Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-30
The late l.. s. Bank.

AS matter OF history, we copy the subioined
paragraph from the National Tntellisencer, sivins
the vote by which the monster was incorpor,,ed
Whether 1t was wisely or foolishy done, the estab
Ilshment OF that institution cannot be laid nj the
door of the Federal party. 1t was passed by the
votes of twothrds of the Republicans Of both Hons
es OF Congress, and sanctioned 10y the Republican
President, James Madison:
THE BANK CHARTER OF 1sI6.
From friend IN North Carolina we have receiv-
ed request 10 insert IN our columns the Yeas and
Nays IN Congress on the passage, in the wear IsI6
! oi the bill TO charter the (ate) bank of the Uni,ed
States, designating, as far as we can the Marty 10
| itcs OF lie members voting. These yeas and M We
having been published by us last summer in the
course Of our review fthe history of the Rank The
readlest way TO comply with the request Of our friend
Is to re'publlsh them, now do
Iromihe National Intelligencsr OF Aususts $50
The question on the final passage OF the Bank bill
| IN the House of Representatives I'm 1851 was de-
as follows: -
YEAs-Messrs. Adgate, Alexander, Anterior
Baer, Bets Boss, Bradbury, Brown. c alhoun. Can,
non, Champion, ChappeIl, Clark of North CAROL
ma, Clark OF NY, Clendenn, Comstock, Condict
conner, Creighton, CrOcheTOn, Cuthbert Edwards
torney, Forsyth. Gholson, Griffin, Gro,yenor'
hawes, HENDERSON, Huger, Hubert, HungerforJ
lngham, Irving, Jackson, Jewett, Kerr Kins. Love
Lowndes, Lumpkin, Maclay, Mason, MtCov'
Mckee, Middleton Moore, Moseey, Murfree. Mel,
son, faFIs, PIckens: PInkney, Piper, Robertson,
Sharpe, Smith OF Md, Smith of Va. Southland
Iaul, Taylor OF New York, Taylor OF S. Carolina
Telialr, Thomas, Throop, Towsend. Tucke, warJ
Wendover, Wheaton, Wilde, Wiikin, Williams
WiIloughby, Thomas Wilson Of Pennsylvanis'
VIM Wilson OF Pennsylvania, Woodward, Wright,
Gancey, Gates-SO.
NAIs-Messrs. Baker, Barbour. Basse,t Ben.
nett, Blrdsall. BounL Breckenridge, Burnside BUR.
/ well, Cady, Caldwell, CIey, Claytor, Clop,on
Cooper, Crawford, Culpeper, Darlington. Daven.
port, Desha, CASTOR, Gold, GoIdsborouyh. Good
I win, Hahn, Haze, Hail. Hanson. Hardin. UerbeT,
| HoPklnson, Johnson, Kent. Langdon. Law. Levi,
Lovett, Lyle, Lyon, Marsh, Mayrant, Mclean. o,
Kentucky, Mclean, of Ohio Milnor Nsu,o,
Noyes, DmsGy, Pickering, Pitkin, Randolph Reed
Root, Ross, Ruggies, Savage, Sergeant. Sb.Gsrv
Smif, stanford, SLearns, Suoog, Siurges, TaggaTt,
IaImadse, Nose, Wallace W ard. of Mass Ward
OF New York, Webster, WhItesidc Wicox-7I.
Classed politically, according to the designations
J OF party at ihnt doy, Of the Republican Member
sixty seven voted III favor Of the bill, and of the
Federal Members thirteen; and Of those who vot.
60 against the oiii, about one half were Republi-
cans and one half FederalIsts. Tgo.thifds of the
Republicans, therefore, voted for the bill and more
tbaD two-thlrds Of the Federasts against n.
Wine" the bill came to the Senate, il was de-
6ated, amended, and finally passed by the following
vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Barbour. Barry. Brown C,,,,,.
bell, Chase, Condlt, Daggeu Fromen,n, Harper,
Horsey, Howell, Hunter, Lacock, Mason, Of Va.
Morrow, RoLerts, Talbot, Tat, Taylor Turner
Varnum, WlIllams-22.
NAIs-Messrs. Dana, Gaillard, Goldsborougb
Tofe, mig Macon Mason, Of n. Hampshire, Rug.
gles, Sanford, TIchenor Wells, wilson-I2.
VI the cas- on this vote, seventeen were Repub.
| e'ns and I'VE FederalIsts and oflhe Nays We wei,
| Republicans and seven Federasts
30 That t"o-thirds OF all the Republican Mem.
and twO-thrds u the Federlists did tbe,, hs., =,
prevent Us passage.