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The public credit, moreover, would be greatly improved and the negotiation of new loans greatly facilitated by the steady market demand for Government bonds which the adoption of the proposed system would create.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “The public credit, moreover, would be greatly improved and the negotiation of new loans greatly facilitated by the…”
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Lincoln argues that the proposed banking system would enhance public credit and facilitate new loans.
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