y 1795— I signed 251 Land-grants, and
12 Blank Military Land-Warrants— Sent Daniel
Brent, Chief Clerk of the Department of State, to the
Senate with Messages of Nominations.
The Senate by a vote of 23 to 18. decided against the right of James Lanman, to sit, in that body,
under an appointment from the Governor of Connecticut, made, during the
recess of the Legislature— I had visits from W. Findlay Senator from Pennsylvania
with Mr C. W.
Wever, from Levi S.
Burr, and Jeremy
Robinson, applicants for Offices and from many others—
Received also a multitude of Letters: applications and recommendations
for Offices— Walk before dinner with George Sullivan, who dined with us, as did Mr Cruft—
After dinner we attended at the Capitol Mr Owen of Lanark’s second
Lecture, which was nearly three hours long. He read great part of it
from a printed book. President
Monroe was there; and Mr Southard, who told me that
the Comptroller Anderson, made
some objection to his acting as Secretary of the Treasury— Said he would
call at my house to-morrow Morning. On my return home Mr Cruft took leave of me, going to-morrow
upon his return to Boston— Spoke of the Sullivan’s— George and John L. My Sons George and Charles, with Mrs De
Wint prepared to leave us. I gave George a power to sell
for me 9000 dollars of 11400 of State Bank Stock in Boston— And directed
him to make remittance to me— I agreed also to allow George, at the rate
of 1000 dollars a year for transacting my private business, and managing
my property at Boston— The Senate this day advised and consented to all
the nominations, of the first Message sent them on Saturday— There was
no opposition to any of them excepting to that of Henry Clay as Secretary of State; and
that opposition appeared only by the yeas and nays which were
Yeas—Barton, Bell, Benton, Bouligny, Chandler, Chase,
Clayton, D’Wolf, Dickerson, Edwards, Gaillard,
Harrison, Hendricks, Holmes of Maine, Johnston of Louisiana, Kane, King, Knight,
Lloyd of Maryland, Lloyd of Massachusetts, Mills, Rowan, Ruggles,
Seymour, Smith, Van
Buren, Van Dyke—27—
Nays Berrian, Branch, Cobb, Eaton, Findlay, Hayne, Holmes of
Mississippi, Jackson, M’Ilvaine, Macon, Marks, Tazewell, Thomas
and Williams 14. 110From each of the States of New-Hampshire, Connecticut, and
New-York there was only one Senator; there being one vacancy in each—
One Senator, from Alabama, had not taken his Seat— One Senator from
Virginia, James Barbour was
absent; being himself nominated as Secretary of War— one from Kentucky,
Richard M. Johnson left the
City last week. James Noble, from
Indiana, was accidentally absent when the question was taken, came in
afterwards, and requested to record his name in favour of the
nomination, which by a rule of the Senate was not admitted— This was the
first act of the opposition from the stump, which is to be carried on
against the Administration, under the banners of General Jackson. There
are however, besides his own, only two negative votes of his partizans—
The rest are Caucus, Crawfordites amalgamated with the Coalition between
Pennsylvania and South-Carolina. The Crawford men on this
occasion have divided, and their votes shew that they have finally
abandoned Mr Crawford as a candidate. The
votes of the Senators from Georgia; those of the North-Carolina
Senators, and that of Mr Tazewell from
Virginia, indicate the rallying of the South and of Southern interests
and prejudices to the man of the South— Cobb was the man who in 1819
offered the Resolutions in the House of Representatives, against
Jackson’s proceedings in the Seminole War. I signed the Commissions of
H. Clay as Secy State, and James Barbour
Secy War