[156] Daniel D. Tompkins, 43,094; Jonas Platt, 36,484.—Civil List, State of New York (1887), p. 166.
[157] "This, in the opinion of the Council, as a novel experiment, the result whereof, as to its influence on the community, must be merely speculative and uncertain, peculiarly requires the application of the policy which has heretofore uniformly obtained—that the powers of corporations relative to their money operations, should be of limited instead of perpetual duration."—Alfred B. Street, New York Council of Revision, p. 423.
[158] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 1. Appendix, p. 583, Note J.
[159] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 1. Appendix, p. 582, Note S.
[160] Alfred B. Street, New York Council of Revision, p. 427.
[161] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 2. Appendix, p. 582.
[162] Governors' Speeches, January 28, 1812, pp. 115-8.
[163] Alfred B. Street, New York Council of Revision, p. 432.
[164] Of ninety-eight senators and representatives who voted, on June 18, 1812, for a declaration of war against England, seventy-six, or four less than a majority, resided south of the Delaware. No Northern State except Pennsylvania declared for war, while every Southern State except Kentucky voted solidly for it.
[165] Madison to Jefferson, April 24, 1812, Writings, Vol. 2, p. 532.