The Senate resumed the consideration of the convention made on behalf of the United States with the Republic of France; and
The motion made on the 9th instant, being amended as follows:
The present convention shall be in full force until two years, to be computed from the day of the signature of the preliminary or other articles of peace, which shall conclude the war in which the French nation is now engaged, or for a term not exceeding —— years, to be computed from the time of the exchange of the ratifications, whichever event shall first happen.
On the question, "Will the Senate advise and consent to the adoption of this article?" it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 25, nay 1, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Bingham, Bloodworth, Brown, Chipman, Cocke, Dayton, T. Foster, D. Foster, Franklin, Greene, Hillhouse, Hindman, Howard, Latimer, Livermore, Morris, Nicholas, Paine, Read, Schureman, Tracy, and Wells.
Nay.—Mr. Langdon.
Thursday, January 15.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the convention made on behalf of the United States with the Republic of France: Whereupon,
The Vice President reported to the House, that the Senate, as in a Committee of the Whole, had had under their consideration the convention, and had gone through the same, and had agreed to sundry modifications, which he proceeded to state to the House, and again to put questions thereon, severally, for confirmation, as follows:
On the question, whether the Senate would advise and consent to the ratification of the second article of the convention? it passed in the negative—yeas 10, nays 15, as follows: