And now, if this historical review is properly apprehended, if it is not entirely out of place, it must conduct to the conclusion, that, whatever may be the present question of policy, the power to make Treasury notes a tender has precisely the same origin in the Constitution with the power to create Treasury notes.
Sumner draws a parallel between the powers to create Treasury notes and to make them a tender, rooted in the Constitution.
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