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Unless the Public Faith is preserved inviolate, you cannot fund your debt at a smaller interest, you cannot convert your greenbacks, you cannot comply with the essential terms of Reconstruction.
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Sumner warns that failing to uphold public faith will have dire consequences for national financial stability.
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