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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.

THE AUTHOR OF THE THIRTY YEARS' VIEW.

VOL. VI.

NEW YORK.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 346 & 348 BROADWAY.

1858.

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.

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS.-FIRST SESSION.

BEGUN AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 1, 1817.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,-JAMES MONROE.

PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.*

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JOHN GAILLARD, President pro tempore, resumed the Chair.

CLEMENT STORER, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Jeremiah Mason; JAMES FISK, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Vermont, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Dudley Chace; JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, 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; JOHN WILLIAMS, appointed a Seniator by the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, 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.

JOHN W. EPPES, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Virginia, for the term of six years, commencing on the fourth day of March last, stated that he had received his credentials, but had neglected bringing them with him, expecting that the Executive of Virginia would forward a duplicate thereof to the Senate, and which he still supposed would speedily be done: whereupon, the oath prescribed by law was administered to him, and he took his seat in the Senate.

On motion by Mr. MACON, the Secretary was ordered to acquaint the House of Representa

Maryland.-Robert H. Goldsborough, Robert Goodloo

Harper.

Virginia.-James Barbour, John W. Eppes.
North Carolina.-Nathaniel Macon, Montfort Stokes.
South Carolina.-John Gaillard, William Smith.
Georgia.-Charles Tait, George M. Troup.
Kentucky.-John J. Crittenden, Isham Talbot.
Tennessee.-John Williams, George W. Campbell.
Ohio.-Benjamin Ruggles, Jeremiah Morrow.
Louisiana.-Elegius Fromentin, Henry Johnson.
Indiana.-James Noble, Walter Taylor.

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