Tuesday, February 3.
On motion, it was agreed to reconsider the vote passed the 23d of January, on the report of the committee appointed to reduce the several votes on the convention made on behalf of the United States with the French Republic, into the form of a ratification.
On motion, it was agreed to reconsider the first division of the report, to wit:
"Whether so much as provides that the second article shall be expunged, shall stand?"
And, on the question to agree to this part of the report, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 30, nay 1, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Bingham, Bloodworth, Brown, Chipman, Cocke, Dayton, T. Foster, D. Foster, Franklin, Greene, Gunn, Hillhouse, Hindman, Howard, Langdon, Latimer, Livermore, S. T. Mason, J. Mason, Morris, Nicholas, Paine, Read, Ross, Schureman, Tracy, and Wells.
Nay.—Mr. Marshall.
On motion, it was agreed to reconsider the vote of the 23d of January, on the second division of the report, to wit:
"Whether so much as provides that the third article shall be expunged, shall stand?"
And, on the question to agree thereto, it passed in the negative, two-thirds of the Senators present not agreeing thereto—yeas 18, nays 13, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Dayton, D. Foster, Greene, Hillhouse, Hindman, Howard, Latimer, Livermore, J. Mason, Morris, Paine, Read, Ross, Schureman, Tracy, and Wells.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Brown, Cocke, T. Foster, Franklin, Gunn, Langdon, Marshall, S. T. Mason, and Nicholas.
On the question to agree to the ratification, as follows:
Resolved by the Senate of the United States, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein,) That they do consent to, and advise the ratification of the convention between the French Republic and the United States of America, made at Paris, the eighth day of Vendemaire, of the ninth year of the French Republic, the thirtieth day of September, anno Domini, eighteen hundred: Provided, The second article be expunged, and that the following article be added or inserted:
It is agreed, that the present convention shall be in force for the term of eight years, from the time of the exchange of the ratifications.
It passed in the affirmative—yeas 22, nays 9, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Brown, Chipman, Cocke, Dayton, T. Foster, Franklin, Greene, Gunn, Hindman, Howard, Langdon, Latimer, Livermore, Marshall, S. T. Mason, Nicholas, Paine, and Schureman.
Nays.—Messrs. Bingham, D. Foster, Hillhouse, J. Mason, Morris, Read, Ross, Tracy, and Wells.
Ordered, That the Secretary lay this resolution before the President of the United States.