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Was it not then possible to preserve to the government the exclusive right to issue paper money, and yet not injuriously affect the local banks?
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Sherman reflects on the government's role in issuing paper money and its implications for local banks.
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Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
The tax on spirits, tobacco and beer ought to be retained as the best objects of taxation either of domestic or imported goods.
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