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The credit of the nation is behind them; and everybody knows, when he takes one of them, that he is safe.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The credit of the nation is behind them; and everybody knows, when he takes one of them, that he is safe.”
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Sumner emphasizes the trust in banknotes backed by the nation's credit.
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