Charles Sumner: “It is like the credit or good-will of an established mercantile house, which stands often instead of capital; and then…”

“It is like the credit or good-will of an established mercantile house, which stands often instead of capital; and then the fact that the proceeds are to be absorbed in the redemption of the first Five-Twenties, so often assailed, will most signally attest the determination of the country to maintain its credit.”