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John Sherman: “The Greenback party not only denounces all we have done, but proposes to reverse it by the issue of an almost unlimited…”

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The Greenback party not only denounces all we have done, but proposes to reverse it by the issue of an almost unlimited amount of irredeemable paper money, to destroy the system of free national banks, and to call in and pay off all the United States bonds with irredeemable money.
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John Sherman
Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Sherman critiques the Greenback party's proposals, arguing they would undermine the financial system established by the Republicans.

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