Message from the president of the United States : accompanying a report from the secretary of state, and copies of acts of the legislatures of the states of Connecticut, Maryland, and Virginia, ratifying the amendment proposed by Congress, concerning the suability of states, in pursuance of a resolution of the two Houses, of the second of March last. : 1st January, 1798, ordered to lie on the table. 17th January, 1798, referred to Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Hindman, Mr. Sitgreaves. : (Published by order of the House of Representatives.).