The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-04-12
FRIDAY, April 4.

except the members and the clerk,
The said message was read, in the follow
ing words, to wit f:
10 the House Of Representatives of the u.
States. hft
In answer to the enquiries of the resoluti-
on of the House of Representatives of the
SOth March, relative to certain dates,
transmit a report of the Secretary of State
made to me OH that subject.
III: JEFFERSON.
April /, 1903.
Cohy ora report from the Secretary Of State
10 TIE Presidtf,toffhe United States.
The Secretary of State has the honor to
report to the President in conformity to the
resolution OF the House of Representatives of
The SOth of March that the only informant
on which has been Received respecting the
letter, from which the extracts inserted in
General Armstrong; letter to the Secretary
of State of January 22d, 1908 was taken, is
in the extract itself, to which no date is gil
ven; and that no copy of any letter, from
the French Minister to him, is subjoined to,
or known TO be referred to in his said letter
OF january 22d; except that u copy of which
was communicated to- Congress by the Pre-
siient, on the 29th IF March, and which
bears date the 15th of January, 1908. 1t
does not appear from any information recci-
we'd by the department of State at what
or the letter from which the inserted ex-
tract was taken, were received by the Mi
mister of the us. at Paris.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES MADISON.
Department of State, !
.4f,ru 1, 1908.
A motion was made BY Mr.. Randoith, & Sc
conded, that the House do come to the follow
ing resolution
Resolved, That the injunction OF secrecy
imposed on the message of the President of
the U. S. of the 3Oth March, be taken off SO
far as respects the documents accompanying
the same, with the exception of the letter
from our minister at Paris, to the Secretary
of State of the 9th of Dec 1907, and the
words contained in the parentliess in the
last sentence OF the extract from MI. Pink
ney's letter of Jan. &c, 1893.
And on the question, that the House do now
proceed to take the said proposed resolution
into consideration, it passed iii the negative,
Yeas is. Nays II.
The yeas and nays being demanded by one
fifth of the members present, are,
YEAS.-Messrs. Alexander, Bib, Cham
piou, Chittenden, Claiborne, Clinton, Cobb,
Culpepper, Dana, Davenport, Durell, Eli
ot, Ely, GARDENER, Gardner, Garnett, Gray,
Harris, Hoge, Jenkins, Key, Lewis, Lyon,
Macon, Marion, Masters, Milner, Mosely,
Munford, Pitkin. Quincy, Randolph, Rowan,
Russell, S. Smith, Stanford, Stedman, Tall
madge, Trigg, Uphaln, Van Cprtlandt, Van
Dyke, Van Horne, Van Rensselaer, and D
r. Williams-45.
NAYS.-Messrs. w. Aston, Bacon, Bard
Barker, Basset, Blackledge, Blake, Blount,
Boyle, Brown, Butler, Calhoun, CIV Camp
bell, NJ. Clay, Clopton, Cults, Dawson
Deane, Desha, Eppes, Findley, Fisk, Frank
lin, Goodwin, Green, Holster, Helms, Hol-
land, Holmes, Howard, Humphreys, Ilsley,
Johnson, Jones, Kenan, Kirkpatrick, Knight
Lambert, M.Creery, ID. Montgomery, J.
Montgomery, y. II, Moore, Jer Morrow
Newbold, Newton, Nicholas, Porter, Pugh,
Rhea, (Ten.) J, Richards. NJ. Richards
Riker,, Sloan, Smelt, Smile, j., K: Smith
]. Smith, Southland, Storer, Swart, Taylor
Troup, Van Allen, Verplanck, Wharton
.Whitehili, Wilbour, M. Williams, Wilson
Winn, Witherell-71.
a motion was then made by Mr. Randolph
and seconded that the House do cone to the
following resolution: a.
Resofved, That the Injunction of secrecy
Imposed on the message of the President o.
the y. States and the documents accompa
nying the same, be taken off so faras relate.
to the copy of an official note from NJ. Cham
pagny, to gen Armstrong, Of the 18th of Jan
1905, and of an official letter from Mr. En-
skine (his Britannia majesty's envoy) to the
Secretary Of State, of the Esd OF February
1888.
And on the question that the House dc
now proceed to take the said proposed re-
sootion into consideration.
1t passed in the negative, Ayes rs, Nays
70.
The yeas and nays being demanded by one
fifth of the members present
Those who voted in the Affirmative are
Messrs, Alexander, Bib, Champion, Chit
tenden, Clinton, Cobb, Culpepper, Dana
Davenpolt, Dureh, Elliot, Ely, GARDENER
Gardner, Garnet, Gray. Harris, Hoge, Jen-
kins, Key, Lewis Lyon, Macon, Marion, Ma
sters, Miner, Mosely, Mumford, Pitkin
Quincy, Randolph, Rowan, Russell, 5. Smith
Stanford, Stedman, Taggart, Talmadge
Trigg, Upham, Van Cortlandt, Van Dyke
Van Horne, Van Rensselaer, and d. X. Will
liams--45.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs. L. J. Aston, w. Aston, Bacon
Bard, Barker, Bassett, BIackledgc, Blake
Blonnt Boyle, Brown, Burwell, Butler, Cal
houn, Claiborne, CIV. Campbell, M Clay
Clopton, Cuts, Dawson, Dcane, Desha
Bppes, Findley, Fisk, Franklin, Goodwin
Green, Hester, Helms, Holland, Holmes
Howard, Humphreys, Uslcy, Johnson, Jones
Kenan, Kirkpatrick, Knight, Lambert
McCreery, ID. Montgomery, J. Montgomery
Mr.. Moore, T. Moore, Jer. Morrow, New
bold, Newton, Nicholas, Porter, Pugh, Rae
(Pen) Rhea, (Ten).J. Richards, M Rich