Ordered, That the letters referred to in said Message be returned to the President of the United States, agreeably to his request.
On motion of Mr. Randolph, that the House do come to the following resolution:
Resolved, That an embargo be laid on all shipping, the property of citizens of the United States, now in port, or which shall hereafter arrive:
And the question being put, that the House do agree to the said resolution, and, upon the question thereupon, the yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, and debate arising, a motion was made by Mr. Macon, that the resolution do lie on the table; and it was resolved in the affirmative.
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have, in confidence, directed me to inform this honorable House that they have passed a bill, entitled “An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States,” in which bill they desire the concurrence of this House.
The said bill was received, read the third time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union on this day.
On motion of Mr. Crowninshield,
Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the said bill.
The House accordingly resolved itself into the said committee; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Masters reported that the committee had had the said bill under consideration, but not having time to go through the same, had directed him to ask for leave to sit again.