Tuesday, April 15.
Non-Importation Act.
The bill, entitled “An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares, and merchandise,” was read the third time; and the amendment adopted was again considered and rejected.
A motion was made to postpone the bill for the purpose of considering the following resolution:
Resolved, That, in consequence of a more favorable course of conduct on the part of Great Britain, in respect to the disturbance of the trade of the United States; and entertaining a hope that the British Ministry, lately established, will be disposed to a reasonable arrangement of all affairs of difference between the two nations, the Senate do hereby postpone the further consideration of the bill, entitled “An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares, and merchandise,” to the first Monday in November next.
And, on the question to agree to this motion, it passed in the negative—yeas 9, nays 19, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Adair, Adams, Hillhouse, Logan, Pickering, Plumer, Sumter, Tracy, and White.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Condit, Gaillard, Gilman, Howland, Kitchel, Maclay, Mitchill, Moore, Smith of Maryland, Smith of New York, Smith of Ohio, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Vermont, Stone, Thruston, Worthington, and Wright.
And on the question, Shall this bill pass? it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 19, nays 9, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Baldwin, Condit, Gaillard, Gilman, Howland, Kitchel, Maclay, Mitchill, Moore, Smith of Maryland, Smith of New York, Smith of Ohio, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Vermont, Thruston, Worthington, and Wright.
Nays.—Messrs. Adair, Hillhouse, Logan, Pickering, Plumer, Stone, Sumter, Tracy, and White.
So it was Resolved, That this bill pass.