Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-08-28

New Kork--Rufus King, Philip Schuyler
NeD JerSey--Jonathan Elmer, Philemon
Dickinson. PennsylUdnid--Willam Maclay,
Robert Morris. DeloDare-Richard Bas-
sett, Geo. Read. Virginia--James Mon
roe. North Carolina--Samuel Johnson,
Benz amin Hawkins. South Carolina
Pierce Butler, Ralph lizard. Georgia
William Few, James Gunn.--23.
OF these Senators, it will be seen, that
John Langdon, William s. Johnson, Rufus
King, Robert Morris, George Read, Pierce
Butler, and William Few, were members
of the Convention which framed the Con-
stitution, and signed it. They were en-
phatically of the "wise men" of whom Mr.
Wright speaks. And these men not only
roted for the charter of the first Bank of the
United States, but so did every member of the
Senate; for although divisions were called
on some of the details of the bill, yet on
the final question there was no opposition
1t was, in effect, AN UNANIMOUS VOTE
But let US examine further The follow
ing is an extract from the journals of the
House of Representatives, on the day of
the final passage of the Bill: ..
TUESDAY, February 9Th, l79l.
The House resumed the conside ration
of the bill sent from the Senate, entitled,
can act to incorporate the subscribers to
the Bank of the United States" upon the
question shat the said bill do pass" where
upon,
The previous question being called for
by five members; to wit: "shall the main
question be now put %
| IL xvoc rocolvo1 in tho of VOC
3s, Noes 20.
And the main question being put-that
the said bill do pass,
1t was resolved in the Affirmative
Ayes 80, Noes 20.
OF those members of the House, who
voted for the Bank, Nicholas Gilman, Roger
Sherman, George Clymer, and Thomas
Fitzsimmons, were members of the Con
venton which framed the Constitution.
And of those who voted against the Bill,
Daniel Carroll, Jas. Madison, Hugh Will
hanson, and Abraham Baldwin, were also
members of that Convention. But Mad
son in the days of his rich experience and
maturity of wisdom, has distinctly avowed
the constitutionality of National Bank.
The result then, is, that of the thirty
eight members of the Convention who
adopted and signed the Constitution, ex-
elusive of the President of that body, the
immortal Washington, SIXTEEN were
members of the Congress of 1871, which
chartered the first Bank; TWELVE OF
these sixteen "wise men," voted FOR the
Bank, and only four against at-and one
Of these has since expressly avowed the
constitutionality of such an institution. So
that the ascertained vote of the "wisc mem
of whom Mr. Senator Wright was speak
ing, was as THIRTEEN to THREE! !!
But this is not all: There were certain
other gentlemen, members of the conven-
tons, who were friends of the National
Bank. Among them were GEORGE WASH
INGToN and ALEXANDER HAMILroN-names
in those days thought to be entitled to
some consideration, whatever the pretended
"second Washington may think them now.
Washington signed the Bill, and sent mes
sage Of congratuation to Congress on the
filling up of the stock. Hamilton wrote
his celebrated report in favor of National
Bank, by way of showing what was his
construction of the Constitution upon this
subject.
| NOI uceu we ICSL TIC CdSc DIS W luC
opinions of those "wise men" here. Of the
members of the Convention of 1887, who
were not members of the Congress which
chartered the first Bank, were Nathaniel
Gorham, of Massachusetts,; William Liv-
ingston, Judge Patterson, and Jonathan
Dayton, of New Jersey; Thomas Mifflin
Judge Wilson, and Governeur Morris, Of
Pennsylvania; John Dickinson, and we be-
lieve all his colleagues, of Delaware; anc
John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinck
ney, and Charles Pinckney, of S. c., who
were all in favor of the old Bank of the
United States, and of course believe ir
its constitutionality. So that, of the
THIRrY-NINE members who signed the Con
stitution, at least THIRTY-Two Gncludine
Mr.. MADISON. for the reason above stated
were in favor of the Bank. Benjamin
Franklin, and perhaps some others, were
dead when the Bank was chartered est
they would doubtless have swelled the list
But as it stands, Mirty-t,Oo of the Mirty-nin,
Of the trainers of the Constitution, sane
Q toned the ConStiutionality Of the Institution
And yet we are now told by member o.
the National Senate, from the State o
New York, that the Bank of the United
States must be destroyed, in order "to bring
back the Constitution to the construction an
tended 10 be giuen to at by The ,OiSe men aCh'
framed H!"
We received from the Cleavand Herald tn
, following particular account Of the loss Of h
steam boat Erie, taken from the Buffalo CONNER
cial Advertiser of Tuesday, the 10th inst.