On the question whether United States notes ought still to be a legal tender, I referred him to my report, in which I said: "The power of Congress to make them such was asserted by Congress during the war, and was upheld by the Supreme Court.
Sherman refers to his report asserting Congress's power to designate United States notes as legal tender during the war.
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