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Yet the commerce and currency of the country are suffering evils from the operations of the State banks which can not and ought not to be overlooked.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “Yet the commerce and currency of the country are suffering evils from the operations of the State banks which can not…”
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Van Buren acknowledges the negative impact of state banks on the nation's commerce and currency.
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