AMERICAN AND EUEOPEAN SWORDS 153 



Mr. Speaker, I submit the following joint resolution : Resolved "by the Senate 

 and House of Representatvves of the United States in Congress assemMed, 

 That the thanks of this Congress be presented to Samuel T. Washington of 

 Kanawha county, Virginia, for the present of the sword used by his illustrious 

 relative, George Washington, in the military career of his early youth, in the 

 seven years' war, and throughout the war of our national independence; and 

 of the staff bequeathed by the patriot, statesman, and sage, Benjamin Franklin, 

 to the same leader of the armies of freetlom in the revolutionary war, George 

 Washington. 



That these precious relics are hereby accepted in the name of the nation ; 

 that they be deposited for safe-keeping in the Department of State of the 

 United States; and that a copy of this resolution, signed by the President of 

 the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, be transmitted to 

 the said Samuel T. Washington. 



The resolution was adopted unanimously, and with loud acclamation, 



Mr. McKENNAN ° said, as it was evident, after the interesting scene just wit- 

 nessed, that the House was not in a fit state for the transaction of business, he 

 would now move that the House adjourn. 



Mr. HOPKINS ^ requested the gentleman to withdraw the motion for a 

 moment, in order that it might be stated on the face of the resolution that they 

 were unanimously adopted. 



The suggestion was acceded to, and the resolutions amended accordingly. 



Mr. TALIAFERRO' moved that the addresses of Messrs. Summebs and 

 Adams, this morning, be spread upon the journal ; and also that a copy be 

 transmitted to Mr. Washington, of Kanawha, Virginia. 



The motion was adopted, nem, con. 



The House then adjourned. 



IN SENATE 

 Wednesday, February 8, 1848 



Washington's Sword and Franklin's Staff 



A message was received from the House of Representatives, by Matthew St. 

 Clair Clarke, their clerk, informing the Senate that that body had passed a 

 resolution, and had directed him to ask the concurrence of the Senate therein ; 

 and had also directed him to state that the sword and cane, which were the 

 subject of the resolution, were also forwarded through their Sergeant-at-arms, 

 to be presented to the Senate. 



Mr. ARCHER' rose and said he presumed that this would be the proper 

 occasion for making the motion which he desired to make — that the Senate 

 proceed to immediate action upon the subject of the resolution which had just 

 been communicated to them from the House of Representatives. 



The resolution was then read, as follows: 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Repi-esentatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled. That the thanks of this Congress be pre- 

 sented to Samuel T. Washington of Kanawha county, Virginia, for the present 

 of the sword used by his illustrious relative, George Washington, in the mili- 

 tary career of his early youth, in the seven years' war, and throughout the war 

 of our national independence; and of the staff bequeathed by the patriot, states- 



= Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-1843. 

 •George Washington Hopkins, Representative from Virginia, 1835-1847. 

 ' John Taliaferro, Representative from Virginia, 1835-1843. 

 « William S. Archer, Senator from Virginia, 1841-1847. 



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