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sentstive from The Aagusla Districl. IN favor Of
the BAuk Bill Iaisly passed b bob Houses Of
coasrsss- We rssrsi thai our linis will not al
l0v 10 give shis speech eatlfs 10 our readerS-.
because il Il hOtoaly coaelusiSs II IL rsasSuink.
bus irrssislihii - - array a facts laksn Gton
he records a. he eoentry.
Mt q givsa hisiory q ne Arst Daak 20 he
Uailrd smies, (ia l7Ol.) V show that Il uas ~,
''s @snsirous osoespsioa % Pedssslism, = On.
vas votsd fOr By ElbridEs Gerry. Nicholas Oh.
man, Peter huhlsabnsa, James Sshuremaa, G14
Rogu Sherman. and other siaaneh Rspablisass
q he early tine.
| The bill 10 recharssF Ihis Bank IN 1871 vas
lost By Osly Oas yoss IL Shs Ho1ss 81 Repre-
ssniSiVes, and u he sssais b. he casting vote
Of vice President cliatoa.
/ In 1915 Bank bill Was passrdJ which vas
ve1Oed hy Mr.. MsdiSoa. bsi 10 the Vsso message
Mr.. NJ. expressly ''vaivsd" he eoaSiituHonaI
question, considering tAsi a. asjsdestsd, and ca
y objected 10 ths dstsiiI - net ''caleulaied to
ans~sF The purposes e Feviving tie public ere
Dir, Of providing q national medium Of eireula-
ten. asd Of aiding the Treasury By facilitating
The iadiSPeoSabls sniieipsiiOss % The Eevenos,
and By aGordiag 70 The Psbiie noGs durable
ioans"
Dot let ~ quote from Mr.. etear, and we BEG
he readers earnest attention 70 The Easts pre-.
seated. Thsas fscis shOslS pat 70 Issi forever
The silly elanOT about he BankS being q FsGs-
~ measure. yes enPAsSicAlly Rspubiie-a IN
~ iaesPiioa and ooasunmaIi0a. aad 40 nan Of
inisnssnes, who knows any thing % The history
Of the eoantry, will deny IL BotA The Rspubli-
can Senator's IRON ViFgiRia. Gov. Barbour and
oea Armis'sad 7. AasOs. voted Tor The bill.
WhsA the bill vas IhHs FelsFned by AR.
hadiHOn, with his obieciiohs. al attempt vas
Dnde 10 pass Il through the Senate. IN oppOsi-
tion 20 the veto, b. q vote Of two-thirds baf II
Ifailsd-ayes Is. nocs ~. On thu pSoposhion
Mr. oilss, the FePublicah Senator Of Virginia,
voted aye, OF, IN olhsf words, for The passage Of
The hil--lSee Doe Hat Bank u ,. 5901
- This ball having failed, Mr James Barbour.
10 Distinguished republican Senstor from VIr-
lgihia, Immediately intFcdnced anolAsT ball, con-
forming 10 the views % the President; Sut this
ball whs cot pressed. as - believed, 10 eoAss.
lquenee q the nsus that treaty Of peace With
Great Britain had besn ecaeloded.
"On The 5th Of December, 1918. Mr.. Msdi-
500, IN hrs annual message 10 Congress, called
heir attention 70 The subject Of q uniform eur.
lTency, and mentioned Rack Of the United
States - one Of lhs aeents which would AID in
furnishing q. This recommPndaIioa vas Sc
leonded By very able fepor from NJ. Alexan.
der Dallas. then Secretary Of The Treasury. in
which be shoWed the Indispensable necessity Of
Sueh an institution. The Recommendation we're
lPIomPily responded 70 By Congress. That part
lof The Piesideni's message which referred TO the
leuHeheY vas referred, On the following day, Oh
December, 10 a special committee, consisting OF
Mr. Calhoun. Of South Carolina, Mr.. Macon.
lof North Carolina, Air. Plessants, Of vireinia.
MT. HOPkinson, % PennsylvanIa, Mr.. Robert.
son, Of Louisiana, Mr. q. 81. c. Ticker, OF
Virginia, aEd Mr.. Pickering, Of Massachusetts.
l-iSse Journal 1915, D. 90
On the 6.h OF January, 1916, Nv. Calhoun re-
reported the bill 20 establish Bank Of the Uni.
tea S'aies-tSes JouFnal 1915 p. 1861 Amer
very Protr7eied debate, The qneEIioa vas q,
lengih taken on the passage Of The bill IN the
House Of Representatives, Whsn il passed By 4
vote Of so TO 7l.--iSee Journal 1916, pp ls9
AID Aso.l In the Senale, ,this hill passed by q
vote Of - ayes 10 ~ aces, and il reeeiTed the
sanciion Of President Madissn
Here, AF. ChaiTmao, lea us pauss 20 ana
lyss these votes, that Ne Eay see how far Ihe
charge thai this bank Vas . federal measure,
learTlee By fedora. votes Is sustained BY Inc re.
cord: The ayes and noes ere nov before me,
ahd have prepared q earefal aaalysis Of them,
Nh@h EXHIBITS the following Tesalt; 10 The &c.
oais, 81 The TTRHTT-TWO Who voted Ter the
bank, SEVENTIES we're Republicans sud Eve
we're Fedefalisis and. Of lbe twelve Who voted
againsiH e, sEvEn were FedeFaiists aud TIvE were
hePublieahs. 10 The House Of Representative
of The eighty DembeTa who voted Tor the bill
aETg.sEvEH uefe Republicans and TuiaTEa !
we're Federalisls, whilst, or he sevenly-ons uho
Voied against ihe bank, THtRTV we're Repnbli.
can1 sod FoETY-oNE were FedsFaislal hnd vel
gsntlemeh Tell % hat this vas FEDEaaL nsrA
sraEl--a FEDEAAL AE4sBaEi THoUeu Two-
THiaos ef iAs fsdsTslisis VOTED AsAIEsF ~, aad
Tw1-Inlans q iA' RsPubiisSas ~ s0Tu HoVsru
But The gsnllemsn from Nouh Carolina mr.
sA0NDEasl tells he House hat TIE constitutional
question Sas not raised in 1876 The PedeFal.
lsis we're efnpped from Taisiue o.; aad 40 ths
hePaeiieehs Intended 10 vote for IL, of eOarss
'hfy Uould not raise il! I mat eonfsss, Ihis u
/ hoFel doeiHne' 70 ne. The eonsiiiudonal
lquasli0n Dot Fsisedi How uas Il possible 10
avoid itl Does not he eOastiIutoaai power, or.
la o'her verbs, ne juripdisiion Of Congress oveI
me sahieei-matief nader eoaaiderslioa, nFisq An
every eenssiVsbls eatfl Does u not lie a The
'heahhold 81 every queaiioul ~ you have 90
eohaliuiioEai power over q Subject, you cahnol
aet uPon Il 81 silf hnd, u yoa DO se, upon
= The eonniasios hat. in YcuR opinioa, ysu have
ne power 70 Ger, i q urcFuaaFy coass9ssnes oi
youi aeiioh Away, thsn, 9ih hts notion thai
ne eontiiiuuoaai poser waa net draWh ia Goes
ton % 1851 " was QUESTIONED, N HAs On
HsrTD. AND " vas DEcIDEDi
hai slr, it nay a0t - usiaterraiug ~ gFuats.
BE % tst TIE sCuiFy knoB eha auFas uftkess Pan
reatfaFs sers sho sonspirsd 90 Fssis this hor1bi.
ons,ss q lssk q sAe Usi,sS sss,s, 81 ,Ss sous.
ltFy % 1855 Tstiaa ne syes Enthusiastically Sad
aaoaK thefa hr joan e. Caihoun, ths disiiaaaish.
- teustog ifcrz Boaih Csroiina Neat - Sd NJ.
Allied CeihheEi, sov Hssstng from Beorsis, sd
afsi' 80, FoEtgth. 81 Geoggia. lsts 9esFttsry q
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es'a, ne iolraes aecrttsTY 81 ths 1rraliry undsg
trnrral sask son's AdminiFirsiioa John q. Jash-
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pFrsr aiaiisg lruEu hoifh Cafoiius 49, nou gsss-
.er tees Alahana Sc Lsurfes. 81 Bouih Gee
zee ~ ttaupairs ef Georria fienrTui Wiliaa-
- ~ iha trrtetrasoF az ~ coiisasue frer thl
aose lHshs@ district, ~. HsuE1s u Va. 8suusl
asth. e Sian iaaf, irfa e fitiiurl. shrs Dsmo,
sfaiia aeasi.T ife fasi ntais, ed ladrr nsary Sd
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