Wednesday, December 4.
Mr. Livingston said he conceived some notice ought to be taken of the letter received from Mr. Trumbull, and therefore moved that it be referred to a select committee. Agreed to, and Messrs. Livingston, Taliaferro, and Hill, were appointed.
The President's Speech.
The House went into a Committee of the Whole on the President's Speech, Mr. Rutledge in the chair. The Speech having been read,
Mr. Marshall moved the following resolution, which was agreed to by the committee, viz:
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that a respectful Address ought to be presented by the House of Representatives to the President of the United States, in answer to his Speech to both Houses of Congress, on the opening of the present session, containing assurances that this House will duly attend to the important objects recommended by him to their consideration.
The committee rose, and the resolution having been agreed to by the House, Messrs. Marshall, Rutledge, Sewall, Livingston, and Nicholas, were appointed a committee to draft the Address.