Monday, March 1.
Foreign Licenses.
An engrossed bill to prohibit the use of licenses or passes, issued under the authority of any foreign Government, was read the third time.
And on the question, "Shall this bill pass?" it passed in the affirmative—yeas 59, nays 32.
Relations with France.
Mr. Goldsborough, after observing on the propriety of the House having all the information on foreign affairs which was accessible; and remarking, also, that they were much in the dark in respect to our relations with France, moved the following resolution:
Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House the French decree, purporting to be a repeal of the Berlin decrees, referred to in his Message of the 4th of November last; together with such information as he may possess concerning the time and manner of promulgating the same; and, also, any correspondence or information touching the relations of the United States with France, in the office of the Department of State, not heretofore communicated, which, in the opinion of the President, it is not incompatible with the public interest to communicate.
And on the question to agree to the same, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 102, nays 4.
Mr. Goldsborough and Mr. Kennedy were appointed a committee to present the said resolution to the President.
On motion, the House adjourned.