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To make National banking free before compelling the banks to redeem their notes in coin, would have proved a measureless inflation, and the President wisely receded from the position assumed in his annual message.
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Blaine discusses the potential consequences of allowing national banks to operate without redeeming notes in coin, emphasizing the importance of fiscal responsibility.
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