But one vital question had been settled, that no further contraction of the currency should occur; and it was well settled, though not embodied in law, that no question would be made as to the payment of bonds in coin.
Sherman states that a critical consensus was reached to avoid further contraction of currency and ensure bond payments in coin.
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It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
Confiscation is not only justified by the laws of war, by the practice of many nations, but it is practiced by our enemies in the most obnoxious way.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.
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