Tuesday, February 22.
Purchase of Louisiana.
In Executive session, the bill, entitled "An act making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations," was read the third time.
On the question, Shall this bill pass? it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 14, nays 12, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bradley, Breckenridge, Clinton, Cocke, Ellery, T. Foster, Jackson, Logan, S. T. Mason, Nicholas, Sumter, and Wright.
Nays.—Messrs. Dayton, D. Foster, Hillhouse, Howard, J. Mason, Morris, Olcott, Plumer, Ross, Stone, Wells and White.
So it was Resolved, That this bill pass.[70]