So it was resolved, that this bill pass with an amendment.
Monday, July 6, 6 o'clock, p.m.
Recess of Congress, and adjournment.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution from the House of Representatives for the appointment of a joint committee to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him of the intended recess, and concurred therein, and Messrs. Robinson and Anderson were appointed a committee on the part of the Senate.
The following Message was received from the President of the United States:
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate copies and extracts of documents in the archives of the Department of State, falling within the purview of their resolution of the fourth instant, on the subject of British impressments from American vessels. The information, though voluminous, might have been enlarged with more time for research and preparation. In some instances it might, at the same time, have been abridged, but for the difficulty of separating the matter extraneous to the immediate object of the resolution.
July 6, 1812.
JAMES MADISON.
The Message and documents were read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate.