I have the honor to inform you, that the place assigned to those gentlemen, is within the bar to the right, and next to the members of Congress on the left of the chair.
The United States in Congress assembled have further resolved, That the assistants and principal secretaries in each of the departments, be admitted without the bar of the house. The Messenger of Congress has orders to furnish you with tickets for such of the gentlemen in your department, as come within the above description.
TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, AND MAJOR GENERAL GREENE.
I have the honor to inform you, that the Minister Plenipotentiary of France this day announced to the United States in Congress assembled, at a public audience, the birth of a Dauphin, and that Congress received this annunciation of an event, in which the happiness of their ally was so deeply engaged, with the most lively marks of satisfaction. It is their wish, that your Excellency, and the troops under your command should partake in this pleasure. I have their orders to inform you of this event, to the end, that you may cause the same to be published in the army, until such demonstrations of joy as you shall direct.[24]
[24] The same intelligence was communicated in the same formal way to the Governors of the States.
The late change in the measures and in the administration of Great Britain, and the arts that are daily practised to infuse a belief in Europe, that the most perfect harmony does not subsist between the United States and their ally, induce me to wish that Congress would embrace the opportunity, which this day's audience affords, to declare their attachment to the alliance in such terms, as will serve fully to defeat every expectation of sowing the seeds of division between the United States and France.
For which purpose I humbly submit the following addition to the answer proposed to be given to the address of the Ministry Plenipotentiary of France.
I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect,
Office of Foreign Affairs, May 13th, 1782.
The following addition to the answer to the address proposed to be made by the Minister of France, is humbly submitted to the approbation of Congress, by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.