by his vote, though he possessed the right to call up to the recollection of the House the many inconsisten cies his presidency had been marked with. In doing that, Mr. SPEAKER, I shall behave better to you than you have ever done to me. The cry of "order!" "order!" prevented any more being said, and Mr. C. sat down. The yeas and nays were then taken, and resulted-yeas 40, nays 35. Whereupon Mr. SPEAKER made his acknowl edgments to the House in the manner follow. ing: Accept, gentlemen, my thanks, I pray you, for the respectful terms in which you have been pleased to express the opinion you entertain of the manner in which I have discharged the arduous duties of the station to which I was raised by your kind regard. Although I am conscious of having intended faithfully to execute the trust confided to this chair, yet I am sensible that, whatever success may have attendhonorable, and firm support which you have coned my endeavors, is justly attributable to the candid, stantly afforded. I cannot lay the least claim to merit for any thing that I have done; because the generous confidence which you had reposed in me, demanded that. I should devote all my feeble talents to your service. Being now about to retire from this House, and, as I hope, from the public councils for ever, permit me, gentlemen, to bid you, collectively and individually, an affectionate farewell. It is true that I have long wished to indulge repose in the shade of private life; but the moment of separation inflicts an anguish inexpressible by language. It is a separation from men of dignity of character, of honorable sentiments, and of disinterested patriotism; an association with whom has been my pride and solace amidst all the fatigue and vexation of public life. Of the friendship of such men, long, uninterrupted and cordial as it has been, I shall always cherish a grateful remembrance. May you receive the reward most grateful to gener ous spirits, the reward of witnessing, as the effects of your labors, the increasing prosperity, and happiness, and glory, of your country. As the last words which I shall utter, as a public man, allow me to declare, that those with whom I have had the honor, here, to act and think, whose confidence I have enjoyed, whose bosoms have been opened to my inspection, in my cool and reflected opin ion, deserve all of esteem, affection, and gratitude, which their countrymen can bestow. On this occasion I deem myself authorized, from the present circumstances, to make this declaration; and I do it in the most solemn manner, in the presence of the assembled Representatives of America; and not only so, but in the awful presence of that heart-searching |