The outlay was indeed principally made in paper, but the faith of the United States was given for redemption in coin--a faith which has never been tarnished, and which in this instance has been signally vindicated by the steady determination of the people.
Blaine emphasizes the importance of the U.S. government's commitment to redeeming its paper currency with gold, reflecting the nation's financial integrity.
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Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
He had placed himself in a position from which he could not with grace retreat, and to go forward in which was still further to blight his hopes of promotion in his party.
Many Northern Democrats had indeed given the assurance that if any attempt at coercion should be made by the Republican National Administration, they would themselves meet it with force, and that, if war should come, it would be in the…
In all the revolted states, upon the testimony of your ablest generals, there is no safety to the property or lives of loyal men.
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