Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Maryland Colonization Journal, Vol. 4: October, 1848
As soon as we anchored, notice was sent on shore by Commodore Bel ton to Governor Roberts, of our°intention to salute the ?ag of the new Re public. This salute was accordingly fired, and promptly returned, gun for gun. The next day, the Commodore and myself, and a number of'other officers of this ship, went ashore, to wait upon the Governor, with whom we dined by invitation that day. A few days after, the Governor and a small suite came on board, by invitation, and partook of a collation prepared. For the occasion. He was saluted with seventeen guns on leaving the ship. Our intercourse with the Governor and inhabitants, after this interchange of courtesies, was of a most cordial and friendly character. On our second visit, which was in January last, the new government was in operation. Governor Roberts having been duly-inaugurated as President, and the Se nate and House of Representatives in session. I took occasion one day to visit both houses of Congress, and listened with attention and interest to their debates on the new revenue or tariff law. Every thing was done in the most decorous and orderly manner, each member seemingto under 'stand the subject of discussion fully. The Senate consists of - six members and the presiding officer, and the House of eight members and the Speaker.
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