They have been legally inconvertible since July 1, 1863, and practically inconvertible since the close of the war; that is, the government refuses to receive them, either in payment of customs or in payment at par of any bond of the United States offered by it.
Sherman explains the historical context of U.S. notes' inconvertibility and their lack of acceptance for payments.
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Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform, there would have been no Civil War.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
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