Beyond this the issue of paper money, either by the government or by banks, was a dangerous exercise of power, injurious to all citizens, and should not continue a single day beyond the necessities that gave it birth.
Sherman warns against the dangers of issuing paper money, advocating for its limited use.
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The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
I worked hard that winter, for hard work, I thought, was the way to fortune.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
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