I have no doubt but that the use of these bonds in this manner has stimulated purchases of grain and produce from us which would never have left our shores if payment for the same could only have been made in bullion.
Sherman believes that the use of bonds has positively impacted trade.
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The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
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