The safety of the public creditors consists in having a specific fund for the payment of their interest; the principal will take care of itself; and that fund has always been maintained in the darkest hours of the war.
Sherman highlights the importance of having a specific fund to ensure the safety of public creditors' interests.
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That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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