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I regarded this as a piece of demagogism, for he knew the difference between the greenbacks then and the greenbacks before resumption.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “I regarded this as a piece of demagogism, for he knew the difference between the greenbacks then and the greenbacks…”
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Sherman critiques a political opponent's rhetoric regarding greenbacks and gold.
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