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It furnishes a currency to the public which, for convenience and the security of the bill- holder, has probably never been equaled by that of any other banking system.
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Sherman asserts the unparalleled convenience and security of the currency provided by the banking system.
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You have all contributed, more or less, in perverting the public mind as to our principles and purposes.
Our gold dollar is certainly as good a unit of value as the franc; and so the English think of their pound sterling.
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
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