With a removal of the deposits and a transfer draft, millions on millions may be transferred, by the stroke of the pen of a supple and submissive Secretary of the Treasury, from place to place, at home and abroad, wherever any purpose, personal or political, may thereby be promoted.
Quincy warns about the dangers of a Secretary of the Treasury having unchecked power to transfer large sums of money.
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