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Bank of the United States.

THE first act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States, was approved Feb. 25, 1791, by President Washington; its term of incorporation to expire at the end of the year 1811, and no other bank to be incorporated by the United States during the continuance of the charter hereby granted.

This bill passed the Senate on the 20th of Jan., 1791. In that body on that day a motion to limit the charter to 1801, was lost by yeas and nays as follows:

YEAR-Messrs. Butler of S. C., Few of Ga., Gunn of Ga., Hawkins of N. C., Izard of S. C., and Monroe of Va.-6.

NAYS.-Messrs. Bassett of Del., Dalton of Mass., Ellsworth of Conn., Emes of N. J., Foster of R. I., Johnson of Conn., King of N. Y., Langdon, Maclay and Morris of Pa., Read of Del., Schuyler of N. Y., Stanton of R. I., Strong of Mass., and Wingate of N. H.-16.

A vote to strike out from the bill the pledge that the United States would not establish another bank during the existence of this charter was lost, yeas 5, nays 18.

The vote in the affirmative was the same as on the previous vote with the exception of Mr. Gunn, who voted in the negative on this motion, as did all who voted "No" on the former vote, and also Mr. Johnston of N. C., who did not vote on the former vote.

The bill was opposed in the House by Messrs. Jackson of Ga., Lee of Va., Madison of Va., and Tucker of S. C., and defended by Messrs. Lawrence of N. Y., Sherman of Conn., Gerry of Mass., Ames and Sedgewick of Mass.,

Stanley of N. C. Stewart of Va. Stone of Tenn. Stratton of N. J. Swearingen, Ohio Taliaferro of Va. Taylor of N. Y. Tillinghast of R. I. Thomas of Md. Thompson of S. C. Titus of N. Y. Toland of Pa. Toucey of Conn. Towns of Geo.

Turney of Tenn. Underwood of Ky. Vail of N. Y. Vanderweer, N. Y. Wagoner of Pa. Webster of Ohio White of Ind. White of Ky. Whittlesey, Conn. Williams of N. C. Williams of Ky.

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Boudinot of N. J., Smith of S. C., and Vining of Del.; but finally passed that body on the 8th of Feb., 1791, by yeas and nays as follows::

of N. J., Bourne of R. I., Cadwalader of N. J., Clymer of Pa., YEAS.-Messrs. Ames of Mass., Benson of N. Y., Boudinot Fitzsimmons of l'a., Floyd of N. Y., Foster of Ñ. H., Gerry of Mass., Gilman of N. H., Goodhue of Mass., Hartley of Pa., Hathorn of N. Y., Heister of Pa., Huntington of Conn., Lawrence of N. Y., Leonard of Mass., Livermore of N. H., P. Muhlenberg of Pa., Partridge of Mass., Van Rensselaer of N. Y., Schureman of N. J., Scott of Pa., Sedgewick of Sylvester of N. Y., Sinnickson of N. J., Smith of Md., Smith

Mass., Seney of Md., Sevier of N. C., Sherman of Conn., of S. C., Steele of N. C., Sturges of Conn., Thatcher of Mass., Trumbull of Conn., Vining of Del., Wadsworth of Conn.,

Wynkoop of Pa.-39.

NAYS. Messrs. Ashe of N. C., Baldwin of Ga., Bloodworth of N. C., Brown of Va., Burke of S. C., Carroll of Md., Contee of Md., Gale of Md., Grout of Mass., Giles of Va., Jackson of Ga., Lee of Va., Madison of Va., Matthews of Ga., Moore of Va., Parker of Va., Stone of Md., Tucker of S. C., White of Va., Williamson of N. C.-20.

On the 5th of Feb., 1811, Mr. Crawford of Ga., in the Senate of the United States, from a committee consisting of himself, Messrs. Leib of Pa., Lloyd of Md., Pope of Ky., and Anderson of Tenn., reported a bill to amend and continue in force the act entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States," passed on the 25th of Feb., 1791.

This bill was warmly assailed by Messrs. Anderson of Tenn., Giles of Va., Henry Clay of Ky., and Smith of Md., and was defended by Messrs. Crawford of Ga., Lloyd of Mass., Pope of Ky., Brent of Va., and Taylor of S. C.

Mr. Anderson of Tenn, moved to strike out the first section of the bill, which, if adopted,

would be equivalent to its rejection, when it appeared there was a tie vote as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Anderson of Tenn., Campbell of O., Clay

of Ky., Cutts of N. II., Franklin of N. C., Gaillard of S. C. German of N. Y., Giles of Va., Gregg of Pa., Lambert of N. J., Leib of Pa., Matthewson of R. I., Reed of Md., Robinson of Vt., Smith of Md., Whiteside of Tenn., Worthington of 0.-17. NAYS.-Messrs. Bayard of Del., Bradley of Vt., Brent of Va., Chaplin of R. I., Condit of N. J., Crawford of Ga., Dana of Conn., Gilman of N. H., Goodrich of Conn., Hersey of Del.,

Lloyd of Mass., Pickering of Mass.. Pope of Ky., Smith of

N. Y., Tait of Ga., Taylor of S. C., Turner of N. Č.-17.

The Vice President, Mr. Clinton, gave the casting vote in the affirmative, so the bill was virtually rejected.

In the House of Representatives on the 4th of January, 1811, Mr. Burwell of Virginia, from a select committee, reported a bill to continue in force for the term of- years, "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States," on the terms and conditions therein mentioned.

This bill was opposed in the house by Messrs. Bassett of Va., Macon of N. C., Bacon of Mass., Seybert of Pa.. Porter of N. Y., Desha of Ky., Newton of Va., Wright of Md., Boyd of N. J., Barry of Ky., Johnson of Ky., Crawford of Pa., and Eppes of Va. It was defended by Messrs. Fisk of N. Y., Pickman of Mass., Alston of N. C., Findley of Pa., McKim of Md., Sheffey of Va., Nicholson of N. Y., Talmadge of Conn., and Stanley of N. C. Mr. Burwell, who reported it from the committee, was opposed to it; but merely reported it, following the instructions of the committee. He moved to strike out the first section of the bill. Mr. Newton of Va. moved to postpone the bill indefinitely, and it was carried in the affirmative by yeas and nays as follows:

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YEAS.-Messrs. L. J. Alston of N. C., Wm. Anderson of Pa.. E. Bacon of Mass., Bard of Pa., Barry of Ky., Burwell of Va., Bassett of Va., Bibb of Ga., Boyd of N. J., Brown of Pa., Butler of S. C., Calhoun of S. C., Cheves of S. C., Clay of Va., Cochran of N. C., Crawford of Pa., Cutts of Mass., Dawson of Va., Desha of Ky., Eppes of Va., Franklin of N. C., Gannett of Mass., Gardner of Mass., Gholson of Va., Goodwyn of Va., Gray of Va., Holland of N. C., Johnson of Ky., Jones of Va., Kenan of N. C., Kennedy of N. C., Love of Va., Lyle of Pa., Macon of N. C., McKim of Md., McKinley of Ala., Mitchell of N. Y., Montgomery of Md., Moore of S. C., Moore of Ind., Morrow of Tenn., Mumford of N. Y., Newton of Va., Porter of N. Y., John Rea of Pa., John Rhea of Tenn., Richards of Pa., Ringgold of Md., Roane of Va., Sage of N. Y., Sawyer of N. C., Seaver of Mass., Seybert of Pa., Smilie of Pa., Smith of Va., Smith of Pa., Southard of N. J., Troup of Ga., Turner Jr., Van Horn of Md., Weakley of Tenn., Whitehill of Pa., Winn of S. C., Wither

spoon of S. C., Wright of Md.-65.

Act approved April 10, 1816, entitled “ An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States." The bill from which this act originated was reported in the House of Representatives on the 8th of January, 1816, by Mr. Calhoun of South Carolina, from a committee. The bill was defended by Mess. Calhoun, Smith of Md., Wright of Md., Tucker of Va., Sharpe of Ky., Clay of Ky., and others, and assailed by Messrs. Ward of Mass., Webster of N. H., Cady of N. Y., Clopton of ering of Mass., and others. It finally passed Va., Stanford of N. C., Hanson of Md., Pickthe house on the 14th of March, 1816, by yeas and nays as follows:

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YEAS.-Messrs. Adgate of N. Y., Alexander of O., Atherton

of N. H., Baer of Va., Betts of N. Y., Boss of R. I., Bradbury Champion of Conn., Chappell of S. C., Clark of N. C., Clark of Ky., Clendennin of O., Comstock of N. Y., Condit of X. J., Conner of Mass., Creighton of O., Crocheson of N. Y., of Ga., Gholson of Va., Griffin of l'a., Grosvenor of N. Y., Cuthbert of Ga., Edwards of N. C., Forney of N. C., Forsyth Hawes of Va., Henderson of Tenn., Huger of S. C., Hulbert Jackson of Va., Jewett of Vt., Kerr of Va., King of N. C of Mass., Hungerford of Va.. Ingham of Pa., Irving of N. Y Love of N. C., Lowndes of S. C., Lumpkin of Ga., Maclay of Pa., Mason of R. L., McCoy of Va., McKee of Ky., Middleton Nelson of Mass., Parris of Mass., Pickens of N. C., Pinkney of S. C., Moore of S. C., Moseley of Conn., Murfree of N. C of Md., Piper of Pa, Robertson of La, Sharp of Ky., Smith of Md., Smith of Va., Southard of N. J., Taul of Ky., Taylor of N. Y., Taylor of S. C., Telfair of Ga., Thomas of Tenn Throop of N. Y., Townsend of N. Y., Tucker of Va., Ward of N. J., Wendover of N. Y., Wheaton of Mass., Wilde of Ga., Wilson of Pa., W. Wilson of Pa., Woodward of S. C., Wright Wilkin of N. Y., Williams of N. C., Willoughby of N. Y., T. of Md., Yancey of N. C., Yates of N. Y.-80.

of Mass., Brown of Mass., Calhoun of S. C., Cannon of Tenn

NAYS.-Messrs. Baker of N. J., Barbour of Va., Bassett of Va., Bennett of N. J., Birdall of N. Y., Blount of Tenn., Breckenridge of Va.. Burnside of Pa., Burwell of Va., Cady of N. Y., Caldwell of O., Cilley of N. H., Clayton of Del, of N. C., Darlington of Pa., Davenport of Conn.. Desha of Clopton of Va., Cooper of Del., Crawford of Pa., Culpepper Ky., Gaston of N. C., Gold of N. Y., Goldsborough of Md., Goodwyn of Va., Hahn of Pa., Hale of N. II., Hall of Ga., Hanson of Md., Hardin of Ky.. Herbert of Md., Hopkinson of Pa., Johnson of Va., Kent of Md., Langdon of Vt.. Law of Conn., Lewis of Va., Lovett of N. Y., Lyle of Pa, Lyon of Vt., Marsh of Vt., Mayrant of S. C., McLean of Ky., Me Lean of 0.4 Milner of Pa., Newton of Va.. Noyes of Vt., Ormsby of Ky., Pickering of Mass., Pitkin of Conn., Randolph ef Va., Reed of Mass., Root of N. Y., Ross of Pa., Ruggles of Mass., Sergeant of Pa., Savage of N. Y., Sheffey of Va, Smith of Pa., Stanford of N. C., Stearns of Mass.. Strong of Mass., Sturges of Conn., Taggart of Mass., Talmadge of Conn., Vose of N. H., Wallace of Pa., Wade of Mass., Ward of N. Y Webster of Mass., Whiteside of Pa., Wilcox of N. H.-71.

The bill was supported in the Senate by Messrs. Bibb of Georgia, Barbour of Va., and Taylor of S. C., and opposed by Messrs. Mason of N. H., King of N. Y., and Wells of Del. It was amended in the Senate, and passed that body on the 3d of April, 1816, by yeas and nays, as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Barbour of Va., Barry of Ky., Brown of La., Campbell of Tenn., Chace of Vt., Condit of N. J., Dag gett of Conn., Fromentin of La., Harper of Md., Horsey of Del., Howell of R. L., Hunter of R. L., Lacock of Pa., Mason of Va., Morrow of O., Roberts of Pa., Tait of Ga., Taylor of S. C., Turner of N. C., Varnum of Mass., Williams of Tenn.

NAYS.-Messrs. Allen of Mass., Alston of S. C., Bigelow of
Mass., Blaisdell of N. H., Breckenridge of Va., Campbell of
Md., Chamberlain of N. H., Chamberlain of Mass., Champion
of Conn., Chittenden of Vt., Davenport of Conn., Ely of
Mass., Emott of N. Y., Findly of Pa., Fisk of N. Y., Gardi-
ner of N. Y., Garland of Va., Goldsborough of Md., Gold of
N. Y., Hale of N. H., Haven of N. H., Heister of Pa., Helms
of N. J., Hubbard of Vt., Hufty of N. J., Huntington of
Conn., Jackson of R. I., Jenkins of Pa., Key of Ind., Knicker--22.
bocker of N. Y., Lewis of Va., Livingston of N. Y., Matthews
of N. Y., McBryde of N. C., McKee of Ky., Miller of Tenn.,
Milnor of Pa., Mosely of Conn., Newbold of N. J., Nichol-
son of N. Y., Pearson of N. C., Pickman of Mass., Pitkin of
Conn., Potter of R. I., Quincy of Mass., Randolph of Va.,
Sammons of N. Y., Scudder of N. J., Shaw of Vt., Sheffey of
Va., Smelt of Ga., Smith of Md., Stanford of N. C., Stanley
of N. C., Stephenson of Va., Sturges of Conn., Swoope of Va.,

Taggart of Mass., Talmadge of Conn., Thompson of N. Y.,
Van Dyke of Del., Van Rensselaer of N. Y., Whealin of Mass.,

Wilson of N. H.-63.

NAYS.-Messrs. Dana of Conn., Gaillard of S. C., Goldsborough of Md.. Gore of Mass., King of N. Y., Macon of N. C., Mason of N. H., Ruggles of O., Sanford of N. Y., Tichener of Vt., Wells of Del., Wilson of N. J.—12.

The amendments of the Senate to the bill were concurred in by the House, on the 5th of April, 1816, after a long debate, in which Mr. Daniel Webster of N. H., John Randolph of

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Va., and Ben Hardin of Ky., opposed the bill, and Messrs. Calhoun of S. C., Grosvenor of N. Y., Hulbert of Mass., and others, defended it. On the 2d of February, 1831, Mr. Benton of Missouri, asked leave of the Senate to introduce the following resolution :—

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the charter of the Bank of the United States ought not to be renewed.

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Mr. Benton supported the resolution in an of R. I., Pendleton of N. Y., Pilcher of N. Y., Potts of Pa., elaborate and able speech.

No Senator replied.

Mr. Webster of Mass. called for the yeas and nays on the motion that leave be granted, when it was decided in the negative, as follows:

YEAR-Messrs. Barnard of Pa., Benton of Mo., Bibb of Ky., Brown of N. C., Dickerson of N. J., Dudley of N. Y., Forsyth of Ga., Grundy of Tenn., Hayne of S. C., Iredell of N. C., King of Ala., McKinley of Ala., Poindexter of Miss., Sanford of N. Y., Smith of S. C., Tazewell of Va., Troup of Ga., Tyler of Va., White of Tenn., and Woodbury of N. H. -20. NAYS.-Messrs. Barton of Mo., Bell of N. H., Burnett of O., Chase of Vt., Clayton of Del., Foot of Conn., Frelinghuysen of N. J., Hendricks of Ind., Holmes of Me., Johnston of La., Knight of R. I., Livingston of La., Marks of Pa., Noble, Robbins of R. I., Robinson of Ill., Ruggles of O., Seymour of Vt., Silsbee of Mass., Smith of Md., Sprague of Me., Webster of Mass., Willey of Conn.-23.

On the 9th of January, 1831, in the Senate (the same day on which a like petition was presented to the House), Mr. Dallas presented the petition of the United States Bank for a re

newal of its charter.

The memorial was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Dallas of Pa., Ewing of Ohio, Webster of Mass., Hayne of S. C., and Johnston of La.

On the 3d of March, 1831, Mr. Dallas reported a bill to renew the charter of the Bank for the term of fifteen years from its expira

tion.

Messrs. Dallas, Webster, Clayton, and others, defended the bill. Messrs. Benton, Bibb, White, Hill, and others, opposed it.

On the 11th of June, 1832, the question was taken, and the bill was passed by yeas and nays, as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Bell of N. H., Buckner of Mo., Chambers of Md., Clay of Ky., Clayton of Del., Dallas of Pa., Ewing of O., Foot of Conn., Frelinghuysen of N. J., Hendricks of Ind., Holmes of Me., J. S. Johnston of La., Knight of R. I., Naudain of Del., Poindexter of Miss., Prentiss of Vt., Robbins of

R. I., Robinson of Ill., Ruggles of O., Seymour of Vt., Silsbee of Mass, Saml. Smith of Md., Sprague of Me., Tipton of Ind.,

Tomlinson of Conn., Waggaman of La., Webster of Mass., and Wilkins of Pa.-28.

NAYS.-Messrs. Benton of Mo., Bibb of Ky., Brown of N. C., Dickerson of N. J., Dudley of N. Y., Ellis of Miss., Forsyth of Ga., Grundy of Tenn., Hayne of 8. C., Hill of N. H., Kane of Ill., King of Ala., Mangum of N. C., Marcy of N. Y., Miller of S. C., Moore of Ala., Tazewell of Va., Troupe of Ga., Tyler of Va,, Hugh L. White of Tenn.-20.

The bill from the Senate to renew the charter of the Bank was passed by the House on the 3d of July, 1832, by yeas and nays, as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Adams of Mass., C. Allen of Ky., H. Allen of Vt., Allison of Pa., Appleton of Mass., Armstrong of Va.. Arnold of Tenn., Ashley of Mo., Babcock of N. Y., Banks of

Randolph of N. J., J. Reed of Mass., Root of N. Y., Russel of O., Semmes of Md., W. B. Shepard of N. C., A. H. Shepperd of N. C., Slade of Vt., Smith of Pa., Southard of N. J., Spence of Md., Stanberry of O., Stephens of Pa., Stewart of Pa., of La., Tompkins of Ky., Tracy of N. Y., Vance of O., VerStorrs of Conn., Sutherland of Pa., Taylor of N. Y., P. Thomas planck of N. Y., Vinton of O., Washington of Md., Watmough of Pa., E. Whittesley of O., F. Whittesly of N. Y., E. D. White of La., Wickliffe of Ky., Williams of N. C., and Young of Conn.-106.

NAYS.-Messrs. Adair of Ky., Alexander of Va., Anderson of Md., Archer of Va., Bates of Mo., Beardsly of N. Y., Bell of Tenn., Bergen of N. Y., Bethune of N. C., James Blair of S. C., Bouck of N. Y., Bouldin of Va., Branch of N. C., Cambreling of N. Y., Carr of Ind., Chaudlier of N. H., Chinn of Va., Claiborne of Va.. Clay of Ala., Clayton of Ga., Coke of Va., Conner of N. C.. W. R. Davis of S. C., Dayan of N. Y., Doubleday of N. Y., Felder of S. C., Fitzgerald of Tenn., Foster of Ga., Gaither of Ky., Gordon of Va., Griffin of S. C., T. H. Hall of N. C., W. Hall of Tenn., Hammons of N. II., Harper of N. H., Hawes of Ky., Hawkins of N. C., Hoffman of N. Y., Hogan of N. Y., Holland of Md., Howard of Md., Hubbard of N. H., Jarvis of Md., C. Johnson of Va., Kava naugh of Md., Kennon of O., A. King of Pa., J. King of N. Y., Lamar of Ga., Leavitt of O., Lecompte of Ky., Lewis of Ala., Lyon of Ky., Mardis of Ala., Mason of Va., McCarty Newman of Ga., Nuckolls of S. C., Patton of Va., Pierson of Ind., McIntire of Mo., McKay of N. C., Mitchell of Md., of N. Y., Polk of Tenn., E. C. Reed of N. Y., Rencher of N. C.,

Roane of Va., Soule of N. Y., Speight, Standifer, F. ward of N. Y., Wardell of N. Y., Wayne of Ga., Weeks of N. Thomas of Md., W. Thompson of Ga., J. Thomson of O., H., Wheeler of N. Y., C. P. White of N. Y., Wilde of Ga., Worthington of Ind.—84.

On the 10th of July, 1832, President Jackson communicated to the Senate, in which the bill originated, the act to modify and continue the act to incorporate the subscribers to the United States Bank, with his objections to the same. Messrs. Webster of Mass., Holmes of Mass., Ewing of Ohio, Clayton of Del., and Clay of Ky., opposed the veto. Messrs. White of Tenn., and Benton of Missouri, defended it.

The question was then put-"Shall the bill become a law, the President's objections to the contrary notwithstanding?" (a two-third vote being necessary to carry it), and it was decided in the negative.

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All the Senators who voted for the passage the bill originally, voted for it notwithstanding the veto, except Messrs. Bell, Ewing, Knight, Naudain, Smith and Waggaman, who were absent. The negative vote was identical, with the exception that Mr. Dickerson was absent and did not vote on it after the veto.

The removal of the government deposites from the Bank of the United States was consummated on the 22d of September, 1833. Mr. William J. Duane of Pa., the Secretary of the Treasury, having declined to make the removal, President Jackson removed him and appointed Roger B. Taney of Maryland (the present Chief Justice) Secretary of the Trea

sury, who immediately carried out the wishes | solutions, instead of mere resolutions of the of the President.

At the beginning of the first session of the 23d Congress, shortly after the removal of the deposites, President Jackson nominated H. D. Gilpin, J. T. Sullivan, P. Wager, and H. McEldery as the five directors in the United States Bank to represent the government. These gentlemen were the same who had served during the previous year, and had the year before been confirmed by the Senate. They were supposed to be opposed to the Bank, having made the report upon which the order for the removal of the deposites was mainly justified. Their nomination was rejected by the Senate, by yeas and nays as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Benton of Mo., Black of Miss., Brown of N. C., Forsyth of Ga., Grundy of Tenn., Hendricks of Ind., Hill of N. H., Kane of Ill., King of Ala., Linn of Mo., McKean of Pa., Moore of Ala., Morris of O., Robinson of Ill., Shepley of Me., Tallmadge of N. Y., Tipton of Ind., White of Tenn., Wilkins of Pa., Wright of N. Y.-20.

NAYS.-Messrs. Bell of N. H., Bibb of Ky., Calhoun of S. C., Chambers of Md., Clay of Ky., Ewing of O., Freling. huysen of N. J., Kent of Md., Knight of R. I., Mangum of N. C., Naudain of Del., Poindexter of Miss., Porter of La., Prentiss of Vt., Preston of S. C., Robbins of R. I., Silsbee of Mass., Smith of Md., Sprague of Me., Swift of Vt., Tomlinson of Conn., Tyler of Va., Waggaman of La., Webster of Mass.-24.

President Jackson addressed a communica

Senate, adding thereto a resolve, “that all deposites of public money, accruing after the 1st of July, 1834, be deposited with the Bank of the United States, in pursuance of the Act of the 10th of April, 1816."

These joint resolutions of the Senate were adopted on the 3d of June, 1834. The first resolution, being one condemnatory of the action of the Secretary of the Treasury, was adopted by a vote of yeas 29, and nays 16.

The second resolution, requiring the public moneys to be deposited in the United States Bank, the 1st of July, 1834, was adopted by yeas and nays as follows:

They gave rise to General Jackson's celebrated protest.

YEAS.-Messrs. Bibb of Ky., Bell of N. H., Black of MasE., Calhoun of S. C., Clay of Ky., Clayton of Del.. Ewing of 0 Frelinghuysen of N. J., Kent of Md., Knight of R. L Leigh of Va., McKean of Pa., Mangum of N. C., Naudain of Del., Poindexter of Miss., Porter of La., Prentiss of Vt., Preston of S. C., Robbins of R. I., Silsbee of Mass., Smith

of Md., Southard of N. J., Sprague of Me., Swift of Vt., Tomlinson of Conn., Tyler of Va., Waggaman of La., Web

ster of Mass.-28.

NAYS.-Messrs. Benton of Mo., Brown of N. C., Forsyth of Ga., Grundy of Tenn., Hill of N. H., Kane of Ill., King of Ala., King of Ga., Linn of Mo., Morris of O., Robinson of Ill., Shepley of Me., Tipton of Ind., White of Tenn., Wilkins of Pa., Wright of N. Y.-16.

The votes on both of the resolutions were tion to the Senate, with reference to the rejec-identical, with the exception that Mr. Hention of these nominations, on which he dis- dricks, of Ind., who voted for the first one, was claimed all intention to call in question the not present on the vote of which the preceding act of the body rejecting them, but communi- is a record. cated his views of its consequences if it were not reconsidered.

This message of the President was referred to the Committee on Finance, of which Mr. Tyler was the chairman, who made a report commenting upon the message of the President, adverse to the renominations and recommending their rejection.

The four gentlemen named were accordingly again rejected.

On the 26th of Dec., 1833, Mr. Clay of Ky. introduced resolutions in the Senate, to the effect, that the President in his late executive proceedings, in relative to the public revenue, had assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, and in derogation of both; and that the reasons assigned by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the removal of the public deposites from the Bank of the United States, are insufficient and unsatisfactory.

The latter of these resolutions, relative to the conduct of the Secretary, having been referred to the Committee on Finance, was the subject of an elaborate report by Mr. Webster from that Committee, reviewing the report of the Secretary, and recommending that the resolution be adopted.

The resolutions were adopted by the Senate on the 28th of March, 1834.

Mr. Clay on the 28th of May, 1834, introduced resolutions similar to those which had passed the Senate on the 28th of March, giving to them the character of joint re

These resolutions, however, were never acted upon by the House.

In the House of Representatives, April 4, 1834, the question was taken on four resolutions reported by Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means.

The first one of these resolutions was to the

effect that the Bank of the United States ought

not to be rechartered.

The second one was to the effect that the

deposites ought not to be restored to the Bank of the United States.

The third one was to the effect that the State Banks ought to be continued as the de positories of the public moneys, and that it is expedient that further provision should be made prescribing the mode of selection, the securities to be taken, and the manner and terms upon which they are to be employed.

The fourth resolution provided for the appointment of a committee to investigate the affairs of the United States Bank, and to report upon its various malpractices, violations of its charter, &c., to report to the House.

The first resolution was adopted, by yeas and nays, as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Adams of N. Y., Allen of O., Anthony of Pa., Archer of Va., Beale of Va., Bean of N. H., Beardsly of N. Y., Beaumont of Pa., Bell of Tenn., Blair of Tenn, Bockee of N. Y., Boon of Ind., Bouldin of Va., Brown of N. Y., Bunch of Tenn., Bynum of N. C., Cambreling of N. Y., Campof O., Chinn of La., Claiborne Va., Clark of N. Y., Clay of bell, Carmichael of Md.. Carr of Ind., Casey of Ill., Chaney Ala., Clayton of Ga., Clowney of S. C., Coffee of Ga., Connor of N. C., Cramer of N. Y., Davis of S. C., Davenport of Va, Day of N. Y., Dickerson of N. J., Dickenson of Tenn., Dunlap of Tenn., Felder of S. C., Forrester of Tenn., Foster of

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