The next day Mr.Edward Livingston moved that the President be requested to send in a copy of the instructions to the minister of the United States who negotiated the treaty, together with the correspondence and other documents.

A few days later he amended his resolution by adding an exception of such of said papers as any existing negotiations rendered improper to disclose.

The Senate in its ratification of the treaty suspended the operation of the clause regulating the trade with the West Indies, on which Great Britain still imposed the old colonial restriction, and recommended the President to open negotiations on this subject; and in fact such negotiations were in progress.

The discussion was opened on the Federal side by a request to the gentlemen in favor of the call to give their reasons.

Mr.Gallatin supported the resolution, and expressed surprise at any objection, considering that the exception of the mover rendered the resolution of itself unexceptionable.