Resolved, That the President be requested to make known to the King of the French, that the Senate of the United States have received with the highest satisfaction the official communication of his acceptance of the constitution which, it is their earnest wish, may establish, on a solid basis, the freedom and prosperity of the French nation, and the happiness and glory of the Monarch presiding over it.
Wednesday, March 14.
Ordered, That the resolution of the Senate, on the Message of the President of the United States, enclosing the letter from his Most Christian Majesty, be signed by the Vice President, and laid before the President of the United States, by the Secretary.
Monday, March 26.
A motion was made by Mr. Monroe, seconded by Mr. Lee, as follows:
"Resolved, That it be a standing rule, that the doors of the Senate Chamber remain open whilst the Senate shall be sitting in their Legislative capacity, except on such occasions as in their judgment may require secrecy; and that this rule shall commence and be in force on the first day of the next session of Congress;" and it passed in the negative—yeas 8, nays 17, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Butler, Carroll, Foster, Hawkins, Johnston, King, Lee, and Monroe.
Nays.—Messrs. Bassett, Bradley, Cabot, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Few, Gunn, Henry, Izard, Langdon, Read, Robinson, Rutherford, Sherman, Stanton, Strong, and Wingate.
Wednesday, April 18.
The Vice President being absent, the Senate proceeded to the election of a President pro tempore as the constitution provides, and the Hon. Richard Henry Lee was duly elected.