I now repeat the assertion with which I introduced this topic, viz.: That in 1876 the majority of the Silver Commission put aside the most favorable opportunity, indeed the only opportunity, that the country has ever had for the organization of a universal system of bimetallism.
Boutwell reflects on a missed opportunity for establishing a universal bimetallic system in 1876.
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