The question on the amendment was lost by a considerable majority.
The remainder of the Address was read, and agreed to by the committee. The committee then rose and reported, and the House adopted it unanimously.
A committee was then appointed to wait on the President of the United States, to know at what time and place it would be convenient for him to receive the Address.
The committee having waited on the President, Mr. Madison reported, that the President was pleased to return for answer, that, at two o'clock on Monday next, he would receive the Address at his own house.
Messrs. Williamson and Sherman were added to the committee on the bill to amend the act for promoting the progress of the useful arts.
Mr. Mathews was appointed on the committee on the militia bill, vice Mr. Jackson, who begged leave to decline serving, as his colleague had been heretofore on that business, and must consequently be better acquainted with the subject than he was.
Monday, December 13.
George Leonard from Massachusetts; John Vining, from Delaware; Josiah Parker, from Virginia; John Baptist Ashe, from North Carolina; and Edanus Burke, from South Carolina, appeared and took their seats.