Sunday, March 3.
Reply of Vice President Burr to the Vote of Thanks.
Mr. Smith of Maryland, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported that they had waited on the Vice President, agreeably to the resolution of yesterday, to which he made the following reply:
To the Senate of the United States:
Gentlemen: Next to the satisfaction derived from the consciousness of having discharged my duty, is that which arises from the favorable opinion of those who have been the constant witnesses of my official conduct; and the value of this flattering mark of their esteem is greatly enhanced by the promptitude and unanimity with which it is offered.
I pray you to accept my respectful acknowledgments, and the assurance of my inviolable attachment to the interests and dignity of the Senate.
A. BURR.
March 3, 1805.
Adjournment.
On motion,
Resolved, That Messrs. Adams, and Smith of Maryland, be a committee on the part of the Senate, with such as the House of Representatives may join, to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him that, unless he may have any further communications to make to the two Houses of Congress, they are ready to adjourn.
Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives therewith, and desire the appointment of a committee on their part.
Mr. Adams, from the committee, reported that they had waited upon the President of the United States, who informed them that he had no further communications to make to the two Houses of Congress.
The Secretary was then directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate, having finished the business before them, are about to adjourn. Whereupon, the Senate adjourned.