Political Quotes

On the record
From the date of these transactions the bonds of the United States rapidly advanced in value.
Said by
John Sherman
Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Sherman observes the rapid increase in the value of U.S. bonds following certain transactions.

Share

More from John Sherman

Our gold dollar is certainly as good a unit of value as the franc; and so the English think of their pound sterling.

gutenberg.org

That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.

gutenberg.org

You can arrest this movement, and you alone can do it.

gutenberg.org

I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation