It is due to frankness and manhood for me to say that in the country there is a feeling now, that if the present system should be continued unchanged, the result would be that gold would be demonetized, being worth more than silver as coined by the government of the United States.
Sherman expresses concerns about the potential demonetization of gold if the current monetary system remains unchanged.
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What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
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