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It should denounce and condemn the attempt to establish the free coinage of silver by the power of the United States alone, and declare that to be practical repudiation and national ruin.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “It should denounce and condemn the attempt to establish the free coinage of silver by the power of the United States…”
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Hoar warns against the dangers of free silver coinage, labeling it as a path to national ruin.
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