HISTORY Ot" VERMONT, 327 



Jjrobably to loose the chance of doing the busi- 

 ness soon enough to have the concurrence of 

 the state of Vermont. In this anxiety, one of 

 tlie members informed the house that he had a 

 copy of the message of the president of the Uni- 

 ted States, at the opening of the extra session.* 

 The house ordered that it should be read. It 

 related to the difficulties occasioned by suspend- 

 ing the right of deposit at the port of New Or- 

 leans, and the measures that had been pursued 

 for the acquisition of Louisiana ; stating to Con- 

 gress the measures that were necessary for the 

 immediate occupation, and temporary govern- 

 ment of that valuable tract of country ; the 

 measures that had been taken with some of the 

 Indian tribes, with respect to the Tripolitaii 

 cruisers, the boundaries of the United States, 

 their annual revenue and expenditures, and oth- 

 er important national concerns. It was inserted 

 in the journals of the assembly. 



In the afternoon of the same day, a zealous 

 republican member made the following motion ; 

 ^' Resolved^ That from recent information/ ad- 

 ' dcd to many circumstances hitherto unknown, 

 ' this house ought to address the president of 



* the United States, congratulating him on the 



* prese5)t happy situation of the union, as it res- 

 '■ pects foreign nations^ and their own domestic 

 ^ felicity. That this house at the same time, 

 ' express their approbation of the general con- 

 ^ duct he has pursued in his present dignified 

 ^ station."! The motion was read, and ordered 

 to lie on the talDle. Several of the members 

 viewed it as altogether improper for the legis- 



* Page 121. f p. 131. 



