To throw upon the treasury the possibility of the necessity of buying coin to pay the interest of the public debt, in addition to buying that which is necessary to maintain resumption on United States notes, is simply to overload the wagon and break it down at the very start.
Sherman critiques the burden placed on the treasury, arguing it could lead to failure in managing public debt.
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Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.
What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
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