Nays.—Abraham Baldwin, David Bard, Thos. Blount, Richard Brent, Robert Brown, Samuel J. Cabell, Thomas Claiborne, William C. C. Claiborne, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, Thomas T. Davis, John Dawson, Joseph Eggleston, Lucas Elmendorph, William Findlay, Albert Gallatin, James Gillespie, Andrew Gregg, John A. Hanna, Carter B. Harrison, Jonathan N. Havens, Joseph Heister, David Holmes, Walter Jones, Edward Livingston, Matthew Locke, Nathaniel Macon, Anthony New, John Nicholas, Thompson J. Skinner, William Smith, Richard Sprigg, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph B. Varnum, and Abraham Venable.
French Affairs.
The following Message was received from the President of the United States.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
An edict of the Executive Directory of the French Republic of the twenty-ninth of October, 1798, inclosed in a letter from our Minister Plenipotentiary in London, of the sixteenth of November, is of so much importance that it cannot be too soon communicated to you and to the public.
JOHN ADAMS.
January 28, 1799.
Extract of a letter from Rufus King, Esq., Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at London, to the Secretary of State, dated November 16, 1798.
"The annexed arrêt would appear extravagant and incredible, if it proceeded from any other authority; but mankind is so accustomed to the violence and injustice of France, that we almost cease to express our surprise and indignation at the new instances that she continues to display."