There is another objection to a sole dependence on bank notes as currency: They cannot be made a legal tender either by the states or the United States, while it is settled by the Supreme Court that notes of the United States may be made a legal tender, a function that ought to belong to money.
Sherman argues that only the government should have the authority to issue legal tender, as established by the Supreme Court.
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