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Charles Sumner: “It is easy to see that until specie payments this idea is impracticable.”

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It is easy to see that until specie payments this idea is impracticable.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that a certain financial idea is impractical until specific economic conditions are met.

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