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On the recordFebruary 3, 1840
The experience of the last two months, and especially the recent decisions of the courts, with the continued suspension of specie payments by the banks over large sections of the United States, operating unfavorably upon the revenue, have greatly strengthened the views then taken of the subject.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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