That department has no great prestige.

It was only created in 1844, and it has failed three times since.

The world would imagine that what has happened before will happen again; and when they have got money, they will not deposit it at an establishment which may not be able to repay it.

This did not happen in former panics, because the case we are considering never arose.

The Bank was helping the public, and, more or less confidently, it was believed that the Government would help the Bank.