JOHN ADAMS,
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Ordered, That the committee who prepared the Address, wait on the President of the United States, and desire him to acquaint the Senate at what time and place it will be most convenient for him that it should be presented.
Mr. Read reported from the committee, that they had waited on the President of the United States, and that he would receive the Address of the Senate on Monday next, at twelve o'clock, at his own house. Whereupon,
Resolved, That the Senate will, on Monday next, at twelve o'clock, wait on the President of the United States accordingly.
Monday, December 12.
Theodore Foster, from the State of Rhode Island; John Brown, from the State of Kentucky; and Henry Tazewell, from the State of Virginia, severally attended.
Address to the President.
Agreeably to the resolution of the 10th instant, the Senate waited on the President of the United States, and the Vice President, in their name, presented the Address then agreed to.
To which the President made the following reply:
Gentlemen: It affords me great satisfaction to find in your Address a concurrence in sentiment with me on the various topics which I presented for your information and deliberation; and that the latter will receive from you an attention proportioned to their respective importance.