The law itself clearly shows that the silver dollar was not to supersede the gold dollar; nor did Congress propose to adopt the single standard of silver, but only to create a bimetallic standard of silver and gold, of equal value and equal purchasing power.
Sherman explains Congress's intention to establish a bimetallic standard rather than a single silver standard.
Share
More from John Sherman
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
He theorizes about coercing a state when he should be enforcing the laws against rebellious citizens.
Other voices in this conversation
