The plan proposed by me was to set aside a portion of the surplus revenue or sinking fund of each year applicable to the payment of the public debt, for the purchase of silver bullion to be coined into silver dollars of the old standard.
Sherman outlined a plan to use surplus revenue for purchasing silver bullion to coin into old standard silver dollars.
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Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
I wrote an adverse report, but it was suppressed in the committee.
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