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Shall this effort of ours to readjust our finances and to save this large interest to our country be thwarted by a pretension on the part of the banks that we have not the power to interfere?
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He passionately argues against the banks' claim that Congress lacks the power to intervene in financial matters, framing it as a critical issue for the country.
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