My own opinions were sufficiently stated in the report in which I submitted to Congress whether the legal tender should not be repealed as to all future contracts, and parties be left to stipulate the mode of payment.
Sherman shares his views on whether legal tender laws should be repealed for future contracts, advocating for flexibility in payment methods.
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The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
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