Holly Springs gazette., 1844-05-11
FACTS FOR TIE PEOPLE.
From the Richmond Wbig.
HISTORY or THE UNITED STATES
BAE1-NO. 6.
BANn--NO 6.

HISTORY or THE UNITED STATES
BAER--NO. 6.
Esmos, or our Icaders are Eirginiars.
we like 10 for granted that they will pardon,
ir.hev 10 rot thank US. for extending the
aurl.v.is oltLc vote on he Back Of 1916,
wE.eA SIC commenced in our last number,
tJ rs 10 embrace a foil view o! the position
af the "Oid Dominion" on that interesting
occasion. This task We n0w propose 10
perform.
In 1916. the number Of lie reprcsen-
n.ivcs uf Virginia IN CougI,ss was TWEEN
ry-tvO--of these. we believe, nineteen were
Republicans, aad three were FedeTaliStS,
VIZ Gen James BreckinbGIge Cf Bo:e
y1uri. Joseph Lewis of Loudoun. and Dan
3D. SHef.v of Wythe. II there was any
aAer Edsralis', we aro uoaPPfised Of tie
hil, but will promptly make l4c correction,
81 satisfied we are 10 error.
I.a, us u1w rccuv 10 tac Journal ot 1916,
$50 and see how TIE vote Of Vircina'
r1oi rn t5e slma passage Of Tie Bank Bill.
The following is the result.
hyEs-'Th GhoIson, A Hiwes, J. r.
Hrucrrfl.d. John G. Jackson, j. Kerr,
WIiHm Mccoy. Ballard Stain, Henry
S, G-o Tuc&er.-S.
Nors-P. p. Bubour. 3 Bassett J
r.,e.ladlae.J Ciopoa p. Goodwin, J
J.hrsoo = Lewis. T. Neut5 J Randolph,
u sa.t Us
F0rr members were absent, VIZ Hugh
Eha fumes F.-esauts, &iagnus Tate, aud
William q Roane
Bll ue are not without official evidence
sftaa curriau~ ofthe absent members. Af
,--ltr t!.I had been Passed Jy Jhe House Of
representatives, 10 was sent TO the Senate,
rH-le It was amended, END returned 10 The
House Tais placed the bill again IN the
exclusive possession Of The House, and gave
ntn'i-r cou'rol over is fate.
Du ihr 5th Of April 1916 John Randolph
moved the Indefinite pos panemeut OF the
i... and The amendments of the Senate TSee
J5rru1I. p. 593 This motion gave rise to
mucR debate and the vote being taken. pcss-
90 90 the negative: Ayes 81, Noes 81.
B-f1reehis vote was tlhen the four ab sent
members from Virginia had returned TO
their srais, and three Of the four, viz James
P.easanis NaCuus Tate and Hugh Nelson
voted against The Iudefu:e ponemenl:or,
20 other words IN fGr0T Of the Bank, and
only one. VIM. RI Roane. Tor the motion.
Ito classify them correctly. we must make
.'e following additions to he ayes and noes
as given above
AYrs-Jares Pleasan,s, Magnus Tate,
Hugh Nelson's.
NoEs-Wm. H. Roane--l
With these corrections. the Virginia del
ec7'I1n viii be found to have been equally
divided, or eleven for, and eleven against
.hs Bank.
Bn,here is one most striking fact con-
nfc.sd with this vote which we cannot pass
over 10 silence 1t Is that EVERY FEEDER
ALI'r N rue VIRGINIA DELEGATION vo
I'D AGAINST THE BANK, WHILST EVERY
'nGINIAN WHO VOTED FOR 1T, WAS RE
PELICAN
Does not this single fact speak volumes +?
vas not known To- our neiChbor Of the
AhquIrer during the whole time be was
4'nouncing the Bank as an ultra federal
neasure Why has i, been-wiihheli from
~e Patrons ofthe Enquirer 7--WiII he now
eve % them2 Will be nov accede to
0i' Fair proposition 2' If he does not. we
"si1 that be shall reverse the motto which
uoS flies at his masthead so as to make II |
Iead FEAR WITHOUT TRUTH" )" in
@sad of"TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR"
But Il we turn to Journals Of the Senate,
wat do We see2 We there 6nd the names
= 1ARNISTEAD r. MASON. and JAS |
BARBOUR. the two distinguished Sena-
TH OF Virginia recorded in facor of the
D-nf! (See Doc. Hist B. L. S. p. 70C.) |
ms was the vote which led US the other
sy ,a'o the immaierial error Of saying that
'I' Mason voted for the Bank of 1915. Ii |
4-9ud n. have been the Bank Of 1916
hls then was the attitude of Virginia in
So % the Bank oflsl6. Can any one
"a GU Ster Examining these facts. that the /
~ dominion fa10red that institution |
io.- We're Der instructions to her Sena- |
-" she was against il l7-Where were
a,Nl Nlignant Iemonstrnnces against the |
Wat violation of the constitution /
har earnest and stirring appeals TO