The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-25

Ion si,v. by. Joel X. Mead, himself re
publicsn, ihs two Houses Of Cong'sss
were lhss divided: 10 the Ssnsls' %
Republissns sad II FsdeEalisls: 10 ne
n. Of r.. III Republicans and % REQ
sralisls. lin those days. Il may DC &c
marked. by the way. these terms we're
indicative Of principles. and not. a. now
mere es.ehwords. Ills apparent, mere
fore. that II the question Of incorporating
a Bank had been deemed O party Hasas'
urs, II vas necessarily Republican Hasa-
sure, since. that party having such large
msiorilies in both Houses Of Congress-
il could not olherwise BY possibility have
succeeded. And IL il was a Republican
measure in 1916. we should like 10 know
by what process IL 10 transmitted into
Federal measure in 1885! An old and
anproVed maxim teaches Us that ihough
Men are muIsble. principles neEerehange
"A Republican 10 day may become
Federslisl 10 morrow: but IL i imP"ssi-
bic that a principal can thus be reSolu-
tianized by any lapse Of time Whatever.
But, let Us be . lille more particular.
We will see how the different parties W.
ted on this question in 1916. In the
House Of Representatives. there acre
so roles in favor Of the Bank and III q
gainsl il, 81 members being absent.
Those Who voted in the House Of Repre-
seniatiyes,
RsPubLieaar. fslsEaii';s
In favor Of the bill. we're 6s AMI IL
Against IL. % shd -
or the 81 ahseniees. II appears that i
we're FederslIsls, and 30 Republicans
the most Of whom il may be well sup
posed. we're convinced Of the absolute
necessity Of such an institution. but. like
p. p. Barbour, laboring under consslIu'
Ii0nal scruples, would not vote Tor. yet
would not vote sgainslii. In the Senate.
the two parties were thus divided on The
vote:
Republicans Fsdsraiisis.
For the bill, IS
Against IL, 4 o
Thus. in the two Houses, the Repub-
licsn vote. in favor of a National Bank
in 1916. was sc. and against il 80; while
The Federal vote in favor Of The Bank ~as
only ls! and agains, il 4S. And YET the
advocacy Of National Bank is now deem.
ed evidence of Federalism!
Let US 60 one step farther, and see
who some Of these Republicans were
that voted for. aud who were some 0i
the Federalists that voted against Bank.
Among the yeas, We find the names Of
Henry ST. Geo. Tucker. now a promi
nenl msmbertpf the " Democratic" party,
Wm. Mccoy. long the republican mem
Der from The old Augusta district. GhOl.
son, Halves. Hungerlord, Jackson, Kerr,
then the talented representative Of this
district. and Smith, all from Virginia. and
all called Republicans a. tina, day; John
c. Calhoun, wm. Lowndes. Iiuger. Mid.
dlelon, &c. Of South Carolina; Alfred
Culhberi, Wilson Lumpkln and John
Forsyth Of Georgia. the Two former nov
VIC bGmbINdh1 dud hhhbahh SNHS-
tors from that State. and Ihe latter Me-.
Van Buren's Secretary of State! Among
the nays on the other hand. we find the
names Of the only four Representatives
from Virginia. who then acted with the
Federal party, 10 wit: Messrs. Sheffsy,
breckenridge, Lewis and Randolph; the
only three FederalisIs from North Caro-
lima. Culpeper. Standard. and CASTOR;
Rufus King Of New York; Timothy Pick
ering of Massachusetts,; Daniel Webster.
Robert Goodloe Harper. &c. &c. And
yet The Bank is called a Federal mea.
sure!
We are told, too. sometimes. that a
National Bank is hostile TO Southern 10.
terests. IL this were So, we may well
wonder al Southern stupidity, which pIa'
ced this weapon Of aggression in the
hands Of the Northern people, stu.
pldIty only exceeded by that Of the
Northern people themselves. in so reluc.
family accepting it. Looking al the vote
Of 1916. geographically. we find the fol.
lowing results:
For the Bill. Agains, it.
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