Saturday, March 8.
Breach of Privilege.
And, on motion to agree to the original motion as amended, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 19, nays 8, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Chipman, Dayton, Foster, Goodhue, Greene, Hillhouse, Latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Lloyd, Marshall, Paine, Read, Ross, Schureman, Tracy, Watson, and Wells.
Nays.—Messrs. Baldwin, Bloodworth, Cocke, Franklin, Langdon, Mason, Nicholas, and Pinckney.
So it was
Resolved, That the Committee of Privileges be, and they are hereby, directed to consider and report what measures it will be proper for the Senate to adopt, in relation to a publication in the newspaper, printed in the city of Philadelphia, on Wednesday morning the 19th of February, 1800, called the General Advertiser, or Aurora; in which it is asserted, that the bill prescribing the mode of deciding disputed elections of President and Vice President of the United States had passed the Senate, when in fact it had not passed; in which it is also asserted, that the honorable Mr. Pinckney, a Senator from the State of South Carolina, and a member of the committee who brought before the Senate the bill aforesaid, had never been consulted on the subject; whereas, in fact, he was present at each meeting of the committee; and, generally, to report what measures ought to be adopted in relation to sundry expressions contained in said paper, respecting the Senate of the United States, and the members thereof, in their official capacity.