OCTOBER 27, 1791.
REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT.
GENTLEMEN: The pleasure I derive from an assurance of your attention to the objects I have recommended to you is doubled by your concurrence in the testimony I have borne to the prosperous condition of our public affairs.
Relying on the sanctions of your enlightened judgment and on your patriotic aid, I shall be the more encouraged in all my endeavors for the public weal, and particularly in those which may be required on my part for executing the salutary measures I anticipate from your present deliberations.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
OCTOBER 28, 1791.
SPECIAL MESSAGES.
UNITED STATES, October 26, 1791.
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
I lay before you copies of the following acts, which have been transmitted to me during the recess of Congress, viz: