The body of the people, I believe, agreed with me in opinion that resumption meant, not the cancellation and withdrawal of greenbacks, but the bringing them up to par and maintaining them as the equivalent of coin by the payment of them in coin on demand by the holder.
Sherman discusses the importance of maintaining the value of greenbacks in relation to coin currency.
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This power in the hands of a few is at this moment the disturbing element in many of our great industries.
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