Charles Sumner: “I know no way, short of universal specie payments, by which the…”

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I know no way, short of universal specie payments, by which the national credit can be so effectually advanced.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of universal specie payments for enhancing national credit.

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Charles Sumner: “I know no way, short of universal specie payments, by which the national credit can be so effectually advanced.”