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They constitute a part of the national debt, and should be considered in the refunding and consolidation of this debt, and not on a bill to provide banking facilities.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “They constitute a part of the national debt, and should be considered in the refunding and consolidation of this debt…”
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Sumner asserts that certain financial instruments should be treated as part of the national debt in fiscal discussions.
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