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Charles Sumner: “But at this moment, when we are seeking to create a new currency, which shall be the foundation of national credit, and…”

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But at this moment, when we are seeking to create a new currency, which shall be the foundation of national credit, and of national character too, I confess that I have little sympathy with anything that puts itself in the way.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He conveys a lack of sympathy for anything that obstructs the creation of a new national currency.

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