Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-01-01

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RECORDS OF THE PAST
Although we published The following some
time ago, we are inclined to the opinion that
our readers viii Be prO6ted, at this juncture,
by reading il again; and Il would afford rs
considerable satisfaction, If our numerous sub
srribers would take some pains n placing it
before our Van Buren, friends for perusal. Il
Is matter fact, and cannot be gainsayed.
thas become very common practice
Of late for the presses of the Administer.
ton TO denounce as Federalists, all who
are in favor Of National Bank, and at
the same time, to declaim against such an
institution as having always been Fede-
raj measure from its first Incorporation
down to the present time. An attempt is
now making to divide the State Rights par.
ty of Georgia, by the setting up this ques-
ton, as a test of republicanism and ex-
Guiding from the party as heretics, all who
do not join in the general denunciations of
Bank as a measure of Federalism. To
point out to the State Rights party the fol-
~ Of suffering itself to be divided by the
articles of its opponents, and to show that
National Bank has never been made a
test question, we now appeal to the re.
cords of the past. In doing this, we have
no disposition to bring forward this ques-
ton for discussion in Georgia, differing as
we do, from large portion, majority Of
our political friends. 1t may perhaps be
interesting to some Of those who were in
the Congress of 1916, to have their men,
cries refreshed as to the parts which they
acted at that period; and it may be in
structing to those who have come upon
the stage of action since, to be informed
as to the position Of men and parties, when
the late United States Bank was charter
ed.
It will be remembered that, Mr.. Madi-
son, a republican of the old school, and a
member of the Convention which framed
the Federal Constitution, was then Presi.
dent of the United States, and gave his
sanction TO the bill by which the Bank was
chartered. If it was then a measure of
the Federalists, that o d gentleman would
hardly have touched it with Z" pair of
tongs. We now proceed to show who
were then members Ct Congress WHO
we're Republicans, who Federaists, and
how each member voted upon the passage
of tine bill. We have before us a volume
of the National Register, published at
Washington City, in 1916, by Joel X.
Mead, a republican, wi ich contains a com.
pete list Of the names of the members of
Congress, that year, designating the polit.
ical character of each member by which
it appears that there were in the Senate
25 Republicans and IL Federalists; and
in the House of Representatives, III Re.
pubIicans and IS Federalists. 1t would
seem, to our humble capacity, that if the
Bank charter had been federal measure,
there were certainly republicans enough
in both Houses, backed as they were by
a republican Presidents to have defeated
it! Let that pass. The riginated
in the House, and we sha ore give
the vote upon its passaget st, giving
the vote by States, to show from what
quarter Of the Union each member hailed
the Republicans in Roman letters, and the
Federaiists in Italics.
On the final passage of the bill, the
yeas were 80, and the nays 74-3l mem.
bers absent.
The yeas were as follows:
From New Hampshire, Mr.. Atherton,
Federalist.
Vermont, Mr.. Jeacet, Fed.
Massachusetts, Messrs. BridbEry,
BrOScH, Hubert, Nelson, Wheaton, Feds.
Conner and Paris, Republicans.
Rhode Island, Mason, Fed.
Connecticut, Champion and MoszeD,
Feds.
New York, Adgate, Belts, Comstock,
CrOcheron, Irvine, Willoughby, Taylor,
Throop, Townsend, Wendover, Wilkins,
Yates, Reps. GrosUeno', Fed.
New Jersey, Condit, Southland, Ward,
Reps.
Pennsylvania, Griffin, Ingham, MacIay,
Piper, Ross. t. Wilson, and w. Wilson,
Reps.
Maryland, Rare, Fed. Pinckney,
Wright, Smith, Reps.
Virginia, Gholson, Halves, Hunger
ford, Jackson, Kerr, Mccoy, Smith, Tuck.
er, Reps.
North Carolina, Clark, Edwards, For.
ney, King, Love, Murfee, Pickens, WI.
liams, Yancey. Reps.
South Carolina, JOHN C. CALHOUN
John J. Chappell, Benjamin Hunger, VIM.
LOWNDES, Henry Middleton, Thomas
Moore, John Taylor, VIM. Woodward,
Reps.
FORSYTH,WILSON LUMPKiN. Tho,
Talfair, and RICHARD H. WILDE,
Reps.
Kentucky, Clark, Mckee, Sharpe, and
Taul, Reps.
Tennessee, Cannon, Henderson, and
Thomas, Reps.
Ohio, Alexander, CIendenon, Croigh-
ton, Reps.
Louisiana, Robinson, Rep.
Thus it viii be seen. that of those who
voted in favor Of the Bank, 6s were RE-
PUBLICANS, and bot l2 Federalists
A veyy Federal measure, truly