▁found ▁the ▁bank , ▁they ▁persu aded ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁sub scribe ▁for ▁a ▁quarter ▁of ▁its ▁shares . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s , ▁a ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁bank ' s ▁board ▁were ▁Legisl ative ▁or ▁Executive ▁Coun c ill ors , ▁and ▁the ▁remaining ▁all ▁magistr ates . ▁Despite ▁repeated ▁attempts , ▁the ▁elected ▁Legisl ature ▁- ▁which ▁had ▁char tered ▁the ▁bank ▁- ▁could ▁obtain ▁no ▁details ▁about ▁the ▁bank ' s ▁work ings . ▁ ▁Mack en zie ▁saw ▁the ▁bank ▁as ▁a ▁prop ▁of ▁the ▁Government ▁and ▁demanded ▁far mers ▁withdraw ▁their ▁support ▁from ▁it , ▁by ▁withdraw ing ▁their ▁specie . ▁ ▁The ▁small ▁confidence ▁in ▁the ▁security ▁which ▁most ▁banks ▁gave ▁for ▁their ▁re dem ption ▁of ▁their ▁issues ▁and ▁the ▁man agers ▁ref us al ▁to ▁answer ▁reasonable ▁questions ▁put ▁forth ▁by ▁the ▁House ▁resulted ▁in ▁public ▁confidence ▁pl um met ing . ▁Mack en zie ▁was ▁attempting ▁to ▁d rain ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁their ▁money ▁as ▁a ▁political ▁weapon ▁against ▁the ▁Government ▁in ▁hopes ▁to ▁avoid ▁an ▁armed ▁revolution . ▁However , ▁the ▁bank ▁reb ounded ▁from ▁this ▁attack , ▁making ▁this ▁attempt ▁at ▁peace ful ▁revolution ▁a ▁failure . ▁ ▁Francis ▁Bond ▁Head ▁and ▁the ▁elections ▁of ▁ 1 8 3 6 ▁ ▁Sir ▁Francis ▁Bond ▁Head , ▁the ▁newly ▁appointed ▁L t . ▁Governor , ▁was ▁initially ▁warm ly ▁gre et ed ▁by ▁the ▁Reform ▁movement . ▁His ▁first ▁move ▁was ▁to ▁bro aden ▁the ▁representation ▁on ▁the ▁Executive