... the happiness and prosperity of a nation.[SEAL.]Given under my hand and the seal of the United States of America, at Philadelphia, this 23 d day of March, A. D. 1798, and of the Independence of ... appointed agreeably to the twenty-first article of our treaty with Spain met at Philadelphia A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 19Done at Philadelphia, the 22 d day of July, A. D. ... consideration, that if anyamendments or explanations of that law should be thought advisable they may be adopted.JOHN ADAMS.UNITED STATES, January 23 , 1798.Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of...