Transcriber’s Note: A number of obvious printer’s errors (u for n,inconsistent spelling of Senators’ and Representatives’ names, punctuation, etc)have been amended. Other than that, the original text remains unchanged.

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ABRIDGMENT
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. III.

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 443 & 445 BROADWAY.
1861

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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.

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EIGHTH CONGRESS.—FIRST SESSION.

BEGUN AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 17, 1803.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,—THOMAS JEFFERSON.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.

New Hampshire.—Simeon Olcott, William Plumer.

Vermont.—S. R. Bradley, Israel Smith.

Massachusetts.—Jonathan Mason, Timothy Pickering.

Rhode Island.—Christopher Ellery, Samuel I. Potter.

Connecticut.—James Hillhouse, Uriah Tracy.

New York.—De Witt Clinton, Theodorus Bailey.

New Jersey.—Jonathan Dayton, John Condit.

Pennsylvania.—George Logan, Samuel Maclay.

Delaware.—William H. Wells, Samuel White.

Maryland.—Robert Wright, Samuel Smith.

Virginia.—Wilson C. Nicholas, John Taylor.

North Carolina.—Jesse Franklin, David Stone.

South Carolina.—Pierce Butler, Thomas Sumter.

Georgia.—A. Baldwin, James Jackson.

Tennessee.—William Cocke, Joseph Anderson.

Kentucky.—John Breckenridge, John Browne.

Ohio.—Thomas Worthington, John Smith.

Monday, October 17, 1803.

The first session of the eighth Congress, conformablyto the Constitution of the United States,commenced at the city of Washington, agreeablyto the Proclamation of the President of theUnited States for that purpose; and the Senateassembled on this day.

PRESENT:

Simeon Olcott and William Plumer, fromNew Hampshire;

Timothy Pickering, from Massachusetts;

James Hillhouse and Uriah Tracy, fromConnecticut;

Christopher Ellery and Samuel I. Potter,from Rhode Island;

Stephen R. Bradley and Israel Smith, fromVermont;

De Witt Clinton and Theodorus Bailey,from New York;

Jonathan Dayton and John Condit, fromNew Jersey;

George Logan and Samuel Maclay, fromPennsylvania;

William Hill Wells and Samuel White,from Delaware;

Robert Wright and Samuel Smith, fromMaryland;

John Taylor and ...