If, therefore, we are to take any step toward specie payments, why not give to the holder of United States notes who demands it, a bond of the United States bearing a reasonable rate of interest in exchange for his notes?
Sherman advocates for exchanging U.S. notes for bonds as a step towards resuming specie payments.
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