Not a year rolled around until this resumption came, and these Wall street desperadoes and these money kings of Europe, instead of coming and demanding our gold in exchange for greenbacks, now bring their gold to us and want greenbacks for it.
Sherman describes a shift in the demand for gold and greenbacks after resumption.
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I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
Our gold dollar is certainly as good a unit of value as the franc; and so the English think of their pound sterling.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
I worked hard that winter, for hard work, I thought, was the way to fortune.
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