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I could see no reason why this function could not be performed by national banks, better than by bankers at home or abroad.
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Sherman argues that national banks could perform bond functions better than foreign bankers.
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I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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