He declares, not only in his official communications here, but in his private intercourses with the members of the committee, that this clause is indispensably necessary to the security and negotiability of these demand notes.
Sherman cites the Secretary of the Treasury's strong support for a clause deemed essential for the security of demand notes.
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It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
The worst evil that could befall our country is civil war, but the outrages in Kansas cannot be continued much longer without producing it.
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