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OF THE

DEBATES OF CONGRESS,

FROM 1789 TO 1856.

FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR
REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL

REPORTED DEBATES, BY JOHN C. RIVES.

BY

THE AUTHOR OF THE THIRTY YEARS' VIEW.

VOL. V.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 346 & 348 BROADWAY.

1857.

ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

THIRTEENTH CONGRESS.-FIRST SESSION.

BEGUN AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, MAY 24, 1813.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.*

MONDAY, May 24, 1813.

place of Chauncey Goodrich, resigned; JEREConformably to the act passed the 27th of Feb-MIAH MORROW, appointed a Senator by the Leruary last, entitled "An act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congress," the Senate assembled in their Chamber at the Capitol.

PRESENT.

NICHOLAS GILMAN, from New Hampshire.
JOSEPH B. VARNUM, from Massachusetts.
SAMUEL W. DANA, from Connecticut.
WILLIAM HUNTER and JEREMIAH B. HOWELL,
from Rhode Island.

JONATHAN ROBINSON, from Vermont.
JOHN LAMBERT, from New Jersey.
MICHAEL LEIB, from Pennsylvania.
OUTERBRIDGE HORSEY, from Delaware.
JAMES TURNER, from North Carolina.
JOHN TAYLOR, from South Carolina.
JOSEPHI ANDERSON, and GEORGE W. CAMP-
BELL, from Tennessee.

THOMAS WORTHINGTON, from Ohio.
JAMES BROWN, from Louisiana.

gislature of the State of Ohio, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last; DAVID STONE, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of North Carolina, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last; and CHARLES TAIT, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last, respectively, produced their credentials; which were read; and the oath prescribed by law was administered to them, and they took their seats in the Senate.

The oath was also administered to JOHN GAILLARD and ABNER LACOCK, their credentials having been read and filed during the last session.

Address of the Vice President.

The VICE PRESIDENT exhibited a certificate of his having taken the oath of office prescribed by law; which was read; and he addressed the Senate as follows: Gentlemen of the Senate:

JESSE BLEDSOE, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last; WILLIAM B. BULLOCK, appointOur fellow-citizens, in the free exercise of their ed a Senator by the Executive of the State of constitutional authority, having been pleased to Georgia, in place of William H. Crawford, re- honor the person addressing you, with this distinsigned; DUDLEY CHACE, appointed a Senator by guished station, have inferred from him an indispenthe Legislature of the State of Vermont, for the sable obligation to meet their just expectations. To term of six years, commencing on the fourth day attain this desirable object, and to preside over this of March last; CHARLES CUTTS, appointed a Sen- honorable body in conformity to their magnanimity ator by the Executive of the State of New and dignity, which at all times have been conspicuHampshire, to fill the vacancy in the represent-ous, will be his primary pursuit. Whilst the constiation in the Senate from that State, during the present recess of the Legislature of the said State; DAVID DAGGETT, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, in

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
New Hampshire.-Nicholas Gilman, Charles Cutts.
Massachusetts.-Joseph B. Varnum, Christopher Gore.
Connecticut.-Samuel W. Dana, David Daggett.
Rhode Island.-William Hunter, Jeremiah B. Howell.
Vermont.-Jonathan Robinson, Dudley Chace.
New York. Obadiah German, Rufus King.
Pennsylvania.-Michael Leib, Abner Lacock.
New Jersey.-John Lambert, John Condict.
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tution has invested him with Legislative and Execu-
tive powers, in cases only that are casual, to the
decisions of these it has attached a great responsibil-
ity; in anticipating which, and his other duties, he

Delaware.-Outerbridge Horsey, William H. Wells.
Maryland.-Samuel Smith, Robert Henry Goldsborough.
Virginia.-Richard Brent, William B. Giles.
North Carolina.-James Turner, David Stone.
South Carolina.-John Taylor, John Gaillard.
Georgia.-William B. Bullock, Charles Tait.
Kentucky. Jesse Bledsoe, George M. Bibb.

Tennessee-Joseph Anderson, George W. Campbell.

Ohio.-Thomas Worthington, Jeremiah Morrow.

Louisiana.-James Brown, Elegius Fromentin.

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